Minors

The Department of Middle Eastern Studies offers five minors, available to students from any department or college at the university.

15 semester credit hours, 9 of which must be taken in residence, consisting of:

Requirements		Hours
MES 301K	Introduction to the Middle East: Religious, Cultural, and Historical Foundations	3
MES 301L	Introduction to the Middle East: Adjustment and Change in Modern Times	3
Nine hours of upper-division MES coursework chosen from:		9
MES 341	Topics in the Middle East: Social Science
MES 342	Topics in the Middle East: Arts and Humanities
MES 343	Topics in the Middle East: History

18 semester credit hours in Arabic, 9 of which must be taken in residence, consisting of the following or their equivalents:

Requirements		Hours
ARA 601C	Intensive Arabic I	6
ARA 611C	Intensive Arabic II	6
Six hours upper-division Arabic		6

15 semester credit hours of Hebrew, 9 of which must be taken in residence, including:

Requirements		Hours
First-Year Hebrew Requirement		6 or 10
HEB 506 & HEB 507	First-Year Hebrew I and First-Year Hebrew II
or HEB 601C	Intensive Hebrew I
Second-Year Hebrew Requirement		6 or 8
HEB 412K & HEB 412L	Second-Year Hebrew I and Second-Year Hebrew II
or HEB 611C	Intensive Hebrew II
Three hours upper-division Hebrew		3

At least 15 semester credit hours of Persian, 9 of which must be taken in residence, including:

Requirements		Hours
For students new to the Persian language:
PRS 601C	Intensive Persian I	6
PRS 611C	Intensive Persian II	6
PRS 322K	Intermediate Persian I	3
PRS 329	Topics in Persian Language, Literature, and Culture	3
For heritage speakers of Persian:
PRS 612C	Intensive Persian for Heritage Speakers	6
PRS 322K	Intermediate Persian I	3
Six semester credit hours of Persian 329, Topics in Persian Language, Literature, and Culture		6
Please Note:
Must include at least six hours of upper-division courses.

Between 15 and 21 hours of Turkish, 9 of which must be taken in residence, including:

Requirements		Hours
TUR 506 & TUR 507	First-Year Turkish I and First-Year Turkish II	6-10
or TUR 601C	Intensive Turkish I
TUR 412K & TUR 412L	Second-Year Turkish I and Second-Year Turkish II	6-8
or TUR 611C	Intensive Turkish II
Three hours upper-division Turkish		3

The Law and Religion Minor will be available starting with the 2024-26 catalog.

Fifteen semester credit hours, including six upper-division hours:

Requirements		Hours
Six to nine hours from approved list of non-U.S.-focused coursework:		6-9
AHC 378	Undergraduate Seminar in Ancient History (Topic 1: Roman Law)
MES 341	Topics in the Middle East: Social Science (Topic 9: Islam and Politics)
MES 341	Topics in the Middle East: Social Science (Topic 11: Rule of Law in the Middle East)
MES 342	Topics in the Middle East: Arts and Humanities (Topic 27: Islamic Law)
MES 342	Topics in the Middle East: Arts and Humanities (Topic 66: Law and Justice in the Bible)
R S 306C	Comparative Religious Ethics
GOV 365S	Comparative Legal Systems
Or course from an approved list.
Six to nine hours chosen from:		6-9
CTI 302	Classics of Social and Political Thought
CTI 320	The Classical Quest for Justice
CTI 325	Morality and Politics
CTI 355C	Law, Liberty, and Faith
GOV 335C	Religion in American Political Thought
GOV 371R	Politics and Religion in the United States
PHL 347	Philosophy of Law
PHL 342	Political Philosophy (Topic 1: Natural Law Theory)
or GOV 335D	Natural Law Theory
PHL 375M	Major Seminar (Topic 4: Philosophy of the First Amendment)
Or course chosen from an approved list.