Muslim Studies
The explores Muslim experience in the Americas in the context of Islam as faith, civilization and sociopolitical framework. Combining coursework in ethnic studies and history, the minor takes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of communities. Core coursework situates the study of Muslims in the Americas, tracing the early movement of people, ideas and practices from West Africa, the Iberian Peninsula and West Asia to the Caribbean, South and North America. Later migrations and conversion to Islam have shifted demographics with the formation of ethnically diverse Muslim communities throughout the hemisphere. The core addresses Islamophobia and Muslim activism for justice against coloniality and epistemic racism. Electives provide a foundation in religious thought, history and social movements.
Coursework (15-18 units)
CORE COURSES (6 units)
ELECTIVES (9-12 units)
ES 100 Introduction to Social Justice in Communities of Color (3)
ES 344 Malcolm X: Third World Revolutionary (3)
ES 370 South Asian American Communities (3)
HIST 363 The Middle East and Rise of Islamic Societies (4)
HIST 364 Modern Middle East (4)
PHIL 341 Abrahamic Faiths: Judaism, Christianity, Islam (3)
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