Undergraduate
Minors
Minor in Arabic and Islamic Studies
Arabic and Islamic Studies at Indiana University Indianapolis is a community-engaged program that connects students to the cultures of Arab Americans in the greater Indianapolis area and the approximately 400 million people who speak Arabic on a daily basis in the Middle East and North Africa. The program emphasizes the impact of a language that is also sacred to 1.8 billion Muslims around the world, including in Indianapolis. The minor focuses on the cultural aspects of both Arabic and Islam, from contributions to world literatures, art and architecture, and food to social life and politics. Students are encouraged to develop meaningful ties to local Arab and Muslim communities; engage in extra-curricular activities on campus; and participate in faculty-directed research. Understanding the significance of Middle Eastern and North African as well as Muslim cultures will benefit all students, no matter what their chosen field.
A minor in Arabic and Islamic Studies (NELC) requires satisfactory completion of the following requirements:
- completion of properly distributed credit hour requirements for the baccalaureate degree in effect when the student was admitted to their home school,
- completion of 15 credit hours, with a minimum grade of C in each course,
- 6 credits must be completed at IU Indianapolis,
- 9 credits must be at the 300/400 level
- to declare the minor, complete the School of Liberal Arts online declaration form here.
Minor Requirements:
Fifteen Credits of electives, selected from the following (15 credits):
- NELC-A 131: Beginning Arabic I (4 cr.)
- NELC-A 132: Beginning Arabic II (4 cr.)
- NELC-A 200: Intermediate Arabic I (3 cr.)
- NELC-A 250: Intermediate Arabic II (3 cr.)
- NELC-A 300: Advanced Arabic I (3 cr.)
- NELC-A 350: Advanced Arabic II (3 cr.)
- NELC-F 360: Women and Islam (3 cr.)
- NELC-N 261 / AMST-A 261 / REL-R 261: Intro to Arab American Studies (3 cr.)
- NELC-N 308 / REL-R 308: Arab Histories (3 cr.)
- NELC-N 309 / SPAN-S 309: Arab Spain and Latin America (3 cr.)
- NELC-N 316 / REL-R 317: The Qur’an (1 cr.)
- NELC-N 317: Syrian-Lebanese Food and Cooking (1 cr.)
- NELC-N 318 Islamophobia (1 cr.)
- NELC-N 397 / ANTH-E 397: Peoples and Cultures of the Modern Middle East (3 cr.)
- AMST-A 365 / REL-R 370: Islam in America (3 cr.)
- HIST-T 325: Modern Middle East (3 cr.)
- POLS-Y 339: Middle Eastern Politics (3 cr.)
- REL-R 257: Introduction to Islam (3 cr.)
- REL-R 305: Islam and Modernity (3 cr.)
