Islamic Civilization and Societies requirements

Departmental Foundation Courses: Two Courses — Political Science

Required for the program.

• POLI1041 Fundamental Concepts of Politics
• POLI1042 Introduction to Modern Politics

Departmental Foundation Courses: Two Courses — Art, Art History, and Film

Required for the program.

• ARTH1101 Art: Prehistoric to Middle Ages
• ARTH1102 Art: Renaissance to Modern Times

Departmental Foundation Courses: Two Courses — Near Eastern Languages and Literatures (any two of the following)

Choose from these approved options.

• NELC2061 Language, Memory, and Identity in the Middle East
• NELC2062 States and Minorities in the Middle East
• NELC2161 Modern Levantine and Arabic Literature (in translation)

Base Discipline Electives: Two Courses — Political Science

Choose from these approved options.

• POLI2405 Comparative Politics of the Middle East
• POLI2637 Introduction to Islamic Law
• POLI2409 Revolution, Nationalism, and State Building in the Middle East
• POLI2636 Medieval Jewish and Christian Political Philosophy
• POLI2638 Islamic Political Philosophy
• POLI3527 Terrorism, Insurgency, and Political Violence
• POLI2615 Islam and Liberal Democracy

Base Discipline Electives: Two Courses — History

Choose from these approved options.

• HIST4090 From the Mughals to Modi: The Making of Modern South Asia
• HIST4122 Odysseys in the Western and Islamic Traditions
• HIST4140 The Middle East in the Twentieth Century
• HIST4497 Terrorism in America

Base Discipline Electives: Two Courses — International Studies

Choose from these approved options.

• INTL3340 Environmental Politics of the Middle East

Base Discipline Electives: Two Courses — Art, Art History, and Film

Choose from these approved options.

• ARTH2280 Masterpieces of Islamic Art
• ARTH2213 Islamic Art and Architecture
• FILM3314 Cinema of the Greater Middle East
• ARTH4409 Islamic Book

Base Discipline Electives: Two Courses — Near Eastern Languages and Literatures

Choose from these approved options.

• NELC1212 Introduction to Modern Hebrew II
• NELC4122 Advanced Arabic II
• NELC1211 Introduction to Modern Hebrew I
• SLAV2065 Society and National Identity in the Balkans
• SLAV2069 Literature of the Other Europe
• NELC3162 Business Arabic
• NELC4121 Advanced Arabic I
• THEO5582 Introduction to Biblical Hebrew I

Source and limitations

Requirements sourced from Boston College University Catalog — Islamic Civilization and Societies.

Applies to the Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year cohort.

31 courses across 8 requirement groups.

Requirement eligibility varies by school, cohort, and section. Confirm every degree requirement in EagleApps or with an advisor.