General Requirements:

The minor will require 20 credit hours from the designated courses including the language credits.  It is required that students maintain a good academic standing with a grade of C or above in these courses.

Introductory Course Requirement:

Students must take an introductory course (3 Credits) related to the minor.

• POLSC 135 - Introduction to Comparative Politics Credits: 3

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• HIST 111 - World History to 1450 Credits: 3

• Or

• HIST 112 - World History From 1450 Credits: 3

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• COMM 480 - Intercultural Communication Credits: 3

Language Requirement:

Students are required to take at least 8 credit hours of language listed below.

• ARAB 101 - Arabic I Credits: 4
• ARAB 102 - Arabic II Credits: 4

• Note 1: Arab 101 and Arab 102 are 4 credit hour courses. It is strongly recommended that students also take additional courses in language (e.g. ARAB 201  and ARAB 301 ) for a complete cultural immersion in the Middle Eastern culture.

  Note 2: A student may substitute previous college level course work in Turkish, Persian, or Hebrew upon approval. A native speaker of these languages may be exempt from the language requirements and can fulfill the remaining requirements for total credits by taking approved electives or independent studies. In addition, a student may fulfill language requirements in a study abroad program if credit hours are offered at college level and if these courses are approved by Kansas State University.

   

  Students must select one course from each section and complete a minimum of 9 credits of core courses from the following three categories. To fulfill the minor requirements, each student has to choose one course from each section below:

   

Optional Elective:

Note: Students can replace one course (3 credit) from the “core course requirements” section conditional on the approval of the director of the Middle East Studies Minor:

• AMETH 354 - Asian American Perspectives Credits: 3
• AMETH 450 - Comparative Ethnic Studies Credits: 3
• ANTH 200 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Credits: 3

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• ANTH 204 - A General Education Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Credits: 3

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• ANTH 210 - Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Honors Credits: 3
• ANTH 314 - Introduction to the World’s Religions Credits: 3
• ANTH 616 - Anthropology of the Future: Apocalypse, Prophecy, and Hope Credits: 3
• ART 195 - Survey of Western Art History I Credits: 3
• ECON 536 - Comparative Economics Credits: 3
• ECON 682 - Development Economics Credits: 3
• GEOG 340 - Natural Resources Credits: 3
• HIST 567 - Europe in the Middle Ages Credits: 3
• HIST 597 - Topics in European History Credits: 1-3
• POLSC 341 - Politics of the World Economy Credits: 3
• POLSC 343 - American Foreign Policy Credits: 3
• POLSC 526 - Comparative Political Institutions Credits: 3
• POLSC 540 - Global Security Threats Credits: 3
• POLSC 545 - The Politics of Developing Nations Credits: 3
• POLSC 601 - Topics in Political Science Credits: 3
• POLSC 626 - African Politics Credits: 3
• POLSC 638 - Ethnic Conflict Credits: 3
• POLSC 643 - Global Human Rights Credits: 3
• POLSC 654 - International Politics of Africa Credits: 3
• POLSC 675 - Religion and Politics Credits: 3
• SOCIO 363 - Global Problems Credits: 3
• SOCIO 507 - International Development and Social Change Credits: 3
• SOCIO 633 - Gender, Power, and Development Credits: 3