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Program checklist · Minor

Middle East and Islamic Studies

Le Moyne College · Syracuse, NY

A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.

Program
Award
Minor
Catalog edition
Catalog 2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
Description
According to the Modern Language Association (MLA) the study of world language is booming in the US, yet only 1% study "critical languages" despite the growing needs of such skills for US national security agencies. Demand for Arabic and the study of the Arab world grew by 126.5% from 2002-2006 according to the MLA study, and again by 46.3% between 2006-2009. Over 400 million people speak Arabic in the world and 1.8 billion of the world's population identifies as Muslim. Students who complete a minor in Middle East and Islamic Studies will make themselves more marketable nationally and internationally, as the minor is interdisciplinary and reflects knowledge of a Middle Eastern language as well as the politics, history and religions of the Middle East and North Africa and/or the greater Islamic world. According to the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the US continues to have a national security strategy in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, which in turn will call for experts on the region. A minor in Middle East and Islamic Studies will give graduate school and national agencies' applicants advantages over other candidates.
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
192323
CourseShelf checklist
CK_192323_3162e547
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

World Languages

2 items
  1. ARA 101
    Elementary Arabic I
    As published: “Elementary Arabic I 1”
    or: ARA 201 Intermediate Arabic I
    or: ARA 301 Arabic Conversation
    3
  2. ARA 102
    Elementary Arabic II
    As published: “Elementary Arabic II 1”
    or: ARA 202 Intermediate Arabic II
    or: ARA 302 Arabic Conversation II
    3

Islamic Studies (Choose One)

3 items
  1. REL 360
    3
  2. REL 365
    3
  3. REL 366
    3

Middle East History and Politics (Choose One)

5 items
  1. HST 350
    3
  2. HST 377
    3
  3. HST 378
    3
  4. HST 379
    3
  5. PSC 357
    3

Electives (Choose One)

electives · 10 items
  1. PSC 105
    3
  2. PSC 261
    3
  3. PSC 367
    3
  4. PHL 324
    3
  5. GWS 213
    3
  6. GWS 314
    3
  7. REL 362
    3
  8. REL 383
    3
  9. REL 309
    3
  10. THE 201
    3
Source. Le Moyne College, catalog Catalog 2026-2027 — http://collegecatalog.lemoyne.edu/interdisciplinary-programs/middleeastandislamicstudiesminor/. Captured page pages/0336.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.