Middle East Studies (MES), Minor

Requirements for Students Matriculating in or before Academic Year 2024-2025. Learn more about University Academic Regulation 3.1.

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Minimum Grade Point Average in Minor Coursework: 2.50 with no grade below “C."
Total Hours: 22

Course List
Code	Title	Hours
Minor Requirements
Select 10 hours of college-level language instruction in Arabic, Farsi, modern Hebrew or Turkish		10
Select 12 hours in at least two separate disciplines of the following:		12
AMST 3813	Readings in the American Experience (DH)
or ENGL 3813	Readings in the American Experience (DH)
AMST 3950	Special Topics in American Studies (DH) (Global Islam)
ARCH 4273	History and Theory of Islamic Architecture
GEOG 3783	The Middle East (IS)
HIST 3543	Israel & Palestine in Modern Times (HI)
REL 4113	The World of Islam: Cultural Perspectives (HI)
REL 4213	Understanding Global Islam (HI)
SOC 4653	Gender and the Middle East (IS)
Total Hours		22

Additional OSU Requirements

An undergraduate minor must include between fifteen and thirty hours, inclusive of undergraduate coursework.
A minimum of six credit hours for the minor must be earned in residence at OSU.
The courses required for a minor may be included in the course requirements for any undergraduate degree or they may be in addition to degree requirements, depending on the overlap between the minor and degree requirements. However, an undergraduate minor must be earned in an academic field other than the student's declared degree option. The minor may not duplicate the degree major or option (for example, a student who earns a BA in Art with an Art History option may earn a minor in Studio Art but not Art History).
A student generally follows the minor requirements associated with his or her matriculation year or newer requirements that have been established since matriculation. The time limit for following requirements from a given academic year is six years.

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