Minors

28-30 Credits - Advisor Professor Jonathan Miran

The Minor in Humanities provides interdisciplinary study of the humanities (philosophy, religion, history, literature and the arts) in societies around the globe.

• Three courses (13-15 credits) from: HUMA 121, 122, 123, 243, 271, 273, 275, 276, 277, 278, 281, 290; REL 231 (or HNRS 219), 232, 233, 234, 265, 283,290 ** Up to two of the following courses may be counted towards this category: HNRS 103, 104, 105, 106
• Three courses (15 credits) from: HUMA 302, 321, 323, 325, 327, 329, 360, 362, 372, 390, 421, 422, 423, 425, 427, 429, 490; REL 303, 330, 331, 332, 334, 336, 338, 340, 341, 342, 345, 375 (or EAST 375), 378, 380 (or EAST 380), 382 (or EAST 382), 390, 428, 490; or other appropriate upper-division courses under advisement.

30 Credits - Advisor Professor Jonathan Miran

The Minor in the Study of Religion provides scholarly, critical, nonsectarian study of religions. Students study religious beliefs, practices, identities and organizations, and how they have influenced and been influenced by other aspects of society and culture.

• One course (5 credits) from: REL 231 – Introduction to the Study of Religion or HNRS 219 – Colloquium in Religious Studies
• Two courses (10 credits) from: HUMA 271, 275, 278; REL 232, 233, 234, 265, 283, 290
• Three courses (15 credits) from: HUMA 321, 362, 421, 423, 429; REL 303, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 336, 338, 340, 341, 342, 345, 375 (or EAST 375), 378, 380 (or EAST 380), 382 (or EAST 382), 390, 424, 426, 428, 490; or other appropriate upperdivision courses under advisement

28-30 Credits - Advisor Professor Jonathan Miran

The Minor in Arabic and Islamic Studies provides intermediate instruction in Arabic, and introduction to the history of Islamic civilization, and upperdivision electives from several academic departments.

• ARAB 201, 202, 203 (15 credits, minimum combined GPA 2.5)
• One course (5 credits) from: HUMA 278 – Islamic Civilization or HIST 287 – Introduction to Islamic Civilization
• Electives (8-10 Cr.) from: EAST 314; FAIR 371B; HIST 288, 382, 383, 384, 404, 406, 407; HUMA 362; PLSC 271; REL 340, 341, 342, 428; or other appropriate upperdivision courses under advisement. Only one course at the 200 level can be counted in this category.

 

Course List 2024-2025

SUMMER 2024

EUS 210: NOMADS OF EURASIA (Vajda) Online/Async

PLSC 271: INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (Biswas) Online/Async

 

FALL 2024

ARAB 101: ELEMENTARY ARABIC (Hussein Abdelbaki) MWF 11.30-12.50 or 1.00-2.20

ARAB 201: INTERMEDIATE ARABIC (Hussein Abdelbaki) MWF 2.30-3.50

ENG 282: GLOBAL LITERATURES: AFRICA / MIDDLE EAST (Wise) MWF 8.30-9.50

EUS 210: NOMADS OF EURASIA (Vajda) Online/Async

HIST 407: HISTORY OF THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT (Anderson) TR 10.00-11.50

HUMA 278: ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION (Zabihi-Moghaddam) TR 2.00-3.50

PLSC 271: INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (Biswas) MWF 1.00-2.20

PLSC 271: INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (Dupuy) TR 11.30-12.50

PLSC 480: POLITICS, GOVERNMENT, AND RELIGION (Deylami) TR 10.00-11.50

 

WINTER 2025

A/HI 370: ISLAMIC VISUAL CULTURES (Sapin) MW 10.00-11.50

ARAB 102: ELEMENTARY ARABIC (Hussein Abdelbaki) MWF 1.00-2.20

ARAB 202: INTERMEDIATE ARABIC (Hussein Abdelbaki) MWF 2.30-3.50

ENG 333: GLOBAL LITERATURES: SCRIBES AND GRIOTS (Wise) TBD

ENG 335: TEXTS OUTSIDE OF AMERICA AND EUROPE: SENEGAL (Wise) TBD

ENG 337: TRAVEL WRITING IN THE SAHEL (Wise) TR 10.00-11.50

ENG 408: GLOBAL LITERATURES: SENEGAL (Wise) TBD

ETHN 252: INTRODUCTION TO ARAB AMERICAN STUDIES (Elia) TR 2.00-3.50

HIST 288: HISTORY OF THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST (Anderson) MWF 10.00-11.20

HIST 384: PALESTINE, ZIONISM AND ISRAEL (Anderson) MWF 1.00-2.20

PLSC 271: INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (Tverdova) MWF 1.00-2.20

PLSC 271: INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (Tverdova) MWF 2.30-3.50

PLSC 472: COMPARATIVE POLITICAL THOUGHT (Deylami) TR 2.00-3.50

REL 341/WGSS 320: WOMEN IN ISLAM (Zabihi-Moghaddam) TR 12.00-1.50

 

SPRING 2025

ARAB 103: ELEMENTARY ARABIC (Hussein Abdelbaki) MWF 1.00-2.20

ARAB 203: INTERMEDIATE ARABIC (Hussein Abdelbaki) MWF 2.30-3.50

ETHN 318: CONTEMPORARY ARAB AMERICAN STUDIES (Elia) MWF 11.30-12.50

EUS 210: NOMADS OF EURASIA (Vajda) Online/Async

HIST 287: INTRODUCTION TO ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION (Anderson) TR 2.00-3.50

HIST 382: THE U.S., NEOCONSERVATISM & THE MIDDLE EAST (Anderson) TR 10.00-11.50

HIST 490: ADVENTURES AT SEA [INDIAN OCEAN] (Bhattacharjee) TR 10.00-11.50

HUMA 278: ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION (Miran) TR 10.00-11.50

PLSC 271: INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (Biswas) TR 12,00-1.50

PLSC 271: INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (Tverdova) MWF 1.00-2.20

 

Please contact me with any questions: Prof. Jonathan Miran Jonathan.Miran@wwu.edu

Arabic and Islamic Studies Minor Advisor and Coordinator

Department of Global Humanities and Religions | Bond Hall 166

28-30 Credits - Advisor Professor Michael Slouber

The Minor in Digital Humanities (DH) involves a combination of computing and humanities research. Through the design and use of computational tools and methods, digital humanities is characterized by an engagement with collaborative and interdisciplinary modes of knowledge production, scholarship, publishing, and teaching.

• CSCI 102, 105, 202, HUMA 110 (17 credits)
• Humanities Electives (8-10 credits). Complete two Humanities courses under advisement. One must have a HUMA prefix. One must be upper division.
• HUMA 498 (3 credits). Under advisement, students will complete a capstone Digital Humanities research project in HUMA 498. To register for HUMA 498, students must complete a contract in the Global Humanities and Religions Department to identify a faculty supervisor and research topic.

27-30 Credits - Advisor Professor Michael Slouber

The minor in South and Southeast Asian Studies builds significant knowledge of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia through the study of culture, religion, history, literature, gender, art, film, and other disciplinary approaches.

• HIST 220 and HUMA 271 (10 credits)
• Four courses (17-20) from: A/HI 271; ANTH 463; HUMA 278, 362, 421; PLSC 312; REL 332, 345, 375, 378, 428; or other appropriate upper-division course under advisement.

 

Course List 2024-2025

Summer 2024 REL 345: FIERCE GODDESSES OF INDIA (Slouber) Online ASYNC

Fall 2024

A/HI 270: VISUAL CULTURE IN SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST ASIA (Sapin) MW 10:00–11:20

ENG 335: GLOBAL TEXTS OUTSIDE N. AMERICA/EUROPE (Prichard) TR 8:00–9:50

ENG 464: TOPICS IN FILM STUDIES (Odabasi) MWF 1:00–2:20, W 5:00–7:50

HIST 220: INTRO TO SOUTH ASIAN HISTORY (Bhattacharjee) TR 10:00–11:50

HNRS 225: COLLOQUIUM IN GLOBAL SOUTH HISTORY (Bhattacharjee) TR 8:00–9:50

HUMA 271: HUMANITIES OF INDIA (Slouber) MWF 11:30–12:50

HUMA 278: ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION (Zabihi-Moghaddam) TR 2:00–3:50

HUMA 281: REPRESENTATIONS OF OTHERNESS (Carotenuto) TR 10:00–11:50

MUS 205: SURVEY WORLD MUSIC CULTURES (Staff/Wickell) MWF 10:00–10:50 or Online ASYNC

REL 231: INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF RELIGION (Frost) MWF 11:30-12:50

Winter 2025

ANTH 453: WOMEN OF THE GLOBAL SOUTH (Mihai) TR 3:00–5:20

A/HI 370: ISLAMIC VISUAL CULTURES (Sapin) MW 10:00–11:50

HIST 356/WGSS 356: GENDER AND HISTORY (Bhattacharjee) MWF 8:30–9:50

HIST 590X: DECOLONIZING INDIA (Bhattacharjee) MW 2:30–3:50

MUS 205: SURVEY WORLD MUSIC CULTURES (Staff) MWF 10:00–10:50 or Online ASYNC

REL 303: METHODS IN THE STUDY OF RELIGION (Slouber) MWF 1:00–2:20

Spring 2025

ANTH 362: ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON ASIA (Pine) MWF 10:00-11:20

ENVR 465: DISASTER RISK REDUCTION (Paci-Green) WF 12:00–1:50

HIST 220: INTRO TO SOUTH ASIAN HISTORY (Bhattacharjee) TR 8:00–9:50

HIST 490: ADVENTURES AT SEA (Bhattacharjee) TR 10:00–11:50

HUMA 278: ISLAMIC CIVILIZATION (Miran) TR 10:00–11:50

MUS 205: SURVEY WORLD MUSIC CULTURES (Staff) MWF 10:00–10:50 or Online ASYNC

REL 290: ART, RELIGION, AND SOCIETY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA (Carotenuto) TR 10:00–11:50

REL 332: WORLD RELIGIONS (Folk) TR 10:00–11:50

REL 345/WGSS 320: FIERCE GODDESSES OF INDIA (Slouber) MWF 1:00–2:20

WGSS 314: GENDER ACROSS BORDERS (Mihai) TR 2:00–3:50

Please contact me with any questions:

Prof. Michael Slouber sloubem@wwu.edu

Department of Global Humanities and Religions | Bond Hall 170

South and Southeast Asian Studies Minor Advisor

26 Credits - Advisor Professor Jonathan Miran

The world's second largest and second most populous continent and home to fifty-four sovereign states, Africa is one of the most diverse and complex regions on the globe. The minor in African Studies is designed to provide students a broad understanding of the African continent, past and present, through disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives in the Humanities and Social Sciences.

• Two Courses (10 credits) from: HIST 285, 286; HUMA 276
• Select (at least 16 credits) from: A/HI 250, 251, 381, 383, 385, 416, 451; ENG 282; FAIR 210A, 334C, 334H, 334J (or GLBL 340), 334K (or GLBL 335), 335H; HIST 369, 385, 386, 387, 469; HUMA 362; PLSC 308; REL 342; SOC 366

 

Course List 2024-2025

SUMMER 2024

A/HI 451: AFRICAN TEXTILES (Kerman) Online/Async

SOC 366: COLONIALISM, SLAVERY & LINKS TO CONTEMP RACISM (Feinberg) Online/Async

 

FALL 2024

A/HI 381: AFRICAN ART AND POLITICS (Kerman) TR 1.00-2.50

ENG 282: GLOBAL LITERATURES: AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST (Wise) MWF 8.30-9.50

FAIR 206A: POPULATION, HEALTH, AND THE ENVIRONMENT (Schwandt) TR 9.00-11.20

FAIR 210A: WORLD ISSUES (Akinrinade) MW 11.00-1.20

FAIR 334C: INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS (Akinrinade) MW 3.00-5.20

HIST 285: AFRICAN HISTORY TO 1800 (Zimmerman) MWF 11.30-12.50

HUMA 276: HUMANITIES OF AFRICA (Watkins) TR 12.00-1.50

 

WINTER 2025

A/HI 416: GLOBAL BORDERS AND CONTESTED TERRAINS : AFRICA (Kerman) TR 1.00-2.50

ANTH 366: PERSPECTIVES ON AFRICA (Bocast) TR 3.00-5.20

ENG 333: GLOBAL LITERATURES: SCRIBES AND GRIOTS (Wise) TBD

ENG 335: TEXTS OUTSIDE OF AMERICA AND EUROPE: SENEGAL (Wise) TBD

ENG 337: TRAVEL WRITING IN THE SAHEL (Wise) TR 10.00-11.50

ENG 408: GLOBAL LITERATURES: SENEGAL (Wise) TBD

FAIR 334J/GLBL 340/HGST 302: GENOCIDE (Akinrinade) MW 12.00-2.20

HIST 286: AFRICAN HISTORY, 1800 – PRESENT (Watkins) TR 2.00-3.50

HIST 369: GENDER AND POWER IN AFRICAN HISTORY (Watkins) TR 12.00-1.50

SOC 366: COLONIALISM, SLAVERY & LINKS TO CONTEMP RACISM (Feinberg) Online/Async

 

SPRING 2025

FAIR 210A: WORLD ISSUES (Schwandt) MW 11.30-1.50

HUMA 276: HUMANITIES OF AFRICA (Watkins) TR 12.00-1.50

PLSC 308: AFRICAN POLITICAL SYSTEMS (Dupuy) MWF 2.30-3.50

SOC 366: COLONIALISM, SLAVERY & LINKS TO CONTEMP RACISM (Feinberg) day/time TBD

 

Please contact me with any questions:

Prof. Jonathan Miran Jonathan.Miran@wwu.edu

African Studies Minor Advisor and Coordinator

Department of Global Humanities and Religions | Bond Hall 166