Iran & Persian Studies, Minor College of Letters & Science

The Iran & Persian Studies Minor is an interdisciplinary minor that allows students to learn about the pre-modern and modern history, cultures, societies, and diasporas of the peoples of Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan as well as other users of Persian in West Asia, Central Asia, and South Asia. The Iran & Persian Studies Minor is open to undergraduates in all four colleges.

Minor Advisor

Consult the Middle East/South Asia Studies Advisor in 1287 Social Science and Humanities, 530-752-3576, or Middle East/South Asia Studies.

Middle East/South Asia Studies
MSA 100Middle East & South Asia: Comparative Perspectives4
MSA 180Topics in Middle East & South Asian Studies4
MSA 181ATopics in Regional ME/SA Studies 4
or MSA 182A Undergraduate Proseminar in Middle East/South Asia
History
HIS 190DMiddle Eastern History IV: Safavids Iran, 1300-17204
or HIS 193D History of Modern Iran, From 1850 to Present
Core Course List
Choose additional electives from Core Course list:4-8
Modern Iranian Cinema
Modern Iranian Cinema
Iranian Society & Culture
Topics in Regional ME/SA Studies
Undergraduate Proseminar in Middle East/South Asia
Classical Literatures of the Islamic World 600-1900
Middle Eastern History IV: Safavids Iran, 1300-1720
History of Modern Iran, From 1850 to Present
With prior consultation with an advisor, students can petition in advance the Program Committee to accept:
Other elective courses toward the minor program if the content is 50% or more on the Iranian and Persian World. Under no circumstances may more than one lower division course be offered in satisfaction of requirements for the minor.
More than 4 units1 towards the minor program.
Total Units20-24
1

Of MSA 181A and/or MSA 182A