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Requirements

In addition to the program requirements listed below, students must:

  • take at least nine hours of their minor "core" requirements at UNC–Chapel Hill
  • earn a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.000 in the minor core requirements. Some programs may require higher standards for minor or specific courses.

For more information, please consult the degree requirements section of the catalog.

The undergraduate minor in Persian consists of four courses. Students may complete either two language courses and two culture courses, or three language courses and one culture course.

Core Requirements
Two language courses beyond PRSN 203 (the first semester of intermediate Persian), chosen from:6
PRSN 204
Intermediate Persian II
PRSN 305
Persian Short Stories
PRSN 306
Persian Language through Literature, Film, and Media
One course chosen from among the following:3
ASIA/PWAD 69
IDEAs in Action General Education logo First-Year Seminar: Wars and Veterans: Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan
HIST 74
IDEAs in Action General Education logo First-Year Seminar: Emperors, Courts, and Consumption: The Mughals of India
ASIA 124
IDEAs in Action General Education logo Iranian Post-1979 Cinema
ASIA 126
IDEAs in Action General Education logo Introduction to Persian Literature
ASIA/WGST 127
IDEAs in Action General Education logo Iranian Women Writers
ASIA/HIST 135
IDEAs in Action General Education logo History of the Indian Subcontinent to 1750
ASIA/HIST 138
History of Muslim Societies to 1500
ASIA/HIST 139
IDEAs in Action General Education logo History of Muslim Societies since 1500
HIST 163
IDEAs in Action General Education logo Modern Central Asia H
ASIA/RELI 180
IDEAs in Action General Education logo Introduction to Islamic Civilization
ASIA/RELI 181
IDEAs in Action General Education logo Modern Muslim Societies
ASIA/CMPL 256
IDEAs in Action General Education logo Love in Classical Persian Poetry
ASIA/CMPL 258
IDEAs in Action General Education logo Iranian Prison Literature
ASIA/HIST 276
IDEAs in Action General Education logo The Modern Middle East
ASIA/WGST 329
IDEAs in Action General Education logo Middle East Women Writers
ASIA/CMPL 359
IDEAs in Action General Education logo Literary Diasporas of the Middle East
SOCI 419
IDEAs in Action General Education logo Sociology of the Islamic World
ASIA 431
IDEAs in Action General Education logo Persian Sufi Literature
ASIA/PWAD 435
IDEAs in Action General Education logo The Cinemas of the Middle East and North Africa
ASIA/CMPL 442
IDEAs in Action General Education logo Postcolonial Literature of the Middle East
ASIA/GEOG/WGST 447
Gender, Space, and Place in the Middle East
ASIA/WGST 471
IDEAs in Action General Education logo Gender and Sexuality in Middle Eastern Literature
RELI 480
IDEAs in Action General Education logo Modern Muslim Literatures
ASIA/HIST 536
Revolution in the Modern Middle East
ASIA/HIST/WGST 537
Women in the Middle East
ASIA/HIST 538
The Middle East and the West
ASIA/RELI 581
IDEAs in Action General Education logo Sufism
ASIA/RELI 582
IDEAs in Action General Education logo Islam and Islamic Art in South Asia
ASIA/RELI 583
IDEAs in Action General Education logo Religion and Culture in Iran, 1500-Present
A fourth course chosen from either the language or culture list above.3
Total Hours12
H

Honors version available. An honors course fulfills the same requirements as the nonhonors version of that course. Enrollment and GPA restrictions may apply.

Placement credit (PL) may not be used to meet minor requirements.