Minoring in Persian
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.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |  First-Year Seminar: Wars and Veterans: Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan | |
HIST 74 | First-Year Seminar: Emperors, Courts, and Consumption: The Mughals of India | |
ASIA 124 | Iranian Post-1979 Cinema | |
ASIA 126 | Introduction to Persian Literature | |
ASIA/WGST 127 | Iranian Women Writers | |
ASIA/HIST 135 | History of the Indian Subcontinent to 1750 | |
ASIA/HIST 138 | History of Muslim Societies to 1500 | |
ASIA/HIST 139 | History of Muslim Societies since 1500 | |
HIST 163 | Modern Central Asia H | |
ASIA/RELI 180 | Introduction to Islamic Civilization | |
ASIA/RELI 181 | Modern Muslim Societies | |
ASIA/CMPL 256 | Love in Classical Persian Poetry | |
ASIA/CMPL 258 | Iranian Prison Literature | |
ASIA/HIST 276 | The Modern Middle East | |
ASIA/WGST 329 | Middle East Women Writers | |
ASIA/CMPL 359 | Literary Diasporas of the Middle East | |
SOCI 419 | Sociology of the Islamic World | |
ASIA 431 | Persian Sufi Literature | |
ASIA/PWAD 435 | The Cinemas of the Middle East and North Africa | |
ASIA/CMPL 442 | Postcolonial Literature of the Middle East | |
ASIA/GEOG/WGST 447 | Gender, Space, and Place in the Middle East | |
ASIA/WGST 471 | Gender and Sexuality in Middle Eastern Literature | |
RELI 480 | 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 | Sufism | |
ASIA/RELI 582 | Islam and Islamic Art in South Asia | |
ASIA/RELI 583 | Religion and Culture in Iran, 1500-Present | |
| A fourth course chosen from either the language or culture list above. | 3 | |
| Total Hours | 12 | |
| 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.