PRIRSMA - Persian and Iranian Studies

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The MA in Persian and Iranian Studies consists of 30 units of major coursework that include 15 units of core courses, 9 units of elective courses, 3 units of a research methods course, and 3 units of thesis research. Intermediate proficiency in Persian is also required.

CORE COURSES (15 units total):

- MENA 595D — Middle East (3 units)

- Pre-modern Courses from list below (3 units):

• HIST/MENA/ORS 572 — Medieval India

• HIST/MENA/PRS 585A — History of the Iranian Plateu: 600-1501

• JUS/RELI/MENA 544 — Islamic Mysticism

• MENA/PRS 536 — Love, Sex and Desire in the Islamicate Imaginary

• MENA/PRS 575 — Kingship in Medieval Islami Iran

• MENA 596H — Shi'ism

• PRS 596A — Topics in Classical and Ancient Persian Literature and Culture

- Modern Courses from list below (3 units):

• ANTH/MENA/PRS 532 — Iranian Culture and Society

• GWS/MENA 563 — Gender Issues and Women's Literature in the Middle East

• GWS/MENA/PRS 571 — Iranian Cinema, Gender Issues, and Social Change

• HIST/MENA 580 — The Middle East in the Twentieth Century

• HIST/MENA/POL 596S — Colonialism and the Critique of Modernity

• MENA/PRS 596E — Marxism and the Middle East

• MENA 696Y — Nationalism and Islam

• PRS 596B — Topics in Modern Persian Literature and Iranian Culture

- Pre-modern and/or Modern Courses from lists above (6 units)

ELECTIVE COURSES (9 units total)

RESEARCH METHODS COURSES (3 units total):

• ANTH/LING/MENA/SLAT 530A — Language and Society in the Middle East

• ANTH 609 — Mixed Methods in Applied Anthropology

• ANTH/MENA 696J — Ethnography of the Middle East: Issues and Methods

• ENGL 515 — History of Criticism and Theory

• ENGL 596B — Studies in Colonial and Post-Colonial Literature and Theory

• ENGL 596L — Theories in Criticism

• HIST/MENA/POL 596S — Colonialism and the Critique of Modernity

• HIST 695K — Historiography

• LING/SLAT 503 — Foundation of Syntactic Theory

• LING 696A — Topics in Syntax and Semantics

THESIS RESEARCH (3 units total): 

• PRS 910 — Thesis

ELECTIVE COURSES (9 units total)

Electives should be chosen in consultation with the major advisor.

An additional 3 units of PRS 910 — Thesis can be counted toward the required 9 units of elective courses.

Up to 6 units of Persian language at the graduate level can be counted toward the required 9 units of elective courses.

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

Intermediate proficiency in Persian is required. To meet this requirement, students must take PRS 402 — Intermediate Persian II or receive credit by exam. If the latter option is chosen, the exam must be administered by a Persian language instructor.

Please refer to the Graduate Student Handbook for students who are pursuing this program of study.