Bachelor's in Islamic Civilization and Societies

Islamic Civilization and Societies is a Bachelor program taught at Boston College, USA. Intake: Fall, Spring. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time (4 years) options.

Boston College’s Islamic Civilization and Societies major is an interdisciplinary program. Students complete a foundational course, ISCP 1199 Introduction To Islamic Civilization, and then build their studies through disciplinary courses across Fine Arts, History, Political Science, Slavic & Eastern Languages and Literature, and Theology.

The major includes a primary department track with required departmental foundation courses, additional departmental courses, and three electives that must come from at least two other departments outside the student’s disciplinary base. Students also complete Research Seminar + Senior Thesis with ICSP4941: Senior Seminar and ICSP4952: Senior Thesis, plus intermediate level language proficiency in a relevant language.

Modules

• ISCP 1199 Introduction To Islamic Civilization
• ICSP4941: Senior Seminar
• ICSP4952: Senior Thesis
• ARTH 1101/1102 Survey of Art History
• HIST 1001-1094 sequence
• HIST 1059 Islam & Global Modernities preferred.
• POLI 1041/1042 Fundamentals of Politics I & II
• NELC 2062 States and Minorities in the Middle East
• NELC 2161 Modern Middle Eastern and Arabic Literature,
• NELC 2063 Near Eastern Civilization

The minimum requirements for admission in Islamic Civilization and Societies at Boston College for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:

• program specific academic requirment set by Boston College.
• English Language OR any other language requirments as set by Boston College as pre-requiste for admission in Islamic Civilization and Societies.

Note: Please check the university website in the link below.

Students are accepted into the major by competitive application process during the fall semester of the student's second year.

Admission Criteria: The Program's Admissions Committee considers Academic achievement: Overall GPA; Rigor of the academic program; Other noteworthy aspects of academic performance; Strength of the faculty letters of recommendation; Demonstrated personal and intellectual commitment to the field; Quality of the student's personal statement; Foreign language preparation.

Please check detail of study units at https://www.bc.edu/content/bc-web/schools/mcas/sites/ics/academics/major.html

80 fully funded scholarships are listed for USA. See USA scholarships.