Islamic Studies
Graduate Studies
While there is currently no graduate program offered in Islamic Studies, a Masters degree program is currently being developed and several graduate courses are presently offered. However, For graduate students, the interdisciplinary M.A. program in Middle Eastern Studies
as well as the M.A. and Ph.D. programs in various departments (such as Anthropology, Arabic Studies, Architecture, Geography, History, Sociology) allow students to specialize in Islamic Studies in their course work and research projects. For a list of course offerings please consult the graduate course catalogue.
Recent MA and PhD Theses Focusing on Topics Related to Islam and Muslims:
- The Shi'a and the Abbasids, After the Revolution of 750 C.E.
- Veiling: Religious Doctrine or Cultural Tradition? Views of Muslim Women in Austin TX
- An Ontological Study of Iblis al-Shaytan
- Implementation of the Hudood Ordinance in Pakistan & its Affect on Women
- A Textual Analysis of the Concepts Laid Down in the 1st Verses of Qur’anic Revelation
- Muslim Women’s Religious Groups in Cairo
- Conversion to Islam in Muslim Spain
- Dar al-Islam & Dar al-Harb: Disc. on the Crafting of a Muslim State
- Forty Years of Female Rule in Medieval Yemen: Illuminating the Reign of al-Sayyida bint Ahmed al-Sulayhi (d.532/1137)
- Hijab in Algeria: Tradition, Symbols & Tactical uses of Hijab in the Algerian Revolution
- Ijma' in the writings of Jassas, Amidi, Ghazali & Razi
- The progression of medical education and practices in Medieval Islam
- The Islamic city: Architecture and Urbanism
- Islamic Numerology: Numerical Symbols in Cultural Productions, Ritual Practices, and Cosmological Doctrines
- Muslims in China
- Muslim Concepts of Existence: Intertwining Habitat & Identity
- Purity, Dogs, and Medieval Muslim Jurists: Legal Negotiation of a Complex Cultural Ethic
- Space and Gender in Late Ottoman Architecture