Each quarter, numerous courses on campus deal primarily with Iranian culture, politics, and history across a variety of disciplines. The following list is a selection of Iranian-related courses offered for the 2015-16 academic year.

 

Fall 2015

AMELANG 144A           First-Year Modern Persian, First Quarter

AMELANG 145A          Second-Year Modern Persian, First Quarter

AMELANG 146A          Third-Year Modern Persian, First Quarter

COMPLIT 249A            The Iranian Cinema: Image and Meaning

COMPLIT 40Q              Aesthetics of Dissent: the Case of Islamic Iran

CLASSICS 247            Priests, Prophets, and Kings: Religion and Society in Late Antique Iran

POLISCI 118P              U.S. Relations in Iran

 

 Winter 2016

AMELANG 144B         First-Year Modern Persian, Second Quarter

AMELANG 145B         Second-Year Modern Persian, Second Quarter

AMELANG 146B         Third-Year Modern Persian, Second Quarter

COMPLIT 249B           Iranian Cinema in Diaspora

HISTORY 87                The Islamic Republics: Politics and Society in Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan   

POLISCI 245R             Politics in Modern Iran

 

Spring 2016

AMELANG 144C         First-Year Modern Persian, Third Quarter

AMELANG 145C         Second-Year Modern Persian, Third Quarter

AMELANG 146C         Third-Year Modern Persian, Third  Quarter

CLASSICS 148           Imperishable Heroes and Unblemished Goddesses: Myth, Ritual, and Epic in Ancient Iran

POLISCI 149S             Islam, Iran, and the West

HISTORY 201A            The Global Drug Wars

MS&E 93Q                   Nuclear Weapons, Energy, Proliferation, and Terrorism

COMPLIT 249C           Contemporary Iranian Theater

COMPLIT 238A           Uneasy Modernity: 20th Century Persian Poetry and the Specter of Tradition

COMPLIT 260B           Love and Negativity in Medieval Persian Mysticism

 

STUDENTS WITH DOCUMENTED DISABILITIES

Students who may need an academic accommodation based on the impact of a disability must initiate the request with the Student Disability Resource Center (SDRC) located within the Office of Accessible Education (OAE). SDRC staff will evaluate the request with required documentation, recommend reasonable accommodations, and prepare an Accommodation Letter for faculty dated in the current quarter in which the request is being made. Students should contact the SDRC as soon as possible since timely notice is needed to coordinate accommodations. The OAE is located at 563 Salvatierra Walk (phone: 723-1066).