Requirements for the Minor in Iranian Studies:
The minor in Iranian Studies consists of a minimum of fifteen (15) credit hours of coursework. Nine (9) of these credit hours must be at the upper-division level. The credit hours are divided into “required courses” and “elective courses” as listed below:
A-Required Courses
All students petitioning for the minor in Iranian Studies must complete:
B- Elective Courses
Nine (9) additional upper-division hours from the list of courses below, at least three of the hours must be taken in the Department of International and Area Studies. Other courses not listed below may also be approved for the minor, if they include significant Iran-related content, and are approved by the faculty advisors.
Students wishing to minor in Iranian Studies should contact IAS undergraduate advisor Malin Collins at malin@ou.edu.
Study the Persian language at OU! All Persian students are eligible for the Farzaneh Family Persian Language Scholarship, which awards $1,000 annually.
Historically Persian was the language of poetry, literature, science, religion, law, and more for people in many regions, from the Balkans in Southeast Europe through the Caucasus, the Middle East, Central Asia, South Asia, and even extended to parts of Siberia and China. Today Persian is spoken by over 100 million people in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and elsewhere. The United States is also home to hundreds of thousands of Iranian- and Afghan-Americans, many of whom speak Persian. Oklahoma in particular has significant Iranian and Afghan communities.
