3D Course Summary: Understanding Islam In Historical Perspective

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For my 3D course cluster, I am taking BIOL336 Genetics, PHIL130 Ethics and HIST231 Understanding Islam in Historical Perspective. As a biology major my favorite subject is genetics and I am taking it as a major requirement. One thing that is frustrating is only taking major and minor requirements with limited space for classes that I am interested in. These 3D classes allow me to explore subjects that I am interested in. I want to take ethics and explore different moral obligations and utilitarian philosophy. I am also interested in taking a history class on historical Islam because I want to learn how different countries adapted to Islam and incorporated it into their culture and society. As a female Muslim stem major, I always think about

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