ClassInfo - Spring 2019 Global Studies Classes

Spring 2019 | GLOS 3643 Section 001: Islam and the West (55144)

Instructor(s): Iraj Bashiri
Class Component:: Lecture
Credits:: 3 Credits
Grading Basis:: Student Option
Instructor Consent:: No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:: In Person Term Based
Meets With:: HIST 3546 Section 001
RELS 3714 Section 001
Times and Locations:: Regular Academic Session

01/22/2019 - 05/06/2019

Mon, Wed, Fri 10:10AM - 11:00AM

UMTC, West Bank

Blegen Hall 145
Enrollment Status:: Open (6 of 10 seats filled)

Course Catalog Description:: Cultural/intellectual trends that have defined fundamental differences between Islam and the West. Development of historical, philosophical, and intellectual mindset of both spheres. Factors that have contributed and continue to contribute to tension, anxiety, and hatred between the Muslim world and Europe and the United States.
Class Description:: The tension, anxiety, and hatred between Islam and the West have historical, philosophical, and ideological roots. "Islam and the West" examines those roots and looks for common ground. The course is divided into three parts. Part one studies the principles and beliefs of Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims in the context of the pre-Islamic civilizations of the Mediterranean world. Part two studies the interaction between great medieval thinkers, concentrating on the fateful decision that each made: Muslim theologians set a spiritual course for Islam while Western theologians supported reason as well. Part three discusses the development of events in the Middle East from W.W.I to the present, which includes, among other things, the division of the Middle East into nation-states, Pan-Islamism, the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood, 9/11, and the Arab Spring.
Grading:: 12% Final Exam
27% Reports/Papers
36% Quizzes
3% Attendance
12% In-class Presentations
10% Other Evaluation Other Grading Information: Book Report
Exam Format:: Essay
Class Format:: 50% Lecture
20% Film/Video
10% Discussion
20% Student Presentations
Workload:: 50 Pages Reading Per Week
15 Pages Writing Per Term
4 Exam(s)
1 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
1 Book Report(s)
Textbooks:: https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/55144/1193
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:: 10 April 2013

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