Spring 2020  |  SOC 3207 Section 001: Global Islamophobia (67421)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Discussion
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option No Audit
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person Term Based
Meets With:
GLOS 3407 Section 001
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
01/21/2020 - 05/04/2020
Wed 02:30PM - 05:30PM
UMTC, West Bank
Blegen Hall 435
Enrollment Status:
Closed (5 of 5 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
"We don't want Muslims in our country." "All Muslims should leave." "Muslims are terrorists." Throughout the world, anti-Muslim activists and politicians have been increasingly attacking Muslims and Islam. And, international organizations have reported human rights violations against Muslims worldwide. Recently, in the United States, there have been calls to ban Muslims, as well as register American Muslims. In France, Muslim women are prohibited to wear a headscarf in high school. And in Myanmar, a genocide against Muslim minorities is currently underway. While anti-Islamic discourses have a long history in many societies worldwide (including Muslim-majority countries), the course seeks to explore the global rise of these discourses since September 11, 2001. The course examines the cultural, political, and historical origins of Islamophobic discourses that cast Muslims as "violent," "hateful," and "uncivilized." Class sessions will include some lecture but will be largely discussion based. Assignments will ask students to think and write critically about course concepts, debate and participate in simulation exercises, and reflect on personal thoughts and feelings about course content.
Class Notes:
Click on this link for more detailed information: http://classinfo.umn.edu/?asalamha+SOC3207+Spring2020
Class Description:
"We don't want Muslims in our country." "All Muslims should leave." "Muslims are terrorists." Throughout the world, anti-Muslim activists and politicians have been been increasingly attacking Muslims and Islam. And, international organizations have reported human rights violations against Muslims worldwide. Recently, in the United States, there have been calls to ban Muslims, as well as register American Muslims. In France, Muslim women are prohibited to wear a headscarf in high school
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nd in Myanmar, a genocide against Muslim minorities is currently underway. While anti-Islamic discourses have a long history in many societies worldwide
​ (including Muslim-majority countries)​
, the courseseeks to explore the global rise of these discourses since September 11, 2001. The course examines the cultural, political, and historical origins of Islamophobic discourses that cast Muslims as "violent," "hateful," and "uncivilized."
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The course explores
Muslim minorities in Western societies
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as a case study of how a minority group comes into formation and becomes adversely targeted.
​The
course examines how discrimination is not a simple straight-forward act, but occurs alongside
​images
of a despicable and threatening "other
​" in our midst.
One goal of the course is to understand the pernicious yet complex ways in which discrimination is justified and normalized in society. Students will write a human rights strategy memo contemplating ways to limit or eliminate discrimination and - at the end of the course - students will participate in a simulation of the United Nations Security Council.
Learning Objectives:
Identify (and define) Islamophobia.
Analyze the multiple human rights challenges resulting from Islamophobia.
Devise strategies to address the challenge of Islamophobia.
Grading:
30% Participation (includes attendance, individual in-class discussion of readings, and general participation)
20% Debate (Simulation) (4-7 minute speech)
20% Strategy Memo (class discussion of memo ideas, the sharing of comments, and grading based on honor).
30% Simulation of the United Nations Security Council

*This grading scheme is not final, as the instructor intends to consult with students in the beginning of the course.
Exam Format:
There are NO exams in this course.
Class Format:
The course is discussion-based. It includes lectures, activities, and in-class discussion.
There are no textbooks in the course. All readings are anticipated to be available on Canvas.
Workload:
20-30 Pages Reading per Week (excluding the last two weeks, considering the simulation and the final week wrap-up)
1 Debate
1 Strategy Memo
1 United Nations Security Council Simulation
1 Commentary based on a guest lecture
1 Reflections Essay
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/67421/1203
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
26 January 2020

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