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SYLLABUS
| All assignments for this course
are listed on the day assigned, not
the day due. Unless otherwise noted, assignments are
due the next class. W |
| After
8/27, class will meet at 11:00
rather than 9:40 AM in order to give you sufficient
time to complete the homework. If by 9/14
there are students who would would like to use that
extra hour for an extra-credit reading session
with me, I will make arrangements for a reading circle
with appropriate assignments and additional credit.
I will, however, always be in the classroom at 9:40
as a form of additional office hours. |
Grade Breakdown see here
Class policies (including) lateness/attendance
here.
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| Be
sure to get our textbook, Knut S. Vikør's Between
Good and the Sultan: A History of Islamic Law .
Vikør is at the campus bookstore waiting for
you. |
Course Objectives:
• Student will be able to demonstrate a familiarity
with the major concepts and shaping principles of Islamic
law.
• Students will be able to master--and cogently present
to their peers--the essential arguments and supporting evidence
of a chapter from an academic work.
• Students will be able to use electronic resources
at the library (and not simply google) to research a scholarly
question.
• Students will be able to employ textual evidence
in support of an analytic argument
• Students will be able to craft college-level, thesis-driven
essays in a clear and comprehensible style
CLASS 1: Friday, 8/27
Introductions; signing of student contracts
assigned viewing due 9/03: Inside the
Koran (1 hr. 32 min.) available at the library's 3-hr.
reserve); but look at the questions from the assigned writing
below BEFORE watching the video.
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Although
this assignment is worth 8% of your final grade, if
you DON'T do it, it's worth 16% with the additional
points coming off your final exam grade |
assigned writing due 9/03 by blackboard by the start
of classtime: questions
on video (click here)
(2 hr. 28 min.) To help you, a full transcript of the video
is available on the BLACKBOARD course website,
under "course documents."
If you don't recall much about the rise of Islam from your
previous history courses, you will want to watch this very
short video here.
CLASS 2: Friday, 9/03
assigned reading due 9/14 (no
class 9/10, Tuesday 9/14 follows Friday schedule):
Vikør, 1- 19, prep the chapter for both your notes and the
possibility of being called on to present the chapter. See
here for details.
quiz next class: prepare for the map
quiz
CLASS 3: Tuesday, 9/14
assigned reading due 9/24 (no class
on 9/17): Vikør, 20 - 52 (this is 2 chapters).
Prep 20 - 52 as you would normally,
but the day's presenters will not be expected to discuss
pp. 20 -30.
CLASS 4: Friday, 9/24
assigned reading due 10/01:
Vikør, 53 - 72. Prep the chapter
By 10/01
you must choose an article or a topic for your paper (see
paper assignment here). Keep
in mind not all topics ("The role of Vampires in Islamic
Law," for example) have generated articles; likewise, not
all articles that have been written on Islamic Law will
work for the assignment. Notice that you must e-mail me
your proposed topic/question (see Friday, 10/01)
by class time on 10/01.
CLASS 5: Friday, 10/01
DEADLINE
FOR SENDING ME AN E-MAIL IDENTIFYING THE TOPIC OR QUESTION
YOU ARE GOING TO RESEARCH
assigned reading due 10/08: Vikør, 73-
88. Prep the chapter
CLASS
6: Friday, 10/08
assigned reading, due : the article of you
have identified from your research program (see written assignment
(A) below).
assigned writing:
You've
got two weeks and NO class on 10/15 to write
this 2.5 - 4 page paper-- so you've got PLENTY of time.
You'll
also see that you will be doing the paper in a series of manageable
steps, taken in turn, that each build upon the other.
Here are
thsoe steps and their due dates, staggered out across two
weeks.
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assignment |
due date |
| A) |
one
paragraph description
of your research program |
10/11,
Monday
11:59 pm
through blackboard |
| B) |
Outline
of article review with 8 quotations identified |
10/18,
Monday
11:59 pm
through blackboard |
| C) |
article
review essay
700 - 1150 words
(250 words = 1 page, double-spaced, 12 pt. font of text) |
10/21,
Thursday
11:59 pm through blackboard |
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CLASS
7: Friday, 10/15 OPTIONAL IN-CLASS WRITING
WORKSHOP
You do NOT have to come to class
today, but I will be in our classroom to answer questions
you might have about the assignment.
SEE DEADLINES UNDER
Friday, 10/08
CLASS
8: Friday, 10/22
assigned reading due 10/29: Vikør,
89-113. Prep the chapter.
CLASS
9: Friday, 10/29
assigned
reading due 11/05: Vikør, 140-167. Prep
the chapter.
CLASS
10: Friday, 11/05
assigned
reading due Vikør, 168-184. Prep
the chapter.
CLASS
11: Friday, 11/12
assigned
reading due 11/19:
Vikør, 299-325. Prep
the chapter.
CLASS
12: Friday,
11/19
assigned
reading due next class: Vikør, 254-279. Prep
the chapter.
View this clip from the BBC and be prepared
to discuss it:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7489981.stm
YOU MUST GIVE ME THE BROAD TOPIC FOR YOUR HYPOTHETICAL
FETWA BY BLACKBOARD BY 11:59 12/02.
I'll PROVIDE YOU WITH THE HYPOTHETICAL QUESTION WITHIN YOUR
GENERAL TOPIC WHEN WE MEET 12/10.
CLASS
13: Friday,
12/03
assigned
reading due next class: Vikør, 280-298 Prep
the chapter
CLASS
14: Friday,
12/10
In class discussion of FETWA
assignment due by blackboard on 12/21
at 11:59 pm.
FINAL
EXAM: Friday, 12/17
In our classroom, 9:40 - 12:20
Remember, you will have with you the notes
you having been prepping
all semester.
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