Course Schedule and Catalog

Department: History

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group II

Credit Hours: 3

Description: WOMEN IN THE MODERN ISLAMIC WORLD ***** This course introduces students to the history of women in the Islamic world. Topics include women and law, family relations, work, women as political actors in Islamic history, the harem as a social and political institution, women as property owners, veiling, and modern feminist movements throughout the Islamic world. ***** Also offered as WGST 283. ***** Course not offered 2004-2005. ***** Instructor(s): Sanders.