Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Schedule - Spring Semester 2016
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HIST 434 001 (CRN: 25132)
ISLAM AND THE WEST
Long Title: ISLAM AND THE WEST
Department: History
Instructor: Makdisi, Ussama
Meeting: 9:25AM - 10:40AM TR (11-JAN-2016 - 22-APR-2016)
Part of Term: Full Term
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
Section Max Enrollment: 15
Section Enrolled: 11
Waitlisted: 0 (Max 99)
Current members of the waitlist have priority for available seats.
Enrollment data as of: 17-APR-2024 11:32PM
Final Exam: No Final Exam
Final Exam Time:
30-APR-2016
9:00AM - 12:00PM S
Description: Seminar explores issues of contact and exploration between Western and Islamic worlds, from the Crusades to the modern era. Investigations will explore how identities are formed and reshaped through interaction with other cultures and how traditions are "invented" by relationships between civilization and despotism, freedom and tyranny, religious tolerance and holy war. Open to juniors and seniors. Open to others only with permission of instructor. (Please note that class rank is determined by year of matriculation, not credits.)