HIST375-22S1 (C) Semester One 2022

The Muslim World, 600-1650

30 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 21 February 2022
End Date: Sunday, 26 June 2022
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 6 March 2022
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 15 May 2022

Description

A social, cultural and political history of the Islamic world between 600 and 1650.

Today’s news agenda is dominated by stories connected with Islam: this course provides the student with the vital historical background and context they need to understand and interpret events. It offers the opportunity to reach beyond popular stereotypes and develop a fuller understanding of the role that a multitude of societies played in shaping the development of the religion of Islam and the culture of the Muslim world.

Muslim society is rarely explored in the English-speaking world as a culture in its own right. It is more often considered in relation to the development of either European or Asian civilisation. This course adopts a new focus: while it will certainly explore the interaction of Muslim society with Christian Europe and Hindu India, it will bridge the gap between east and west by making its focus the Muslim world itself.

Learning Outcomes

University Graduate Attributes

This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

Globally aware

Students will comprehend the influence of global conditions on their discipline and will be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.

Prerequisites

Any 30 points at 200 level from HIST, or
any 60 points at 200 level from the Schedule V of the BA.

Restrictions

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Chris Jones

Lecturer

Jane Buckingham

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Essay 03 Jun 2022 25%
Final Online Test 20% Two hours
Seminar 35% Paper 1 (15%); Paper 2 (20%)
Multiple choice quizzes 20% Two quizzes (10% each); one per term

Textbooks / Resources

Vernon O. Egger, History of the Muslim World to 1750: The Making of a Civilization, 2nd edition (New York: Routledge, 2018)

Image caption: Al Fahidi Fort, Dubai (built 1787) © Chris Jones

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,597.00

International fee $7,200.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Humanities .

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