Below is the list of courses offered at the Institute of Islamic Studies in Fall 2020. Due to the challenges of remote teaching and learning, there are some changes to be expected. Please see below videos, in which professors explain what changes have been made to make your learning experience effective and enjoyable.
For the course syllabi, please see here.
ISLA 200. Islamic Civilization.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Islamic Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An introduction to, and survey of, the religious, literary, artistic, legal, philosophical and scientific traditions that constituted Islamic civilization from the 7th Century until the mid-19th Century.
- Fall
- Note: All readings are in English.
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Prof. Rula J. Abisaab about ISLA 200 in Fall 2020:
ISLA 300. Special Topics 7.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Islamic Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Subject matter will vary year to year, according to the instructor. Topic will be made available in Minerva.
- Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor.
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Fall 2020: Islamic Sufism
Prof. Aslıhan Gürbüzel about ISLA 300: Islamic Sufism:
ISLA 370. The Qur’an: History and Interpretation.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Islamic Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
It examines the history of the codification of the text, its form, and modes of interpretation in both the modern and pre-modern periods. Presentation of different schools of Qur’anic exegesis, including traditional hermeneutical approaches, and modern approaches such as feminist interpretations of the Qur’ān.
- Prerequisite(s): ISLA 200 or permission of instructor
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ISLA 380. Islamic Philosophy and Theology.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Islamic Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
A survey of the most important philosophers and theologians in Islamic intellectual history, with a focus on the theories they articulated and the movements they engendered. The impact of European thought on 19th and 20th century Islamic intellectual history is also examined.
- Note: Reading and discussion in English.
- Note: Reading and discussion in English.
- Prerequisite: ISLA 200 or permission of instructor.
- Note: Reading and discussion in English.
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ISLA 506. Revolutions: Arab Middle East and North Africa.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Islamic Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The post-Ottoman Arab world; major socio-political transformations and revolutions in the 20th century Middle Eastern and North African Arab countries; the historical contexts that shaped them and their implications. Interdisciplinarity (anthropology, psychology, sociology, psychiatry, law), effects of revolutionson individuals and societies; the cause of these revolutions; the impact of the modernization/reforms, colonialism and the rise of nationalist movements on them; the diverse compositions and aims of these revolutions; types of social groups and political organizationsand societies that were drawn to these revolutions and why; and the role colonial and postcolonial powers played in them.
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ISLA 511. Medieval Islam, 10th-12th Century.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Islamic Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Socio-political, religious and intellectual developments in Muslim societies following the weakening of the Arab-Sunni Abbasid Caliphate in Baghdad during the tenth century. Emphasis will be placed on the historical formation and features of the Seljuq and Buyid dynasties as well as the Fatimid Caliphate in Egypt.
- Prerequisites: Isla 200
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have take ISLA 511D1/D2
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Fall 2020: Love in Medieval Islamic Thought
Prof. Keshavmurthy about ISLA 511 in Fall 2020:
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ISLA 524. Advanced Arabic 1.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Islamic Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Advanced level of the Arabic language study.
- Note: Language of instruction is Arabic.
- Prerequisite: ISLA 423D1/D2 or ISLA 523D1/D2 or ISLA 623D1/D2 or placement test or permission of the instructor
- Note: Language of instruction is Arabic.
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The three Arabic instructors, Shokry Gohar, Hala Jawlakh, and David Nancekivell talk about the Arabic courses in Fall 2020:
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Dr. Pouneh Shabani-Jadidi about the Persian language courses in Fall 2020:
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ISLA 553. Advanced Urdu-Hindi 1.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Islamic Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Builds upon Intermediate Urdu-Hindi to introduce students to advanced grammatical constructions through reading of longer texts in the Urdu or
Hindi script, conversation, and video/audio cultural materials.
- Prerequisites: ISLA 352D1/D2 or ISLA 552D1/D2 or ISLA 652D1/D2 or equivalent or permission of the instructor.
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ISLA 585. Arab Women's Literature.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Islamic Studies (Faculty of Arts)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Explorations of writings by Arab women. Issues include: translation/reception, gender and genre, categories of knowledge about Arab women, feminist and post-colonial theories/methodologies.
- Prerequisite: ISLA 392 or permission of instructor.
- Note: Readings in English translation.
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Prof. Michelle Hartman about the Fall 2020 edition of ISLA 585:
ISLA 602. Islamic Philosophy and Theology.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Islamic Studies (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Advanced examination of research issues in the field of Islamic philosophy and theology. Topics will include dialectic, metaphysics, the commentary traditions and 19th century Kalâm.
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ISLA 603. Introductory: Research Materials - Islamic Studies.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Islamic Studies (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Exploration of research materials in Islamic Studies, including intellectual output of Islamic civilization, compositions, Arabic nomenclature, Arabic script and transliteration systems, published and unpublished materials (theses, manuscripts, books printed by lithography, facsimile editions, monographic, serial, e-publishing), websites, databases; major reference books (bibliographies, encyclopedias, handbooks, online/published catalogues, language/biographical dictionaries).
- Fall
- 2 hours
- Compulsory for M.A. students; recommended for Ph.D. students
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ISLA 615. Modern Middle Eastern History.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Islamic Studies (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Advanced examination of research issues in modern Middle East history. Topics will include the history of Arab nationalism; the history of European Imperialism in the Middle East; the Middle East and historiography.
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ISLA 735. Special Seminar.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Islamic Studies (Graduate Studies)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Special seminar in Islamic studies.
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