units
ATS3586
Faculty of Arts
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Level | Undergraduate |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
Offered | Caulfield First semester 2012 (Day) Clayton First semester 2012 (Day) |
Coordinator(s) | Dr Salih Yucel |
Notes
Previously coded HSY3275
This unit examines the evolution and influence of Islam as a religion and civilization, with particular emphasis on the principles underpinning Islamic law and theology and Islamic civilisation in its classic phase. It examines core themes in the Qur'an, writings about the Prophet, and early works of Islamic history and literature. Particular attention will be given to Islamic jurisprudence and enquiry, as well as to the different ways in which these principles were interpreted in practice in different schools of Islamic law, and the way in which Islamic civilization responded to non-Islamic communities and cultural traditions, notably in the caliphates of Cordoba and of Baghdad. It will consider the writings of great thinkers and mystics, as well as of historians like Ibn Ishaq and Ibn-Khaldun.
Students successfully completing ATS3586:
Primary source exercise (1000 words) : 20%
Essay (2500 words) : 40%
Exam (1000 words) : 30%
Tutorial participation : 10%
Students completing the unit at 3rd year level will have chosen their own research topic and completed an original essay on a question of their choice.
1x90 minute lecture and 1x1 hour tutorial
Islamic studies
Religion and theology
International studies
History