History
Student must complete 36 credit hours
Speciality Requirements Student must complete 27 credit hours
Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours | Prerequests |
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433510 | Seminar In Approaches to Historical Research | 3 |
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The course covers the fundamentals of scientific research in history. Training includes topic selection, research planning, data collection and evaluation, and data analysis, organisation, and authentication to reach critical conclusions. Students are trained to come to grips with historical documents, resources, and up-to-date scholarship in history. They are expected to use the research skills to produce a research paper and to demonstrate knowledge of the basics of thesis planning. | |||
433511 | The Rise & Development of the Descipline of Arab History | 3 |
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This course is a study of the rise and evolution of Arab history. Topics will include the influence of the rise of Islam, methodology of the Arab historians, history schools including Almadenah school, alkufah school, and Albasrah school. | |||
433512 | Islamic History | 3 |
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This course is designed to trace one historical aspect in Islamic history from the 1st to the 4th century Higriah. The focus can be either on economic, social, intellectual, administrative, or political historical trends. | |||
433513 | Arab Modern History | 3 |
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This course is designed to trace one aspect in modern Arab history from the seventeenth to contemporary times. The focus can be either on the social, economic, intellectual, administrative or political history. | |||
433514 | Modern Palestine History | 3 |
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This course is designed to focus on one feature of modern Palestinian history. | |||
433515 | Seminar in Islamic History | 3 |
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This course looks at articles on a selected topic in Islamic history. Students’ presentations of the materials are followed by class discussions and evaluation of various issues which are very likely to be raised. | |||
433516 | Seminar in Modern Arabic History | 3 |
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This course includes readings, discussion and research to be focused on the primary sources and the latest articles on a selected topic in Modern Arab history. Students’ presentations of the materials are followed by class discussions and evaluation of various issues raised. | |||
433518 | History of Islamic Sects | 3 |
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This course is a consideration of the historical roots, thoughts and philosophies; and distance or closeness of one Islamic sect from the social, economic and political programs of the state. | |||
433558 | Palestinian National Movement (1918-Now) | 3 |
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This course focuses on a wide range of topics which includes a study of the history of the national movement pre- and post- British mandate, the political and military activity post- 1948, the establishment of the PLO, the Intifada and the peace process. | |||
433598 | Comprehesive Exam | 0 |
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A graduate student must pass a qualifying examination (See Academic Rules and Regulations for Graduate Students). |
Speciality Optional Requirements Student must complete 9 credit hours
Course Code | Course Name | Credit Hours | Prerequests |
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433517 | Historical Texts in Arabic | 3 |
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This course designed to give a critical examination of texts selected from various sources with particular emphasis on criticism, evaluation and commentary. | |||
433551 | Jurisdiction Institution | 3 |
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This course is designed to track the evolution of the judiciary (arbitration) following the rise of Islam. The topics cover the historical roots, the evolving relationship to the executive authority, the status of the state, society and the individual in the institution of the judiciary. | |||
433552 | Islamic Sophism | 3 |
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This course is designed to trace the roots in pre-Islamic sophism and the rise and spread of sophist schools in the Islamic society. | |||
433553 | Maghrebi & Andalusian Society | 3 |
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This course is an examination of the social, economic, intellectual and political trends in the Maghrebian and Andalusian societies. | |||
433554 | Islamic Economy | 3 |
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This course is a critical analysis of an aspect of economic thought during one Islamic era and comparing it to the economic ideas dominant in other eras. | |||
433555 | Reform Movements in the Arab World | 3 |
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This course is a study of the reform movements during the Ottoman Empire and the influence they had on the Arab world. The course also examines religious and political reform movements in that emerged different Arab countries. | |||
433557 | Islamic History II | 3 |
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This course is designed to allow students to engage one aspect of Islamic history between the fourth and the tenth century and thoroughly examine the selected aspect. | |||
433562 | Contemporary Islamic Movement | 3 |
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This course looks into the emergence and development of political philosophies on the world scene and the attitude of Islam towards such philosophies. Special attention will be given to the main principles of Islamic movements and their perception of modernism; a movement that enjoys a great deal of attention in third world debate. |