First-Year Courses in Arabic, Armenian, Persian, Turkish, and Islamic StudiesConsult the new Course Guide at: http://www.lsa.umich.edu/lsa/cg_subjectlist/0,2030,8,00.html?show=20&termArray=f_04_1510&cgtype=ug This page was created at 1:00 PM on Wed, May 5, 2004. Fall Academic Term, 2004 (September 7 - December 23)AAPTIS 100 / ACABS 100 / HJCS 100 / HISTORY 132. Peoples of the Middle East.
General Near Eastern StudiesSection 001 — Taught in English.Instructor(s): Kathryn Babayan (babayan@umich.edu) , Gary M Beckman (sidd@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: Taught in English. (4). (HU). May not be repeated for credit.
Credits: (4; 3 in the half-term). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. This course will survey Middle Eastern political, social, and cultural history from Sumer (3000 BC) to Khomeini's Iran (1979-89). The lectures, the readings, the visuals (web, movies, slides) are all geared towards providing the student with a sense of the nature of authority, political and cultural styles, the fabric of society, attitudes and behaviors, heroes and villains, that are and were part of the heritage of those peoples who lived in the lands between the Nile and Oxus rivers, generally referred to as the Middle East. Throughout the academic term you will have four quizzes, a midterm, and an accumulative final exam. A one-page synopsis of your readings will be due weekly for your discussion section.
AAPTIS 101. Elementary Modern Standard Arabic, I.
Arabic: Language CoursesInstructor(s):Prerequisites & Distribution: (5). (LR). May not be repeated for credit. Laboratory fee ($12) required. Credits: (5). Lab Fee: Laboratory fee ($12) required. Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. This is the first of a two-term sequence in elementary Arabic. It is designed for concentrators and those who need Arabic to satisfy the language requirement. It provides an introduction to the phonology and script of Modern Standard Arabic and its basic vocabulary and fundamental structures. It offers combined training in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. There will be a focus on simple interactive communicative tasks involving teacher-student, student-student, and group interactions. Reading and cultural skills are developed through simple short texts and situational dialogues. There will be daily written assignments involving supplying answers to certain drills and questions on reading comprehension passages, filling out forms, and writing short messages and paragraphs. Evaluation will be based on class participation, weekly quizzes and tests, and a final exam. Regular use of the language laboratory or recorded tapes for home use is required to reinforce class work and also to do the recorded assignments. Textbooks:
AAPTIS 141. Elementary Persian, I.
Persian-Iranian: Language CoursesSection 001.Instructor(s): Yashar AfsharPrerequisites & Distribution: (4). (LR). May not be repeated for credit. No credit granted to those who have completed or are enrolled in Persian 143. Credits: (4). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. This is an elementary level course emphasizing oral fluency, reading comprehension, and written expression. The objectives of the course are to work with the students in a lively and an interactive environment to:
AAPTIS 151. Elementary Turkish, I.Turkish: Language CoursesInstructor(s):Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (LR). May not be repeated for credit. No credit granted to those who have completed or are enrolled in Turkish 155. Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. No Description Provided. Contact the Department.
AAPTIS 192. First Year Seminar in Arabic, Armenian, Persian, Turkish, and Islamic Studies.Occasional CourseSection 001 — Classical Islamic Literature in English Translation. Taught in English.Instructor(s): Gottfried J Hagen (ghagen@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: Only first-year students, including those with sophomore standing, may pre-register for First-Year Seminars. All others need permission of instructor. (3). (HU). May not be repeated for credit. First-Year Seminar Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. This course will give first-year students with an interest in literature broad exposure to a sample of texts from a foreign culture and a remote period of history, all of them in English translation. It will provide them with essential knowledge about Islamic classical literary and intellectual life, and expose them to a number of ideas and perceptions which have shaped Islamic culture. Through the juxtaposition of Arabic, Persian, and Turkish texts, internal commonalities and differences as well as diachronic developments will become visible. Aspects to be discussed include religious thought, lyric poetry and epic, emotion and reason, historical tradition and myth, political writings and perceptions of self and others. Such essential knowledge will help to dispel stereotyped notions of cultural uniformity and religious rigidity. Most sessions will include texts from all three languages, and from different genres. The exploration of fictional and non-fictional literature will help to rethink divisions along language boundaries, genres, socially defined subcultures, and lead students to a new appraisal of human creativity as an expression of world understanding. A hands-on encounter with original manuscripts will illustrate the notion of literature as a multisensual experience. In addition to weekly short responses to the readings, students will write a topical in-depth research paper which should take as its basis texts from at least two of the genres discussed during the term. Much of the readings for Arabic are found in Robert Irwin: Nights & Horses & the Desert. An Anthology of Arabic Literature, London: Penguin, 1999 (and later editions). The others, together with information from reference works will be provided through a course website which will also serve as a forum for discussion.
AAPTIS 200 / ACABS 200 / HJCS 200 / RELIGION 201. Introduction to World Religions: Near Eastern.
General Near Eastern StudiesSection 001 — Religions of the Book: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.Instructor(s): Ralph G Williams (fiesole@umich.edu) , Elliot K Ginsburg (elgins@umich.edu) , Sherman A Jackson (sajackso@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: (4). (HU). May not be repeated for credit.
Credits: (4; 3 in the half-term). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
AAPTIS 274 / ARMENIAN 274. Armenia: Culture and Ethnicity.
Armenian Literature and Culture in EnglishSection 001 — Taught in English.Instructor(s): Kevork B Bardakjian (kbar@umich.edu)Prerequisites & Distribution: Taught in English. (3). (HU). May not be repeated for credit.
Credits: (3). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted.
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