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GLOBAL 144 - Gender, Sexuality, and Islam

Interdisciplinary Social Science ProgramsUndergraduateCLS - College of Letters and Science
Overview

Subject

GLOBAL

Course Number

144

Department

Interdisciplinary Social Science Programs

Course Level

Undergraduate

Course Title

Gender, Sexuality, and Islam

Course Description

This course examines the diversity and complexity of Muslim women’s lives and faith around the world. It explores changing constructions of gender and sexuality in the Islamic world over time; the interactions between Muslims and travelers, colonial administrators, the modern state, and local and transnational feminist, secularist, and Islamist movements; and, generally, continuing challenges to the very notion of what a “Muslim” is. The course draws on primary source texts as well as ethnography, literature, film, and media.

Minimum

4

Maximum

4

Grading Basis

Default Letter Grade; P/NP Option

Method of Assessment

Alternative Final Assessment

Instructors

Shehabuddin

Repeat Rules

Course is not repeatable for credit.

Credit Restriction Courses. Students will receive no credit for this course if following the course(s) have already been completed.

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Credit Replacement Courses. Upon passing, students can use the following course(s) to replace a deficient grade for this course.

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Student Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, you will ideally be able to: • demonstrate a competence of knowledge about Islam and Islamic practice • have a deeper understanding of a range of historical and theoretical perspectives on gender, sexuality, and Islam • compare and contrast the different views on women in Islam • articulate how economic, social, political, and religious changes affecting Muslims have shaped their understanding, and expression, of gender identity and relationships in Islam; • bring a critical and inquiring sensibility to the texts, structures, and ideas to which you are exposed • collaborate effectively in a team • confidently articulate complex ideas in a public setting

Formats

Lecture

Term

Fall and Spring

Duration (in weeks)

15

Minimum Hours

3

Maximum Hours

3

Lecture Mode of Instruction

In Person

Minimum Hours

9

Maximum Hours

9