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CLASSICS AND WORLD RELIGIONS
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CLWR 311W - Islam
Four Quarter Hours
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| Prerequisites:
No
specific courses are required prerequisites; however,this course
is intended for students at the junior level. Students must
have adequate reading, writing, and analysis skills. Previous
courses in history or philosophy are helpful. |
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| Course
Overview: This course is intended as an introduction to Islam as a philosophical system, a religion, a social and legal system, a cultural tradition, and a style of life. All course content is presented on the World Wide Web. |
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| Methods
of Course Instruction:
All material for this course is Web-based. Instructor and students
communicate through e-mail. Lessons are submitted through the
Web site. |
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Textbooks
and Supplies: ISBN 0131835637 Denny, Frederick Mathewson, An Introduction to Islam, 3rd ed., Pearson Prentice-Hall, 2006
ISBN 0915957221 Pickthall, Mohammed M. (trans.), The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, Beltsville, MD: Amana Publications, 1996
Students also need access to a college-level English dictionary, a standard encyclopedia, a Jewish Bible or Christian Old Testament, and a Christian New Testament.
...available from EdMap's distance-learning online bookstore. | STUDENTS ARE STRONGLY ADVISED NOT TO BUY TEXTBOOKS UNTIL REGISTERED IN COURSES AS REQUIRED EDITIONS CAN CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. | |
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| Number
of Lessons:
The course has twelve lessons, including two supervised examinations. |
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| Types
of Writing Assignments:
Each lesson has a writing assignment consisting of terms to define from the reading and several short essays which require students to analyze and integrate information and ideas from the reading. |
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Examinations:
The course has supervised midcourse and final examinations. Two hours is allowed for each examination; questions are similar in format to those in the lesson writing assignments. No books, notes, or supplementary aids are permitted for the examinations. The final examination is comprehensive, although it emphasizes material from the second half of the course.
If you reside near an Ohio University campus, you must take your examination at the nearest campus. Others can arrange to have their examinations proctored at another accredited college or university or, if it is more convenient, at an accredited local high school. Ohio University reserves the right to reject a proposed examination supervisor. Detailed information about examination procedures will be included with your enrollment material. Examinations may not be taken online nor by e-mail. |
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Grading
Criteria: Letter grades will be assigned for lesson writing assignments, reflecting the instructor's overall impression of how well the issues in the questions have been addressed. Grades for all lesson assignments will be averaged and will count 30 percent of the final grade for the course.
The examinations will be given numerical grades based on a 100-point scale. These grades will be averaged with the lesson assignments grade; the midcourse exam grade will count 30 percent and the final exam grade will count 40 percent toward the course grade. Course grades will be assigned on a twelve-point scale, that is, using plus and minus grades. |
| Enrollment Information: Active Terms: Not term-based; self-paced study. Five months to finish. Registration Dates: Enroll at any time.
Call Independent and Distance Learning Programs at 1-800-444-2910
if you have questions about this course, the enrollment
process, or Ohio University degree opportunities.
Ohio
Learning Networkers: Always check with your home campus
advisor to make certain that a course from another school
will fulfill your degree requirements.
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