Syllabus

 

Week one: Welcome to the course

the week always starts on Wednesday and all assignments are due the following Tuesday

Read: Cleveland, William A History of the Middle East Chapter One (for exam one)

Reference:   Find the countries/ capitals of the Middle East/ North Africa 

Do: Participate in the discussion  on blackboard by 11:59pm Tuesday Jan 31st

Due: plagiarism exam Due Tuesday Jan31 11:59pm

Week two: 

Read: William Cleveland, The Modern Middle East Chapter 4 

Do: Participate in the discussion on blackboard

Week three: 

Read: Cleveland Chapter  5  

Do: Participate in the discussion on blackboard

Week four:

 Read ClevelandChapter 6 

Do: Participate in the discussion on blackboard

Week five: 

Exam 1 due 2/28-question will be posted on Blackboard on 2/21

Discussion on blackboard will be a question related to questions about the exam-not the readings this week.

Week six: 

Read Cleveland, Chapter 7

Do: Participate in the discussion on blackboard

Week seven

Read Cleveland, Chapter 8

Do: Participate in the discussion on blackboard

Week eight:

Read Cleveland, Chapter 9

Debate “Clash of Civilizations” instructions due 3/17

Do: Participate in the discussion on blackboard

Week 9: 

Read Cleveland, chapter 10

Do: Participate in the discussion on blackboard

Week 10: 

Read Cleveland, chapter 11

Do: Participate in the discussion on blackboard

Week 11: Exam 2 due April 18th

Cleveland, Chapter 12

Do: Participate in the discussion on blackboard

Week 12: 

Cleveland, Chapter 13 and 14

Do: Participate in the discussion on blackboard

Week 13: 

Read Cleveland, Chapter 15 and 16

Write: Topics paper due 5/5

Do: Participate in the discussion on blackboard

Week 14: 

Read Cleveland, Chapter 17 and 18

Film Assignment West Beirut  

Do: Participate in the discussion on blackboard

Week 15: 

 Read Cleveland,  Chapter 19 and 20

Exam 3 due 5/17

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