Portland Community College History 104 (CRN 27211, 4 Credits) History of Eastern Civilization: The Middle East Spring 2016 Course Time: Mondays and Wednesdays, 11:00 am-12:50 pm Course Room: SCB 101 Instructor: Robert J. Flynn, Ph.D. Office Phone : 971-722-4086 Office Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays, 8:30-11:00 am Or by Appointment. E-Mail: robert.flynn@pcc.edu Web Page: http://spot.pcc.edu/~rflynn Readings Goldschmidt, Jr., Arthur. A Concise History of the Middle East, 11th Edition. Boulder, CO: Westview Press: 2015. Khalidi, Rashid. Sowing Crisis. Boston: Beacon Press, 2010. Online readings on course web page. Two blue books for exams. Course Outcomes Articulate and interpret an understanding of key historical facts and events in the history of the Middle East. Identify the influence of culturally based practices, values, and beliefs to analyze how historically defined meanings of difference affect human behavior. Identify and investigate historical theses, evaluate information and its sources, and use appropriate reasoning to construct evidence-based arguments on historical issues. Construct a well-organized historical argument using effective, appropriate, and accurate language. Course Description Surveys the Middle East from ancient to modern times. Includes political, economic, social, religious and diplomatic events from pre-history to modern times. Grade Breakdown Your grade will be apportioned as follows: First Map Test: 10 points Participation/Attendance: 10 points Second Map Test: 10 point Essay: 28 points Midterm Exam: 26 points Final Exam: 26 points
History 104: The Middle East page 2 Grading Scale Average Grade 90-100 A 80-89 B 70-79 C 60-69 D Below 60 F Course Policies Attendance I require attendance. You may miss up to two classes without penalty, but any additional absences will reduce your Participation/Attendance grade. You are responsible for ensuring that I have recorded your name on the roll each day (particularly when you are late for class). Please note that I draw no distinction between excused and unexcused absences. Tardiness Students who arrive for class after roll has been called will be counted as late. Each day you are late will count as one quarter of an absence. Perfect Attendance Bonus Students who have perfect attendance will receive a one-point bonus on their final grade. To be eligible, students must never be absent, late, or leave early. Withdrawals I will withdraw students from class under one and only one circumstance: if a student fails to attend the first session of a full class and other people wish to add it, I may immediately withdraw that student from the course. UNDER NO OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES WILL I WITHDRAW ANY STUDENT FROM THE COURSE. You may withdraw yourself online through the eighth week of the semester. If you do not withdraw yourself from the class by the end of the eighth week of the course, you WILL receive a letter grade; students who have completed very few or none of the assignments WILL RECEIVE AN 'F' GRADE. Map Tests Twice during the term we will have a Map Test during which you will be required to identify key geographical features. Please refer to the Class Schedule below for the dates of the Map Tests. Midterm and Final Exams Each exam will consist of one essay, ten true-false, and ten multiple-choice objective questions. You will have a choice for the essay portion. Please refer to the study guides on the course web page for information on the material each test covers (including the actual essay questions you will be asked). PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU MUST PROVIDE A BLUE BOOK FOR EACH EXAM. BLUE BOOKS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE CAMPUS BOOKSTORE. Makeup Exams Students who miss the Midterm Exam or either of the Map Tests may make those assessments up during the final exam period.
History 104: The Middle East page 3 Sowing Crisis Essay Assignment As part of this course, you will write an essay on the book Sowing Crisis. Your essay must be 600-800 words in length, must use a twelve-point font, and must have one-inch margins. Please see the course webpage for further details, and please refer to the Class Schedule below for the due dates. Essay Due Dates The Essay Assignment has three due dates: early, normal, and final (please see the Class Schedule for details). Essays turned in by the early due date will receive an extra credit bonus of one point. Essays submitted by the normal due date will receive an unadjusted grade. Papers turned in after the normal due date will be penalized by one point. Essays will not be accepted after the final due date (which is the date of the Final Exam) under any circumstances. You are consequently strongly advised to complete your essay assignment well before the due date. Please note that I will put comments on late Reading Response Assignments only if time permits.! Extra Credit! Students can earn extra credit in this class in two ways. First, they can earn 1 point on each of the Reading Response Assignments by submitting their paper by the Early Essay Due Date. Second, and more importantly, the course has a total of 110 points of graded work, but the grading scale is out of a 100 points. In words, 10 points of the course work in this class is extra credit. Students can either complete all of the work in the class for extra credit, or they can opt not to complete one of the smaller assignments (i.e., those worth 10 points) with no effect on their course average. No Shows! Students who fail to attend class during the first week will be recorded as No Shows and will be automatically dropped from the course.! Add/Drop! The Add/Drop period ends on the Friday of the first week of the term. Pass/No Pass!Students who wish to take the class Pass/No Pass may select that option online through the eighth week of the term.! Audit! Students who wish to take the class on an Audit basis must email me to that effect no later than noon on the Thursday of the first week of the term.! Academic Honesty! Cheating is against school policy. Cheating includes any attempt to defraud, deceive, or mislead the instructor in arriving at an honest grade assessment, and may include copying answers from other students or using unauthorized notes during tests. Plagiarism is a particular form of cheating that involves presenting as one's own the ideas or work of another, and may include using other people's ideas without proper attribution and submitting another person's work as one's own. Violations of the cheating policy will result in a grade of '0' for the assignment in question, and may result in a failing grade for the course at the instructor's discretion.
History 104: The Middle East page 4 Americans With Disabilities Act Statement! PCC is committed to supporting all students. If you plan to use academic accommodations for this course, please contact me as soon as possible to make arrangements. Accommodations are not retroactive, but begin when the instructor receives the Approved Academic Accommodations form from the student (this form may be submitted via email). To request academic accommodations for a disability, please contact a counselor at Disabilities Services on any PCC campus. Office locations, phone numbers and additional information can be located through the Disabilities Services website at [http://www.pcc.edu/resources/disability/]. Statement of Non-Harassment! The college's goal is to provide an environment that encourages individuals to realize their potential. Therefore, it is against the college's policy for any manager, supervisor, faculty, staff, or student to engage in harassment or discrimination of any member of the college community based on his/her race, color, religion, ethnicity, national origin, age, sex, marital status, disability or sexual orientation. Under the college policy harassing or discriminatory behaviors will not be tolerated. Therefore, it is the responsibility of every member of the college community to strictly comply with the policy. This includes notifying each employee of his/her rights and responsibilities under PCC's nonharassment policy and publishing a copy of this policy in the PCC student handbook. Management staff will be held accountable for taking reasonable action to maintain work sections and educational environments free of conduct that causes, or reasonably could be considered to cause, intimidation, hostility, or discrimination. Any person who believes he or she has been discriminated against or harassed by a college employee, representative or student may file a complaint through the Affirmative Action Office. Non-affirmative action complaints are to be filed with the collective bargaining unit or through the student grievance procedure. At any point in the procedure, the complainant may file a complaint with (1 ) the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); (2) the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries Civil Rights Division; or (3) the U.S. Department of Education, Region X. If the complainant chooses to file through any of these agencies or in court, the internal complaint procedure will be stopped. Title IX/Nondiscrimination Statement Portland Community College is committed to creating and fostering a learning and working environment based on open communication and mutual respect. If you believe you have encountered sexual harassment, sexual misconduct, sexual assault, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, age, national origin, veteran status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability please contact the Office of Equity and Inclusion at (971) 722-5840 or equity.inclusion@pcc.edu. Student Rights and Responsibility Handbook Students are required to comply with the Student Rights and Responsibilities Handbook [www.pcc.edu/about/policy/student-rights]. Flexibility Statement The instructor reserves the power to modify course content and/or substitute assignments and learning activities in response to institutional, weather, or class situations.
History 104: The Middle East page 5 Class Schedule * March 28 March 30 April 4 April 6 April 11 April 13 April 18 April 20 April 25 April 27 Introduction The Age of the Arab Empire: Muhammad and Islam, Part I The Age of the Arab Empire: Muhammad and Islam, Part II Video: Islam: Empire of Faith, Part I Goldschmidt, Chapters One-Three The Age of the Arab Empire: The Arab Conquests and the High Caliphate Goldschmidt, Chapters Four and Five Online Readings: The Pact of Umar; Baghdad under the Abbasids The Age of the Arab Empire: Sunnism and Shiism Goldschmidt, Chapter Seven Online Readings: The Origins of the Sunni/Shia Split First Map Test The Age of the Arab Empire: The Decline of the Arab Empire: Shias, Seljuq Turks, and Crusaders Goldschmidt, Chapter Six Online Readings: Urban II Speech at the Council of Clermont and The Capture of Jerusalem The Ottoman Age: The Rise of the Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Age: The Decline of the Ottoman Empire, Part I Goldschmidt, Chapter Eight The Ottoman Age: The Decline of the Ottoman Empire, Part II The Imperial Age: The Western Intrusion Goldschmidt, Chapter Nine The Imperial Age: Modernization in Istanbul; Fundamentalism in Arabia The Imperial Age: Egypt from Mehmet Ali to 1882 Lord Cromer, "Why Britain Acquired Egypt in 1882 Goldschmidt, Chapter Ten The Imperial Age: Zionism, Arab Nationalism, and the Ottoman Empire on the Eve of War The Imperial Age: World War I The Imperial Age: A Peace to End All Peace Online Readings: Sykes-Picot, Balfour Declaration, Husayn-McMahon Correspondence Goldschmidt, Chapters Eleven and Twelve
History 104: The Middle East page 6 May 2 May 4 May 9 The Imperial Age: Turkey Between the Wars Goldschmidt, Chapter Thirteen Midterm Exam The Imperial Age: Britain s Empire by Treaty The Imperial Age: Inventing Iraq Goldschmidt, Chapter Fourteen The Contemporary Age: The Struggle for Palestine The Contemporary Age: The Establishment of Israel Goldschmidt, Chapters Fifteen and Sixteen May 11 May 16 May 18 May 23 May 25 May 31 June 1 Monday, June 6, 11:00 am-1:00 pm The Contemporary Age: The Arab-Israeli Wars The Contemporary Age: Arab-Israeli Peace, Part I Online Readings: U.N. Resolution 242 Goldschmidt, Chapter Seventeen The Contemporary Age: Arab-Israeli Peace, Part II The Contemporary Age: The Postwar Arab States, Part I The Contemporary Age: The Postwar Arab States, Part II The Contemporary Age: America, the Cold War, and the Middle East Sowing Crisis, Entire Book Second Map Test Early Essay Due Date The Contemporary Age: Iran in the Twentieth Century The Contemporary Age: Palestinians, Israelis, and the Peace Process, Part I Goldschmidt, Chapter Eighteen Normal Essay Due Date The Contemporary Age: Palestinians, Israelis, and the Peace Process, Part II Iraq from World War II to 1990 Goldschmidt, Chapter Nineteen Memorial Day: No Class The Contemporary Age: The Gulf War The Contemporary Age: 9/11 and the Iraq War Goldschmidt, Chapter Twenty Final Exam Final Due Date for Late Papers (late essays turned in before 11 am will incur a one-point penalty for lateness; I will NOT accept essays turned in after 1 pm on this date)