(1) Your summary/reaction journal is worth 60% of your course grade and is due on Wednesday, 27 June; Wednesday, 11 July; and Tuesday, 24 July. See http://core.ecu.edu/hist/wilburnk/MiddleEast/j-howtome.htm for online instructions.

(2) Class discussions of Nine Parts of Desire, The Adventures of Ibn Battuta, The Sheltered Quarter, and the assigned work of Edward Said are worth 20% of your course grade. Discussions must be entered into your journal under "Class Entries."

Final Exam (20%):

If you are satisfied with your assignment grade, you do not have to take the final exam. If you take the exam, expect 3 sections, each having 2 essay questions. You will choose 1 question from each section. Your final exam will be on Friday, 27 July during class.

Required Texts:

A. Ali, The Holy Quran
J. Benjamin, A Student's Guide to History
H. Bogary, The Sheltered Quarter, A Tale of a Boyhood in Mecca
G. Brooks, Nine Parts of Desire, The Hidden World of Islamic Women
R. Dunn, The Adventures of Ibn Battuta
A. Hourani, A History of the Arab Peoples

Reading Assignments:

See your journal's "Table of Contents," http://core.ecu.edu/hist/wilburnk/MiddleEastSS/j-tocme.htm and
"Text Assignments," http://core.ecu.edu/hist/wilburnk/MiddleEastSS/j-quesme.htm.

Class Attendance Policy:

Three or more absences cause failure.