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Course Info for RELG - 217 - 01, Fall 2024
Class number: 2666 Title: Modern Islam Department: Religious Studies
Career: Undergraduate Component: Lecture Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: No Grading Basis: Regular Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 29 Current enrollment: 19 Available seats: 10
Start date: Tuesday, September 3, 2024 End date: Wednesday, December 18, 2024 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: TR: 9:25AM-10:40AM, MECC - 220 Instructor(s): Koertner, Mareike
Prerequisite(s): None
Distribution Requirement: Meets Humanities and Global Requirements
Note: 8 seats reserved for first year students.
Course Description:
In this course, we examine ways in which Muslim groups throughout the world have adapted to political or social contexts of the modern world. Topics we'll discuss are Islamic feminism, environmentalism, fundamentalism, and the intersection of race and Islam as well as queerness and Islam.