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Course Info for HMTS - 215 - 01, Spring 2023
Class number: 2842 Title: Quran: Ideas and Identities Department: Humanities Gateway
Career: Undergraduate Component: Seminar Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: No Grading Basis: Regular Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 19 Current enrollment: 10 Available seats: 9
Start date: Wednesday, January 25, 2023 End date: Friday, May 12, 2023 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: MW: 10:00AM-11:15AM, MECC - 293 Instructor(s): Koertner, Mareike
Prerequisite(s): Only students in the Humanities Gateway Program are allowed to enroll in this course.
Distribution Requirement: Meets Global Engagement Requirement
Course Description:
This course examines the ways the Qur'an shapes ideas and identities across numerous groups of Muslims. We will explore how the application of the Qur'an shapes the religious practice and moral landscape of Muslims universally as well as how it is utilized to speak to individual identities, including various sectarian groups across time, and contemporary voices, including feminist and queer identities and African American viewpoints.