Political System in Islam (1)
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Course Code |
POL 381 |
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Course Title |
Political System in Islam |
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Course Level |
Fifth Level (5) |
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Section |
13756 |
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Course Time |
Sat, Mon, Wed: 1-2 |
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Course Credit |
Three Hours per week |
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Pre-requisites |
POL 101 |
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Course Duration |
One Semester (15 weeks) |
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Total Student study time |
3 hours a week (3X15=45) |
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Room |
(46) |
Political System in Islam (2)
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Course Code |
POL 381 |
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Course Title |
Political System in Islam |
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Course Level |
Fifth Level (5) |
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Section |
6568 |
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Course Time |
Sun (8-9) / Tue (8-10) |
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Course Credit |
Three Hours per week |
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Pre-requisites |
POL 101 |
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Course Duration |
One Semester (15 weeks) |
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Total Student study time |
3 hours a week (3X15=45) |
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Room |
(42) |
Intended Learning Outcomes:
Course-specific skills:
Include abilities to understand the nature and evolution of core concepts regarding political system of Islam, analyze and explain the nature of traditional institutions in Islam and the new bureaucracy of the Islamic states. Analyze selected policy theories, Ideas, concepts, and institutions, and how Islamic policy outcomes reflect political forces.
Discipline-specific skills:
skills include critical thinking, analysis of arguments, writing analytical essays, presenting coherent arguments about concepts covered in the course.
Personal and key skills:
Include the ability to construct arguments, evaluate ideas and debates and to present written material in a coherent manner.
Teaching method:
The course is taught by weekly lectures and seminars. Lectures present the theoretical framework, key concepts and debates and help guide your reading. Seminars consist of presentations and group discussion focused on questions raised by students. This study is continuous throughout the course and should take at least three hours a week.
Assessment:
Two one-hour examinations 50%
Class participation 10%
Final examination 40%
Syllabus Plan:
This course is divided into three sections:
Section one: The State bases in the Islamic political system.
The evolution of the state in Islam
The headship of the Islamic state
The Presidency conditions in the Islamic state
The election of the president in the Islamic state
Section Two: Study of Islamic Concepts
The Governorship in Islam
The Shura
The Justice and equality
The Freedom in Islam
The Khilafa (Succession)
Human rights in Islam
The Jihad (the holy war)
The Bai’ah to the Khalifa (allegiance)
Section Three: The Concept and the source of sovereignty in Islam
The Ummah (people) is the source of power in the Islamic state
he sovereignty of the Islamic law (Shari’ah)
The separation of power in Islam
The legality of the viceroyship
The Islamic attitude towards the predominance
Research Method (POL 290)
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Course Code |
POL 290 |
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Course Title |
Research Method |
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Course Level |
Third Level (3) |
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Section |
18810 |
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.Course Time . |
Sun(9-10) / Tue (10-11) |
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Course Credit |
Three Hours per week |
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Pre-requisites |
POL 101 |
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Course Duration |
One Semester (15 weeks) |
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Total Student study time |
3 hours a week (3X15=45) |
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Room |
(30) |
Aims:
To critically examine the concepts of method, approach, and principles and their relative value as descriptive tools.
To examine methods and techniques in course book evaluation and material design.
To familiarize students with ways to critically evaluate materials and practices with reference to issues in the design of an appropriate methodology.
To introduce ways of supplementing and adapting materials in the light of the debate surrounding appropriate methodology.
Intended Learning Outcomes:
Subject-specific skills:
1- The ability to apply a critical understanding of political perspectives to the design of an appropriate methodology.
2- The ability to critically evaluate teaching materials and practices with reference to the nation of appropriate methodology.
3- The ability to modify and supplement existing materials and practices with reference to the notion of appropriate methodology.
Personal and key skills:
1- An ability to study independently in group/pair work.
2- The ability to create a presentation of materials for group and class discussion.
3- Ability to take responsibility and carry out agreed tasks.
Assignments:
There will be one formal assignment at the end of the course which is a minimum 3,500 word research plan. The students will choose an original subject (to approved by the professor) to form the basis of a research project substantial enough for the term paper. They will then find the collections relevant to the subject and explain both their methodology and why these particular collections are relevant.
Assessment:
1- one two-hour examination 30%v
2- Research plan 10%
3- An application test on the pc 10%
4- Class participation 10%
5- Final examination 40%
Syllabus Plan:
- The history of thinking and the scientific research
- The definition main concepts relevant to the subject.
- How to design a research plan
- The research methodologyv
- Defining research concepts: Approaches, models, paradigm, variables, deduction, induction and hypotheses
- Levels of scientific research: description, classification, explanation and prediction.