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DRPS : Course Catalogue : School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures : Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies

Postgraduate Course: Diversity in Islam: The Rise and Establishment of Twelver Shi`ism (PG Version) (IMES11074)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Literatures, Languages and Cultures CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryThe course aims to introduce students to the history and some of the key doctrines and practices of the Twelver Shi'i faith, from the formative era of the faith in the tenth century AD to the Islamic Revolution in Iran. In the process students will also evaluate different approaches to the study of faith utilised to date. Aside from the opening, organisational meeting, the course is driven by student presentations on assigned topics and makes use of a growing body of primary-source material available in translation. The course is jointly taught with undergraduate students.
Course description The course aims to introduce students to the history and some of the key doctrines and practices of the Twelver Shi'i faith, from the formative era of the faith in the tenth century AD to the Islamic Revolution in Iran. In the process students will also evaluate different approaches to the study of faith utilised to date. Aside from the opening, organisational meeting, the course is driven by student presentations on assigned topics and makes use of a growing body of primary-source material available in translation. The course is jointly taught with undergraduate students.
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. describe and explain the history and some of the key doctrines and practices of the Twelver Shi`i faith, from the formative era of the faith in the tenth century A D to the Islamic Revolution in Iran.
  2. identify and challenge conventional discussions of the above in the extant secondary literature.
  3. incorporate translated primary source materials into their analyses.
  4. present structured arguments in both oral and a variety of written formats.
  5. discuss, based on translated primary source materials, distinguishing features of Shi`i discourse on such topics as authority and hierarchy and the rise of Western influence during the period of the absence of the Hidden Imam.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Special Arrangements PG Version of IMES10xxx
KeywordsDiI
Contacts
Course organiserProf Andrew Newman
Tel: (0131 6)50 4178
Email: Andrew.J.Newman@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMr Iain Sutherland
Tel: (0131 6)51 3988
Email: Iain.Sutherland@ed.ac.uk
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