Admission requirements
Admission to one of the following programmes is required:
MA Philosophy 60 EC: specialisation Global and Comparative Philosophy;
MA Philosophy 120 EC: specialisation Philosophy in World Traditions.
Description
This course studies the major ideas and intellectual traditions in Late Antiquity, focusing on the periods before and after Islam, roughly 200 – 900 AD.
The aim of the course is to analyze the ideas that shaped early Islam and Muslim society, focusing on the Qurʾan, early hadith corpus, and the writings of early groups and traditions, before the rise of orthodoxy and period of canonisation.
Course objectives
Students who successfully complete the course will have a good understanding of:
- the intellectual origins and foundational ideas of Islam before the emergence of orthodoxy and orthopraxy.
Students who successfully complete the course will be able to:
examine and analyze ideas and beliefs both synchronically and diachronically, reading a range of texts and different genres of writings from Islamic milieus);
integrate Islam and Islamic ideas into world history and global thought.
Timetable
The timetables are available through MyTimetable.
Mode of instruction
- Seminars.
Class attendance is required.
Assessment method
Assessment
Weekly essays (20%);
Midterm paper (40%);
Final paper (40%).
Weighing
The final mark for the course is established by determination of the weighted average of the subtests (see above).
Resit
The resit consists of one examination, consisting of a paper. The mark for the resit replaces all previously earned marks for subtests. Class participation and completion of practical assignments are required for taking the resit.
Students who have obtained a satisfactory overall grade for the first examination cannot take the resit.
Inspection and feedback
How and when an exam review will take place will be disclosed together with the publication of the exam results at the latest. If a student requests a review within 30 days after publication of the exam results, an exam review will have to be organized.
Reading list
To be announced on Brightspace.
Registration
Enrolment through MyStudymap is mandatory.
General information about course and exam enrolment is available on the website.
Contact
For substantive questions, contact the lecturer listed in the right information bar.
For questions about enrolment, admission, etc, contact the Education Administration Office: Huizinga.
Remarks
Not applicable.