HUM 213 Tentative Course Plan

HUM 213 "Tentative" Course Plan - Spring 2011
Culture & Literature of the Middle East - 4 credits
CRN # 21346 - Mon & Wed 8:25-10:05 am, Deschutes Rm. 1

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See also COCC Credit Class Schedule - Spring 2011:
https://oraweb.cocc.edu/2011/201120/fullschedule.htm
Humanities/Film - Spring 2011:
https://oraweb.cocc.edu/2011/201120/HUM.htm

WK #1	ASSIGNMENTS DUE & IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES PLANNED
Mon. 3/28	*IN-CLASS:* Take roll & introduce HUM 213. --Distribute [paper] handouts, including Ottoman Empire Map, also available online - URL: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum213/Maps/Maps1.htm --Assign Week #1 Assignment Web Readings & Informal Notes (oral directions given in class, but if you missed them an online handout version is available) - URL: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum213/Wk1assignment.htm
Wed. 3/30	ASSIGNMENTS DUE: (1) DUE: Week #1 Assignment Web Readings & Informal Notes (Informal Notes worth 5 pts.) Oral directions given in class, but if you missed them an online handout version is available - URL: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum213/Wk1assignment.htm*
Wed. 3/30	IN-CLASS: Take roll & continue HUM 213 course introduction. --Distribute [paper] handouts, including Middle East Map, also available online - URL: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum213/Maps/Maps1.htm --Assign Seminar #1 (paper handout) also available online - URL: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum213/Seminar1.htm --Discuss Week #1 Assignment Web Readings and Informal Notes, including Why you decided to take HUM 213. Then at end of class discussion, Cora collected Informal Notes (worth 5 pts. possible) for scoring.

Week #1 - FYI: (1) Fri. 4/1/11: Last Day to Add a New Class
(2) COCC CAP Center - Career Services, Academic Advising, Personal Counseling
Week #1 Drop-in Advising (COCC Barber Library lower level):
CAP Center Information: http://cap.cocc.edu/
CAP Center - Academic Advising: http://cap.cocc.edu/Advising/default.aspx
(3) COCC Registration/Student Records (Boyle Education Center):
http://current.cocc.edu/Advising_Registration/default.aspx

WK #2	ASSIGNMENTS DUE & IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES PLANNED
Sun., 4/3/11: Cora sent Email via Blackboard to HUM 213 registered students, containing: HUM 213 Syllabus and Course Information URL: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum213/HUM213syllabus.htm
Mon. 4/4	CLASS Canceled due to instructor illness Revised Seminar #1 deadline is Wed., 4/6/11 (see below)
Wed. 4/6	ASSIGNMENTS DUE: (1) DUE: Seminar #1 web readings and prep notes (paper handout) also available online - URL: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum213/Seminar1.htm
	IN-CLASS: --Distribute and discuss HUM 213 Syllabus and Course Information - Spring 2011 (paper handout; also sent to registered students via Bb on Sun., 4/3/11) and also available online - URL: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum213/HUM213syllabus.htm --Assign Week #3 Assignment Torah and Quran Web Readings (paper handout): Read excerpts from Hebrew Torah (Genesis Chs. 1 2, 3) and Islamic Qur'an (Suras 1, 2, & 4) - Online version of assignment URL: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum213/Wk3TorahQuranReadings.htm --In-Class Seminar #1 (Discuss students' individual Seminar #1 Prep Notes & prepare Seminar #1 small Group Reports), followed by general Class Discussion. --At end of class, Cora will collect Seminar #1 small Group Reports and students' individual Seminar #1 prep notes for scoring.
Week #2 - FYI: Fri., 4/8/11: Spring 2011 Tuition due to Enrollment Services (BEC) & 100% Tuition Refund period ends. See also COCC 2010-11 Academic Calendar: Important Dates: http://new.cocc.edu/Degrees_Classes/CalendarRef/default.aspx

WK #3	ASSIGNMENTS DUE & IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES PLANNED
Week #3 - FYI: Mon., 4/11/11: Begin Late fees for Late tuition payment & Late registration
Mon. 4/11 REV.	Start Reading Girls of Riyadh
	IN-CLASS: REVISED In-Class Film Viewing: Bliss
Wed. 4/13 REV.	ASSIGNMENTS DUE: (1) Read: Week #3 Assignment Torah and Quran Web Readings (paper handout): Read excerpts from Hebrew Torah (Genesis Chs. 1 2, 3) and Islamic Qur'an (Suras 1, 2, & 4) - Online version of assignment URL: http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum213/Wk3TorahQuranReadings.htm
	IN-CLASS: --Return students' scored Seminar #1 individual Informal Notes, discuss scoring of Seminar #1 small Group Reports, and encourage students to check their Blackboard "View Grades" to date. --Discuss Bliss: Links to Turkey Map and IMDb --Presentation: Historical Overview in Maps: Maps 2: History - Ancient Period http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum213/Maps/Maps2HistoryAncient.htm Maps 3: History - Middle Period http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum213/Maps/Maps3HistoryMiddle.htm --Discuss Torah and Qur'an (handouts) --Preview Week #4 Assignments & Course Plan (handout) Start reading Girls of Riyadh (if you haven't already)
Bliss, Offside, Ajami, Band's Visit (Films) will be placed on Library Reserve

WK #4	ASSIGNMENTS DUE & IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES PLANNED
Mon. 4/18	ASSIGNMENTS DUE: (1) Continue reading *Girls of Riyadh*
	IN-CLASS: Introduce Girls of Riyadh and Offside and Arabian Nights (handout) *Assign Seminar #2 (handout)* http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum213/Seminar2.htm See Saudi Arabia map http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum213/Maps/DRAFTMapsSA.htm
Wed. 4/20	ASSIGNMENTS DUE: (1) Finish reading Girls of Riyadh
	IN-CLASS: --In-Class Film Viewing: Offside

WK #5	ASSIGNMENTS DUE & IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES PLANNED
Mon. 4/25	ASSIGNMENTS DUE: (1) Seminar #2 Prep
	IN-CLASS: --In-Class Seminar #2 --NOTE: Take-Home Quiz NOT Assigned! ~~--Assign Take-Home Quiz (handout )~~
Wed. 4/27	~~Work on Take-Home Quiz . . .~~
	IN-CLASS: --Overview of modern Middle Eastern history --Introduction to Ajami and To the End of the Land and Israeli-Palestinian conflict Maps: Israel, Palestinian Occupied Territories (West Bank & Gaza), Lebanon http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum213/Maps/DRAFTMapsIOT.htm Map of Israel (showing Jaffa): http://www.mideastweb.org/misrael.htm
Week #5 - FYI: Fri. 4/29/11: Registration for Summer 2011 begins.

WK #6	ASSIGNMENTS DUE & IN-CLASS ACTIVITIES PLANNED
Week #6 - FYI: Mon. 5/2/11: Midterm Grade Reports due from all COCC instructors (meanwhile, please check your "View Grades" in our Blackboard course)
Mon. 5/2	ASSIGNMENTS DUE: (1) Continue reading To the End of the Land
	IN-CLASS: --In-Class Film Viewing: Ajami
Wed. 5/4	ASSIGNMENTS DUE: (1) Continue reading To the End of the Land
	IN-CLASS: --FINISH In-Class Film Viewing: Ajami --Discuss Ajami --Begin discussing To the End of the Land --Assign Seminar #3 (handout to be linked)

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Last Updated: 27 April 2011

See also COCC Credit Class Schedule - Spring 2011: https://oraweb.cocc.edu/2011/201120/fullschedule.htm Humanities/Film - Spring 2011: https://oraweb.cocc.edu/2011/201120/HUM.htm

See also COCC Credit Class Schedule - Spring 2011:
https://oraweb.cocc.edu/2011/201120/fullschedule.htm
Humanities/Film - Spring 2011:
https://oraweb.cocc.edu/2011/201120/HUM.htm