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Civilization of the Ancient Near East (syllabus, 2018)

This discussion-based course provides a detailed introduction to the civilizations of the ancient Near East (Mesopotamia and Egypt, in particular) from prehistory through the conquests of Alexander the Great. Particular emphasis is placed on written sources, but the course also includes frequent discussion of archaeological remains and artistic works. You will leave the course with a solid grounding in the history, archaeology, and art of the ancient Near East. In the process, you will learn to engage critically with a wide variety of historical sources, and you will emerge with a deeper appreciation for the particular challenges and potentials of these different types of evidence and different modes of engaging with the past.

ENGL 4/518: History of Rhetoric: Rhetorics of the Ancient Mediterranean

This course, titled "The History of Rhetoric," will not teach you the history of rhetoric. Rather it will do other things. It will acquaint you with several of rhetoric's pasts and locales (while leaving out countless others). It will model and experiment with how rhetorical history might be done, highlighting the political stakes of that work. It will also teach you how to critically engage and complicate "The History of Rhetoric"-that is, the dominant, rather singular tradition that has been forwarded as "The" authoritative history of the study and practice of rhetoric in the West.

Introduction to the Short Story

This course covers tone, narration, form, and theme in representative short stories. Short texts include both fiction and nonfiction. Authors included are Poe, Hawthorne, Melville, Faulkner, Gogol, Morrison, Baldwin, Wright, Ellison, Alexie, Chopin, Cisneros, García Márquez, Carver, Carver, and Junot Díaz, among others.

Ancient Mediterranean World (syllabus, 2017)

This lecture-based course provides an introduction to the ancient Mediterranean world. The course will cover three key sub-regions: the ancient Near East (Mesopotamia, Egypt, the Levant), ancient Greece, and ancient Rome. In each case, we will begin with an overview of the geography and chronology of the region in question and an introduction to the sources available. We will then move progressively through time, examining key social, political, economic, and cultural developments. Although particular emphasis will be placed on the reading of primary sources (in translation), the course will also include frequent discussion of archaeological remains and artistic works. You will leave this course with a solid grounding in the history, archaeology, and art of the ancient Mediterranean world. You will also leave with an appreciation for the ways in which developments in this key region – often considered the cradle of western civilization – have helped to define and give shape to the modern world. In the process, you will learn to engage critically with a wide variety of historical sources, and you will emerge with a deeper appreciation for the particular challenges and potentials of these different types of evidence and different modes of engaging with the past.

TS734Teaching Englishasa Second Foreign Language

TS734/TS532 is designed to provide skills and knowledge for teachers who are/will be working with children identified by the federal government as limited English proficient (LEP). This course provides theory and practice of teaching English as a second language (ESL) and English as a foreign language (EFL) to non-native speakers. According to TESOL teacher education standards, this class emphasizes on the critical pedagogical aspects of teaching ESL/EFL and the preparation of teaching materials and tests for classroom use. The class also provides training in the major methodologies and techniques of teaching listening, speaking, reading, writing, grammar, vocabulary, computer-assisted language learning, and culture. This course calls for a highly constructive class participation, critical thinking and very responsible out of class reading and assignment preparation.

HSS 382: Archaeology of the UAE

The UAE is one of the world’s youngest countries. Yet people have been living in the lands of the Emirates for at least seventeen thousand years. Before that, some two hundred thousand years ago, the first humans walked out of Africa and across the lands of the Emirates to populate our planet. The UAE has a depth that most Emiratis and visitors to Abu Dhabi and Dubai are only slowly becoming aware of, with new museums planned in Saadiyat to communicate and celebrate the Nation’s story. And by any standards it is a fascinating story. The lands of the Emirates lie at a crossroads between the Arabian Gulf and Indian Ocean, between the Arabian Peninsula and greater Eurasian landmass, which makes the UAE a superb grandstand for the human journey. It was here, already five thousand years ago, that the merchants of Dilmun came to procure resources for the cities of Sumer. The lands of the Emirates contributed to the rise of the world’s first complex urban civilisation. Fast forward four thousand years, and we see the wonders of India and China passing through the Gulf bound for the Baghdad of Harun al-Rashid. For the first time in history, trade spanned the full length of the Old World, pioneered and controlled by merchants from the Gulf region. Today in the forgotten ports and hidden oases of the UAE, archaeologists are carefully peeling back the sands of time to reveal the homes of ancient Emiratis, entering their abandoned majālis and discovering their lost finājīn. In so doing they are piecing together the story of the Nation which young Emirati archaeologists will tell the world. The course is divided into four modules of three week’s teaching followed by a week of assessment. Module 1: Distant Ancestors examines early human interactions with the natural world and the beginnings of settled life in the lands of the Emirates, including the Ubaid and Hafit cultures. It is assessed by a 1,500 word essay worth 15% of your final grade. Module 2: Early Civilisations explores the rise and demise of complex societies, including the Umm al-Nar, Wadi Suq and Iron Age cultures of the UAE and Oman. It is assessed by an essay in the midterm exam worth 20% of your course grade. Module 3: Threshold Centuries takes in the Pre-Islamic and Early Islamic period, from the ancient queens of Mleiha to the Abbasid invasion, discussing the origin of the Arab tribes and considering the place of the UAE in the Dar al-Islam. It is assessed by another 1,500 word essay worth 20% of your final grade. Module 4: Towards Modernity focuses on the later Islamic centuries, examining the emergence of the shaikhdoms and emirates which make up the present UAE, and exploring the forts of the rulers and homes of the people. It is assessed by an essay in the final exam worth 20% of your course grade. There will be a reading homework each week and your graded notes together account for 25% of your final mark.