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COURSE SYLLABUS: The Ethnography of the Middle East


Course Title: MES250 – The Ethnography of the Middle East
Department: Middle Eastern Studies
Instructor: Dr. John D. Theodore, Ph.D., D.B.A., CMC - E-Mail - Vita


Course Description:
The course describes the constituent ethnic elements that inhabit the Middle East from its early historical periods to the present.

Required book: Online Bookstore

Middle Easter Patterns, Places, People, and Politics, by Cobert C. Held. West View Press, 2006. ISBN-13: 9780813341705 ISBN: 0813341701

Course Requirements:
  1. Mid-term Exam. Essay. 2-4 pages. The student must contact the professor to arrange for the topic. 25%
  1. Final Exam. Essay. 2-4 pages. The student must contact the professor to arrange for the topic. 25%
  1. Term Paper. The topic will be selected by the student. APA Style. Minimum eight references. 50%
Grading Scale:

90 - 100%
80 - 89.99%
70 - 79.99%
60 - 69.99%
below 60% 		A
B
C
D
F


Grading:
Your grade in this course will be based on the following:

Mid-term Exam
Final Exam
Term Paper 		25%
25%
50%


SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Week #1
Chapter One. Tri-continental Junction.
Chapter Two. The Face of the Earth
Chapter Three. Patterns of Time.

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of each chapter.

Week #2
Chapter Four. Patterns of People, Cultures, and Settlement.
Chapter Five. The Desert and the Sown.
Chapter Six. Riches Beneath the Earth

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of each chapter.

Week #3
Chapter Seven. Manufacturing and Transportation.
Chapter Eight. The Earth and the State.
Chapter Nine. Syria: The Middle East Heartland

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of each chapter.

Week #4
Chapter Ten. Lebanon and Cyprus.
Chapter Eleven. Jordan.

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of each chapter.

Mid-term Examination

Week #5
Chapter Twelve. Israel, Palestine, and the Disputed Territories.
Chapter Thirteen. Iraq

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of each chapter.

Week #6
Chapter Fourteen. Saudi Arabia.
Chapter Fifteen. Gulf and Its Oil States.

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of each chapter.

Week #7
Chapter Sixteen. Oman and Yemen
Chapter Seventeen. Egypt

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of each chapter.

Week #8
Chapter Eighteen. Turkey.
Chapter Nineteen. Iran.

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of each chapter.

Submit Final Exam
Submit the Term Paper