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kesslir@ferris.edu or RhondaKessling@ferris.edu

Campus Office Hours:

Monday/Wednesday 11:30 - 12: 20 - WNF room 207 or by appointment.

Class Conversations:

plan on attending once per week. They're 15 - 20 min. group discussions about the "big questions" (see below)

- - - - Thursday 11:30 - 12:15 and 7:30 - 8:15 pm,
        
        Friday at 8:30 am
        
        Saturday from 10:00 - 11:00 am.
        
        click Conference in the left menu.

"Big Questions"

- - - - are the key topics for each lesson, located in lesson notes. Focus on these questions, they will be the basis of your weekly assessments.

Course Navigation

- - - - Modules: has all the course content
        
        Weekly Schedule: (below) dates, units and lesson
        
        Calendar posts assignment due dates.
        
        Syllabus links to assignment by the due date.

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**Weekly Schedule**
Date	Module	Readings	Assessment
1/13- 1/19	Introduction to the Course	KCAH321.kessling.docx	Unit 1 Assignment 1 Wait, WHAT??? SOS!
1/19-1/26	UNIT 2.1: THE FORMATIVE PERIOD - THE BIRTH OF ISLAM	2.1Irwin.17-32.pdf 2.1 Hourani.pp14-21.pdf	Unit 2.1 Assignment 1 Unit2.1 Assignment 1: Unit 2.1 Assignment 2
1/26 - 2/2	UNIT 2.2 : THE FORMATIVE PERIOD- ELEMENTS OF A MOSQUE	2.2Hillenbrand.Mosque.pdf	Unit2.2 Assignment 1 Unit2.2 Assignment 2
2/2 - 2/9	UNIT 3.1: THE EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD- UMAYYAD DYNASTY	N.Rabbat.pdf The Travels of Ibn Battuta.docx Al-YaqubiDOR.pdf	Unit3.1 Assignment 1 Unit3.1 Assignment 2
2/9-2/16	UNIT 3.2: THE EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD - THE UMAYYAD IN SPAIN	3.2NNNKhoury.Cordoba.pdf Al_Andalus_The_Art_of_Islamic_Spain.pdf	Unit3.2 Assignment 1 Unit3.2 Assignment 2
2/16-2/23	UNIT 3.3: THE EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD - ABBASID DYNASTY	3.3Abbasid.Hillenbrand.pdf 3.3sourcesAbbasid.docx	Unit3.3 Assignment 1 Unit3.3 Assignment 2
2/23 - 3/1	UNIT 3.4: THE EARLY DYNASTIC PERIOD - FATIMID DYNASTY	Al-Hakim Mosque of Cairo FatimidReading.pdf	Unit3.4 Assignment 2
3/1 - 3/8	UNIT 4.1 THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD - THE SELJUQ EMPIRE	The Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History (Seljuqs, Iran) The Seljuq Period in Anatolia SeljuqIsfahan.pdf The_Flowering_of_Seljuq_Art_The_Metropolitan_ Museum_Journal_v_3_1970.pdf	Unit4.1 Assignment 1 Unit4.1 Assignment 2
3/15	MIDTERM ASSESSMENT	Midterm Instructions	Summative Evaluation: Midterm Assessment
3/15-3/22	UNIT 4.2 THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD - THE MONGOLS; ILKHANIDS	The_Legacy_of_Genghis_Khan_Courtly_Art_ and_Culture_in_Western_Asia_1256_1353.pdf	Unit4.2 Assignment 1 Unit4.2 Assignment 2
3/22 - 3/29	UNIT 4.3 THE MEDIEVAL PERIOD - THE MAMLUKS	SultanHasan.pdf MamlukArt.pdf	Unit4.3 Assignment 1 Unit4.3 Assignment 2
3/29 - 4/5	UNIT 5.1: THE GREAT ISLAMIC EMPIRES-THE OTTOMAN	OttomanArt.pdf	Unit5.1 Assignment 1 Unit5.1 Assignment 2
4/5 -4/12	UNIT 5.2 THE GREAT ISLAMIC EMPIRES - THE SAFAVIDS	reading.Safavid.pdf	Unit5.2 Assignment 1 Unit5.2 Assignment 2
4/12-4/19	UNIT 5.3 THE GREAT ISLAMIC EMPIRES - THE MUGHALS OF INDIA	Taj Mahal.pdf whatisIslamicArt.pdf	Unit5.3 Assignment 1
4/26	FINAL ASSESSMENT	Final Assessment: Instructions	Summative Evaluation 2: