وصف المقرر : م د صالح كريم

Course Description: MD Saleh Karim

1. Educational Institution, Imam Jaafar al-Sadiq (peace be upon him) University - Faculty of Arts

2. University Department/Center, Department of History

3. Name/code of the course: Early Abbasid State History

4. Programs in which bachelor’s degrees are included

5. Available forms of attendance are mandatory

6. Semester/Year Annual

7. Number of study hours (total) 60

8. The date this description was prepared is September 2022

9. Course objectives

Introducing the student to the history of the Abbasid state and informing him of the most important historical events that had an impact on the country’s political, economic, social and military conditions.

Introducing the student to the most prominent historical transformations that the Arab Islamic state witnessed during the second Abbasid era.

Introducing the student to the nature of transformations in the ruling system

Working to enable students to acquire knowledge in line with quality standards in higher education

Enabling students to acquire scientific knowledge in order to be able to supply the labor market with effective outputs

10. Learning outcomes and methods of teaching, learning and evaluation

A- Knowledge and understanding

A1- Familiarizing students with the sources for studying the history of the Abbasid state

A2- Preparing students scientifically so that they are able to acquire scientific knowledge and apply it in the teaching process

A3- Empowering students intellectually to comprehend the scientific method

A4- Enabling students to write scientific research and reports in a correct scientific manner

A5- Familiarize students with methods of research and scientific thinking

B - Subject-specific skills

B1 - Organizing and strengthening students’ experiences by preparing them mentally by acquiring knowledge

B2 - Students acquire the greatest amount of scientific information about the history of the Abbasid state

B3 - Enabling students to participate in group dialogues

B4- Enabling students to comprehend the course

      Teaching and learning methods

Using different teaching methods, including raising the problem during the lecture and discussing it with the students in a scientific dialogue method, using maps, blackboards, and books as illustration tools.

      Evaluation methods

Written and oral exams, dialogue, discussion, daily reports, research

C- Thinking skills

C1- Enabling students to understand the scientific method

C2- Enabling students to think scientifically, deduce, analyze and criticize

C3- Enabling students to interpret historical events and draw conclusions from them

C4- The ability to describe the prescribed curriculum

     Teaching and learning methods

  Increasing the acquired knowledge, speed, and breadth of learning by developing strategies that activate the student’s memory by relying on thinking, analysis, deduction, planning, and self-organization.

    Evaluation methods

Discussing scientific topics that stimulate deep thinking, in order to develop thinking and discussion skills

D - General and transferable skills (other skills related to employability and personal development).

D1- Class leadership skills

D2- Planning skills

D3- Evaluation skills and emphasizing individual differences among students

D4- Viewing and application skills

  Course structure

Week Hours Required learning outcomes Name of unit/or subject Teaching method Evaluation method

1 2 Introducing students to the most important ideas related to each word mentioned in the history of the Abbasid state. Giving lectures

Explanation and clarification of tests

Reports and studies

    2-3 2 The student learns about: Al-Buwayh, lecture, test and achievement

  4-6 2 The student gets to know: Alp Arslan and Malikshah, lecture, test and collection

  7-9 2 The student learns about: The disintegration of the Arab-Islamic state. Lecture, test and collection

  10-12 2 The student learns about: The appearance of Saladin Al-Ayyubi, the lecture, the test and collection

  13-15 2 The student learns about: The origin of the Mongols and their homeland. Lecture, test and achievement

  16-26 2 The student learns about: The entry of the Mongols into Baghdad, the lecture, the test and collection

  27-30 2 The student learns about: The collapse of the Abbasid Arab state. Lecture, test and collection

31-32 2 The student learns about: The impact of the defeat of the Mongols, lecture, test and collection