Course Description // M.D. Merciful Sharia
This course description provides a summary of the most important characteristics of the course and the learning outcomes that the student is expected to achieve, demonstrating whether he or she has made the most of the learning opportunities available. It must be linked to the program description.
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 Contemporary History of Iraq (1914-1958 AD)
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) 120
8. The date this description was prepared is September 2022
9. Course objectives
Introducing the student to the modern history of Iraq and informing him of the most important historical events that had an impact on Iraq’s political, economic, social and military conditions.
Introducing the student to the most prominent historical transformations in Iraq and their impact on the regional environment.
Introducing the student to the nature of transformations in the ruling system in Iraq
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 sources for studying modern Iraqi history
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 modern history of Iraq
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
11. Course structure
Week Hours Required learning outcomes Name of unit/course or subject Teaching method Evaluation method
the first
9/21/2018 The British occupation of Iraq (1914-1918 AD) Contemporary history of Iraq (1914-1958 AD) Monthly exam lecture, reports and research
The second is the British administration and the popular resistance, the major national movements in 1920 AD, a written and oral exam lecture.
Third, the Iraqi interim government, the Cairo Conference, and the nomination of Faisal bin Al Hussein to the Iraqi throne, a written and oral exam lecture.
Fourth: The First Iraqi-British Treaty of 1920, written and oral exam lecture
Fifth Constituent Assembly of Iraq, Constitution (Iraqi Basic Law), Lecture, Written and Oral Examination
Sixth, the Mosul problem and its solution, a written and oral exam lecture
Seventh: Political parties in Iraq (political parties that were approved before parliamentary life began) Lecture, written and oral exam
Eighth-Ninth, the parties whose emergence was linked to the Mosul issue, the parties that appeared with the beginning of parliamentary life, a written and oral exam lecture.
Tenth - Thirteenth Treaty of 1927 AD, Abdul Mohsen Al-Saadoun’s efforts to conclude the Treaty of Independence, Treaty of 1930 AD and Iraq’s entry into the League of Nations, written and oral exam lecture.
Fourteenth - Fifteenth Internal political developments (1933-1939 AD) (The coronation of Ghazi as king of Iraq, the conflict between the old politicians and the rapid change of ministries, Yassin Al-Hashimi’s second ministry, Bakr Sidqi’s coup) Lecture, written and oral examination
Sixteenth 2/15/2019 Political currents in Iraq (Nationalist movement, Reformist movement) Written and oral exam lecture
Seventeenth - Nineteenth: The establishment of the Iraqi army and the development of its political role, the political situation in Iraq upon the declaration of World War II (1939-1945 AD), a lecture, a written and oral examination.
The twentieth: The deterioration of Iraqi-British relations, the British invasion of Iraq, a written and oral exam lecture
The twenty-first and second British occupation of Iraq and its manifestations, written and oral exam lecture
Twenty-third: The general situation in Iraq, the end of World War II, a written and oral exam lecture
twenty-fourth
The National Movement and its demand for political and economic reform, written and oral exam lecture
The twenty-fifth, Iraq’s role in establishing the League of Arab States, written and oral exam lecture
The twenty-sixth: Political parties in Iraq after World War II, written and oral exam lecture
The twenty-seventh: The role of the national movement in the mass uprisings and the demand for reform, a written and oral exam lecture
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