Course Description // M.D. Shahla Ramzi Kazem
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 rapporteur, the Fatimid state
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 January 2023
9. Course objectives
Introducing the student to the history of Ahl al-Bayt and informing him of the most important historical events that had an impact on the political, economic, and social life of the Fatimid state.
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 Fatimid 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 Fatimid 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
11. Course structure
Week Hours Required learning outcomes Name of unit/course or subject Teaching method Evaluation method
the first
9/21/2018 Imam Ali (peace be upon him) History of the People of the House Monthly exam lecture, reports and research
The second is the scientific life of Imam Ali (peace be upon him), monthly exam lecture, reports and research
The third is an attempt to reform the ruling system during his caliphate, including monthly exam lectures, reports, and research
The fourth is his efforts to preserve Islam, the monthly exam lecture, reports and research
Fifth, Mrs. Zahraa (peace be upon her), her biography and titles, monthly exam lecture, reports and research
Sixth, Caliphate of Imam Hassan (peace be upon him), monthly exam lecture, reports and research
Seventh: The Scientific Life of Imam Hassan, monthly exam lecture, reports and research
Eighth-ninth, the political aspect of Imam Hassan, monthly exam lecture, reports and research
Tenth - Thirteenth Imam Hussein (peace be upon him), his biography, monthly exam lecture, reports and research
Fourteenth - Fifteenth Renaissance of Imam Hussein, monthly exam lecture, reports and research
Sixteenth 2/15/2019 Imam Hussein’s march towards Karbala, the painful incident of Al-Taf and the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, monthly exam lecture, reports and research
Seventeenth - Nineteenth: Results of the Hussein Revolution, monthly exam lecture, reports and research
The twentieth Imam Al-Sajjad (peace be upon him) his biography, Imam Al-Baqir (peace be upon him) and his efforts in confronting intellectual deviations, monthly exam lecture, reports and research
The twenty-first, the role of Imam al-Baqir in liberating criticism from Byzantine dependency, the biography of Imam al-Sadiq (peace be upon him), the monthly exam lecture, reports and research.
The twenty-third: Imam al-Sadiq’s intellectual school, his students, and his political positions
twenty-fourth
Imam Al-Kadhim (peace be upon him) and his role in confronting authority, and his academic standing
The twenty-fifth Imam al-Rida (peace be upon him), his biography, the revolutions he witnessed, and his debates with people of different faiths, the monthly exam lecture, reports, and research.
The twenty-sixth of Imam Al-Jawad (peace be upon him) intellectual debates, monthly exam lecture, reports and research
The twenty-seventh, Imam Al-Hadi (peace be upon him) and the Alawite revolutions that he witnessed, monthly exam lecture, reports and research
The twenty-eighth Imam Hassan Al-Askari (peace be upon him), his biography, and his challenge to the Abbasid authority
Monthly exam lecture, reports and research
The twenty-ninth: The scholarly life of Imam al-Askari and his martyrdom, monthly examination lecture, reports and research
The Thirty: Imam Mahdi (peace be upon him), his biography and occultation, monthly exam lecture, reports and research
12. Infrastructure
Required readings:
Basic texts
Course books
Other 1- Sheikh Al-Mufid, Al-Irshad.
2- Al-Majlisi, Bihar Al-Anwar.
3- Al-Kafi, the origins of Al-Kafi.
4- Baqir Sharif Al-Qurashi, The Lives of the Imams, peace be upon them.
Special requirements (including, for example, workshops, periodicals, software, and websites) Conducting discussions among students on specific topics and searching for related topics in the university library and government correspondence.
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