HIST 1000 : INTRODUCTION TO HISTORY & CIVILIZATION KIRKHS, IIUM

1. INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA
COURSE OUTLINE
Kulliyyah Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences
Department History and Civilization
Programme
Bachelor of Human Sciences in History and Civilization
(Honours)
Name of Course / Mode Introduction to History and Civilization
Course Code HIST 1000
Name (s) of Academic
staff / Instructor(s)
Madam Elmira Akhmetova
Rationale for the
inclusion of the course /
module in the programme
Knowledge of the content of this course is an essential element for
the mastery of the field of history and civilization
Semesterand Year
Offered
Every semester
Status Core
Level 1
Proposed Start Date Semester 1, 2015/2016
Batch of Student to be
Affected
Students with matric number starting with 115 onwards
Credit Value / Hours 3
Pre-requisites (if any)
-
Co-requisites (if any) -
Course Objectives
The objectives of this course are to:
1. Familiarize students with history as a social science
discipline that plays a central role both in the construction of
identities and the development of a critical understanding of
human existence.
2. Understand the major themes in history and civilizations
from both the Islamic and conventional perspectives
3. Provide an overview of the World civilizations and assess
their achievements and shortcomings

2. Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
1. Assess historical events objectively from the Islamic
perspective (C3)
2. Illustrate understanding of the past as the storehouse of
knowledge and history as an academic discipline for
examining the past (C3)
3. Trace similarities and differences of historical accounts from
the Islamic and conventional perspectives (A3) (CTPS3)
4. Discover various interpretations of history and communicate
their ideas in written and oral forms (P3) (CS3)
Teaching-Learning and
assessment strategy
Lectures, Projects, Presentations
Course Synopsis
This course introduces students to basic concepts and approaches in
the fields of history and civilization from both the Islamic and
conventional perspectives. It also discusses the emergence and
development of human civilizations, and their interaction with each
other through time and space.
Mode of Delivery Lectures, Discussion
Course Assessment
State weightage of each
type of assessment
Method %
Coursework
Final Examination
Total
60
40
100
Content outline of the course / module and the SLT per topic
Weeks Topics
Learning
Hours
Task/Reading
1
What is History?
 History from the conventional and Islamic
perspectives
 Periodization of World History: Islamic and
conventional perspectives
 Fields of History
 Significance and Misconceptions of History
5
Faruqi (1979).
Pp.2-9
Rosenthal
(1968).
Pp.8-17;30-53
Course Reader.
Pp.6-33
2
Evolution and Development of History as a Discipline
 Its emergence in the West
 Development of early Muslim historical writings
 History relationship with other disciplines
5
Course Reader.
Pp.35-45

3. 3
Historical Methodologies
 Primary and Secondary Sources
 How historians evaluate the sources 5
Course Reader.
Pp.46-49
Rosenthal
(1968). Pp.
66-98
4
The Islamic Concept of History
 Historical consciousness in Islam
 Islamic criticism of the conventional history
5
Course Reader.
Pp.51-55
Faruqi (1979).
Pp.132-142
5
WesternPhilosophy of History
 Marxist and Annales Schools
 Colonial historiography
 Selected theories on the rise and fall of
civilizations
 Islamic perspective on these schools
5 Course Reader.
Pp.57-65
6
What is Civilization?
 The Islamic and conventional perspectives on the
meaning/s of civilization
 Human nature and the emergence of civilization
 Criteria and Nature of Civilization
5 Course Reader.
Pp.67-75
7
The Legacy of MesopotamianCivilization
 An overview
 An Assessment from Islamic perspective
5 Course Reader.
Pp.77-87
8
The Legacy of Egyptian Civilization
 An overview
 An Assessment from Islamic perspective
5
Course Reader.
Pp.89-97
9
The Legacy of Indian Civilization
 An overview
 An Assessment from Islamic perspective
5
Course Reader.
Pp.99-108
10
The Legacy of Chinese Civilization
 An overview
 An Assessment from Islamic perspective
5
Course Reader.
Pp.110-119
11
The Legacy of Greek Civilization
 An overview
 An Assessment from Islamic perspective
5
Course Reader.
Pp.121-137
12
The Legacy of Roman Civilization
 An overview
 An Assessment from Islamic perspective
5
Course Reader.
Pp.139-155

4. 13
The Legacy of Islamic Civilization
 An overview
 Al-Andalus: A case study of cultural tolerance
5
Course Reader.
Pp.157-176
Menocal
(2004):
Chapters 1-3.
14
The Challenges and Prospects of Islamic Civilization
 The decline of the ummah
 The future of Islamic civilization
5 Course Reader.
Pp.178-206
Main references supporting the course
Required
Department of History & Civilization IIUM (2014). HIST 1000 Course Reader. Gombak.
Additional references supporting the course
Recommended
Abdul Hameed Siddiqi. (1981). The Islamic concept of history. Lahore: Kazi Publications.
Adler, Philip J. (2012). World Civilizations. Boston: Wadsworth/Cengage Learning.
Blankinship, K. Y. (1991). Islam and world history: Towards a new periodization. American
Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, 8 (3), 423-452.
Greaves, R. L., Zaller, R., Cannistratro, P. V., & Murphey. R. (1994). Civilization of the world:
The human adventure (Vol. 1), (3rd ed.). London: Longman.
Ibn KhaldËn. (1967). The Muqaddimah: An introduction to history, (Trans. Rosenthal, F.).
New Jersey: Princeton University Press.
Isma’il Raji Faruqi. (1986). Cultural atlas of Islam. New York: Macmillan.
Maududi, A. A. 92004). Understanding Islamic civilization. New Delhi : Markazi Maktaba
Islami.
McKay, J., Buckler, J., Ebrey, P., Hill. B., & Beck, R. (2006). A history of world societies.
Boston, Mass: Houghton Mifflin Company.
Menocal, M.R. (2003) Ornament of the world: How Muslims Jews and Christians created a
culture of tolerance in medieval Spain. NY: Backpay Paperback.
Nisar Ahmed Faruqi. (1979). Early Muslim Historiography. New Delhi: Idarah-i Adabiyat.
Ralph, P., Burns, E., & Lerner, R. (1991). World civilizations: Their history and their cultures
(Vol. 2), (13th ed.). New York: Norton.

5. Rosenthal, F. (1968). A history of Muslim historiography. Leiden: E. J. Brill.
Scarre, C., & Fagan, B.M. (1997). Ancient civilizations. New York: Longman.
Whisenhunt, D. W. (1984). A student’s introduction to history. Boston: American Press.
Prepared by:
Dr. Fauziah Fathil
Checked by:
Assoc. Prof. Dr Hafiz
Zakariya
Head, Department of
History and Civilization
Approved by:
Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Mohamed
Zein
Dean,
KIRKHS