ARTH389L

Special Topics in Art History and Archaeology; Visual Cultures of Islam

Crosslisted with HIST219E, AAST298B, PERS298E, and RELS219E. Credit granted for HIST219E, ARTH389L, AAST298B, PERS298E, or RELS219E. Visual Cultures of Islam is part of the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum (digitalislam.umich.edu). This course is taught by an expert in the field of Islamic Art at the University of Michigan, and digitally shared with the University of Maryland. The course explores definitions of "Islamic" art and investigates various visual cultures of Islam around the world from the 7th to the 20th century. The course meets twice a week in real time using video conferencing technology and students are able to enroll directly at Maryland for course credit.

Sister Courses: ARTH389, ARTH389A, ARTH389B, ARTH389C, ARTH389D, ARTH389E, ARTH389F, ARTH389G, ARTH389I, ARTH389J, ARTH389K, ARTH389M, ARTH389N, ARTH389O, ARTH389P, ARTH389Q, ARTH389R, ARTH389T, ARTH389U, ARTH389V, ARTH389W, ARTH389Y, ARTH389Z

Past Semesters

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During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 2.79 between 49 students*

ARTH389L Grade Distribution+-051015202530354045% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 18.37%
A: 16.33%
B-: 14.29%
B: 18.37%
B+: 10.2%
C-: 4.08%
C: 2.04%
C+: 2.04%
D+: 2.04%
F: 4.08%
W: 8.16%
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.