Wikipedia:USEP Women in Religious Traditions: Islam (Aisha Musa)

Course information

 * 1) University: Colgate University
 * 2) * Course title: Women in Religious Traditions: Islam
 * 3) * Professor name: Aisha Musa
 * 4) * Professor's Wikipedia username:
 * 5) * Wikipedia Campus Ambassador usernames: ,
 * 6) * Course start date: August 27, 2012
 * 7) * Assignment due dates: September 19, September 28; October 10; October 24; November 19, 26-30; December 3-7, 2012
 * 1) * Assignment due dates: September 19, September 28; October 10; October 24; November 19, 26-30; December 3-7, 2012

Course description
This course is intended to provide students with a deeper understanding of the position of women in Islam through an examination of the teachings of the Qur'an, looking at both traditional interpretation and the contemporary reinterpretation. The primary texts for the course will be the Qur'an and current writings by Muslim women. .

Wikipedia assignment
Working in groups of 3-4, students will choose relevant articles that need improvement and use what they learn through coursework and research to contribute to and improve their chosen articles. The project will consist of the following assignments, done over the course of the semester:
 * Identify relevant Wikipedia articles;
 * Compare Wikipedia articles to other reference sources;
 * Choose an article to improve;
 * Study and critique the article to identify what you will contribute;
 * Present the contributions in class;
 * Publish the contributions on Wikipedia;

Student usernames
Student usernames should follow the ExampleUsername format below.

Student resources
For on-wiki help, please refer to this student orientation. You can refer to this page for a quick video and overview of editing a Wikipedia page.

Pages with WAP info:
 * Team 1 Khula
 * Team 2 hijab
 * Team 3 Polygyny in Islam
 * Team 4 Aisha
 * Team 5 Shi'a view of Aisha

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Wikipedia Ambassador Program course assignment
This article is the subject of an educational assignment at Colgate University supported by the Wikipedia Ambassador Program&#32;during the 2012 Fall term. Further details are available on the course page.

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