Welcome to Spring 2020!

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For IDST 29 students:

Welcome to this enjoyable and exciting way to enhance your knowledge of Islam, the faith of close to 1.5 billion people worldwide and about 6 million in the U.S. Please click IDST 29 on top of the screen for course details.


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For IDST 14 students:


Welcome to this celebration of our cultural diversity, using the pleasurable media of literature and film. Please click IDST 14 above for course details.

My esteemed colleague, Prof. Karen Cox, Ph.D., will teach this class in Spring 2020.

For Instructor contact information, click IDST 29 on top of page.

Instructor Contact Info for IDST 14

For the Spring semester 2020, if you have any questions about the class, please contact Prof. Karen Cox <kcox@ccsf.edu> She is teaching the class this semester.

Course-creating Instructor: Abdul Jabbar, Ph.D.

Message phone (415-239-3792).

Preferred and quicker means of communication is by e-mail, using Canvas e-mail. I answer e-mails within 48 hours during week days. On the weekends and during holidays, I monitor my e-mail occasionally and answer only urgent messages. When Canvas e-mail is not available, you can reach me at ajabbar@ccsf.edu

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Log-in Instructions

Welcome letter from the Educational Technology Department for Spring 2020, with logging-in and other important information Welcome Letter for Spring 2020 (Jan. 13, 2020).

Online Learning

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