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Modern Europe Mid-Term at HS Seminar Room (Modern Europe) & New venue for PSCI 2520 @LR26

Fellow Europeanists:

We have secured a permanent venue for both sections –1 &2. This will be our permanent venue for the rest of the semester@LR 26 (Level 3 next to CERDAS- a centre headed by Dr Tunku Mohar). It is on the third floor on the same wing as HS Cafe (except HS cafe is on the 1st floor)

MID TERM

Venue: Seminar Room, HS, 3rd Floor (confirmed)

Time: Regular class time. Sec. 1 @ 10 am;

sec. 2 @11.30 am.

5th Feb 2009 (Thursday)
Format:
1. Map/Geography (remember that I have given the handout at the beginning of the semester, do ensure that you have done this exercise on your own)
2. MCQ
3. Short Essay/Short Notes or both-   10 points

Sample Map Question:
You’ll be given the same blank map of Europe labeled with 12 marked Numbers

Question: Identify the numbers that appear on the map. Write the answer next to the number. The answers are to be selected from the list below.
“Fake” States: macedonia, bulgaria, andorra, slovenia, belarus, ukraine, uzbekistan (probably maximum 16 states will be given)
Fake Bodies of Water & Mountain Range: Gombak Ocean, Pusu River, Gombak Mountain, KL Mountain, Klang River, China Sea, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean.
Sample Geography Question:
Identify the majority ethnic group & official language of the following:
Dominant Ethnic Group Official Language
1. Russia
2. Ukraine
3.France
*DON’T PANIC! KEEP IN MIND THAT THE QUESTIONS TO BE TAKEN ONLY FROM THE LIST OF MAP/GEOGRAPHY HAND-OUT GIVEN TO YOU/INCLUDED IN THE COURSE READER.

TOPICS COVERED: See course syllabus.
Best wishes

Hafiz

We are the Champions

Many of you probably attended the finals of Kulliyyah Champions Cup 2008 (Soccer) on the 1st of August. The final score is 4-2. Our team is so good that they score 5 goals! Congrats to the team. Anybody from my classes is part of the team? Our cheering squad (HS hooligans) also lent significant helps- providing the loudest cheers of the night. Kudos to everybody.

The Current State of Class Blog (August 2007)

The idea of having a web resource for my classes have had been thought of since  long time ago. Time factors prevented it from becoming reality. I first started this simple class blog around July 2007.  Though not web savvy (rather a novice)I was updating the blog quite regularly, uploading new info etc especially for Modern Europe. However, on 3rd of August 2007, my wife returned to the Mercy of Allah so suddenly (heart complication, which is hard to detect medically). Her stint at ICU was short about 8 hours and passed away peacefully on Friday. Following this unexpected turn of event, the class blog had to be temporarily abandoned. Naturally,  I could not allocate enough time for blog maintenance anymore as my roles and responsibilities had changed very dramatically. Similarly, test, M-term papers etc could not be graded in a timely manner.  Besides, it was quite difficult for students to touch base with me in my office during those days. My class blog was out-poured by numerous  condolence messages from students. It was very heart-warming. Unfortunately, they were unintentionally deleted.

Ramadhan Karim and best wishes, September 2007

Important Information

Modern Europe & HIST 1000
Since syllabus information is now available on this blog. I will not be giving it in hand-out form anymore except for the 1st class.
You should be in class on time.