Description
Islamic Architecture is an elective course that discusses the history of Islamic architecture in various countries, particularly Indonesia. We will discuss the definition of Islamic architecture in the Islamic world and Indonesia, how the social cultural and political factors affect the local characteristics of Islamic architecture, the specificities of Indonesian Islamic architecture, and how they are parts of the practice and discourse of Islamic architecture in Nusantara (Indonesia). The cases discussed are focused on mosque architecture.

This course comprises the following topics: defining the Islamic architecture, the early mosque and the Umayyad architecture, the Abbasid architecture, the Fatimid architecture, the Seljuq architecture, the Ottoman architecture, the Mughal architecture, the mosques architecture in Nusantara, the Javanese mosque architecture, the mosques and the state, the mosques and the architects, the mosques and the gender issues, and the mosques and the ecological issues

Credit Hours
This course is 2 credit hours

Competencies
After taking this course, students are expected to be able to:
1. Understand and give their opinions on the definitions of Islamic architecture in the world and how they are varied.
2. Understand the history of Islamic architecture since the birth of Islam in the 7th century, the caliphates era under the Umayyad, Abbasid, Fatimid, Seljuq, Mughal and Ottoman empires, and the sultanates in Indonesia.
3. Understand the history and development of Islamic architecture in Nusantara as practical and academic discourses.
4. Analyze the characteristics of Islamic architecture in various geographical and time settings and connect them with the social and cultural backgrounds.

Method
This is a self-paced course.

Evalution
The evalution methods include: a midtest and a final test