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Terrorism
HIST 101 C – Modern Terrorism
A comparative analysis of the origins and development of modern terrorism in the West (Europe, Russia, and the United States). Instructor: M. Miller
PUBPOL 264-02 – 9/11 and Its Aftermath
The attacks of September 11, 2001, were a seminal moment in modern history. They demonstrated the ability of non-state actors to inflict serious damage on the world’s greatest superpower and exposed the vulnerability of the entire global community to catastrophic acts of terrorism. This course explores the genesis of these attacks and evaluates the response of the United States government in three areas: military and foreign policy, law enforcement, and homeland security. Do we have in place the proper strategy to deal with the national security threats revealed by 9/11? Have the actions taken by the government since 9/11 made the nation and the world safer? What impact have these changes in policy had on foreign relations, the economy, civil rights, and privacy? What changes in current policy should be pursued to improve security while minimizing adverse consequences.
PUBPOL 264-30 - Post 9/11 and Africa
This course aims at establishing what in and about Africa matters for the rest of the world. During the Cold War, in a bipolar setting, the answer seemed as square as the pattern of a chessboard: the West or East would win or lose ground as they exploited Africa as a “pawn”, and sought access to strategic raw materials… The Soviets offered weaponry and “internationalist solidarity;” the Free World also promised arms and “development aid” (no matter whether its “friendly regimes” used the funds, or not, to alleviate the burden of the countless). After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the old order – alienating for Africa as a whole while profitable for the happy few in power – broke down. The U.N system, and “humanitarian assistance” in general, failed to fill the gap. After twelve years of entropic crises and intestine if not genocidal wars, the continent has re-entered geopolitics: not only did the rehearsal of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on NYC and Washington take place in Africa, but this most marginalized part of the world, ideal as a sanctuary for international terrorist networks, is located halfway between the United States and the Arab world that provides America with oil, of which Africa has itself become a significant producer.
National Security & International Relations
AEROSCI 205S – Defense Studies
The national security process, regional studies, advanced leadership ethics, and Air Force doctrine. The military as a profession and current issues affecting military professionalism. American tradition in foreign policy, cold war challenges, the relationship with the president and Congress, the chain of command, national security issues, and advanced level briefings and papers. Instructor: Wroth
CULANTH 191P – Globalization/Anti-Globalization
The politics and process of globalization in light of the responses, ideologies, and practices of the anti-globalization movement. Focus on the interrelationship between the analysis of globalization and policy formulation on such topics as social justice, labor, migration, poverty, natural resource management, and citizenship. Case studies from the United States, Latin America, South and East Asia, Africa, and Europe. Instructor: Litzinger
LAW 275 – International Law
Introduction to international law including the nature and sources of international law; its place in national and international decision making, and its impact on United States law; the positions of international organizations, States, and persons in the international legal system; principles concerning State sovereignty, territory, and jurisdiction; foreign sovereign immunity and the act of State doctrine; the law of treaties; State responsibility; international dispute settlement; the use of force; and the roles of the United Nations. Instructor: M. Bradley
LAW 448A – Guantanamo Defense Clinic
The fall portion of this course will prepare and introduce students to the cases that they will be assisting the Chief Defense Counsel for the Guantanamo military detainees. They will begin preparing briefs and memos. Consistent with North Carolina State Bar regulations, students must be in at least their fourth semester of law study to enroll in this clinic. Prerequisite: Public International Law (275). Students are strongly encouraged to have taken or concurrently take National Security Law (582). Instructor: Staff
LAW 582 – National Security Law
A study of the separation of powers in national security matters; presidential war powers; congressional and presidential emergency powers; the domestic effect of international law; the use of military force in international relations; investigating terrorism and other national security threats; prosecuting terrorists; the Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts; access to national security information in the federal courts; and restraints on disclosing and publishing national security information. Silliman.
POLISCI 93D – International Relations
Same as Political Science 93 except instruction is provided in two lectures and one small discussion meeting each week. Instructor: Eldridge or Feaver
POLISCI 120 - Intl Conflict/Violence
The various causes, processes and impacts of violent international and domestic social conflicts in international affairs. Emphasis on analyzing various factors that contribute to violence, including the impact of scientific and technological developments on war and the ethical arguments and beliefs associated with war making in different cultures. Analysis of those factors in various cultures that hinder or contribute to peace making and peace keeping following the termination of war. Instructor: Eldridge
POLISCI 142 – War and Peace
Evaluation of the social science literature on the causes of war. Focus on theoretical and empirical works, using a variety of research strategies. Application of prominent theories of war to the analysis of several case studies. Course objectives: identification of strengths and weaknesses of the literature concerning the causes of war: definition of specific questions and issues for future research; and application of knowledge of causes of war to historical case studies. Required research paper involving case study. Instructor: Gelpi
POLISCI 144 – Force and Statecraft
The theory and practice of the use of force as an instrument of state policy in different historical periods and with different nations. Examines the ethical arguments and beliefs which have been fashioned in statecraft to justify or prohibit the use of force in international politics. Prerequisite: Political Science 93 or equivalent. Instructor: Feaver
POLISCI 181 – Comparative Democratic Development
Comparative study of democratic political institutions with emphasis on selected Asian, African, and Latin American nations. Instructor: Remmer
POLISCI 186 – Civilians in the Path of War
Major social science theories and ethical frameworks for understanding mass violence against civilians; prominent cases of such violence. Normative and legal restraints on killing of civilians; societal cleavages, goals of political leaders, guerilla warfare, effect of organizational or bureaucratic cultures, and regime type. Instructor: Downes
POLISCI 221S – Theories of International Relations
Systematic evaluation of major theories of international relations, including realism, liberalism, and constructivism. Identification of key criteria for assessment of theories, and discussion of new research frontiers in the field, including analysis of domestic politics and foreign policy. Instructor: Downes and Grieco
POLISCI 267S – Institutional Change
Persistence and Change in Political Institutions (B,D). International and domestic institutions in world politics; focus on causes and mechanisms of institutional persistence and change in comparative perspective. Examines, for instance, evolution of political-economic institutions under the impact of globalization. Instructor: Buthe
POLISCI 286 – Theory/Practice of International Security
Analysis and criticism of the recent theoretical, empirical, statistical, and case study literature on international security. This course highlights and examines potentially promising areas of current and future research. No prerequisite, but Political Science 93 recommended. Instructor: Staff
PUBPOL 169B – US Foreign Policy II: Vietnam-Present
Examination of basic assumptions about international interests and purposes of United States foreign policy and the means by which they have been pursued from the end of the Vietnam War to the Clinton administration. Focus on crucial operational premises in the ''defining moments'' of United States diplomatic history. Various policy-making models, politics of foreign policy, global environment within which United States policy is made, and uses of history. Special attention to the Cold War, the Arab-Israeli wars, and the Gulf War. Instructor: Kuniholm
PUBPOL 320 – Globalization/Governance
Seminar explores economic, political, and social aspects of globalization and their implications for public policy making in the twenty-first century. Focus on issues of governance, particularly international cooperation, the design of international organizations, and the role of international NGOs. Policy areas include international trade and finance, environment, security, human rights, media and communications, and international development. Instructor: Mayer
Middle East & Islam
CULANTH 126 – Muslim World
The diversity of social practices within the community of Islam. Particular emphasis on gender relations, religious movements, diaspora communities, and social change. Instructor: Ewing
CULANTH 147 – Islamic Civilization
First part of two-course sequence providing an extensive survey of Muslim peoples and institutions. The Middle Eastern origins and cultural attainments of medieval Islam. Instructor: Lawrence, Moosa or staff
CULANTH 304S – ANTHRO Religious Imagination
An examination of religious movements through the political, racial, gendered, and globalized contours of the contemporary moment. Among other cases to be explored: Jerry Falwell and the religious right, neo-Pentecostalism in the global south, African derived religions in the Americas, Black Hebrew Israelites, transnational Islamic movements, the occult economies of the neoliberal moment, and popular imaginaries of conspiracy. Instructor: Jackson and Piot
FOCUS 105 – Special Topics In Focus: Islam as challenge
Forum for discussing and bridging the varied interdisciplinary issues that arise within the individual Focus Program seminars. May include group discussion, readings, guest lectures, film viewings, and other activities. Open only to participants in the Focus Program. Pass/Fail grading only. Instructor: Lawrence,Bruce B, Rahman, Nuzhat
HIST 101 G – Islamic Civilization
First part of two-course sequence providing an extensive survey of Muslim peoples and institutions. The Middle Eastern origins and cultural attainments of medieval Islam. Instructor: Lawrence, Moosa or staff
Crosslisted as RELIGION 146, CULANTH 147, ICS 141A, MEDREN 146A
HIST 152 – The Modern Middle East
The historical development of the Middle East in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The emergence of nation-states in the region following World War I. Instructor: Y. Miller
ICS 101 F – Muslim World
The diversity of social practices within the community of Islam. Particular emphasis on gender relations, religious movements, diaspora communities, and social change. Instructor: Ewing
RELIGION 119 – Muslim World
The diversity of social practices within the community of Islam. Particular emphasis on gender relations, religious movements, diaspora communities, and social change. Instructor: Ewing
RELIGION 146 – Islamic Civilization
First part of two-course sequence providing an extensive survey of Muslim peoples and institutions. The Middle Eastern origins and cultural attainments of medieval Islam. Instructor: Lawrence, Moosa or staff
RELIGION 283 – Islam and Modernism
Cultural, religious, and ideological forces which shape Muslim responses to modernism. Instructor: Lawrence
Public Health & Infectious Disease
BIOLOGY 46- AIDS/Emerging Diseases
Explores the interaction of biology and culture in creating and defining diseases through an investigation of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and other emerging diseases: molecular biology; biology of transmission and infection; the role of people and culture in the evolution of infectious diseases; reasons for the geographic variations in disease. Intended for nonmajors. Instructor: Broverman
BIOLOGY 92S – Global Diseases
Biological, social, and cultural factors impacting global disease spread and/or reduction; current controversies in vaccination and eradication programs; ethics of foreign agencies and funders prioritizing domestic health programs; ethics of global variation in disease burdens. Open only to students in the FOCUS program. Instructor: Broverman
LAW 364 – Global Health
The course is designed to provide students with multidisciplinary theories and techniques for assessing and addressing infectious, chronic, and behavioral health problems in less wealthy areas of the world. Faculty members from the various involved disciplines will teach the course, which will address global health issues from the disciplines of epidemiology, biology, medicine, nursing, law, ethics, policy, psychology, sociology, anthropology, environment, and engineering. After a brief review of public health history and epidemiologic methods, the course will examine key determinants of health and disease, and organizational structures and their roles in defining, preventing, and managing public health problems. The course will also explore selected health problems or issues from a health services research perspective, and discuss their health policy implications. Instructor: Whetten
PUBPOL 154 – Global Health
Introduction to multidisciplinary theories and techniques for assessing and addressing global, infectious, chronic, and behavioral health problems. Global health issues addressed from perspectives such as: epidemiology, biology, engineering, environment, business, human rights, nursing, psychology, law, public policy, and economics. Instructor: Whetten
Science & Technology
BME 237 – Biosensors
Biosensors are defined as the use of biospecific recognition mechanisms in the detection of analyte concentration. The basic principles of protein binding with specific reference to enzyme-substrate, lectin-sugar, antibody-antigen, and receptor-transmitting binding. Simple surface diffusion and absorption physics at surfaces with particular attention paid to surface binding phenomena. Optical, electrochemical, gravimetric, and thermal transduction mechanisms which form the basis of the sensor design. Prerequisites: Biomedical Engineering 215 and consent of instructor. Instructor: Reichert
ENVIRON 159 - GIS and Geospatial Analysis
Fundamental aspects of geographic information systems for environmental applications. Concepts of geographic data development, cartography, image processing, and spatial analysis. Prerequisite: an introductory statistics course. Consent of director of undergraduate studies required (undergrad@nicholas.duke.edu). Instructor: Haplin
ENVIRON 212 – Environmental Toxicology
Study of environmental contaminants from a broad perspective encompassing biochemical, ecological, and toxicological principles and methodologies. Discussion of sources, environmental transport and transformation phenomena, accumulation in biota and ecosystems. Impacts at various levels of organization, particularly biochemical and physiological effects. Prerequisites: organic chemistry and vertebrate physiology or consent of instructor. Instructor: Di Giulio
ENVIRON 259 – Fundamentals of GIS and Geospatial Analysis
Fundamental aspects of geographic information systems and satellite remote sensing for environmental applications. Covers concepts of geographic data development, cartography, image processing, and spatial analysis. Gateway into more advanced training in geospatial analysis curriculum. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Halpin
LAW 351 – Current Immigration Law/Practice
Affirmative immigration and defense since the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996. Sources of law and agency organization; admission to the United States; consular visa processing and adjustment of status; employment authorization; visas, visa waivers, and visa exemptions; employment and family-based permanent resident status; investors, miscellaneous immigrant visa provisions; emergent issues; 3/10 year bars; 245 (8) & (k); 222 (g); criminal issues; asylum/refugee status; Temporary Protected Status (TPS); NACARA; relief from removal; employment authorization and employer sanctions; citizenship; loss of citizenship. Instructor: MacKenzie
UNC Course Listings
Terrorism
COMM 390 Terrorism & Political Violence
PLCY 490 9/11 & Its Aftermath. Study of modern terrorist threat and counterterrorism policies established in reaction to 9/11 attacks. Course explores changes to national security strategy, democracy building, law enforcement, intelligence, civil liberties, privacy and homeland security topics.
PWAD 475 [175] Literature of Russian Terrorism: Arson, Bombs, Mayhem (RUSS 175) (3). Literary representations of Russian revolutionaries and terrorists in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Readings by Dostoevsky, Chernyshevsky, Bely, Joseph Conrad, and by some of the terrorists themselves. Fall or spring. Levine.
National Security & International Relations
AERO 446 Defense Policy and National Security (POLI 446, PWAD 446) (3). A study of national defense policy as affected by the constitutional and political setting, as well as its relation to foreign policy. Some attention to strategic doctrine. Fall. Staff of the Political Science Department.
AERO 402 The Military and Contemporary Society (3). A survey and analysis of the major issues of officership in the Air Force. Lectures and discussions will center on gaining insight into the military officer today and the near future, military law, ethics, law of armed conflict, and preparing for active duty as a Second Lieutenant. Class participation, comprehension, written, and oral communication skills will be stressed. Spring. Hubbard.
ANTH 142 [42] Local Cultures, Global Forces (3)
Explores connections between local cultural expressions and global forces as both have changed over 500 years. Particular attention to the role of colonial domination, capitalism, and developing concepts of culture, nation, and race. BA-level non-Western comparative perspective, cultural diversity perspective.
COMM 376 [73] The Rhetoric of War and Peace (PWAD 60) (3). Explores philosophical assumptions and social values expressed by advocates of war and peace through a critical examination of such rhetorical acts as speeches, essays, film, literature, and song. GC Philosophical Perspective
COMM 574 [174] War and Culture (PWAD 162) (3). Examines American cultural myths about war generally and specifically about the causes of war, enemies, weapons, and warriors, and the way these myths cnstrain foreign and defense policy, military strategy, and procurement
INTS 393 [93] Great Decisions (1). Eight evening guest lectures, with a discussion session after each, on eight issues in current foreign policy. May be taken more than once. Spring.
INTS 406 [104] Transitions to Democracy (3). Transitions to liberal democratic political structures in Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the former Soviet bloc.
JOMC 446 [146] International Communication and Comparative Journalism (POLI 146) (3). Development of international communication; the flow of news and international propaganda; the role of communication in international relations; communication in the developing nations; comparison of press systems. BA-level Social Science Perspective.
LAW 214 Immigration and Citizenship
The course focuses on the answers to three principal questions: who is a citizen, and what is the meaning of U.S. Citizenship?; who else can come to this country as an immigrant, a visitor, or a refugee?; and when and why can non-citizens in the United States be forced to leave? These questions raise these further topics: the history of immigration to the United States, the constitutional rights of non-citizens, the federal agencies that interpret and administer the immigration and citizenship laws, undocumented immigration, the balance between openness to outsiders and national security, and the links between immigrant rights and civil rights.
LAW 252 International Law
The course addresses the questions of the sources of international law; the formation of customary law; the law of treaties; some issues of interaction between international law and the law of the United States; the law of statehood; rules regarding the place of individuals in international law, without, however, special emphasis on international human rights rules; international legal restrictions on state jurisdiction; international legal restrictions on the use of force; the rights of states to protect their nationals, including corporations, from mistreatment by other states; and the law of the sea. The course seeks to direct students' attention regarding the nature of law, and to focus - with respect to particular legal topics - on the basis for any assertion that rules whose existence is asserted are legal rules.
LAW 320 Law of the Presidency
This seminar will address constitutional and other legal issues relating to the Presidency. Specific issues that will be discussed include Congressional oversight of the executive branch, executive privilege, presidential power in foreign affairs, Congressional delegation of policymaking powers to the executive, judicial review of inter-branch disputes between the Congress and the President, separation of powers issues pertaining to the relationship between the Presidency and the Congress; the susceptibility of the President to civil and criminal suit, and impeachment.
LAW 374 National Security Law
A study of the separation of powers in national security matters; presidential war powers; the War Powers Resolution; the role of the judiciary in national security matters; the domestic effect of international law; congressional and presidential emergency powers; Operational Law and the Law of War, including use of force issues; responses to terrorism; prosecuting terrorists; the Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts; access to national security information in the federal courts; and restraints on disclosing and publishing national security information.
PHIL 272 [42] Peace, War, and Defense
This course will introduce students to some of the moral issues of war and peace. For example: Can war ever be morally justified? Can pacifism be morally justified? Can terrorism ever be morally justified? Can intervention ever be morally justified? Is there a moral duty to seek peace? Is the idea of a national interest a moral notion? What is Just War Theory, and what are its moral presuppositions? What are the moral rights of prisoners of war? Can it ever be morally justified to target civilians in war? Who has the moral and legal right to declare war? What are causes of war? What are the moral presuppositions of Realism and Liberalism in international affairs? Do the moral presuppositions of functioning democracies help to explain their alleged tendency not to fight one another? What are the ethical responsibilities of multinational corporations? What is the relation between global distributive justice and peace?
POLI 131 [60] Political Change and Modernization (3).
An overview of politics and government in the Third World, emphasizing characteristics, problems, and solutions (successful and otherwise) common to nations making the attempt to modernize. Fall or spring. Reynolds.
POLI 150 [86] International Relations and World Politics (PWAD 86)(3). The analysis of politics among nations. Fall and spring. McKeown, Obler, Oatley.
POLI 253 [81] Problems in World Order (PWAD 81) (3). An examination of selected topics in international relations, such as security and defense, international integration, and North-South relations. Staff.
POLI 256 [49] Defense Policy and National Security (AERO 149, PWAD 149) (3). National defense policy, including strategy, weapons systems, and the bureaucracies/organizations that deal with them. Lectures and discussion sections. Fall. Naval and Air Force ROTC officers.
POLI 259 [82] Evolution of the International System (PWAD 82) (3). An examination of changes in the nature of the international system from about 1870 to the present, emphasizing changing patterns of alliance politics and crisis behavior. Fall and spring. Staff.
POLI 411 [157] Civil Liberties under the Constitution (3). An analysis of the complex political problems created by the expansion of protection for individual liberties in the United States. Emphasis will be on contemporary problems with some supplemental historical background. Spring. McGuire, Unah.
POLI 443 [144] American Foreign Policy: Formulation and Conduct (3). Prerequisite, Political Science 86 or permission of instructor. The role of Congress, the press, public opinion, the President, the Secretary and the Department of State, the military, and the intelligence community in making American foreign policy. Emphasis is placed on the impact of the bureaucratic process on the content of foreign policy. Fall and spring. Staff.
POLI 446 [149] Defense Policy and National Security (3). Prerequisite, Political Science 86 or permission of instructor. A study of national defense policy as affected by the constitutional and political setting, as well as its relation to foreign policy. Some attention to strategic doctrine. Crescenzi.
POLI 447 [150] Theory of War (3). Examines the nature, purposes, and conduct of war. Emphasizes interaction between political and military phenomena; introduces the study of strategy and its relationship to domestic and international politics. Staff. B.A.-level Social Science perspective. Spring.
POLI 456 [145] Contemporary International Relations of the United States (3). Prerequisite, POLI 86 or permission of instructor. A study of selected United States foreign policy problems since World War II; analysis of the process of policy formulation, and the impact of the external environment and domestic policies on the White House and Department of State. Spring. Staff
POLI 457 [142] International Conflict Processes (3). Prerequisite, POLI 86 or permission of instructor. Analysis of international conflict and the causal mechanisms that drive or prevent conflict. Emphasis is on the conditions and processes of conflict and cooperation between nations. Fall. Crescenzi. B.A.-level Social Science perspective.
POLI 738 [232] Power, Morality, and Foreign Policy (3). Prerequisite, Political Science 86 or permission of instructor. To what extent can, and should, moral concerns be integrated into national foreign policies? An examination of theoretical alternatives as well as selected substantive issues (e.g., human rights, just war, food policy, development assistance). Fall. Staff.
POLI 750 [240] Theories of International Relations I (3). Introduction to the central issues and major theoretical developments in the field of international relations, focusing on system structure, political and security issues, and decision making.
POLI 751 [241] Theories of International Relations II (3). Introduction to the central issues and major theoretical developments in the field of international relations, focusing on the politics of international economic relations, law and organization, and fundamental system change.
POLI 753 [247] International Conflict and Cooperation (3). An examination of international conflict and cooperative processes in the context of the evolution of the international system.
POLI 758 [257] Theories of Foreign Policy (3). This course is an introduction to the field of foreign policy analysis. Its primary goal is to expose students to the theories and methods of foreign policy research and analysis.
POLI 759 [250] U.S. Foreign Policy (3). This course provides an overview of United States foreign policy and exposes students to the major themes and controversies in the field.
POLI 760 [244] Topics in National Security and Foreign Policy (3). This research seminar examines contemporary substantive issues in national security and foreign policy in light of research organizational and administrative topics.
POLI 762 [256] Security Studies (3). This course introduces students to the major theoretical approaches to the study of national security.
PWAD 215 [78] Peace and War (3). The emphasis will be historical, with conceptual tools from other disciplines used when appropriate. Theoretical explanations, militarism, the international system, internal order, and the search for peace will be examined. Spring. Brooks.
PWAD 350 [50] National and International Security (3). Introduction to the problem of war and violent conflict in human experience and the contemporary world, and efforts to prevent, avoid, or ameliorate war and its effects. Permission of curriculum required. Fall. Staff.
PWAD 690 [90] Seminars in Peace, War, and Defense (3). Seminars on aspects of peace, war, and defense. Past topics have included arms control, public opinion and national security, and the Cold War. Staff
PWAD 890 [252] International Law (LAW 252) (3). Permission of curriculum chair and instructor required. Practical problems of international law, including its nature; treaty making, interpretation, enforcement, and termination; recognition; territory; nationality; jurisdiction and immunities; state responsibility and international claims; and the law of war and neutrality. Spring. Weisburd.
Public Health & Infectious Disease
ANTH 119 Global Health (INTS 119) (3)
This class explores some of the historical, biological, economic, medical, and social issues surrounding globalization and health consequences.
EPID 650 [120] Infectious Disease Epidemiology and the Health of the Public (3)
An overview of the current problems in infectious diseases with an emphasis on factors such as human behavior, economics and political activities which do, and will, influence public health control problems. Three lecture hours per week. Seed.
EPID 750 [213] Acute Disease Surveillance and Outbreak Response (3)
Prerequisite: EPID 160 or equivalent. Provides conceptual foundations and practical skills for designing and implementing surveillance systems for using surveillance data for the conduct and evaluation of public health programs and research. Ryder.
EPID 220 Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases at the Level of the Community (3)
Primary focus at county/state level; surveillance/control of acute infectious diseases; public health vs. individual rights. Bridging epidemiological concepts with community activities and real world health department issues. Three lecture hours per week. Leone.
Disasters and Emergency Preparedness
HPAA 420 Disaster Managment Systems
HPAA 422 Emergency Mangement I
Middle East & Islam
ARAB 452 [152]
Imagining Palestine (3). Exploration into how Palestine is portrayed in writings, films, and other creative works and how Palestinian portrayals of homeland affect others' perceptions of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the Arab World. Yaqub. [A&S Non-Western/Comparative perspective].
ASIA 51 [6J]
Cultural Encounters: The Arabs and the West (3). First Year Seminar. Examines the historical, cultural, literary, and artistic relations between the Arab world and the West (Europe and the US) from the 18th century until today. Amer. NA [GC Non-Western/Comparative perspective].
ASIA 138 [36]: Introduction to Islamic Civilization(HIST 138 [36]) (3). A broad, comprehensive, and interdisciplinary introduction to the traditional civilization of the Muslim world. Shields. BN,
HS, WB.
ASIA 187 [38]
Arab Histories (RELI 187 [38], HIST [38]) (3). Introduction to the sociocultural, political, economic, and religious history of the Arab Middle East. May include discussion of the meaning of Arab history to contemporary residents of the Middle East. Curtis. [GC Non-Western/Comparative perspective].
ASIA 192 [46]: Contemporary Middle East (RELI 192 [48], INTS [46]) (3). Interdisciplinary introduction to the religions, politics, economics, societies, and cultures of the contemporary Middle East. Topics may vary. Curtis. [GC Social Science perspective].
ASIA 455 [142]: Arabs in America (INTS 455 [142]) (3). This course traces the history and development of Arab American communities in the US from the slave trade to the most important immigration waves over the past two centuries. Amer. [A&S Social Science perspective; Cultural Diversity requirement].
ASIA 536 [194]: Revolution In the Modern Middle East (HIST [196]) (3). This course will focus on revolutionary change in the Middle East during the last century, emphasizing internal social, economic, and political conditions as well as international contexts. Shields.
ASIA 538 [197]: The Middle East and the West (HIST 538 [197]) (3). This course explores changing interactions between the Middle East and the West, including trade, warfare, scientific exchange, and imperialism, and ends with an analysis of contemporary relations in light of the legacy of the past. Shields.
HIST 139 [37] Later Islamic Civilization and the Modern Muslim World (ASIA 37, RELI 26) (3). A broad interdisciplinary survey of the later Islamic empires since the fifteenth century and their successor societies in the modern Muslim world. Spring. Shields.
HIST 275 [77C] History of Iraq
HIST 276 [77A] The Middle East in the Modern Era (ASIA 78) (3). This course introduces students to the last two hundred years of Middle Eastern history and focuses on the themes of global context, gender, legitimacy of the state, and religious political movements. These themes will also be used to compare the Middle East to the United States. Shields. Cultural Diversity requirement.
HIST 277 [77B]: The Conflict over Israel/Palestine (PWAD [77B]) (3). Explores the conflict over Palestine during the last 100 years. Surveys the development of competing nationalisms, the contest for resources and political control that led to the partition of the region, the war that established a Jewish state, and the subsequent struggles between conflicting groups for land. Shields. BN, HS.
INTS 452 [141] Islam in France and the U.S. (ASIA 141) (3).
RELI 481 [120] Religion, Fundamentalism, and Nationalism (PWAD 120) (3). An exploration of explosive combinations of religion and politics in the Iranian revolution, the Palestinian movement, Hindu nationalism in India, and Christian fundamentalism in America. Spring. Ernst.