| HIST 219-01 |
From Abraham to Al-Qaeda: Jews, Christians, and Muslims from their Origins to the Present
Instructor: Peter Schadler
Course Description:
Cross-listed with MEST 200-01 and RELG 111-01. Permission of Instructor Required. Part of the Sicily Mosaic. This course will survey relations between Jews, Christians, and Muslims, from their origins up to the present day, with heavy attention to the premodern period, and to those areas under the political control of Muslims. We will, however, also consider the relations between these three in the modern period, and how the beliefs of these three groups have coincided and collided to generate specific tensions between them.
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10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MWF
EASTC 411 |
| HIST 219-02 |
U.S. - Middle East Relations
Instructor: David Commins
Course Description:
Cross-listed with INST 290-04 and MEST 200-02. This course examines the history of US-Middle East relations from the Barbary Wars to the present. Topics will include American travel and missionary activity in "the Holy Land" during the 1800s; the American role in post-World War I diplomacy affecting the Middle East; rivalry with the Soviet Union; Arab-Israeli diplomacy; petroleum policy; anti-American terrorism; and military interventions.
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10:30 AM-11:45 AM, TR
DENNY 110 |
| HIST 254-01 |
Revolution, War, and Daily Life in Modern Russia
Instructor: Karl Qualls
Course Description:
Cross-listed with RUSS 254-01. Taught in English. This course explores Russia's attempts to forge modernity since the late 19th century. Students will explore the rise of socialism and communism, centralization of nearly all aspects of life (arts, politics, economics, and even sexual relations), and opposition to the terror regime's attempts to remake life and the post-Soviet state's attempts to overcome Russia's past.This course is cross-listed as RUSS 254.
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11:30 AM-12:20 PM, MWF
DENNY 211 |
| HIST 333-01 |
The First World War
Instructor: Regina Sweeney
Course Description:
A study of the causes, progress, and consequences of the first global conflict of modern times. Particular attention is paid to the political and social impact of total warfare on the participating nations.
Offered every other year.
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09:00 AM-10:15 AM, TR
DENNY 303 |
| Courses Offered in INST |
| INST 170-01 |
International Relations
Instructor: Russell Bova
Course Description:
Cross-listed with POSC 170-01. An introduction to global politics which examines the interaction of states, international organizations, non-governmental organizations, and individuals in the world arena. Topics covered include traditional concerns such as war, balance of power, the UN and international law along with the more recent additions to the agenda of world politics such as international terrorism, human rights, and economic globalization.
This course is cross-listed as POSC 170.
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09:00 AM-10:15 AM, TR
DENNY 104 |
| INST 170-02 |
International Relations
Instructor: Kristine Mitchell
Course Description:
Cross-listed with POSC 170-02. An introduction to global politics which examines the interaction of states, international organizations, non-governmental organizations, and individuals in the world arena. Topics covered include traditional concerns such as war, balance of power, the UN and international law along with the more recent additions to the agenda of world politics such as international terrorism, human rights, and economic globalization.
This course is cross-listed as POSC 170.
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10:30 AM-11:45 AM, TR
DENNY 203 |
| INST 258-01 |
Human Rights
Instructor: Rachel Jacobs
Course Description:
Cross-listed with POSC 258-01. The 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights embodies a global consensus on the fundamental importance of human rights as a political value. But the idea and its practical applications have provoked intense controversy around the world on issues such as freedom of expression, capital punishment and torture, gender and sexuality, religious freedom, social and economic justice, and cultural and minority rights. Prerequisite: one social science course or permission of the instructor. This course is cross-listed as POSC 258.
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09:00 AM-10:15 AM, TR
DENNY 103 |
| INST 280-01 |
American Foreign Policy
Instructor: Rachel Jacobs
Course Description:
Cross-listed with POSC 280-01. A survey of U.S. foreign policy since World War II. American approaches to such issues as containment, detente, arms control, deterrence, international law, and foreign aid will be discussed. Students will also address issues of U.S. foreign policy formulation, including the roles of the public, Congress, and the president in the foreign policy process.Prerequisite: POSC 170 or INST 170. This course is cross-listed as POSC 280.
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03:00 PM-04:15 PM, MR
ALTHSE 109 |
| INST 281-01 |
American National Security Policy
Instructor: Andy Wolff
Course Description:
Cross-listed with POSC 281-01. Analysis of formulation and implementation of American national security policy within the context of American society and the international system. National security will not be considered simply in a military/strategic sense but as connoting the preservation of the core values of a society.
Prerequisite: POSC 170 or 120 or INST 170. This course is cross-listed as POSC 281.
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09:00 AM-10:15 AM, TR
ALTHSE 109 |
| INST 290-04 |
U.S. - Middle East Relations
Instructor: David Commins
Course Description:
Cross-listed with HIST 219-02 and MEST 200-02. This course examines the history of US-Middle East relations from the Barbary Wars to the present. Topics will include American travel and missionary activity in "the Holy Land" during the 1800s; the American role in post-World War I diplomacy affecting the Middle East; rivalry with the Soviet Union; Arab-Israeli diplomacy; petroleum policy; anti-American terrorism; and military interventions.
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10:30 AM-11:45 AM, TR
DENNY 204 |
| INST 290-05 |
The Geopolitics of Eurasia
Instructor: Craig Nation
Course Description:
Cross-listed with POSC 290-02 and RUSS 260-02. Eurasian is undergoing a process of dramatic change. Our course examines the regions evolution, with focus on emerging geopolitical competition. The Eurasian plate, covering about forty percent of Earths land mass and containing more than seventy percent of the worlds population, has become a platform for intense geopolitical rivalry. We will attempt to identify the factors driving interstate competition in the area, analyze what is at stake, evaluate the consequences of unhinged strategic rivalry, and investigate prospects for the future. Is a battle for Eurasia underway? How might inevitable interstate differences in this vast region be channeled in more positive directions? Course taught in English,
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01:30 PM-02:45 PM, TF
DENNY 110 |
| Courses Offered in LAWP |
| LAWP 400-01 |
War and Justice
Instructor: Toby Reiner
Course Description:
Cross-listed with POSC 390-02. "All's fair in love and war," goes the common saying, suggesting that standards of justice or morality are inapplicable to military conflict, which is a realm of survival in which anything goes. Others hold that no war can possibly be just, at least in the contemporary era in which weapons of mass destruction mean that wars wreak a human and environmental impact that cannot possibly be sustainable or legitimate. In this class, we consider both these approaches - realism and pacifism, respectively - and juxtapose them to the just-war tradition, which holds that defensive and limited wars may be justified so long as they follow certain moral guidelines such as proportionality and non-combatant immunity. We will consider when it might be just to go to war, how just wars must be waged, and what, if anything, justice after war consists in. We will approach these questions using both the laws of war and philosophical works about war. We will consider military conflicts from across the globe, including the World Wars, Vietnam, Rwanda, Cambodia, the former Yugoslavia, and more, and from ancient Greece through the Middle Ages to the present day. We will consider topics such as humanitarian intervention and the protection of human rights during war, the moral status and responsibility of ordinary combatants, war crimes tribunals, genocide and ethnic cleansing, civil war, emerging technologies of war, and the possibility of moving towards a world in which war is no longer necessary.
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01:30 PM-04:30 PM, T
DENNY 204 |
| LAWP 400-02 |
War and Justice
Instructor: Toby Reiner
Course Description:
Cross-listed with POSC 390-03. "All's fair in love and war," goes the common saying, suggesting that standards of justice or morality are inapplicable to military conflict, which is a realm of survival in which anything goes. Others hold that no war can possibly be just, at least in the contemporary era in which weapons of mass destruction mean that wars wreak a human and environmental impact that cannot possibly be sustainable or legitimate. In this class, we consider both these approaches - realism and pacifism, respectively - and juxtapose them to the just-war tradition, which holds that defensive and limited wars may be justified so long as they follow certain moral guidelines such as proportionality and non-combatant immunity. We will consider when it might be just to go to war, how just wars must be waged, and what, if anything, justice after war consists in. We will approach these questions using both the laws of war and philosophical works about war. We will consider military conflicts from across the globe, including the World Wars, Vietnam, Rwanda, Cambodia, the former Yugoslavia, and more, and from ancient Greece through the Middle Ages to the present day. We will consider topics such as humanitarian intervention and the protection of human rights during war, the moral status and responsibility of ordinary combatants, war crimes tribunals, genocide and ethnic cleansing, civil war, emerging technologies of war, and the possibility of moving towards a world in which war is no longer necessary.
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01:30 PM-04:30 PM, W
DENNY 212 |
| Courses Offered in MEST |
| MEST 200-01 |
From Abraham to Al-Qaeda: Jews, Christians, and Muslims from their Origins to the Present
Instructor: Peter Schadler
Course Description:
Cross-listed with HIST 219-01 and RELG 111-01. Permission of Instructor Required. Part of the Sicily Mosaic.
This course will survey relations between Jews, Christians, and Muslims, from their origins up to the present day, with heavy attention to the premodern period, and to those areas under the political control of Muslims. We will, however, also consider the relations between these three in the modern period, and how the beliefs of these three groups have coincided and collided to generate specific tensions between them.
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10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MWF
EASTC 411 |
| MEST 200-02 |
U.S. - Middle East Relations
Instructor: David Commins
Course Description:
Cross-listed with HIST 219-02 and INST 290-04. This course examines the history of US-Middle East relations from the Barbary Wars to the present. Topics will include American travel and missionary activity in "the Holy Land" during the 1800s; the American role in post-World War I diplomacy affecting the Middle East; rivalry with the Soviet Union; Arab-Israeli diplomacy; petroleum policy; anti-American terrorism; and military interventions.
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10:30 AM-11:45 AM, TR
DENNY 204 |
| Courses Offered in POSC |
| POSC 170-01 |
International Relations
Instructor: Russell Bova
Course Description:
Cross-listed with INST 170-01. An introduction to global politics which examines the interaction of states, international organizations, non-governmental organizations, and individuals in the world arena. Topics covered include traditional concerns such as war, balance of power, the UN and international law along with the more recent additions to the agenda of world politics such as international terrorism, human rights, and economic globalization. This course is cross-listed as INST 170.
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09:00 AM-10:15 AM, TR
DENNY 104 |
| POSC 170-02 |
International Relations
Instructor: Kristine Mitchell
Course Description:
Cross-listed with INST 170-02. An introduction to global politics which examines the interaction of states, international organizations, non-governmental organizations, and individuals in the world arena. Topics covered include traditional concerns such as war, balance of power, the UN and international law along with the more recent additions to the agenda of world politics such as international terrorism, human rights, and economic globalization. This course is cross-listed as INST 170.
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10:30 AM-11:45 AM, TR
DENNY 203 |
| POSC 258-01 |
Human Rights
Instructor: Rachel Jacobs
Course Description:
Cross-listed with INST 258-01. The 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights embodies a global consensus on the fundamental importance of human rights as a political value. But the idea and its practical applications have provoked intense controversy around the world on issues such as freedom of expression, capital punishment and torture, gender and sexuality, religious freedom, social and economic justice, and cultural and minority rights. Prerequisite: one social science course or permission of the instructor. This course is cross-listed as INST 258.
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09:00 AM-10:15 AM, TR
DENNY 103 |
| POSC 280-01 |
American Foreign Policy
Instructor: Rachel Jacobs
Course Description:
Cross-listed with INST 280-01. A survey of U.S. foreign policy since World War II. American approaches to such issues as containment, detente, arms control, deterrence, international law, and foreign aid will be discussed. Students will also address issues of U.S. foreign policy formulation, including the roles of the public, Congress, and the president in the foreign policy process. Prerequisite: 170 or INST 170 or permission of the instructor. This course is cross-listed as INST 280.
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03:00 PM-04:15 PM, MR
ALTHSE 109 |
| POSC 281-01 |
American National Security Policy
Instructor: Andy Wolff
Course Description:
Cross-listed with INST 281-01. Analysis of formulation and implementation of American national security policy within the context of American society and the international system. National security will not be considered simply in a military/strategic sense but as connoting the preservation of the core values of a society. Prerequisite: POSC 170 or 120 or INST 170 or permission of the instructor. This course is cross-listed as INST 281.
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09:00 AM-10:15 AM, TR
ALTHSE 109 |
| POSC 290-02 |
The Geopolitics of Eurasia
Instructor: Craig Nation
Course Description:
Cross-listed with INST 290-05 and RUSS 260-02. Eurasian is undergoing a process of dramatic change. Our course examines the regions evolution, with focus on emerging geopolitical competition. The Eurasian plate, covering about forty percent of Earths land mass and containing more than seventy percent of the worlds population, has become a platform for intense geopolitical rivalry. We will attempt to identify the factors driving interstate competition in the area, analyze what is at stake, evaluate the consequences of unhinged strategic rivalry, and investigate prospects for the future. Is a battle for Eurasia underway? How might inevitable interstate differences in this vast region be channeled in more positive directions? Course taught in English.
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01:30 PM-02:45 PM, TF
DENNY 110 |
| POSC 390-02 |
War and Justice
Instructor: Toby Reiner
Course Description:
Cross-listed with LAWP 400-01. "All's fair in love and war," goes the common saying, suggesting that standards of justice or morality are inapplicable to military conflict, which is a realm of survival in which anything goes. Others hold that no war can possibly be just, at least in the contemporary era in which weapons of mass destruction mean that wars wreak a human and environmental impact that cannot possibly be sustainable or legitimate. In this class, we consider both these approaches - realism and pacifism, respectively - and juxtapose them to the just-war tradition, which holds that defensive and limited wars may be justified so long as they follow certain moral guidelines such as proportionality and non-combatant immunity. We will consider when it might be just to go to war, how just wars must be waged, and what, if anything, justice after war consists in. We will approach these questions using both the laws of war and philosophical works about war. We will consider military conflicts from across the globe, including the World Wars, Vietnam, Rwanda, Cambodia, the former Yugoslavia, and more, and from ancient Greece through the Middle Ages to the present day. We will consider topics such as humanitarian intervention and the protection of human rights during war, the moral status and responsibility of ordinary combatants, war crimes tribunals, genocide and ethnic cleansing, civil war, emerging technologies of war, and the possibility of moving towards a world in which war is no longer necessary.
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01:30 PM-04:30 PM, T
DENNY 204 |
| POSC 390-03 |
War and Justice
Instructor: Toby Reiner
Course Description:
Cross-listed with LAWP 400-02. "All's fair in love and war," goes the common saying, suggesting that standards of justice or morality are inapplicable to military conflict, which is a realm of survival in which anything goes. Others hold that no war can possibly be just, at least in the contemporary era in which weapons of mass destruction mean that wars wreak a human and environmental impact that cannot possibly be sustainable or legitimate. In this class, we consider both these approaches - realism and pacifism, respectively - and juxtapose them to the just-war tradition, which holds that defensive and limited wars may be justified so long as they follow certain moral guidelines such as proportionality and non-combatant immunity. We will consider when it might be just to go to war, how just wars must be waged, and what, if anything, justice after war consists in. We will approach these questions using both the laws of war and philosophical works about war. We will consider military conflicts from across the globe, including the World Wars, Vietnam, Rwanda, Cambodia, the former Yugoslavia, and more, and from ancient Greece through the Middle Ages to the present day. We will consider topics such as humanitarian intervention and the protection of human rights during war, the moral status and responsibility of ordinary combatants, war crimes tribunals, genocide and ethnic cleansing, civil war, emerging technologies of war, and the possibility of moving towards a world in which war is no longer necessary.
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01:30 PM-04:30 PM, W
DENNY 212 |
| Courses Offered in RELG |
| RELG 111-01 |
From Abraham to Al-Qaeda: Jews, Christians, and Muslims from their Origins to the Present
Instructor: Peter Schadler
Course Description:
Cross-listed with HIST 219-01 and MEST 200-01. Permission of Instructor Required. Part of the Sicily Mosaic. This course will survey relations between Jews, Christians, and Muslims, from their origins up to the present day, with heavy attention to the premodern period, and to those areas under the political control of Muslims. We will, however, also consider the relations between these three in the modern period, and how the beliefs of these three groups have coincided and collided to generate specific tensions between them.
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10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MWF
EASTC 411 |
| Courses Offered in RUSS |
| RUSS 100-01 |
Russia and the West
Instructor: Elena Duzs
Course Description:
An introductory and multi-disciplinary survey intended to explore the relationship between Russian culture and Western civilization. In the process, students will be exposed to aspects of Russia's history, literature, religion, philosophical traditions, music and art, politics, and economics. Suitable for those interested in a one semester introduction to Russia, and required for those who choose a major or minor in Russian.
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03:00 PM-04:15 PM, MR
BOSLER 208 |
| RUSS 254-01 |
Revolution, War, and Daily Life in Modern Russia
Instructor: Karl Qualls
Course Description:
Cross-listed with HIST 254-01. Taught in English. This course explores Russia's attempts to forge modernity since the late 19th century. Students will explore the rise of socialism and communism, centralization of nearly all aspects of life (arts, politics, economics, and even sexual relations), and opposition to the terror regime's attempts to remake life and the post-Soviet state's attempts to overcome Russia's past.This course is cross-listed as HIST 254.
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11:30 AM-12:20 PM, MWF
DENNY 211 |
| RUSS 260-02 |
The Geopolitics of Eurasia
Instructor: Craig Nation
Course Description:
Cross-listed with INST 290-05 and POSC 290-02. Eurasian is undergoing a process of dramatic change. Our course examines the regions evolution, with focus on emerging geopolitical competition. The Eurasian plate, covering about forty percent of Earths land mass and containing more than seventy percent of the worlds population, has become a platform for intense geopolitical rivalry. We will attempt to identify the factors driving interstate competition in the area, analyze what is at stake, evaluate the consequences of unhinged strategic rivalry, and investigate prospects for the future. Is a battle for Eurasia underway? How might inevitable interstate differences in this vast region be channeled in more positive directions? Course taught in English.
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01:30 PM-02:45 PM, TF
DENNY 110 |