Courses

IAF U160 - MIDDLE EAST STUDIES
Concentrates on the twentieth and twenty-first centuries of the "Middle East" (Arab World, Israel, Turkey, and Iran), the links with southwest Asia (Pakistan, Afghanistan), and U.S. engagement with the Middle East. This course seeks to provide students with effective interdisciplinary analytical skills as well as historical, political, ethical, social, cultural, religious, and economic perspectives on the Middle East. (4 Credit Hours)

HST U290 - Modern Middle East
Studies Middle Eastern politics, culture, and society from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. (4 Credit Hours)

HST HST U393 - Islam and Empires
Surveys Middle Eastern history from the era of Sulayman the Magnificent, the sixteenth-century Ottoman sultan, to the end of the twentieth century. Geographically, focuses on the lands of the former Ottoman Empire, Persia, and Iran. Thematically, focuses on the transformation of state and society under the impact of a changing world economy and European colonialism. Traces the transformation of powerful world empires in the sixteenth century, based on religious and dynastic authority, into secular, often military-ruled nation-states in the twentieth century. Also follows the Islamic fundamentalist backlashes that these developments provoked. (4 Credit Hours)

HST U394 - Islamic Nationalism
Traces the historical antecedents to contemporary resurgent Islamic nationalism. (4 Credit Hours)

PHL U280 - Islam
Explores the history of Islam, its conflicts with the West in past and present, Islamic beliefs, the future of Islam as a world religion, and relations of Islamic faith. Examines social, political, and legal issues as well as the more familiar religious and theological questions. (4 Credit Hours)

POL U465 - Government and Politics in the Middle East
Approaches the political, economic, military, and ideological factors within the Arab states and Israel, inter-Arab politics, Pan-Arabism, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the great power rivalry in the region. (4 Credit Hours)

POL U470 - Arab-Israeli Conflict
Analyzes the effects of the Arab-Israeli confrontation on the internal politics of the Arab states and Israel, Pan-Arab politics, and the role of the great powers in the region. (4 Credit Hours)

POL U915 - Model Arab League
Offers students the opportunity to participate in teams that research assigned nations and represent those. (4 Credit Hours)

IAF U938 - Dialogue of Civilizations: Politics and Economics
Provides students with an in-depth overview of politics and economics in the country of study with direct exposure to economic and political systems. Allows students to visit government and private institutions, such as high schools, hospitals, nongovernmental organizations, and businesses. Gives students an opportunity to participate in dialogues with students and faculty at universities in the country of study. Facilitates students, through faculty mentoring and field research, as they conduct independent research. Emphasizes independent work of students advancing their own research questions, as well as writing their own analysis and critiques of readings and their research overall. (4 Credit Hours)

The following Language courses are all 4 Credit Hours: