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THE MIDDLE EAST
Liberal Study
Upper Level
Credits: 4
Meets General Education Requirement In: Other World Civilizations
Term(s) Offered (Subject to Change) : Spring 1. Spring 2. Fall 1.
Course Description:
Explore the origins of the current political conflicts and social conditions in the Middle East. Study the land and its peoples, religion and civilization, Western expansion and influence, nationalism, consequences of World War I, oil, development of nation-states, tradition and change and revolution.
Recommended: prior study in history, religion, sociology, anthropology, or politics.
This course fully meets the General Education requirement in Other World Civilizations.
