Jul 05, 2025  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Hill Book 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Hill Book

POL 356 - Politics of the Middle East

3 Credits
Offered alternate years in Spring
This course will focus on Arab-Israeli conflict and relationships among the Arab states; the roll of the major powers in the Middle East’s consideration of ideas and political manifestations of nationalism; the impact of imperialism; problems of development; the politics of oil; and finally, the impact of ethnicity, tribalism culture, and religion in explaining politics in the Middle Eastern states.

Core Curriculum Attribute(s): Global Perspectives History and Social Science