Credits | 1 |
Restrictions | No 2024 2023 Instr perm req during Drop/Add |
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Area of Inquiry | Social Relations,Inst.& Agents |
Liberal Arts Practices |
This is a beginning course for study of the Middle East region, and a nuts-and-bolts primer on understanding the background for current events. Students learn the political, geographical, and social/ethnic borders that divide the region and the distribution of languages and faiths across it. The historical content of the course is a survey, with emphasis on the 20th century. No prior knowledge of the Middle East is assumed. (ME)