2019-2020 Undergraduate Academic Catalog

CHIST 4030 Modern Middle East History

This course is a multi-dimensional overview of the Middle East region from the mid-nineteenth through the early twenty-first centuries with particular attention to the most dominant religious, colonial, national, ideological, material, social, and individual forces which have been shaping it. Although more than a dozen national settings will be addressed, primary focus will be on Egypt, Iran, Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

6 credits of CHIST or CHUMS at the 3000-level. Fulfills Global Perspectives requirement

Offered

every even Spring