Regions of the World: Middle East

2 Credits.

This course explores the challenges to the political and security situation in the Middle East and North Africa, with a special focus on civil war, disaster management and conflict resolution in the region. Through in-depth analysis of the Middle East’s political, ethnic and security contexts, students will gain a deeper understanding of the region’s complexities. The Regions of the World courses will enable you to develop a functional expertise in a particular region of the world, which will give you a deeper understanding of how risk and uncertainty in one issue area play out in a specific locale. Depending on the regional and functional area, some of this knowledge can then be integrated in your capstone project.