| Department | Course Number | Section | Course Title | Units | Instructor | ME Content | Crosslisted As | Date/Time | Course Description | Location |
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| African American Studies | 04A | 1 | Africa: History and Culture | 4 | Nwokeji, G. Ugo | 25% | | TuTh 12:30-2 | | 3 LeConte |
| African American Studies | 112A | 1 | Political & Economic Development in the Third World | 4 | Hintzen, Percy | 25% | | TuTh 2-4 | | 122 Barrows |
| Anthropology | 157 | 1 | The Anthropology of Law | 4 | Nader, Laura | 33% | | TuTh 11-12:30 | An introduction to law in culture and society. Among the topics discussed will be the use of law as legitimation, the interplay between law and colonialism, law and ideology, legal pluralism, the evolution of law and conception of justice, legal hegemonies and user theory in the context of local, national, and global disputing processes. | 160 Kroeber |
| Anthropology | 158 | 1 | Religion and Anthropology | 4 | Pandolfo, Stefania | 50% | | TuTh12:30-2 | | 160 Kroeber |
| Anthropology | 181 | 1 | Themes in the Anthropology of the Middle East & Islam | 4 | Mahmood, Saba | 100% | | TuTh 11-12:30 | This course will explore some of the major themes through which the Middle East has been studied within the discipline of anthropology. Some of the themes we will cover are: tribe, kinship, gender, poetics, political conflict, and religion. | 155 Kroeber |
| Anthropology | 250A | 1 | Psychological Anthropology: "Madness, Memory, and Postcolonality" | 5 | Pandolfo, Stefania | 50% | | W 10-12 | | 15 2224 Piedmont |
| Anthropology | 250X.2 | 2 | Special Topics in Cultural Anthropology: "Modern Theories of Discourse" | 4 | Hirschkind, Charles | 33% | | Th 10-12 | This course explores different notions of discourse as they inform discussions within anthropology on such topics as subjectivity, disciplinary practice, gender, performance, ideology, and power. | 15 2224 Piedmont |
| Anthropology | 250X.4 | 4 | Special Topics in Cultural Anthropology: "Orientialism, Occidentialism, and Control" | 4 | Nader, Laura | 50% | | M 10-12 | This seminar will explore the ways in which moving ideas of East and West define each other to create their own special identities. Topics include the use of gender, development, modernization, religion, law and science/technology in relation to hierarchy and control. | 201 Wheeler |
| Architecture | 170A | 1 | A Historical Survey of Architecture and Urbanism | 4 | Tobriner, Steven | 25% | | TuTh 12:30-2 | Examines the ancient and medieval period. Looks at architecture and urbanism in their social and historical contexts. | 155 Dwinelle |
| Asian American Studies | 190 | 1 | "Islam in America: Communities and Institutions" | 4 | Bazian, Hatem | 100% | | M 2-5 | | 2301 Tolman |
| City and Regional Planning | 115 | 1 | Urbanization in Developing Countries | 4 | Roy, Ananya | 50% | | TuTh 12:30-2 | Developnment, urbanization, and international relations; process of rural-urban migration; urban marginality in the Third World. | A1 Hearst Annex |
| City and Regional Planning | 290D | 1 | Environmental Policy and Planning in Israel | 3 | Amir, Shaul | 100% | | MW 11-12:30 | | 106 Wurster |
| Classics | 10A | 1 | Intro to Greek Civilization | 4 | Mastronarde, D.J. | 33% | | MWF 10-11 | Study of the major developments, achievements, and contradictions in Greek culture from the Bronze Age to the 4th century B.C.E. Key works of literature, history, and philosophy (read in English translation) as well as examples of art and architecture will be examined in their political and social context, and in relation both to other ancient Mediterranean cultures and to subsequent developments in Western civilization. | 101 Morgan |
| Classics | 17A | 1 | Intro to the Archaeology of the Greek World | 4 | Greenewalt, Crawford | 33% | | MWF 1-2 | The course focuses on monuments of Greek art and material culture (in architecture, sculpture, painting, small-scale metalwork, exotic materials, and ceramics) from about 5000 BC to Alexander the Great in the fourth century BC. | 106 Moffitt |
| Comparative Literature | 120 | 1 | The Biblical Tradition in Western Literature | 4 | Alter, Robert | 50% | | TuTh 11-12:30 | The course will focus on a selection of biblical texts and of novels that respond to them. It will have the double aim of learning how to read the artfully concise literature of the Bible and following the afterlife of the Bible in a line of novels that displays a rich variety of the possibilities of intertextuality. | 56 Barrows |
| Economics | C171 | 1 | Economic Development | 4 | Roland-Holst, D | 25% | EEP C151 | TuTh 2-3:30 | | A1 Hearst Annex |
| Gender and Women's Studies | 102 | 1 | Comparative Structure of Gender | 4 | Bacchetta, Paola | TBA | | W 2-5 | | 88 Dwinelle |
| Geography | C152 | 1 | Multicultural Europe | 4 | Holub, Renate | 33% | IAS C145, UGIS C145, Hist C176 | TuTh 2-3:30 | Transformations taking place in Europe, including the effects of migration flows from Muslim majority countries. | 101 LSA |
| Geography | C55 | 1 | Introduction to Central Asia | 3 | Mehendale, Sanjyot | 50% | NES C26 | TuTh 11-12:30 | This course will introduce the student not only to ancient and modern Central Asia, but also to the role played by the region in the shaping of the history of neighboring regions and regimes. The course will outline the history, languages, ethicities, religions, and archaeology of the region and will acquaint the student with the historical foundations of some of the political, social and economic challenges for contemporary post-Soviet Central Asian republics. | B51 Hildebrand |
| History | 012 | 1 | History of the Middle East | 4 | Doumani, Beshara | 100% | | MWF 2-3 | Overview course of the history of Middle East, outlining key historical developments from the rise of Islam in the seventh century to the present. | 145 Dwinelle |
| History | 103B | 2 | Jerusalem and Crusading in the Medieval West | 4 | Gabriele | 50% | | Th 10-12 | This course will focus exclusively on crusading in the medieval West, examining the motivations of the crusaders, the impact of the crusades on Europe, and crusading’s shift inwards in the later Middle Ages. Along the way, we will touch on themes as diverse as the political and religious uses of written history, apocalyptic expectation, and the place of non-Christians in the medieval West. | 210 Dwinelle |
| History | 110 | 1 | The Ottoman Empire, 1400-1750 | 4 | Peirce, Leslie | 100% | | TuTh 2-3:30 | This introduction to the Ottoman empire studies both the evolution of the imperial state and the experiences of ordinary peoples populating the empire. After an overview of the empire’s expansion into Europe, Asia, and Africa, we examine the multiple influences on its formation (Roman/Byzantine, Islamic, Mongol, Turkic), and the images and discourses of imperial power as they evolved over 350 years. | 88 Dwinelle |
| History | 177B | 1 | From Pre-modern Empires to the Present: Modern History of Armenia | 4 | Astourian, Stephen | 50% | | TuTh 12:30-2 | This survey course will cover the period from the incorporation of most of the Armenian plateau into the Ottoman Empire to the resignation of President Levon Ter-Petrossian in February 1998. | 182 Dwinelle |
| History | 280A | 1 | Divisions and Convergences: Ancient Jewish External and Internal Boundaries | 4 | Gruen, Erich & Hendel, Ronald | 100% | | Tu 2-5 | This seminar will explore the themes of perceived and constructed borders between Jews and "others" on the one hand and internal (sectarian) borders on the other. The topic encompasses not only the boundaries conceived within and outside Jewish communities but the crossing of those boundaries that blurred and complicated distinctions. | 2227 Dwinelle |
| History | 280F | 1 | Readings in the Social History of the Early Modern and Modern Middle East | 4 | Doumani, Beshara | 100% | | W 4-6 | This reading course will interrogate the theoretical frameworks, methodological approaches and sources used in key classic and new works that have influenced the field of Middle East Studies. | 2231 Dwinelle |
| History | 280U | 1 | French Colonialism | 4 | Stovall, T. Eric | 25% | | Tu 10-12 | This course will focus upon the colonial history of France, from the West Indies to North Africa, subsaharan Africa to Indochina, its collapse and the rise of a postcolonial society in France. | TBA |
| History | 39M | 2 | The Mongols and Their Legacy | 4 | Peirce, Leslie | 100% | | W 2-4 | It is well known that the armies of Ghengis Khan swept across Asia into Europe and the Middle East, creating havoc, destruction, and death. What is less commonly known is that the Mongols then created a vast Eurasian empire that facilitated cultural, technological, and ideological exchange among the civilizations they ruled over, especially between China and Iran. In this course, we will explore the nature of the Mongol accomplishment and the persistence of the Mongol legacy long after the empire’s collapse. | 332 Giannini |
| History | C175 | 1 | The Jews of Early Modern Europe | 4 | Efron, John | 33% | Religious Stu. C134, UGIS C154 | TuTh 3:30-5 | This course examines Jewish culture and society in the formative period from the Spanish Expulsion in 1492 to legal emancipation in 1791. During this time, the Jewish people began to make the enormously complex transition from medievalism to modernity. Topics to be surveyed include: the expulsion from Spain, the religious, intellectual, and socioeconomic dimensions of Sephardic dispersion, and the rise of Polish Jewry. | 110 Barrows |
| History | C176 | 1 | Multicultural Europe | 4 | Holub, Renate | 33% | | TuTh 2-2:30 | Transformations taking place in Europe, including the effects of migration flows from Muslim majority countries. | 101 LSA |
| History of Art | 192A | 2 | Seminar: "Monuments in Jerusalem" | 4 | Shani, Raya | 100% | MES 130.1 | M 2-5 | This course will present a comprehensive survey of major architectural activities undertaken in Jerusalem by the three monotheistic religions, focusing on their respective role in manifesting the symbolic significance attributed to the city by Judaism, Christianity and Islam. | 308B Doe |
| History of Art | C121B | 4 | Topics in Islamic Art | 1 | Shani, Raya | 100% | C121B | TuTh 3:30-5 | | 101 Moffitt |
| History of Art | C140 | 4 | Minoan and Mycenaean Art | 1 | Feldman, Marian | 100% | C129 | TuTh 11-12:30 | The course examines the artistic production of these early Greek cultures from their inception in the Neolithic period to the nascence of classical Greece in the Geometric period (8th c. BCE). Emphasis will be placed on the evocative, yet still enigmatic remains of palaces and funerary complexes, frescoes and vase-paintings, and precious worked pieces with respect to their forms and cultural contexts. | 103 Moffitt |
| IAS-International & Area Studies | 198 | 1 | "Rumi, Sufism, and Islam" | 2 | Zahedi, Dariush | 100% | | Tu 6 - 7:30 | | 123 Wheeler |
| IASTP-International Studies | 45 | 1 | Survey of World History | 4 | Karras, Alan | 25% | | TuTh 11-12:30 | Begins with the ancient world, but emphasizes world developments since 1400 CE. | 22 Warren |
| IASTP-International Studies | C145 | 1 | Multicultural Europe | 4 | Holub, Renate | 33% | Geog. C152, UGIS C145, Hist C176 | TuTh 2-3:30 | Transformations taking place in Europe, including the effects of migration flows from Muslim majority countries. | 101 LSA |
| IASTP-Middle Eastern Studies | 130 | 1 | Monuments in Jerusalem | 4 | Shani, Raya | 100% | Art Hist 192A | M 2-5 | See Art History 192A | 308B Doe |
| IASTP-Middle Eastern Studies | 150 | 1 | Advanced Study in the Middle East: Gender and Sexuality in the Middle East" | 4 | Abukhalil, As'ad | 100% | | W 3-6 | This course is designed as a general introduction to the subject of women and sexuality in Muslim countries with special reference to the Middle East (which includes Arab countries). It will focus on the status of women in society and the body politic and their relationships with men. | 155 Kroeber |
| IASTP-Middle Eastern Studies | H195A | 1 | Honor Thesis | 4 | Gottreich, Emily | 100% | | F 11-1 | In this course we will begin the process of researching and writing an undergraduate honors thesis in Middle Eastern Studies. | TBA |
| IASTP-Peace & Conflict Studies | 10 | 1 | Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies | 3 | Sanders, Jerry | 25% | | MW 12-2 | | 4 LeConte |
| IASTP-Peace & Conflict Studies | 119 | 1 | Intra-state War and Peace" | 4 | Zahedi, Dariush | 50% | | MWF 11-12 | | 102 Wurster |
| IASTP-Peace & Conflict Studies | 127A | 1 | Human Rights | 3 | Shigekane, Rachel | 25% | | TuTh 9:30-11 | | 213 Wheeler |
| IASTP-Peace & Conflict Studies | 149 | 1 | Global Change and World Order | 3 | Sanders, Jerry | 25% | | TuTh 2-3:30 | Analyzes emerging trends, patterns, and problems associated with the phenomenon of globalization. | 126 Barrows |
| Linguistics | 130 | 1 | Comparative and Historical Linguistics | 4 | Holland, Gary | 25% | | MWF 9-10 | The purpose of this course is to introduce students to language history, language change, and the analysis of historical linguistic data. The basic principles of change in the areas of phonology, morphology, syntax, and semantics will be presented, using data from a wide range of ancient and more recently attested languages. | 141 Giannini |
| Near Eastern Studies | 010 | 1 | Introduction to the Near East | 4 | Hayes, John | 100% | | MWF 9-10 | | 159 Mulford |
| Near Eastern Studies | 018 | 1 | Introduction to Ancient Egypt | 4 | Redmount, Carol | 100% | | TuTh 5-6:30 | | 101 Morgan |
| Near Eastern Studies | 024 | 1 | Freshman Seminars: "Islam and Imaginative Literature" | 1 | Siddiq, Muhammad | 100% | | Th 1-2 | | 180 Barrows |
| Near Eastern Studies | 024 | 2 | Freshman Seminars: "Exploring Ancient Egyptian Archeology in the Hearst Museum" | 1 | Redmount, Carol | 100% | | Tu 1-2 | | 108 Wheeler |
| Near Eastern Studies | 106A | 1 | Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt | 4 | Keller, Cathleen | 100% | | TuTh12:30-2 | | 271 Barrows |
| Near Eastern Studies | 162A | 1 | History of Persian Literature | 4 | Ahmadi, Wail | 100% | | W 3-6 | | 118 Barrows |
| Near Eastern Studies | 190C | 1 | Jewish Studies: Language, Truth and Dialogue | 4 | Dolgopolski, Sergei | 100% | | Tu 2-5 | | 263 Dwinelle |
| Near Eastern Studies | 190D | 1 | Turkish: "The Ottoman Empire, 1400-1750" | 4 | Peirce, Leslie | 100% | | TuTh 2-3:30 | See History 110 | 88 Dwinelle |
| Near Eastern Studies | 220A | 1 | Seminar in Near Eastern Art: "Material Culture and Identity: Interconnections in the Eastern Mediterranean" | 4 | Feldman, Marian | 100% | Also NES 296 | W 3-6 | | 271 Barrows |
| Near Eastern Studies | 296 | 1 | "Material Culture and Identity: Interconnections in the Eastern Mediterranean" | 2, 4 | Redmount, Carol | 100% | Also NES 220A | W 3-6 | | 271 Barrows |
| Near Eastern Studies | 298 | 3 | Divisions and Convergences: Ancient Jewish External and Internal Boundaries | 4 | Hendel, Ronald | 100% | | Tu 2-5 | See History 280A | 2227 Dwinelle |
| Near Eastern Studies | 298.2 | 2 | The Archaeology of Fire | 1-4 | TBA | 100% | | F 1-4 | | 271 Barrows |
| Near Eastern Studies | C121B | 1 | Topics in Islamic Art | 4 | Shani, Raya | 100% | Art Hist C121B | TuTh 3:30-5 | | 101 Moffitt |
| Near Eastern Studies | C129 | 1 | Minoan and Mycenaean Art | 4 | Feldman, Marian | 100% | Art Hist C140 | TuTh 11-12:30 | | 103 Moffitt |
| Near Eastern Studies | C135 | 1 | Jewish Civilization 1: The Biblical Period | 4 | Hendel, Ronald | 100% | Religious Studies C132, IDS C152 | TuTh 11-12:30 | | 136 Barrows |
| Near Eastern Studies | C26 | 1 | Intro to Central Asia | 3 | Mehendale, Sanjyot | 50% | | TuTh 11-12:30 | This course will introduce the student not only to ancient and modern Central Asia, but also to the role played by the region in the shaping of the history of neighboring regions and regimes. The course will outline the history, languages, ethicities, religions, and archaeology of the region and will acquaint the student with the historical foundations of some of the political, social and economic challenges for contemporary post-Soviet Central Asian republics. | B51 Hildebrand |
| NES-Arabic | 01A | 1 | Elementary Arabic | 5 | The Staff | 100% | | MTWThF 9-10 | | 271 Barrows |
| NES-Arabic | 01A | 2 | Elementary Arabic | 5 | The Staff | 100% | | MTWThF 10-11 | | 189 Dwinelle |
| NES-Arabic | 01A | 3 | Elementary Arabic | 5 | The Staff | 100% | | MTWThF 11-12 | | 151 Barrows |
| NES-Arabic | 020 A | 1 | Intermediate Arabic | 5 | The Staff | 100% | | MTWThF 9-10 | | 2320 Tolman |
| NES-Arabic | 020 A | 2 | Intermediate Arabic | 5 | S'hiri, Sonia | 100% | | MTWThF 10-11 | | 262 Dwinelle |
| NES-Arabic | 100A | 1 | Advanced Arabic | 3 | Siddiq, Muhammad | 100% | | TuTh 9:30-11 | | 186 Barrows |
| NES-Arabic | 104B | 1 | Classical Arabic Prose | 3 | Larkin, Margaret | 100% | | TuTh 2-3:30 | | 88 Barrows |
| NES-Arabic | 198 | | Directed Group Study | 1-4 | TBA | 100% | | TBA | | TBA |
| NES-Arabic | 199 | | Supervised Independent Study & Research | 1-4 | TBA | 100% | | TBA | | TBA |
| NES-Arabic | 212 | 1 | Topics in Modern Arabic Literature: Poetry | 3 | Siddiq, Muhammad | 100% | | Tu 1-4 | | 266 Barrows |
| NES-Arabic | 220 | 1 | Seminar in Classical Arabic Literature | 3 | Larkin, Margaret | 100% | | W 2-5 | | 102 Borrows |
| NES-Arabic | 298 | 2 | Seminar: "Arabic Sufi Text" | 1-4 | Algar, Hamid | 100% | | TuTh 2-3:30 | | 102 Barrows |
| NES-Arabic | 301A | 1 | Teaching Arabic | 3 | S'hiri, Sonia | 100% | | TBA | | TBA |
| NES-Arabic | H195 | 1 | Senior Honors Thesis | 2-4 | TBA | 100% | | TBA | | TBA |
| NES-Cuneiform | 100A | 1 | Elementary Akkadian | 5 | Pearce, Leslie | 100% | | TuTh 9:30-11 | | 180 Barrows |
| NES-Cuneiform | 103A | 1 | Selected Readings in Sumerian | 3 | Veldhuis, Niek | 100% | | TuTh 12:30-2 | | 12 Barrows |
| NES-Cuneiform | 198 | 1 | Directed Group Study | 1-4 | TBA | 100% | | TBA | | TBA |
| NES-Cuneiform | 199 | 1 | Supervised Independent Study & Research | 1-4 | TBA | 100% | | TBA | | TBA |
| NES-Cuneiform | 206A | 1 | Advanced Hittite | 3 | Holland, Gary | 100% | | TBA | | 12 Barrows |
| NES-Cuneiform | H195 | 1 | Senior Honors Thesis | 2-4 | TBA | 100% | | TBA | | TBA |
| NES-Egyptian | 100A | 1 | Elementary Egyptian | 5 | Keller, Cathleen | 100% | | TBA | | TBA |
| NES-Egyptian | 101A | 1 | Intermediate Egyptian | 3 | Keller, Cathleen | 100% | | TuTh 2-3:30 | | 271 Barrows |
| NES-Egyptian | 198 | 1 | Directed Group Study | 1-4 | TBA | 100% | | TBA | | TBA |
| NES-Egyptian | 199 | 1 | Supervised Independent Study | 1-4 | TBA | 100% | | TBA | | TBA |
| NES-Egyptian | 201A | 1 | Later Stages of Egyptian | 3 | The Staff | 100% | | MW 2-3 | | 271 Barrows |
| NES-Egyptian | H195 | 1 | Senior Honors Thesis | 2-4 | TBA | 100% | | TBA | | TBA |
| NES-Hebrew | 01A | 1 | Elementary Hebrew | 5 | Boyarin, Chava | 100% | | MTWThF 10-11 | | 271 Barrows |
| NES-Hebrew | 01A | 2 | Elementary Hebrew | 5 | Boyarin, Chava | 100% | | MTWThF 11-12 | | 225 Barrows |
| NES-Hebrew | 020 A | 1 | Intermediate Hebrew | 5 | Adler, Rutie | 100% | | MW 11-12, TuTh 11-12:30 | | 252 Barrows |
| NES-Hebrew | 100A | 1 | Advanced Hebrew | 3 | Adler, Rutie | 100% | | TuTh 12:30-2 | | 115 Barrows |
| NES-Hebrew | 104A | 1 | Modern Hebrew Literature and Culture: "The Statehood Generatioin: Literature & Culture" | 3 | Kronfeld, Chana | 100% | | M 2-5 | | 252 Barrows |
| NES-Hebrew | 107A | 1 | Biblical Hebrew Text | 3 | Adler, Rutie | 100% | | W 2-5 | | 102 Barrows |
| NES-Hebrew | 198 | 1 | Directed Group Study | 1-4 | Adler, Rutie | 100% | | TBA | | TBA |
| NES-Hebrew | 199 | 1 | Supervised Independent Study | 1-4 | Adler, Rutie | 100% | | TBA | | TBA |
| NES-Hebrew | 201A | 1 | Advanced Biblical Hebrew Texts | 3 | Hendel, Ronald | 100% | | Tu 2-5 | | 180 Barrows |
| NES-Hebrew | H195 | 1 | Senior Honors Thesis | 2-4 | TBA | 100% | | TBA | | TBA |
| NES-Persian | 011A | 1 | Reading & Composition for Persian Speaking Students | 5 | Angali, Koorosh | 100% | | MTWTF 10-11 | | 222 Wheeler |
| NES-Persian | 01A | 1 | Elementary Modern Persian | 5 | Pirnazar, Jaleh | 100% | | MTWTF 9-10 | | 222 Wheeler |
| NES-Persian | 100A | 1 | Intermediate Modern Persian | 5 | Pirnazar, Jaleh | 100% | | MTWTF 10-11 | | 258 Dwinelle |
| NES-Persian | 101A | 1 | Selected Readings in Persian Literature | 3 | Pirnazar, Jaleh | 100% | | TuTh 12:30-2 | | 140 Barrows |
| NES-Persian | 102A | 1 | Readings in Classical Persian Prose | 3 | Pirnazar, Jaleh | 100% | | M 2-5 | | C335 Cheit |
| NES-Persian | 103A | 1 | Classical Persian Poetry | 3 | Ahmadi, Wali | 100% | | TuTh 3:30-5 | | 78 Barrows |
| NES-Persian | 198 | 1 | Directed Group Study | 1-4 | TBA | 100% | | TBA | | TBA |
| NES-Persian | 199 | 1 | Supervised Independent Study (Sections) | 1-4 | TBA | 100% | | TBA | | TBA |
| NES-Persian | 203A | 1 | Persian Historical Text | 3 | Algar, Hamid | 100% | | TuTh 3:30-5 | | 192 Barrows |
| NES-Persian | H195 | 1 | Senior Honors Thesis | 2-4 | TBA | 100% | | TBA | | TBA |
| NES-Turkish | 01A | 1 | Elementary Modern Turkish | 5 | Algar, Ayla | 100% | | MTWTF 10-11 | | 115 Barrows |
| NES-Turkish | 100A | 1 | Intermediate Modern Turkish | 5 | Algar, Ayla. | 100% | | MTWTF 11-12 | | 129 Barrows |
| NES-Turkish | 101A | 1 | Readings in Modern Turkish | 3 | Algar, Ayla | 100% | | MWF 12-1 | | 252 Barrows |
| NES-Turkish | 198 | 1 | Directed Group Study | 1-4 | TBA | 100% | | TBA | | TBA |
| NES-Turkish | 199 | 1 | Supervised Independent Study & Research | 1-4 | TBA | 100% | | TBA | | TBA |
| NES-Turkish | H195 | 1 | Senior Honors Thesis | 2-4 | TBA | 100% | | TBA | | TBA |
| Political Science | 140C | 1 | "War, Violence, and Terrorism" | 4 | Zook, Darren | 25% | | MW 4-5:30 | This is a comparative course about the causes and consequences of war, violence, and terrorism. Each of these three topics will be examined separately and in relation to each other from a number of different angles and through several different case studies. We will also explore potential, constructive solutions to each of these issues. | 155 Dwinelle |
| Political Science | 149B | 1 | The Iranian Revolution and its Impact on the Middle East | 4 | Zahedi, Dariush | 100% | | MW 4-5:30 | This course will focus on Iran’s domestic politics, foreign policy, the nation’s large Shi’ite population and internal dynamics, particularly in the Khatami era, which have resulted in the Islamic Republic's apparent abandonment of Ayatollah Khomeini's cherished aim of exporting the Islamic revolution. | 156 Dwinelle |
| Political Science | 149D | 1 | Challenges of Nation and State Building in Post-Soviet Central Asia | 4 | Walker, Edward | 50% | | MW 4-5:30 | This course will examine two key themes: (1) the role of Islam and the rise of radical Islamist movements in Central Asia, Afghanistan and Uighurs of western China and (2) the impact of resource endowments on nation and state building. | 130 Wheeler |
| Political Science | 223 | 1 | Graduate Seminar in International Security | 4 | Hassner, Ron | 25% | | Thu 12-2 | The goal of this course is twofold: to introduce advanced political science graduate students to current debates in the field of international security and to prepare these students for conducting dissertation research in their own areas of interest within this field. Students will be asked to lead in-class discussions, prepare a literature review on an area of interest and write an extensive research paper on a topic of their choice within the field of security studies. | 791 Barrows |
| Religious Studies | 090A | 1 | Introductory Topics in Religious Studies: | 4 | Gonzalez-Reimann, Lois | 25% | | TuTh 11-12:30 | The main tenets and practices of Islam will be examined, and will be elucidated throughout by comparison to the monotheisms of Christianity and Judaism. | 2060 VLSB |
| Religious Studies | C132 | 1 | Jewish Civilization 1: The Biblical Period | 4 | Hendel, Ronald | 100% | IDS C152, NES C135 | TuTh 11-12:30 | | 136 Barrows |
| Religious Studies | C134 | 1 | The Jews of Early Modern Europe | 4 | Efron, John | 33% | UGIS C154, Hist C165 | TuTh 3:30-5 | See History C175 | 110 Barrows |
| Rhetoric | 177 | 1 | "Language, Truth, and Dialogue" | 4 | Dolgopolski, S. | 100% | | Tu 2-5 | | 263 Dwinelle |
| Sociology | 170 | 1</ |
