International Security in a Changing World
GOVT 334
Spring 2013
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| Certificates: International Relations |
The post-Cold War era has seen the end of some threats to international security and the rise of others. This course considers how to define international security and how this process affects our conceptions of international threats. The course considers the prospects for peace and conflict globally and regionally as well as several vexing issues such as terrorism, disease, nuclear proliferation, nationalism and ethnic conflict, economics, and environmental issues. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS GOVT |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Graded |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: None |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Thomas Schelling, ARMS AND INFLUENCE
Nye and Welch, UNDERSTANDING GLOBAL CONFLICT AND COOPERATION
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Examinations and Assignments:
Five short papers, mid-term exam, final exam |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
TBA |
| Instructor(s): Sheetz,Mark S. Times: ..T.R.. 10:30AM-11:50AM; Location: PAC125; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 29 | | SR major: 12 | JR major: 12 | | |
| | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 2 | JR non-major: 2 | SO: 1 | FR: X |
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