RELI 2190 THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST (3 credits)
An interdisciplinary study of the social, religious, and historical dimensions of contemporary issues and events which make the Middle East cultural and geographic region a center of global tensions. After providing a background of how Islam spread in and unified the region, students will study factors which have shaped the Middle East from the late Ottoman period to the present, analyzing the principal sociocultural and political economic developments in the Middle East from the early 19th century to the early 21st century. (Cross-listed with HIST 2190, SOC 2190).
Distribution: Humanities and Fine Arts General Education course and Global Diversity General Education course