Courses Handbook 2009

311005 (v.1) Oil, God and War: the Making of the Modern Middle East 226


Area: Department of Social Sciences
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 3.0
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
Lecture: 1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Syllabus: The decline of the Ottoman Empire and the impact of the colonial powers; Advent of Arab nationalism in the Middle east; Role of the superpowers; State Development, rivalry and conflict, 1948 - 2007; The Palestinian problem and the rise of militant Islam;September 11, Pax Americana and the Globilisation of Islamic Jihad. This unit can be taken in both the History and Politics and International Relations discipline majors.
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
Field of Education: 090101 Political Science
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Not Categorised
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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