POSC309L - Global Terrorism and Conflict

3 Credit(s)

Liberal Arts
The purpose of this course is to generate critical thinking and discussion on issues of political violence and terrorism. We will then turn our attention to conceptualizing and understanding violent radicalization and terrorism in its historic and current context through specific cases in the Middle East, Europe, Asia, Latin America, and the United States. Overall, this course will address a number of important questions. How and under what circumstances can politicized identity lead to conflict? What are the causes of terrorism? What roles do religion, ideology and leadership play in ethnic conflict and terrorism? How do we prevent or stop such political violence? How to develop successful legal responses to terrorism and effective counterterrorism policies?

Prerequisite(s): One 200-level class from any subfield