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HIS347 POL & HIS OF MODERN TERROR I| 3 - Credit Hours
History and Social Studies EduArts & Sciences
Subject Code
HIS
Course Number
347
Department(s)
Academic Level (Course Level)
Undergraduate
Course Title
POLITICS AND HISTORY OF MODERN TERRORISM I
Course Description
Prerequisites: Upper-division status or permission of instructor. Politics and history of terrorism from the French Revolution until the end of the Cold War. The first of a two-part course sequence. Broad definitions of terrorism including tyrannicide, state terror, and counterinsurgency. Narrow definitions do not include state actors. Questions of geopolitical, socioeconomic and cultural causation. Current methodology and empirical research of terrorism. Typology of terrorism including historical analysis of racist, nationalist, anarchist and socialist organizations. Focus on controversies about state response regarding legal rights, proceedings, and immigration. Addressing political, social and cultural issues. Offered annually each fall semester. Offered annually each fall semester.
Credit Hours Min
3
Lecture Hours Min
3