IR 10000 Introduction to International Relations

This course explores how religion, ethnicity, and nationalism become major factors that influence globalization and international politics. The course will focus on how identities which are formed through religion, ethnicity, and nationality are often the source of fierce conflict and violence in different regions of the world. The course will also provide insight into how religious identity, ethnicity, and nationality are often used in stereotypical and simplistic ways that tend to foster political conflict and violence.

Credits

3

Offered

Fall and Spring semesters.