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Semester:	Spring 2025
Number:	0960-330-007
Instructor:	Robert Saunders
Days:	Monday Wednesday 4:15 pm - 5:30 pm
Note:	Traditional In-Person Class
Location:	Garden City - Hagedorn Hall of Enterprise 117
Credits:	3
Notes:	For Levermore Global Scholar Students Only Sophomore Standing Or Higher Cross Listed With 0158-365-001; Learning Goals: G; Dist. Req. Ss
Course Materials:	View Text Books
Description:	Students will examine contemporary patterns of regime stability and transformation in the Middle East. Students will focus on key comparative concepts, such as authoritarianism, regime change, state-society relations, and economic development. The course will also analyze regional issues related to ethno-religious sectarianism, Islamism, gender relations, geopolitics, and natural resource wealth.