POLS 225 - The Arab-Israeli Conflict

Credits: 5
Explores the Arab-Israeli conflict from its inception until the present. Examines key political processes in the development and persistence of the conflict. Investigates the conflict while applying key political science concepts including: state and institution building, inequality, human rights, ethnic conflict, nationalism, development, and conflict management.

Enrollment Requirement: Eligible for ENGL& 101 or instructor consent.

Satisfies Requirement: Social Science
Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

Explain and analyze the origins and evolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Identify key trends, developments, and actors in the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Apply key concepts in political science to various aspects of the Arab-Israeli Conflict.
Articulate and explain salient narratives and key debates concerning the Arab-Israeli Conflict.
Identify the role European colonialism played in shaping and sustaining the conflict.
Explain ethnically motivated patterns of marginalization, discrimination, and violence that have generated, sustained, resulted from the conflict.
Demonstrate a strong intercultural knowledge regarding diverse ethnic, religious, and political groups across the Middle East.

Program Outcomes
Demonstrate knowledge of politics and government in the United States and/or across the world.

College-wide Outcomes

Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.