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Course Info for HRST - 332 - 01, Spring 2024
Class number: 2531 Title: Understanding Civil Conflict Department: Human Rights Studies
Career: Undergraduate Component: Lecture Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: No Grading Basis: Regular Units: 1.00
Enrollment limited to 10 Current enrollment: 11 Available seats: 0
Start date: Monday, January 22, 2024 End date: Friday, May 10, 2024 Mode of Instruction: In Person
Schedule: TR: 10:50AM-12:05PM, MC - 102 Instructor(s): Carbonetti, Benjamin
Prerequisite(s): All seats are reserved for juniors and sophomores.
Distribution Requirement: Meets Social Sciences Requirement
Course Description:
This course surveys the many causes and consequences of civil conflict and civil war. Major themes of the course include ethnic fractionalization, natural resources, climate change, colonial legacies, institutional design, globalization, intervention, international efforts in state building, gendered violence, and human rights. The course also examines the different theoretical and methodological approaches to studying civil conflict.