Duke Course Listings

Terrorism

HIST 101 C – Modern Terrorism
A comparative analysis of the origins and development of modern terrorism in the West (Europe, Russia, and the United States). Instructor: M. Miller

PUBPOL 264-02 – 9/11 and Its Aftermath
The attacks of September 11, 2001, were a seminal moment in modern history.  They demonstrated the ability of non-state actors to inflict serious damage on the world’s greatest superpower and exposed the vulnerability of the entire global community to catastrophic acts of terrorism.  This course explores the genesis of these attacks and evaluates the response of the United States government in three areas: military and foreign policy, law enforcement, and homeland security.  Do we have in place the proper strategy to deal with the national security threats revealed by 9/11?  Have the actions taken by the government since 9/11 made the nation and the world safer?  What impact have these changes in policy had on foreign relations, the economy, civil rights, and privacy?  What changes in current policy should be pursued to improve security while minimizing adverse consequences. 

PUBPOL 264-30 - Post 9/11 and Africa
This course aims at establishing what in and about Africa matters for the rest of the world. During the Cold War, in a bipolar setting, the answer seemed as square as the pattern of a chessboard: the West or East would win or lose ground as they exploited Africa as a “pawn”, and sought access to strategic raw materials… The Soviets offered weaponry and “internationalist solidarity;” the Free World also promised arms and “development aid” (no matter whether its “friendly regimes” used the funds, or not, to alleviate the burden of the countless). After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the old order – alienating for Africa as a whole while profitable for the happy few in power – broke down. The U.N system, and “humanitarian assistance” in general, failed to fill the gap. After twelve years of entropic crises and intestine if not genocidal wars, the continent has re-entered geopolitics: not only did the rehearsal of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on NYC and Washington take place in Africa, but this most marginalized part of the world, ideal as a sanctuary for international terrorist networks, is located halfway between the United States and the Arab world that provides America with oil, of which Africa has itself become a significant producer.

National Security & International Relations

AEROSCI 205S – Defense Studies
The national security process, regional studies, advanced leadership ethics, and Air Force doctrine. The military as a profession and current issues affecting military professionalism. American tradition in foreign policy, cold war challenges, the relationship with the president and Congress, the chain of command, national security issues, and advanced level briefings and papers. Instructor: Wroth

CULANTH 191P – Globalization/Anti-Globalization
The politics and process of globalization in light of the responses, ideologies, and practices of the anti-globalization movement. Focus on the interrelationship between the analysis of globalization and policy formulation on such topics as social justice, labor, migration, poverty, natural resource management, and citizenship. Case studies from the United States, Latin America, South and East Asia, Africa, and Europe. Instructor: Litzinger

LAW 275 – International Law
Introduction to international law including the nature and sources of international law; its place in national and international decision making, and its impact on United States law; the positions of international organizations, States, and persons in the international legal system; principles concerning State sovereignty, territory, and jurisdiction; foreign sovereign immunity and the act of State doctrine; the law of treaties; State responsibility; international dispute settlement; the use of force; and the roles of the United Nations. Instructor: M. Bradley

LAW 448A – Guantanamo Defense Clinic
The fall portion of this course will prepare and introduce students to the cases that they will be assisting the Chief Defense Counsel for the Guantanamo military detainees. They will begin preparing briefs and memos. Consistent with North Carolina State Bar regulations, students must be in at least their fourth semester of law study to enroll in this clinic. Prerequisite: Public International Law (275). Students are strongly encouraged to have taken or concurrently take National Security Law (582). Instructor: Staff

LAW 582 – National Security Law
A study of the separation of powers in national security matters; presidential war powers; congressional and presidential emergency powers; the domestic effect of international law; the use of military force in international relations; investigating terrorism and other national security threats; prosecuting terrorists; the Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts; access to national security information in the federal courts; and restraints on disclosing and publishing national security information. Silliman.

POLISCI 93D – International Relations
Same as Political Science 93 except instruction is provided in two lectures and one small discussion meeting each week. Instructor: Eldridge or Feaver

POLISCI 120 - Intl Conflict/Violence
The various causes, processes and impacts of violent international and domestic social conflicts in international affairs. Emphasis on analyzing various factors that contribute to violence, including the impact of scientific and technological developments on war and the ethical arguments and beliefs associated with war making in different cultures. Analysis of those factors in various cultures that hinder or contribute to peace making and peace keeping following the termination of war. Instructor: Eldridge

POLISCI 142 – War and Peace
Evaluation of the social science literature on the causes of war. Focus on theoretical and empirical works, using a variety of research strategies. Application of prominent theories of war to the analysis of several case studies. Course objectives: identification of strengths and weaknesses of the literature concerning the causes of war: definition of specific questions and issues for future research; and application of knowledge of causes of war to historical case studies. Required research paper involving case study. Instructor: Gelpi

POLISCI 144 – Force and Statecraft
The theory and practice of the use of force as an instrument of state policy in different historical periods and with different nations. Examines the ethical arguments and beliefs which have been fashioned in statecraft to justify or prohibit the use of force in international politics. Prerequisite: Political Science 93 or equivalent. Instructor: Feaver

POLISCI 181 – Comparative Democratic Development
Comparative study of democratic political institutions with emphasis on selected Asian, African, and Latin American nations. Instructor: Remmer

POLISCI 186 – Civilians in the Path of War
Major social science theories and ethical frameworks for understanding mass violence against civilians; prominent cases of such violence. Normative and legal restraints on killing of civilians; societal cleavages, goals of political leaders, guerilla warfare, effect of organizational or bureaucratic cultures, and regime type. Instructor: Downes

POLISCI 221S – Theories of International Relations
Systematic evaluation of major theories of international relations, including realism, liberalism, and constructivism. Identification of key criteria for assessment of theories, and discussion of new research frontiers in the field, including analysis of domestic politics and foreign policy. Instructor: Downes and Grieco

POLISCI 267S – Institutional Change
Persistence and Change in Political Institutions (B,D). International and domestic institutions in world politics; focus on causes and mechanisms of institutional persistence and change in comparative perspective. Examines, for instance, evolution of political-economic institutions under the impact of globalization. Instructor: Buthe

POLISCI 286 – Theory/Practice of International Security
Analysis and criticism of the recent theoretical, empirical, statistical, and case study literature on international security. This course highlights and examines potentially promising areas of current and future research. No prerequisite, but Political Science 93 recommended. Instructor: Staff

PUBPOL 169B – US Foreign Policy II: Vietnam-Present
Examination of basic assumptions about international interests and purposes of United States foreign policy and the means by which they have been pursued from the end of the Vietnam War to the Clinton administration. Focus on crucial operational premises in the ''defining moments'' of United States diplomatic history. Various policy-making models, politics of foreign policy, global environment within which United States policy is made, and uses of history. Special attention to the Cold War, the Arab-Israeli wars, and the Gulf War. Instructor: Kuniholm

PUBPOL 320 – Globalization/Governance
Seminar explores economic, political, and social aspects of globalization and their implications for public policy making in the twenty-first century. Focus on issues of governance, particularly international cooperation, the design of international organizations, and the role of international NGOs. Policy areas include international trade and finance, environment, security, human rights, media and communications, and international development. Instructor: Mayer

Middle East & Islam

CULANTH 126 – Muslim World
The diversity of social practices within the community of Islam. Particular emphasis on gender relations, religious movements, diaspora communities, and social change. Instructor: Ewing

CULANTH 147 – Islamic Civilization
First part of two-course sequence providing an extensive survey of Muslim peoples and institutions. The Middle Eastern origins and cultural attainments of medieval Islam. Instructor: Lawrence, Moosa or staff

CULANTH 304S – ANTHRO Religious Imagination
An examination of religious movements through the political, racial, gendered, and globalized contours of the contemporary moment. Among other cases to be explored: Jerry Falwell and the religious right, neo-Pentecostalism in the global south, African derived religions in the Americas, Black Hebrew Israelites, transnational Islamic movements, the occult economies of the neoliberal moment, and popular imaginaries of conspiracy. Instructor: Jackson and Piot

FOCUS 105 – Special Topics In Focus: Islam as challenge
Forum for discussing and bridging the varied interdisciplinary issues that arise within the individual Focus Program seminars. May include group discussion, readings, guest lectures, film viewings, and other activities. Open only to participants in the Focus Program. Pass/Fail grading only. Instructor: Lawrence,Bruce B, Rahman, Nuzhat

HIST 101 G – Islamic Civilization
First part of two-course sequence providing an extensive survey of Muslim peoples and institutions. The Middle Eastern origins and cultural attainments of medieval Islam. Instructor: Lawrence, Moosa or staff
Crosslisted as RELIGION 146, CULANTH 147, ICS 141A, MEDREN 146A

HIST 152 – The Modern Middle East
The historical development of the Middle East in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The emergence of nation-states in the region following World War I. Instructor: Y. Miller

ICS 101 F – Muslim World
The diversity of social practices within the community of Islam. Particular emphasis on gender relations, religious movements, diaspora communities, and social change. Instructor: Ewing

RELIGION 119 – Muslim World
The diversity of social practices within the community of Islam. Particular emphasis on gender relations, religious movements, diaspora communities, and social change. Instructor: Ewing

RELIGION 146 – Islamic Civilization
First part of two-course sequence providing an extensive survey of Muslim peoples and institutions. The Middle Eastern origins and cultural attainments of medieval Islam. Instructor: Lawrence, Moosa or staff

RELIGION 283 – Islam and Modernism
Cultural, religious, and ideological forces which shape Muslim responses to modernism. Instructor: Lawrence

Public Health & Infectious Disease

BIOLOGY 46- AIDS/Emerging Diseases
Explores the interaction of biology and culture in creating and defining diseases through an investigation of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and other emerging diseases: molecular biology; biology of transmission and infection; the role of people and culture in the evolution of infectious diseases; reasons for the geographic variations in disease. Intended for nonmajors. Instructor: Broverman

BIOLOGY 92S – Global Diseases
Biological, social, and cultural factors impacting global disease spread and/or reduction; current controversies in vaccination and eradication programs; ethics of foreign agencies and funders  prioritizing domestic health programs; ethics of global variation in disease burdens. Open only to students in the FOCUS program. Instructor: Broverman

LAW 364 – Global Health
The course is designed to provide students with multidisciplinary theories and techniques for assessing and addressing infectious, chronic, and behavioral health problems in less wealthy areas of the world. Faculty members from the various involved disciplines will teach the course, which will address global health issues from the disciplines of epidemiology, biology, medicine, nursing, law, ethics, policy, psychology, sociology, anthropology, environment, and engineering. After a brief review of public health history and epidemiologic methods, the course will examine key determinants of health and disease, and organizational structures and their roles in defining, preventing, and managing public health problems. The course will also explore selected health problems or issues from a health services research perspective, and discuss their health policy implications. Instructor: Whetten

PUBPOL 154 – Global Health
Introduction to multidisciplinary theories and techniques for assessing and addressing global, infectious, chronic, and behavioral health problems. Global health issues addressed from perspectives such as: epidemiology, biology, engineering, environment, business, human rights, nursing, psychology, law, public policy, and economics. Instructor: Whetten

Science & Technology

BME 237 – Biosensors
Biosensors are defined as the use of biospecific recognition mechanisms in the detection of analyte concentration. The basic principles of protein binding with specific reference to enzyme-substrate, lectin-sugar, antibody-antigen, and receptor-transmitting binding. Simple surface diffusion and absorption physics at surfaces with particular attention paid to surface binding phenomena. Optical, electrochemical, gravimetric, and thermal transduction mechanisms which form the basis of the sensor design. Prerequisites: Biomedical Engineering 215 and consent of instructor. Instructor: Reichert

ENVIRON 159 - GIS and Geospatial Analysis
Fundamental aspects of geographic information systems for environmental applications. Concepts of geographic data development, cartography, image processing, and spatial analysis. Prerequisite: an introductory statistics course. Consent of director of undergraduate studies required (undergrad@nicholas.duke.edu). Instructor: Haplin

ENVIRON 212 – Environmental Toxicology
Study of environmental contaminants from a broad perspective encompassing biochemical, ecological, and toxicological principles and methodologies. Discussion of sources, environmental transport and transformation phenomena, accumulation in biota and ecosystems. Impacts at various levels of organization, particularly biochemical and physiological effects. Prerequisites: organic chemistry and vertebrate physiology or consent of instructor. Instructor: Di Giulio

ENVIRON 259 – Fundamentals of GIS and Geospatial Analysis
Fundamental aspects of geographic information systems and satellite remote sensing for environmental applications. Covers concepts of geographic data development, cartography, image processing, and spatial analysis. Gateway into more advanced training in geospatial analysis curriculum. Consent of instructor required. Instructor: Halpin

LAW 351 – Current Immigration Law/Practice
Affirmative immigration and defense since the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996. Sources of law and agency organization; admission to the United States; consular visa processing and adjustment of status; employment authorization; visas, visa waivers, and visa exemptions; employment and family-based permanent resident status; investors, miscellaneous immigrant visa provisions; emergent issues; 3/10 year bars; 245 (8) & (k); 222 (g); criminal issues; asylum/refugee status; Temporary Protected Status (TPS); NACARA; relief from removal; employment authorization and employer sanctions; citizenship; loss of citizenship. Instructor: MacKenzie