Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: HISTORY AND POLITICS OF CENTRAL ASIA

Department: Asian Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 3

Description: This is an introduction to the history, culture, lands, peoples, and contemporary importance of Central Asia. Topics to be discussed include the Great Game, Sovietization, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the War on Terror, and the new Great Game, the race for resources between Russia, China, and the United States.