| Course Title: War: What Is It Good For? |
| Start Date: 09/04/2019 End Date: 12/17/2019 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2019 |
| Description: A multidisciplinary exploration of the ways humans have understood, represented, experienced, and justified war over time and across cultures. Using art, literature, and film in addition to social scientific research, this course considers the many different meanings war has in human societies. It analyzes possible causes of war, including innate human drives, gender differences, socialization, regimes, and ideological and resource competition in a condition of international anarchy. It probes how war is experienced by soldiers and civilians. Finally, it examines justifications for war from a range of ethical perspectives. |
| Distribution(s): III - Social Sciences |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate     | Credits:4.00     |
| Faculty         | Phone         | Email address         |
| Sohail Hashmi   | 413-538-2693   | shashmi@mtholyoke.edu   |
| Meeting Dates         | Method         | Meeting days         | Meeting times         | Building name         | Room     | Frequency     |
| 09/04/2019 - 12/17/2019   | Seminar   | Monday   | 01:30PM - 04:20PM   | SKNR - Skinner Hall   | 210   | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses         | ||
| None |           |           |
| Comments         |
| Additional Comments         |
| Course Tags         | ||
| IR0001   | INTREL: International Relations major   | This course has been approved to count towards the International Relations major.   |
| Cross-listed Sections         |
| None   |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open     | Capacity: 18     | Enrollment: 16     | Available: 2     | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List         | Required         | Publisher Full Price         |
| To be determined. |           |           |
| Additional Book Comments         |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class.   |