Requirements

Assignments:

Percentage of final grade


Essays: there will be three assigned essays as the course develops; each essay is 30% of the total grade
90%

Class participation: (questions/responses underscore efforts to understand course materials)
10%

Readings:
Required readings are to be completed before the class in which they will be discussed. The following book is available for purchase at the University of Oregon bookstore; other required readings will be available either as packets from the bookstore or as hotlinks from the course website. As events develop these may change, so please be attentive to announcements in class and on the course website regarding required readings for a given class meeting.

Required:
1. Ahmed Rashid Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia
Yale University Press, 2001


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