POS 339/439: Political Violence and Terrorism  - Fall 2007: Course Announcements.

Prof. Christian W. Erickson Assistant Professor of Political Science - Department of Political Science and Public Administration - Roosevelt University - Chicago, Illinois

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Course Announcements.

This Week: December 19, 2007. Final exam, 6:30 to 9:00pm. December 12, 2007. DUE: Final paper. Come to class having done the assigned readings. Assigned Reading distributed in class. Talking Points Memo CNN interview with S. Hersch with link to article. No other specific announcements. December 5, 2007. Come to class having done the assigned readings. Recommeded web based reading listed in syllabus. Bergen, Peter and Paul Cruickshank. 2007. "Iraq Effect: The War Has Increased Terrorism Sevenfold Worldwide." Mother Jones. March 1. <http://www.motherjones.com/news/featurex/2007/03/iraq_effect_1.html> (December 5, 2007). Final exam review guide will be distributed at the end of class. No other specific announcements. November 28, 2007. Come to class having done the assigned readings. Web based reading listed in syllabus. Evans, Thomas. 2007. “Into Thin Air. He’s Still Out There. The Hunt For Bin Laden.” Paper Assignment 3 due. No other specific announcements. November 21, 2007. No class, "Thanksgiving" break. November 14, 2007. Come to class having done the assigned readings. No other specific announcements. November 7, 2007. DUE: Paper Assignment 2 (distributed in class October 24). Come to class having done the assigned readings. No other specific announcements. October 31, 2007. Come to class having done the assigned readings. No other specific announcements. October 24, 2007. Come to class having done the assigned readings. Paper Assignment 2 (distributed in class). No other specific announcements. October 17, 2007. Midterm exam review guide. Midterm exam lecture graphs for short essay question 6. Remeber to bring at least one bluebook. No other specific announcements. October 10, 2007. Come to class having done the assigned readings. Battle of Algiers screened in class. Link to copy of Michael Kaufman article "What Does the Pentagon See in 'Battle of Algiers'." Midterm exam review guide. Midterm exam lecture graphs for short essay question 6. No other specific announcements. October 3, 2007. Come to class having done the assigned readings, and be prepared to discuss Martin discussion box question p. 177-179. DUE: Paper Assignment 1 (via e-mail before class). Paper Assignment 1. No other specific announcements. September 26th, 2007. Come to class having done the assigned readings, and be prepared to discuss Martin discussion box question p. 148. DUE: Presenation date/topic selection assignment (via e-mail before class). Presenation Topic Selection Assignment. No other specific announcements. September 19th, 2007. Come to class having done the assigned readings, and be prepared to discuss: Martin “Discussion Box” questions, Chap. 2 p. 70, Chap. 3 p. 105. Note any parallels between Gerges and Hewitt (e.g. importance of global and national “political context” see Hewitt p. 24-25, and 50). Presenation date/topic selection assignment due next week (September 26), not this week. No other specific announcements. September 12th, 2007. Come to class having done the assigned readings, and prepared to discuss the question in the syllabus for this week. Presentation and Paper Assignment 1 distributed. September 5th, 2007. No announcements, first meeting of class.

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