POLS 5490 - Nationalism/Ethnic Conflict

• Students will be able to analyze and assess competing arguments about the causes and prevention of nationalist and ethnic conflict.
• Students will be able to define key terms and concepts relating to nationalism and ethnic conflict.
• Students will be able to describe and explain select cases of nationalist and ethnic conflict.
• Students will be able to illustrate knowledge of a particular case and major theories of ethnic conflict by conducting and writing up results of independent research
• Students will be able to demonstrate effective oral communication skills by presenting the findings of their research.
• Students will be able to write for an audience in political science and adopt effective strategies for communicating in diverse rhetorical situations.
• Students will be able to design, plan, and deliver a written project that is organized coherently and logically and that employs relevant evidence and examples.
• Students will be able to summarize and critique academic and/or professional literature on selected research topics.
• Students will be able to apply appropriate theories, methodologies, and/or evidence to their research topic.
• Students will be able to develop papers, reports, or presentations that describe their findings and conclusions on their research topics for professional or academic audiences.
• Students will be able to see and make connections across political science and related disciplines about the causes of ethnic conflict, and embody and understand the perspectives of policymakers, interest groups, and citizens in post-conflict societies.
• Students will be able to connect academic knowledge about the causes of ethnic conflict and varieties of post-conflict institutional arrangements to real post-conflict scenarios.
• Students will be able to adapt and apply theories about the causes of ethnic and nationalism conflict and post-conflict institutional formation to real-world post-conflict scenarios.
• Students will be able to state a specific position on appropriate and reasonable policy recommendations to address the complexities of real-world cases of ethnic conflict, and communicate those recommendations in a written format.
• Students will be able to demonstrate a developing sense of self as a learner by reflecting on and building on prior experience in order to respond to new and challenging real-world ethnic conflict scenarios.