Class Id: 9377
Days: TTh
Start Time: 01:30 PM
End Time: 02:20 PM
Building: LEWLI
Room: 138
Course Id: 4182
Departments and Numbers: ENV 266, NES 266
Area: SA
Title: Oil, Energy and The Middle East
Description: An overview of the issues surrounding global energy supplies, oil's unique economic properties, and its role in shaping the political economy of the Middle East and U.S. strategic interests in the region. We will begin by discussing the basic science and availability of energy sources, the state of technology, the functioning of energy markets, the challenges of coping with global climate change and the key role of the oil reserves in the Middle East. The second part of the course will focus on the history of oil in the Middle East and its impact on societies in the region.
Prerequisites:
Professors: Roger J. Stern
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