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2020-2021 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

POLS 4475 - Nuclear Weapons and International Politics


3 Credit Hours

Prerequisites: None.
Corequisites: None.
Pre/Corequisites: None.
Requirements: None.

Description
This course explores the role of nuclear weapons in international politics. Main topics include the causes of nuclear proliferation and the relationship between nuclear weapons and war. Further topics include nuclear weapons technologies, arms control, nuclear terrorism, nuclear crises, nuclear strategy, nuclear history, and contemporary nuclear issues.