• General class participation (15%):

The class participation consist of  being part of the general class conversation, participating in class debates as structured around the assignments and being part of a presentation upon completion of a group project.

•Students are expected to write two essays (10% each) related to the topics outlined in the class schedule above. Essays should be 3 pages in length (more will not be read, less is not recommended), single-spaced, 12pt times new roman font, with one-inch margins

•Essays should NOT have formal citations, but you should still give credit to a particular source in the body of the memo if you are borrowing directly from it; a list of references (and charts/graphs) may be included at the end of the essay. 

•Group project on the geopolitics of fossil-fuel energies and petroleum industry of the ME (25%) .

Each student will be part of a team responsible for writing a study of max. 15 pages, (single spaced, one inch margins, 12 point font, graphs and charts can be supplemental and do not count toward page limits; bullets permissible) on a fossil fuel energy.  

•There will be a final written exam (40%). 

Required texts:

•Daniel Yergin, The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World, (New York: Penguin Press), 2011.

•David L. Goldwyn and Jan H. Kalicki (eds.), Energy and Security: Strategies for a World in Transition (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013).

•Andreas Goldthau (eds.), The Handbook of Global Energy Policy (John Wiley & Sons, 2013).

•Subhes C. Bhattacharyya Energy Economics,Concepts, Issues, Markets and Governance (Springer-Verlag London Limited 2011)

•James D. Hamilton, Understanding Crude Oil Prices, The Energy Journal; 2009; 30, 2; ABI/INFORM Global

Optional texts:

•Daniel Yergin, The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power (Free Press), 2008.

•OPEC, World Oil Outlook 2016, Executive Summary. December 2016. 

•IEA, World Energy outlook 2016, November 2016,