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Academic Year 2000/2001

United States Foreign Relations
HIST 233 FA

Crosslistings: AMST 247

Using both political and cultural analysis, this course will survey the history of United States policy-making toward other states and peoples, with an emphasis on intra-hemispheric relationships. Our inquiry will account for the consequences, as well as the origins, of United States foreign policy; the range of international relationships between peoples and states that have been articulated as crucial to the national interest over time; and the ethical discourses that justify and attempt to intervene in United States policies around the globe. Readings and films will ask students to consider the relationship between politics and mass culture and the shifts in national identity that are occasioned by new technologies. Topics will include: the creation and protection of United States interests, expansionism, the uses of war, international peace movements, and nongovernmental organizations.

MAJOR READINGS

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS HIST    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: HIST240 OR AMST200 Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-26-2001

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