GOVT311 - United States Foreign Policy

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Academic Year 2001/2002

United States Foreign Policy
GOVT 311 SP

As the United States faces a deepening set of international complexities, the challenge for the nation is to construct a coherent and effective foreign policy. To evaluate a framework for the future, the course begins with an examination of the experience of American foreign policy in the post-World War II period and then turns to consider the sources of the American foreign policy including the international system, societal factors, government processes, and individual decision makers. With th is base established, the major issues of American foreign policy are considered including military security and economic policy. The course concludes with an examination of the challenges and opportunities that face U.S. decision makers in the near future . A significant component of the course is the intensive discussion of foreign policy decisions.

MAJOR READINGS

Stephen Ambrose and Douglas Brinkley, RISE TO GLOBALISM, 8th rev. ed.
Eugene Wittkopf and James McCormick, THE DOMESTIC SOURCES OF AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY, 3rd ed.
Eugene Wittkopf and Christopher Jones, THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY, 3rd ed.

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Midterm, research paper and final.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Students who wish to be eligible to register for the course during Drop/Add should place themselves on the wait list during on-line registration. Wait list preference rankings will be one factor I will consider in making Drop/Add period registration decisions. I will contact those registered for the wait list with further information on adding the course.

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/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

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

Prerequisites: GOVT155 OR GOVT151

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Foyle,Douglas C.

Times: ..T.R.. 10:30AM-11:50AM; Location: JUDD113

Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 25)

SR. major: 13 Jr. major: 12

SR. non-major: Jr. non-major: SO: FR: X

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal: Speaking, Writing

Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-19-2002