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United States Foreign Relations
HIST233 FA

Using both political and cultural analysis, this course will survey the history of United States policy-making towards 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 which have been articulated as crucial to the national interest over time; and the ethical discourses which 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 which are occasioned by new technologies. Topics will include: t he creation and protection of United States interests; expansionism; the uses of war; international peace movements; and non-governmental 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

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Potter,Claire B.   

Times: ..T.T.. 08:30AM-09:50AM;     Location: PAC107

Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 40)

SR. major: 15   Jr. major: 15

SR. non-major:    Jr. non-major:    SO: 10   FR:

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal:    Ethical Reasoning, Writing

Last Updated on MAR-24-2000

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