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Fall 2018 | POL 1026 Section 001: U.S. Foreign Policy (33537)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Tue,
Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, West Bank
Anderson Hall 210
- Enrollment Status:
Closed (116 of 116 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- The United States is the most powerful country in the world. This makes the question of what the role in the U.S. is in the world and how the United States interacts with other countries, international organizations, and other actors in international politics a question of real importance. US foreign policy will play a crucial role in determining the world we live in four, ten, and fifty years time. As a result, we should all try to better understand how the United States behaves in international politics, why it behaves in that way, how it should behave, and how it has behaved in the past. These are the questions that this class tackles. For example, we'll ask: why does the United States play such an active role in world politics? Might this change in the future and how has US foreign policy varied in the past? What do past conflicts in which the United States has been involved tell us about current U.S. foreign policy? Why is the United States so often at war despite being so militarily secure? Does the rise of China pose a threat to the United States and if so, what should the United States do about it? How serious is the threat of cyber war? Why does the United States care so much about stopping other countries from getting nuclear weapons?
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?msbell+POL1026+Fall2018
- Class Description:
The United States is the most powerful country in the world. This makes US foreign policy - how the United States interacts with other countries, international organizations, and other actors in international politics - matter hugely. This lecture class examines why the US behaves in certain ways in world politics, how it has behaved in the past, and how it might behave in the future. For example, we'll ask: why does the United States play such an active role in world politics? Might this change in the future and how has US foreign policy varied in the past? What do past conflicts in which the United States has been involved tell us about current U.S. foreign policy? Why is the United States so often at war despite being so militarily secure? Does the rise of China pose a threat to the United States and if so, what should the United States do about it? How serious is the threat of cyber war? Why does the United States care so much about stopping other countries from getting nuclear weapons? Will the new President of the United States chart a new course in foreign policy? Will they be able to even if they wanted to?
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33537/1189
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 25 October 2016
ClassInfo Links - Fall 2018 Political Science Classes