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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course will examine both the nature of the foreign policy decision - making process and the substantive content of policy. Specifically, the course will study the roles that the Department of State, the President and his advisers, the Congress, the press, and public opinion play in the formation of foreign policy. In terms of policy content, the course will concentrate on post-WW II American foreign policy topics; relations between the United States and the Communist states, our allies, the non-aligned world, and the United Nations. Speaking-intensive. Offered alternate years. Three hours. Staff.
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3.00 Credits
This course will introduce the student to the nature of the problems facing the contemporary international system. Emphasis will be placed on the relationships of man, the state, and the international system to world politics. There will also be a survey of several of the more prominent approaches being advocated in order to limit and control the high level of violence which characterizes the world today. Same as INST 321. Three hours. Mr Badey.
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3.00 Credits
This course will include a survey of the evolution of international organizations and a detailed examination of the structure and functions, both political and administrative, of the organs of the United Nations. A series of case studies involving the League of Nations and the United Nations will be used in this examination of international organizations. Offered alternate years. Three hours. Mr. Badey.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of the history, structure and function of the U.S. Intelligence Community since 1947. This course studies the collection, collation, evaluation, analysis, interpretation and integration of information as an input to foreign policy. Analyzing the use and often abuse of U.S. covert actions since 1948, the course explores the inherent tensions between the need for secrecy and democratic processes. Noting the momentous political, economic and technological changes since the end of the ColdWar, the course identifies new challenges and threats that face the U.S. Intelligence Community in the 21st century. Offered alternate years. Three hours. Mr. Badey.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to international terrorism and political violence. It analyzes international terrorism from an individual, organizational, and systems perspective. In addition to examining history, causes, methods, and characteristics of terrorism, this course seeks to provide students with a basis for understanding why international terrorism occurs and what, if anything, governments can do to reduce or to prevent it. Three hours. Mr. Badey.
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3.00 Credits
A comparative survey of the structure and operation of the political systems of Great Britain, France, and Germany. Consideration will be given to both the formal governmental structures and to the informal political processes of these countries. (Knowledge of European history is assumed.) Offered alternate years.Three hours.Mr. Badey.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of the current government and political system of Russia in the context of the development, character, and structure of the former Soviet Union. The course will also cover the process of disintegration of the former Soviet empire. Offered alternate years. Three hours. Mr. Badey.
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3.00 Credits
This course surveys the governmental structures and political processes of Latin America. The course focuses on the political theories and political cultures of the region, regime types and the processes of regime breakdown, debt relief, political reform, the drug trade and environmental protection. Students also study micro-level political behavior by looking at how Latin Americans seek to influence their political environment. Thus the course discusses social movements, patron-clientage, ethnic identity and relations, political parties and voting. Offered alternate years. Three hours. Mr. Turner.
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3.00 Credits
This course surveys governmental structure and political processes in Africa south of the Sahara. Specifically, the course addresses the capacity of the modern African state to govern. The course addresses the history of the colonial state and its modern impact on politics, the question of why states collapse and how to rebuild them, and the ability of the modern state to accommodate sub-national and ethnic identities. Along with discussing the pessimistic conclusions about African politics drawn by many analysts, students consider successful cases of effective governance in the region, and how Africans organize to influence policy. Offered alternate years. Three hours. Mr. Turner.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of the structure and operation of the Chinese political system. Consideration will be given to the development of the Chinese political system during the Imperial Dynastic period, the Republican period, and the present period of Communist rule. Offered alternate years. Three hours. Staff.
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