COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

Midterm and final exam: 50%
Course paper: 20% (6-8 pages, document-based)
Analysis papers (4): 20% (1 page, reading-based, lowest two grades dropped)
Participation: 10% (both in-class and in on-line virtual sessions)

The following books should be purchased for this course, either through Shakespeare Bookstore (next to McDonald's on Hillel) or through barnesandnoble.com, via the links below:

bullet Peter Hahn, The United States, Great Britain, and Egypt, 1945-1956
bullet Thomas Knock, To End All Wars: Woodrow Wilson and the Search for a New World Order
bullet Douglas Little, American Orientalism: The United States and the Middle East since 1945
bullet Thomas Patterson, Major Problems in American Foreign Relations, vol. 2
bullet Samantha Power, "A Problem from Hell": America and the Age of Genocide

 

Learning objectives for this course include:

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transmit to students the foundational knowledge about US foreign relations;
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provide students with access to a diverse range of viewpoints, so as to prepare them to be citizens of a multicultural democracy;
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create a safe environment for difficult dialogues through the free and unfettered exchange of ideas in the classroom;
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create a community in the classroom through a common recognition of the importance of understanding content for critically analyzing US foreign relations