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COURSE DESCRIPTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Course Name Code Semester T+A+L (hour/week) Type (C / O) Local Credit ECTS
American Politics and Foreign Policy PSIR 441 Spring 03+00+00 Compulsory 3 6
Academic Unit: Political Science and International Relations
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Prerequisites: None
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Course Unit: Undergraduate
Course Coordinator: - -
Course Objectives: This course aims to introduce the students the main theoretical and historical approaches/debates American Foreign Policy from the end of the World War I to present. Within this time period it will be explored significant global and regional issues and their implications on American Foreign Policy
Course Contents: The process of determination of American foreign policy and its evaluation throughout the history. The importance of individuals, institutions, and public opinion in the past and current World politics.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit (LO):
  • 1- To acquire knowledge and understanding of American foreign policy making process.
  • 2- Analyze the strategic importance of United Staes
  • 3- To be able to make basic chronological, political, economic and cultural connections between all parties involved throughout the American policy making
  • 4- Understand the 2016 presidential elections’ implications on present and future situation of the American politics
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods: Students are expected to read the required texts and prepare for each class; the class will convene in two hour lecture, and one hour class discussion format.


WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATIONS

WeekSubjectsRelated Preperation
1 General Introduction and Welcome
2 The Obama Doctrine
3 American Nationalism and Foreign Policy
4 Policy of Containment and Vietnam War
5 Détente and the Middle East Crises
6 Reagan Doctrine and Star Wars
7 Mid-Term Exam
8 The End of the Cold War and the Soviet Collapse
9 The ‘Unipolar Moment’ and Clinton
10 War and Peace in the Middle East
11 America in Europe
12 The Rise of Global Terrorism and War in Middle East
13 New Global Crises
14 American Future


REQUIRED AND RECOMMENDED READING

Steven W. Hook, John Spanier, American Foreign Policy Since World War II, Washington: CQ Press, 2010.


OTHER COURSE RESOURCES

Mead, Walter R. Special Providence: American Foreign Policy and How It Changed the World. New York: Knopf, 2001.

Lieven, Anatol. America Right or Wrong: An Anatomy of American Nationalism. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004


ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA

Semester RequirementsNumberPercentage of Grade (%)
Attendance / Participation 14 10
Extra-Class Activities (reading, individual study etc.) 14 -
Midterms / Oral Exams / Quizes 1 40
Final Exam 1 50
Total: 30 100


WORKLOAD

EventsCountDuration (Hours)Total Workload (hour)
Course Hours14342
Extra-Class Activities (reading,individiual work, etc.)14456
Midterms / Oral Exams / Quizes12020
Final Exam13232
Total Workload (hour):150


THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO) AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS (PQ)

# PQ1 PQ2 PQ3 PQ4 PQ5 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9
LO1                  
LO2                  
LO3                  
LO4