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POSC 354 - American Foreign Policy


Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-D
National security, economic and development assistance policies since World War II. Current policy choices and the constitutional conflict between Congress and the President. Role of the State Department, the military, the CIA, and non-governmental organizations (labor, business, and veterans).

Strongly Recommended Preparation: Upper division status (greater than 60 earned semester units) and completion of lower division Area D1-3 requirements.
Prerequisites: Completion of GE Areas A1, A2, A3 and B4 with grade C- (CR) or better.
Equivalent Quarter Course: POSC 3505.
Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-UD-D - Upper Division Social Sciences
Course Typically Offered: Fall ONLY


Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
  1. Develop and articulate an understanding of theories and other analytical approaches in international relations and foreign policy
  2. Demonstrate through oral and written competence, an understanding of the theories, concepts, empirical content related to United States foreign policy
  3. Understand and articulate the key foreign policy issues that are important to the United States as a global player
  4. Think critically and creatively, applying theoretical and analytical approaches, to recommend solutions for US foreign policy
  5. Learn different career opportunities in American diplomacy
  6. Develop writing skills in policy papers, research reports and press releases
  7. Develop oral communication skills through speeches, interventions, debates and negotiations
  8. Develop the critical abilities to analyze several international issues - political, security, economic, development, and social and cultural - and how they impact US foreign policy
  9. Understand how diversity in American society is affecting the creation and conduct of US foreign policy
  10. Understand the role that sustainability plays in US foreign policy and its actions abroad
  11. Work as a team in analyzing issues and recommending US foreign policy on multiple issue areas


UD-D. Upper-division Social Sciences Learning Outcomes
  1. analyze how power and social identity affect social outcomes for different cultural and economic groups using methods of social science inquiry and vocabulary appropriate to those methods;
  2. demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply accurately disciplinary concepts of the social or behavioral sciences; and
  3. demonstrate an understanding of and ability to effectively plan or conduct research using an appropriate method of the social or behavioral sciences.



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