POSC 354 - United States Foreign Policy

Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-4
Role of presidents, congress, bureaucracy, public opinion, mass communications, and social movements in formulation of US foreign policy. Analysis of current and historic security, economic, and socially-minded foreign policy using various international relations theory and levels of analysis.

Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-UD-4 - Upper Division Social and Behavioral Sciences
Prerequisites: Completion of GE Areas 1A, 1B, 1C and GE-2 with grade C- (CR) or better (GE Areas A1, A2, A3 and B4 for students on the 2024-25 or earlier catalogs).
Strongly Recommended Preparation: Upper division status (greater than 60 earned semester units) and completion of lower division GE Area 4 requirements (Area D1-2 requirements for students on the 2024-25 or earlier catalogs).
Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Course Typically Offered: Fall ONLY

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Summarize and cogently discuss major foreign policy debates confronting the United States
Understand sources of power, values, and institutions that comprise U.S. foreign policy decision-making and implementation
Engage in thoughtful, critical thinking about U.S. foreign policy
Make well-substantiated and educated recommendations about the future of U.S. foreign policy

GE-UD-4. Upper-division Social and Behavioral Sciences Learning Outcomes

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;
demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply accurately disciplinary concepts of the social or behavioral sciences; and
demonstrate an understanding of and ability to effectively plan or conduct research using an appropriate method of the social or behavioral sciences.