Course Code & Number
PSIR 449
Course Title
American Politics and Foreign Policy
Credit Hours/ ECTS Credits
(3+0+0) 3 TEDU Credits, 6 ECTS Credits
Mode of Delivery:
Face-to-face
Language of Instruction:
English
Pre-requisite / Co-requisite::
Pre-requisites: NONE
Co-requisites: NONE
Catalog Description
Political structure and foreign policy making process in United States (US). The distribution of power among the US political institutions. The political parties and the election system. The notion of national security state. US foreign policy making process and lobbies.
Course Objectives
The aim of this course is to explore the political structure and the dynamics of foreign policy making process in United States.
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon succesful completion of this course, a student will be able to
1. Describe the political structure and dynamics of foreign policy making in the United States
2. Depict the distribution of power among the political institutions
3. Explain the political parties and the election system
4. Investigate the role of ethnic, religious and class based lobbies in the domestic as well as foreign policy making process
5. Recite the main characteristics of the major global institutions designed by the leadership of the United States after the Second World War
6. Discuss the major features of the Cold War era and the United States’ role within
Learning Activities and Teaching Methods:
Telling/Explaining
Discussion/Debate
Questioning
Reading
Inquiry
Case Study/Scenarion Analysis
Video Presentations
Oral Presentations/Reports
Guest Speakers
Web Searching
Assessment Methods and Criteria:
Test / Exam
Quiz
Case Studies / Homework
Presentation (Oral/Poster)
Assessment Methods and Criteria Others:
Recommended Reading
1. Michael Kazin, Rebecca Edwards and Adam Rothman (eds.), The Concise Princeton Encyclopedia of American Political History (Princeton University Press, 2011).
2. Peter Augustine Lawler and Robert Martin Schaefer (eds.), American Political Rhetoric: Essential Speeches and Writings On Founding Principles and Contemporary Controversies (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2010).
3. Stephen E. Ambrose and Douglas G. Brinkley, Rise to Globalism: American Foreign Policy Since 1938 (New York: Penguin Books, 1997).
4. William Blum, Rogue State (London: Zed Books, 2002).
Required Reading
1. Morton Keller, America’s Three Regimes: A New Political History (Oxford University Press, 2009).
Learning Activities and Teaching Methods Others:
Student Workload:
| Workload | Hrs |
|---|
| Case Study Analysis | 16 |
Course & Program Learning Outcome Matching:
