Apr 16, 2024

2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog [Current Academic Year]

2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog [Current Academic Year] This is not the most recent catalog version; be sure you are viewing the appropriate catalog year.

PLSC 327W American Foreign Policy Process [GEWI]

This course explores the content and conduct of American foreign policy. It examines American foreign policy history, theories of decision making, foreign policy actors inside and outside government, as well as specific policy areas including national security, economic prosperity, the environment, and human rights.

Credit 3 hrs May not be repeated for additional credit
Grade Mode Normal (A-F) Course Rotation Fall and Winter

Prerequisites - PLSC 210 and (PLSC 211 or PLSC 212)
Restriction by Major -
Restriction by Class -

Rationale for Writing Intensive - The course will not only enhance students’ ability to think critically about American foreign policy, it will also help them to develop and express their ideas through the modes of writing used in the discipline of political science. By completing the writing assignments, students will become proficient in the forms and conventions of writing in the discipline and thus strengthen a variety of skills essential for research, including reading comprehension, the formulation of research questions, review of the scholarly literature, identification of appropriate sources of information and data, accurate summarization of complex arguments and information, analysis of data, and argumentation. Through conducting their own research and writing a research paper, students will strengthen their understanding of how scholars create knowledge of the world.

Equivalent Course(s) -
Course History -
Course Rotation added 5/2015; Change to prereq 2/2015, effective Fall 2015

Writing Intensive (GEWI), Political Science

Summer 2024 Course Sections

Fall 2024 Course Sections