Foreign Policy Analysis

3.00 credits · Undergraduate

Prereq: 6 credits from POLS at the 2000 level; or permission of the Department This course introduces key theories in the study of foreign policy-making. It explores the role of individual decision-makers, interest-groups, economics, bureaucratic politics, and regime types. It also examines how constraints and opportunities in the international system shape foreign policy choices. It analyzes foreign policy in the context of both developed and developing states and considers a variety of different foreign policy issues. [Note 1: This course is cross-listed as POLS 3351 and may therefore count as 3 credits in either discipline.] (Format: Lecture 3 Hours)