GBST 101
America and the World
Spring 2017
Division II
Cross-listed
LEAD 120 / PSCI 120
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Class Details
This course will help students understand the US role in the world. US wealth and military power force its leaders to make choices that no other leaders in the world confront. Students will learn to evaluate the decisions that US leaders have made on a wide range of difficult foreign policy issues, including: rising Chinese power; Russian moves in Ukraine; nuclear proliferation to Iran; terrorist threats; humanitarian disasters in Syria and Libya; and long-term challenges like climate change.
We will not only describe American involvement in various international issues but also seek to understand the reasons why the US perhaps should or should not be involved, and we will see why such careful reasoning only sometimes gains traction in actual US foreign policy debates. Finally, we will assess whether US foreign policy decisions are coherent – that is, whether the US can be said to follow a “grand strategy.” By the end of the course, students will develop their ability to think about foreign policy issues, improving their ability to participate in public life as engaged citizens.
The Class:
Format: lecture/discussion
Limit: 30
Expected: 30
Class#: 3939
Grading: no pass/fail option, no fifth course option
Limit: 30
Expected: 30
Class#: 3939
Grading: no pass/fail option, no fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation:
short papers, class participation, and final exam
Extra Info:
may not be taken on a pass/fail basis; not available for the fifth course option
Prerequisites:
none
Enrollment Preferences:
first-years and sophomores
Distributions:
Division II
Notes:
This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
LEAD 120 Division II GBST 101 Division II PSCI 120 Division II
LEAD 120 Division II GBST 101 Division II PSCI 120 Division II
Attributes:
PSCI International Relations Courses
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GBST 101 - 01 (S) LEC America and the World
GBST 101 - 01 (S) LEC America and the WorldDivision IIMWF 11:00 am - 12:15 pm
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