Foreign Policy Analysis
Course #: POLSCI 435, Class #: 1084, Section #: 01
Description
This course examines the way countries make their foreign policy. It considers the international, domestic, and even interpersonal settings in which policymakers pursue their goals in different countries. Understanding these goals and the constraints on their pursuit helps to explain why policymakers sometimes choose policies that, in retrospect, turn out to be unproductive or even damaging to their own or their country's interests. This course explores the ways that seemingly irrational policies can nevertheless be explained in rational terms, but it also encourages students to view the temptation to "rationalize" critically in their own analyses of foreign policy.
Prerequisites
POLSCI 102 or ECON 101 or POLSCI 203 or POLSCI 220 or permission of instructor
Course Details
Date / Time
6/1/26 - 7/9/26
TBA
Location
Online
Credits
3
Session
Summer Session 1, 6 weeks
Class Dates
6/1/2026 - 7/9/2026
Location
Online
Enrolled / Capacity
22 / 30
Status
Open