Issues and Challenges in American Foreign Policy

Course Calendar

September 1 – September 30
American Foreign Policy: Processes and Outcomes
10:30 – 11:20 MWF in Old Gym 312
Calendar last updated on November 19
September 3 (Monday)
* Note: Labor Day
* Holiday: Labor Day
* Holiday: Labor Day: No Classes
September 5 (Wednesday)
* Discussion Topic: America's Approach to Foreign Policy
* Read for today: Chapter 1 (Hook)
September 7 (Friday)
* Discussion Topic: Early History of American Foreign Policy
* Read for today: Chapter 2 (Chittick)
September 10 (Monday)
* Discussion Topic: Isolation to Hegemony
* Read for today: Chapter 3 (Chittick)
* Major assignment due today:
Foreign Policy Happenings brief I
September 12 (Wednesday)
* Note: No Class: Mass
* Note: Mass of the Holy Spirit
September 14 (Friday)
* Discussion Topic: From Hot War to Cold War
* Read for today: Chapter 2 (Hook)
* Read for today: Pages 116 – 133 (Chittick)
September 17 (Monday)
* Discussion Topic: The Hopes and Failures of Containment
* Read for today: Chapter 3 (Hook)
* Read for today: Pages 133 – 143 (Chittick)
September 19 (Wednesday)
* Discussion Topic: The Era of Superpower Dètente
* Read for today: Chapter 6 (Hook)
* Read for today: Pages 143 – 153 (Chittick)
September 21 (Friday)
* Discussion Topic: The Reagan Era
* Read for today: Chapter 7 (Hook)
* Discussion Topic: And They All Came Tumbling Down
* Read for today: Chapter 8 (Hook)
* Read for today: Pages 153 – 160 (Chittick)
September 24 (Monday)
* Discussion Topic: After the Fall
* Read for today: Chapter 9 (Hook)
September 26 (Wednesday)
* Discussion Topic: All Alone
* Read for today: Chapter 10 (Hook)
* Major assignment due today:
Foreign Policy Happenings brief II
September 28 (Friday)
* Discussion Topic: Internal and External Actors
* Read for today: Chapter 8 (Chittick)