Course Calendar

September 1 – September 30
Introduction to World Politics
8:30 – 9:20 MWF in CLB 203
Calendar last updated on December 7
September 2 (Friday)
* Discussion Topic: Perspectives on World History
* Read for today: Nau: Chapter 2
* Quiz: Map Quiz 1: South America
September 5 (Monday)
* Note: Labor Day
September 7 (Wednesday)
* Discussion Topic: The Concert of Europe: Realist or Liberal?
September 9 (Friday)
* Discussion Topic: The Great War
* Discussion Topic: Nationalism and Communism
* Read for today: Nau: Chapter 3
* Assignment due today: Foreign Event Analysis
September 12 (Monday)
* Quiz: Map Quiz 2: Western Europe
* Assignment due today: Activity
September 14 (Wednesday)
* Discussion Topic: The League of Nations and the Concert of Europe
* Read for today: Covenant of the League of Nations
* Read for today: Wilson's Fourteen Points
September 16 (Friday)
* Discussion Topic: Atlantic Charter; World War II
* Read for today: Atlantic Charter
* Read for today: Nau: Chapter 4
* Assignment due today: Foreign Event Analysis
September 19 (Monday)
* Discussion Topic: World War II: The Cause
* Quiz: Map Quiz 3: Eastern Europe
September 21 (Wednesday)
* Discussion Topic: The UN Charter and the Atlantic Charter
* Discussion Topic: Perspectives until the Cold War
* Discussion Topic: How did we fight the Cold War? Why?
* Read for today: Kennan's "Long Telegram"
* Read for today: Charter of the United Nations
September 23 (Friday)
* Discussion Topic: Why no World War III?
* Discussion Topic: Polarity
* Discussion Topic: The Balance of Power
* Read for today: Nau: Chapter 5
* Assignment due today: Foreign Event Analysis
September 26 (Monday)
* Discussion Topic: The Late Cold War
* Discussion Topic: The Tripolar World and President Nixon
* Discussion Topic: Terrorism as Foreign Policy
* Read for today: Nau: Chapter 6
September 28 (Wednesday)
* Discussion Topic: After the Cold War
* Discussion Topic: The Unipolar World and the American Moment
* Discussion Topic: The Re-Rise of Nationalism
* Discussion Topic: Global Integration
* Discussion Topic: The Three Perspectives
* Read for today: UN Resolution 1441
* Read for today: Nau: Chapter 7
September 30 (Friday)
* Discussion Topic: Globalization in History: How the West was Rich
* Read for today: Nau: Chapter 8
* Assignment due today: Foreign Event Analysis
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September 27, 2024
Major Assignments:
i*Political Leanings
i*Desu Nōto
i*Course Essay
i*Course Essay Evaluation
i*Tunawars Journal
i*Tunawars Debriefing Paper
Quizzes and Exams:
*Map Quiz 1: South America
*Map Quiz 2: Western Europe
*Map Quiz 3: Eastern Europe
*First Examination
*Map Quiz 4: Sub-Saharan Africa
*Map Quiz 5: MENA
*Map Quiz 6: South Asia
*Map Quiz 7: Southeast Asia
*Map Quiz 8: The World
*Final Exam (8:00am)
The final exam for this course will be held on Friday, December 16, from 8:00 until 9:50am.