Course Number: 90-713

International Politics and Policies

Units: 12

This course provides MSPPM and other students with an extensive examination of topics crucial to the understanding of International Politics and Policies.

The central purposes of the course are:

* To provide an understanding of the way in which the American Foreign Policy system works. Special attention will be given to the foreign policy process, the relations between politics and policies, and the difficulties involved in the policy making process. The course will combine the study of basic principles of international politics, models of policymaking, and the analysis of critical decisions made by the U. S. government since the end of World War II. The case studies will focus on major economic and political/military decisions.
* To develop skills that will be required in any job concerned with international affairs. Those skills include being able to analyze a problem; giving an effective presentation of the material; writing a research paper and writing a policy paper. Students will also be exposed to basic negotiations skills.
* To know the imperatives, pressures and ethical dilemmas involved in professional service, and to adopt and practice the values and behavior associated with professionalism.
* To be sensitive to cultural issues.

* To develop a critical approach to the material.

Faculty:
Silvia Borzutzky