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HS 285 - History of American Foreign Relations

Credit Hours: 3
Contact Hours: 3


Prerequisites/Other Requirements: None

English Prerequisites: Accuplacer Writing 5 and Accuplacer Reading of 65 or Higher OR Accuplacer Writing  6 or Higher OR Completion of IRW 098  or Higher (C or Higher) OR ACT English 18 or Higher OR SAT Writing 25 or Higher OR Co-Requisite of IRW 099  and EN 101  

Math Prerequisites: None

Corequisites: None
Description: This course helps students to understand the U.S. foreign policy-making process from a historical perspective.  In addition, students develop an understanding of American interactions with other nations and regions of the world, become familiar with the methods of historical analysis, strengthen their research and writing skills, and develop a capacity to weigh various debates surrounding historical problems as well as to judge their relevance to the present. 

Focusing on the complex ideologies and goals, as well as the historical systems and events, that have driven the past, produced the present, and guide the future of American foreign relations, this seminar is designed to focus on the 20th century, encouraging students to make connections between past and present U.S. foreign policy. 

Department Consent: No Consent


General Education Distribution Category Met: None



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