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Foreign Policy Analysis

Course Overview

Date / Time Location Credits Minimium Tuition*
9/3/24 - 12/13/24
TuTh 2p.m. – 3:15p.m.		 Wheatley W02-0127 3 $1984 (guest students)
Date
9/3/24 - 12/13/24
Time
TuTh 2p.m. – 3:15p.m.
Location
Wheatley W02-0127
Credits
3
Min. Tuition*
$1984 (guest students)

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

This course is closed for registration.

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Course Details

Session

Regular Academic Session

Class Dates

9/3/2024 - 12/13/2024

Location

Wheatley W02-0127

Enrolled / Capacity

15 / 24

Status

Closed

Instructor

Paul Kowert

Tuition*

$1984 (guest students)

* The tuition estimate is based on minimum, single-course cost to a new student who is a Massachusetts resident and not enrolled in a multi-course program. State residency, online/in person modality, and matriculation to a degree program may affect cost.

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