Courses

The two mainstreams of American folk music, the Anglo-American and the Afro- American, are examined from a scholarly point of view. Reference is made to the great collections and field recordings. Student performance of examples from the established literature of vocal and instrumental folk music is encouraged.

Food has played a consistent yet complicated role in the shaping of national histories, social relations, personal experiences, and cultures. This course explores how, by examining the various intersections between food and culture from the pre-Columbian period through the present day and across the American landscape. Honors

Examines the forces that influence the formulation and execution of American foreign policy with illustrative case studies.

Traces main streams of American foreign policy from the twentieth-century to the present. Major American foreign policy decisions are used in the analytical development of American foreign policy processes. The various influences upon foreign policy decision-making are identified and evaluated.

Traces main streams of American foreign policy from the twentieth-century to the present. Major American foreign policy decisions are used in the analytical development of American foreign policy processes. The various influences upon foreign policy decision-making are identified and evaluated.

Examination of political, economic, cultural, and military dimensions of the United States’ interactions with the world since the 19th century; focus on how interests of soldiers, business people, missionaries, civilians within the United States and in combat zones impact policy.

Evolution of U.S. foreign policies since World War II. Policy process; role of executive, legislative, bureaucratic and private institutions; current foreign policy issues and problems.

This undergraduate seminar examines the roles of major institutions, American political culture, and the international setting in the making of American foreign policy.

Students examine the domestic and international forces which influence the post-World War II era and may include discussion of U.S. foreign policy at the America's role in the post-Cold War world order.

This course is designed as an upper division reading course in American foreign policy. This course will discuss the foreign policy process, a brief history of American foreign policy and its traditions, the inputs and outputs that make up foreign policy and a variety of approaches to understanding foreign policy. The goal of the course is to provide students with the theoretical and analytical tools needed to be intelligent consumers of foreign policy.