| Course Title: Advanced Topics in Politics: 'U.S. Foreign Policy: The President vs. Congress' |
| Start Date: 09/04/2024 End Date: 12/17/2024 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2024 |
| Description: This course analyzes the tug-of-war between the executive and legislative branches in the making of U.S. foreign policy. We will discuss the powers given by the Constitution to the President and Congress in foreign affairs. We wll also discuss how each branch has over time claimed informal powers. Issues studied include conflicts in the Indo-Pacific and the Middle East, climate change, cybersecurity, trade wars, nuclear non-proliferation, global pandemic, and immigration. Case studies are drawn from the Bush Sr. to the Biden administrations. |
| Distribution(s): III - Social Sciences , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Asha Castleberry-Hernandez | acastleberry@mtholyoke.edu |
| Cora Fernandez Anderson (email: canderso@mtholyoke.edu, phone: 0) may also be contacted for registration permissions and registration questions. |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 09/04/2024 - 12/17/2024 | Seminar | Thursday | 01:30PM - 04:20PM | REES - Reese | 324 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: 8 credits in the department including POLIT-116 | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| POLIT-AMER | POLIT-AMER: Politics - American subfield | This course has been approved to count towards the American Politics subfield of the Politics major (100-200-level courses only) and minor (all courses). |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 25 | Enrollment: 19 | Available: 6 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| To be determined. |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is NOT the complete book list for this class. |