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| 60000 Level Courses (60300-60399) 60313 A NEW AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY? What foreign policy issues are on the horizon for U.S. policy makers? What should our foreign policy be as we enter the post 9/11 era? How should that foreign policy be made, and by whom? The domestic political environment facing U.S. foreign policy makers changed first after the Vietnam War and then again after the September 11th attacks. With the demise of the Cold War, the external political environment changed as well. This course will examine contemporary U.S. foreign policy on both the domestic and external levels. Domestically, the course addresses the various governmental and non-governmental actors who combine to produce foreign policy. Externally, it examines problems that revolve around specific issues (like terrorism and homeland security, the promotion of democracy, foreign trade, etc.) or around particular countries (Afghanistan, Iraq, Russia, China, Cuba, etc.).
Dr. Ralph Carter, Professor of Political Science, received his Ph.D. from The Ohio State University and has taught at TCU since 1982. A former president of the Foreign Policy Analysis Section of the International Studies Association, Dr. Carter is co-author of Making American Foreign Policy (1994, 1996) and editor of Contemporary Cases in U.S. foreign Policy: From Terrorism to Trade (2002, 2005). Author of numerous works in both journals and edited books, his most recent articles are in International Studies Perspectives, Politics & Policy, Congress and the Presidency, and PS: Political Science & Politics. He currently serves as president of the Midwest Region of the International Studies Association and an editor for the journal Foreign Policy Analysis . His teaching interests include international politics, American foreign policy, Russian foreign policy, and Mid-East conflict issues. He has twice been a finalist for the Chancellor's Award for Distinguished Teaching. *60323 THE NEW SOUTH, 1877 - PRESENT In this course, the political, social and economic factors in the New South are examined with attention given to comparative regional history. Particular emphasis will be placed on historical interpretations, showing both the professional and lay image of the South in today's society. The economic modernization of the South will also be a major theme of the course.
Dr. Clayton Brown, Professor of History, received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr. Brown is a specialist in modern American history and a recipient of the Young Humanist Award by the National Endowment for the Humanities. *60373 THE SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF CRIME This course introduces students to the central ideas in the field of social psychology and the significance of these ideas in providing explanations for criminal behavior and related phenomena. Additionally, classic social psychological theory and research are examined and utilized to understand offenders, victims and criminogenic environments. The course emphasizes the integration and application of course content to understand contemporary criminological issues such as the use of the death penalty for juveniles, treatment and control of sex offenders, criminalizing drug offenders, and the validity of repressed memory. An examination, from psychological and physiological perspectives, of various states of human consciousness including wakefulness, deep sleep, hypnosis, meditation and drug induced states. The relationship between consciousness and our scientific and personal views of "reality" is also discussed. In particular, the course explores the boundaries of group consciousness (based on social validation of experience) and individual consciousness (based on our unique perceptions of reality.) It offers a balanced perspective on consciousness that combines scientific information, Eastern philosophy, and experiential data. *60393 INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY: THE EMERGING MULTI POLAR WORLD An introduction to the theoretical evolution of the international economy as a subdiscipline within the field of international relations. The course discusses the classical economists, Marxist theory and neo-Keynesian theories of growth and capital accumulation and distribution, then focuses on first, second and third world perspectives on the international political economy. Also studied are the roles of multinational corporations, the International Monetary Fund, the politics of international trade, the role of foreign aid, the third world debt crisis, the impact of the technological revolution, the emergence of a multi-polar world, and the ramifications of Japanese and German economic resurgence for "the new world order." |