Course Description
Students create, implement, and evaluate various foreign and domestic policy strategies by working as teams, managing governments in a multiplayer computer-game simulation. Throughout the course, students will explore the academic literature on foreign policy and international relations and evaluate the degree to which this scholarship is useful to real-world policymakers.
Athena Title
Global Simulation
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in INTL 4265
Non-Traditional Format
This course will be taught 95% or more online.
Prerequisite
INTL 3200 or INTL 3200E or INTL 3300 or INTL 3300E
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Students learn how to craft effective foreign policy strategies, develop policy analysis skills, and use their simulation experiences to critically evaluate the contemporary scholarship on international politics. By the end of the course, students will have a solid grounding in how foreign policy is formulated, the challenges to effective policy implementation, and a broad understanding of the relationship between academic research and the conduct of foreign policy.
Topical Outline
Topical Outline: 1) National Security Doctrines 2) Alliance Politics 3) Conflict Initiation and Termination 4) Negotiation and Cooperation 5) Deterrence Policy 6) Decision Making 7) Norms and Values in Foregoing Policy 8) Realist and Constructivist Theories of International Politics
Syllabus