SES #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
Part 1: Theories of U.S. Foreign Policy
1	Hypotheses, Laws, Theories and Case Studies
2	Theories of American Foreign Policy	Exercise 1 (1-page) due
Part 2: American Grand Strategies
3	Contending Grand Strategies Past and Present
4	The War on Terror Other National Security Policy Issues
5	Other Policy Issues and Debates	Exercise 2 (1-page) due
Part 3: Case Histories: American Wars, Crises and Interventions
6	The Filipino-Spanish-American War, World War I, World War II
7	Historical Methods
8	The Outbreak of the Pacific War, 1941
9	The Cold War, Korea, and the 1950s
10	The Indochina War, 1945-1975 The Iraq War of 1991
11	Other U.S. Third World Interventions	Paper 1 due
Part 4: Conclusion
12	Current Crises The Future of American Foreign Policy
13		Paper 2 due