Foundations Of American Foreign Policy –

his403

(3 credits)

This course provides students with a review of U.S.diplomatic relations with Europe, Latin America, and Asia from the Declaration of Independence to the First World War.

This undergraduate-level course is 5 weeks. This course may be available to take individually or as part of a degree or certificate program. To enroll, speak with an enrollment advisor.

Topics and Objectives

Developing Power of American Foreign Policy
- Determine the effect of the United States emergence as an industrial power on foreign policy.
- Compare the expansion of U.S. interests through military and nonmilitary means.
- Describe the transitions in U.S. foreign policy from the beginning to the end of the 19th century.
Direction of the Country in the Early 20th Century
- Analyze the factors that affected the development of foreign policy from the colonial era to the eve of World War I.
- Evaluate the effect of foreign policies of other countries on the development of U.S. foreign policy.
- Explain the relationship between special interest groups and other countries interests on foreign policy decisions.
Early American Foreign Policy
- Describe the colonial-era influences that led to the struggle for U.S. independence.
- Explain the early development of foreign policy to protect U.S. independence.
- Describe the impact of national acts of expansionism on foreign policy.
- Assess the effect of the Civil War on foreign policy.
Forces of Influence on Foreign Policy
- Determine the role of competing interests in the struggle for power.
- Distinguish between isolationism and involvement in foreign policy.
- Distinguish between moralism and pragmatism in foreign policy.
- Distinguish between unilateralism and multilateralism in foreign policy.
Foreign Policy Development and Implementation
- Differentiate between foreign policy and domestic policy objectives.
- Compare the national setting and the international setting of foreign policy.
- Analyze the concept of the individual decision maker in foreign policy.

The University of Phoenix reserves the right to modify courses.
While widely available, not all programs are available in all locations or in both online and on-campus formats. Please check with a University Enrollment Advisor.
Transferability of credit is at the discretion of the receiving institution. It is the student’s responsibility to confirm whether or not credits earned at University of Phoenix will be accepted by another institution of the student’s choice.

Foundations Of American Foreign Policy –

his403

Developing Power of American Foreign Policy

Direction of the Country in the Early 20th Century

Early American Foreign Policy

Forces of Influence on Foreign Policy

Foreign Policy Development and Implementation

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