| 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 |