TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Elective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	-
SEMESTER	-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	4
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	-
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Explain in a coherent manner how and why America is fundamentally different from other nations 2) Reflect on the ways in which American foreign policy approaches and constraints serve the country well or poorly 3) Familiarize themselves with American foreign policy institutions and actors and their sources of power and authority
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
COURSE DEFINITION	John Kingdon, American the Unusual (New York: St. Martin?s/Worth, 1999) Jeffery D. Sachs, A New Foreign Policy: Beyond American Exceptionalism (New York: Columbia University Press, 2018) Stephen G. Brooks and William C. Wohlforth, America Abroad: The United States? Global Role in the 21st Century, 2016, Oxford University Press
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Introduction 2nd Week History of American Foreign Policy 3rd Week America the Unusual Nation: Foreign Policy Actors and Institutions 4th Week American Ideology: Liberal Hegemony 5th Week American Exceptionalism 6th Week Implications of American Exceptionalism 7th Week Debate about America's Role in the World 8th Week MIDTERM EXAMINATION 9th Week American Exceptionalism in a Changing World 10th Week Foreign Policy in the Era of Global Convergence & Divergence 11th Week An Overview of America?s Wars and Security Strategies 12th Week American Economic and Statecraft in a More Open World 13th Week Renewing American Diplomacy 14th Week Foreign Policy and Sustainable Development 15th Week
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	John Kingdon, American the Unusual (New York: St. Martin?s/Worth, 1999) Jeffery D. Sachs, A New Foreign Policy: Beyond American Exceptionalism (New York: Columbia University Press, 2018) Stephen G. Brooks and William C. Wohlforth, America Abroad: The United States? Global Role in the 21st Century, 2016, Oxford University Press
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Questions/Answers,Other,Discussion
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 20 Assignment 2 10 Quiz 3 10 Project 1 20 Total(%) 60 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 60 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 40 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 2 2 Preparation for Quiz 3 1 3 Individual or group work 14 3 42 Preparation for Final exam 1 8 8 Course hours 14 3 42 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 8 8 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 2 2 Homework 2 3 6 Project 1 6 6 Total Workload 119 Total Workload / 30 3,96 ECTS Credits of the Course 4
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION	English
WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No