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Nature of course request C02527 :

New course

Undergraduate

First term offered : Winter 2015
Course Prefix&Number	Descriptive Title	Credits/Hours
PS444	National Security	3 -

Abbreviation for Class Schedule(20 spaces) National Security

Catalog Description: An introduction to National Security with an emphasis on theoretical background, and historical and contextual influences upon national and human security issues. The course will include an introduction to the U.S. national security policymaking establishment, and examinations of traditional and newly emerging issues in national and human security. Prerequisites: None

Course Goal and Objectives: During the Cold War, U.S. national security was defined through the lens of the bipolar world of the U.S. versus the Soviet Union. Since the end of the Cold War and the attacks of September 11, 2001, U.S. national security has shifted to address the global war on terrorism, and other newly emerging human and national security issues (globalization, environment, humanitarian intervention, etc.). Underlying these events is the constant debate of what is national security, who defines it and how do we obtain it. The course will study U.S. and other states national security as the primary goal of states, how and why it is pursued, and how do states balance national security with domestic policy goals. The purpose of the course is to enable students to gain greater knowledge of why, how, who and what should drive the formation of U.S. and other states national security today and in the future.

Justification for adding the course (e.g. alignment with other institutions, program revision, etc.): ¿ Enhancement of the Political Science major and minor ¿ Permanent Status for a course that has been taught twice as a special topics course in the last four years ¿ Social Science and International Studies elective

Faculty and facilities needed: Political Science instructor, standard classroom

Brief Course outline: This course is designed as an introduction to National Security. As such, it is divided into three sections: (1) an overview of the theoretical context of international relations (realism, liberalism and constructivism) to understand how we think and should think about national and human security, (2) a brief introduction to the U.S. national security policymaking establishment, and (3) examinations of traditional and newly emerging issues in national and human security.

Approval Queue C02527

Attached Files:

PS 407-National Security Syllabus-Wtr13.docx

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