Table of Contents - Hartwick College

B. International Politics
105 International Relations (3 credits) An introduction to politics
among and across nation-state, non-state and transnational actors.
Competing theories on concepts such as power, security, nationalism,
nation building, and the emerging international system are examined.
Other issues examined include: the uneven global economy, globalization,
patterns of cooperation and conflict, conflict resolution, international
organization and law, human rights, and political transitions. Some
country case studies are used to provide comparative analyses of issues
across political settings. (SBA)
205 U.S. Foreign Policy (3 credits) A study of U.S. foreign policy, the
politics of how that policy is formulated and implemented, and the
consequences of that policy for other states. Themes and trajectories in
U.S. policy history such as isolationism, international activism,
intervention, hegemonic presumption, strategic alliances, arms control,
and unilateralism, among others, are reviewed with focus upon the
sources, goals, and assumptions of U.S. policy. Approaches to U.S.
national security (broadly defined) are examined as students assess the
values underpinning the projection, use, and preservation of U.S. power
in the post-Cold War world. Prerequisite: Posc 101 or 111, or 105, or
permission of instructor. (SBA)
215 International Organizations (3 credits) This course is designed
to provide students with a deeper understanding of leading organizations
and processes that enable order, stability, and cooperation in the
international system. It examines critical approaches to the study of
international organizations and the impact these organizations exert on
various issues and areas of the contemporary world. It also evaluates the
United Nations and the European Union and analyzes the unique
functions both perform and the novel challenges both are confronted
within an increasingly more complex and interdependent world.
Typically, students also will study the work of a nongovernmental
organization, so as to understand how such NGOs develop and the
philosophical and political challenges they face. Offered alternate years.
Prerequisite: Posc 105. (SBA)
235 The Political Economy of Poor Countries (3 credits) An
examination of the political and economic dimensions of “development”
processes in agrarian and newly industrializing countries of the global
South. Competing theories of development are considered within the
contexts of the states’ diverse experiences, relative powerlessness and the
complex global economic order. Issues of debt, dependency, aid, global
trade, nation building, and political change are examined. Case studies
are drawn from Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. Posc 105
is recommended. Offered alternate years. (SBA) or (NTW)
245 The Model UN (1 credit) This course prepared first-time
participants for the Harvard Model UN role place, which takes place in
February (in Boston) every year. The course meets during the second half
of Fall Term, with the final grade being issued after the student’s
participation in the three-day February role play. The course is tied to
participation in the model UN. Students are taken through the process of
resolution writing, inter-state negotiation, committee work, and are
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