Undergraduate Course: United States Foreign Policy 1880-1917 (HIST10253)

Course Outline
School	School of History, Classics and Archaeology	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate)	Availability	Available to all students
SCQF Credits	20	ECTS Credits	10
Summary	The period on which this course focuses has generally been described as the "coming of age" of U.S. foreign policy. Using a wide array of theories on imperialism, this course focuses on the question of whether U.S. foreign policy in this era, particularly around the Spanish-American War of 1898, can be rightfully described as imperialist or whether the United States ultimately adhered to its anti-colonial and anti-imperialist heritage. In addition to addressing this pointed question, the course will more generally provide a detailed overview of American foreign policy at a time when the country first appeared as a major player on the world stage until its entry into the First World War. Domestic debates on the direction American foreign policy should take will also form an important part of this course.
Course description	Not entered

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	A pass or passes in 40 credits of first level historical courses or equivalent and a pass or passes in 40 credits of second level historical courses or equivalent. Before enrolling students on this course, Directors are asked to contact the History Honours Admission Secretary to ensure that a place is available (Tel: 503783).

Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites	Visiting students should usually have at least 3 History courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this) for entry to this course. We will only consider University/College level courses.

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2014/15, Available to all students (SV1)		Quota: 21
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 22, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 172 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 67 %, Coursework 33 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	One essay of about 3000 words (one third of overall assessment); one two-hour examination paper (two-thirds of overall assessment). Visiting Student Variant Assessment One essay of about 3000 words (one third of overall assessment); one take home examination paper (two-thirds of overall assessment).
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Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)			2:00

Academic year 2014/15, Part-year visiting students only (VV1)		Quota: 6
Course Start	Semester 1
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 200 ( Seminar/Tutorial Hours 22, Summative Assessment Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 172 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 67 %, Coursework 33 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	One essay of about 3000 words (one third of overall assessment); one two-hour examination paper (two-thirds of overall assessment). Visiting Student Variant Assessment One essay of about 3000 words (one third of overall assessment); one take home examination paper (two-thirds of overall assessment).
Feedback	Not entered
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes By the end of this course, students should be able to: ! demonstrate their knowledge of U.S. foreign policy leading up to the nation=s involvement in World War I, to be assessed particularly in the final exam. ! demonstrate a thorough understanding of the historiographical controversies surrounding the period, both in their essays and in the final exam. ! weigh and judge the course=s analytical question of whether or to what extent the United States, at the time, was an imperialist power. ! independently locate and examine relevant primary source material for the analysis of pertinent questions, as demonstrated in the context of their course essay. ! arrive at independent conclusions and present them with logical coherence and clarity in their essay and in the exam. ! produce well-argued, well-documented, and properly referenced coursework essays on U.S. foreign policy between 1880 and 1917.

Reading List
None

Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills	Not entered
Keywords	USForeignPolicy

Contacts
Course organiser	Dr Fabian Hilfrich Tel: (0131 6)51 3236 Email: Fabian.Hilfrich@ed.ac.uk	Course secretary	Ms Marie-Therese Rafferty Tel: (0131 6)50 3780 Email: M.T.Rafferty@ed.ac.uk