Teaching Resources

Course Syllabi

This collection of syllabi comes from instructors who teach courses related to international and U.S. foreign relations history. The SHAFR Teaching Committee hopes that this collection of syllabi will be a source of ideas about course design and organization and the selection of readings. Interested in contributing? The SHAFR Teaching Committee is eager to add to this collection and encourages you to submit syllabi and student assignments from your courses.

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Please include information that will provide some context for your course, including the level of instruction (undergraduate or graduate), the number of students in the course, and the frequency and duration of class meetings. Send submissions in .pdf, .docx, or .doc format to [email protected].

Note: The outlines prepared by participants of the SHAFR Summer Institute are concise outlines of content and readings only and they are intended to provide basic frameworks for adoption at colleges and universities.
PDFUG “American Diplomatic History” Robert Shaffer, Shippensburg University, Early America to the Present (2004)
PDFUG “America in International Perspective” Laura Belmonte, Oklahoma State, University, Early America to the Present (Spring 2013)
PDFUG "America in the World: American Foreign Relations since 1607″ Hal Friedman, Henry Ford Community College, Early America to the Present (Fall 2007)
PDFUG "Diplomatic History of the United States" Robert J. Kodosky, West Chester University, Early America to the Present (Spring 2010)
PDFUG “Foundations of US Foreign Policy” Nicole Phelps, University of Vermont, Early America to the Present (Spring 2010)
PDFUG “Foreign Relations of the United States” Hal Friedman, Eastern Michigan University, Early America to the Present (Winter 2006)
PDFUG “History of American Diplomacy” Christy Snider, Berry College, Early America to the Present (Spring 2011)
PDFUG “History of U.S. Foreign Policy” Grant T. Weller, United States Air Force Academy, Early America to the Present (Spring 2007)
PDFUG “International Relations of the United States” Thomas Breslin, Florida International University, Early America to the Present (Spring 2011)
PDFUG "U.S. Foreign Relations" Leo Lovelace, California State Polytechnic University at Pomona, Early America to the Present (Fall 2013)
PDFUG U.S. and the World II (1850--1920) John McNay, University of Cincinnati, Early Republic and 19th Century (2007)
PDFUG United States Foreign Relations to 1914 Jonathan Reed Winkler, Wright State University, Early Republic and 19th Century (2008)
PDFUG U.S. Foreign Policy until 1900 Elizabeth Gray, Towson University, Early Republic and 19th Century (2009)
PDFUG “American Foreign Policy since 1895” John Moser, Ashland University, 20th & 21st Centuries (Fall 2011)
PDFUG "American Foreign Relations, 1900-present" Elizabeth Gray, Towson University, 20th & 21st Centuries (Spring 2006)
PDFUG “American Foreign Relations since 1914″ Nicole Phelps, University of Minnesota, 20th & 21st Centuries (Spring 2006)
PDFUG “U.S. Foreign Policy since 1945″ Tami J. Friedman, Brock University, 20th & 21st Centuries (Winter 2013)
PDFUG “U.S.-Foreign Relations, 1900-present” Hiroshi Kitamura, College of William and Mary, 20th & 21st Centuries (Spring 2009)
PDFUG “U.S. Diplomatic History” Donald N. Clark, Trinity University, 20th & 21st Centuries (Fall 2006)
PDFUG “United States Diplomacy since 1920″ Peter Hahn, Ohio State University, 20th & 21st Centuries (n.d.)
PDFUG “U.S. and the World III” John McNay, University of Cincinnati, 20th & 21st Centuries (Spring 2006)
PDFUG "Capitalism, Communism, and the Global Domination Contest: An International History of the Cold War, 1917-1991" Hal Friedman, Henry Ford Community College, Cold War History (Spring 2012)
PDFUG “The Early Cold War: The Truman Administration, 1945-1953” R.H. Werking, United States Naval Academy, Cold War History (Spring 2009)
PDFUG “Performing the Cold War: How the US Sold Itself Abroad” Victoria Phillips Geduld, Columbia University, Cold War History (n.d.)
PDFUG “The United States and the Cold War, 1917-1991″ Hal Friedman, Henry Ford Community College, Cold War History (Spring 2013)
PDFUG “The United States and the Cold War” Tami Friedman, Brock University, Cold War History (Winter 2012)
PDFUG “The American Experience in Vietnam” Stephen Rabe, University of Texas at Dallas, Vietnam War (Fall 2012)
PDFUG “The Vietnam War” Laura Belmonte, Oklahoma State University, Vietnam War (Spring 2013)
PDFUG “The Vietnam Wars” Robert J. Kodosky, West Chester University, Vietnam War (Spring 2007)
PDFUG “War and Society in the 20th Century: The Vietnam War” Edward Segel, Reed College, Vietnam War (Fall 2008)
PDFUG “Problems in American Foreign Policy: The Third World” Larry Grubbs, University of Georgia, Thematic Course (Fall 2004)
PDFUG “Inter-American Relations” Andy Kirkendall, Texas A&M University Thematic Course (n.d.)
PDFUG “The United States and the Middle East, 1919-present”
Daniel Byrne, University of Evansville, Thematic Course (n.d.)
PDFUG “Decolonization and the United States” Daniel Byrne, University of Notre Dame, Thematic Course (n.d.)
PDFUG “The 1890s: Globalizing America” Nicole Phelps, University of Vermont, Thematic Course (Fall 2011)
PDFUG “America Goes to War!” Robert J. Kodosky, University of West Chester, Thematic Course (n.d.)
PDFUG “Causes and Consequences of US Foreign Policy” Elizabeth Sanders, Cornell University, Thematic Course (Spring 2012)
PDFUG "The Congress" Gary Donato, Boston University, Thematic Course (Spring 2014)
PDFUG "Gender and International Relations” Carol Chin, University of Toronto, Thematic Course (2006)
PDFUG “Gender and US Foreign Relations” Nicole Phelps, University of Vermont, Thematic Course (Spring 2008)
PDFUG “National Security and Foreign Policy, 1898-Present” H. van Tuyll, Augusta State University, Thematic Course (Spring 2010)
PDFUG "National Security Policy" Gary Donato, Boston University, Thematic Course (Fall 2014)
PDFUG “The Nuclear World” Hiroshi Kitamura, College of William and Mary, Thematic Course (Fall 2008)
PDFUG "The Presidency" Gary Donato, Boston University, Thematic Course (Spring 2011)
PDFUG “Studies in History of Diplomacy” Michael A. Butler, College of William and Mary, Thematic Course (Fall 2012)
PDFUG “Topics in Diplomacy: The Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan” Molly Wood, Wittenberg University, Thematic Course (Spring 2012)
PDFGRAD Vietnam Stephen Rabe, University of Texas at Dallas, Vietnam (Fall 2002)
PDFGRAD “The American Experience in Vietnam” Stephen Rabe, University of Texas at Dallas, Vietnam (Fall 2012)
PDFGRAD “Seminar in U.S. Diplomatic History” Peter Hahn, Ohio State University, Reading & Research Seminar (Spring 2004)
PDFGRAD “American Empire” Thomas Zeiler, University of Colorado, Reading & Research Seminar (n.d.)
PDFGRAD "American Foreign Policy since WWII" Piero Gleijeses, Nitze School, Reading & Research Seminar (Fall 2006)
PDFGRAD "The Road to Empire: U.S. from Independence to WWII" Piero Gleijeses, Nitze School, Reading & Research Seminar (Fall 2006)
PDFSI “U.S.-Iraq” Jeffry Engel, Qiang Zhai, Thomas Zoumaras, Matt Jacobs, 2008 Summer Institute
PDFSI “U.S.-Iraq” Tom Gaskin, Fabian Hilfrich, Michaela Hoenicke Moore, Sandra Scanlon, 2008 Summer Institute
PDFSI “U.S.-Iraq” Sayuri Shimizu, Molly Wood, Chris Jespersen, Andrew Johns, 2008 Summer Institute