American Foreign Policy
POLISCI 359 examines U.S. foreign policy since WWII through historical and analytical lenses.
Summary
Historical reviews of Jon Pevehouse: Jon Pevehouse assigned a heavy reading load and required students to start the final paper early.
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Prerequisites
Course mapSophomore standing and (POLI SCI 104, 140, 184 or INTL ST 101) or (POLI SCI 103 taken prior to fall 2017) or graduate standing
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Professors
Fall 2026No instructors recorded for this selection.
Historical instructors & teaching patterns
Historical reviews of Jon Pevehouse: Jon Pevehouse delivers engaging lectures that students enjoy, though he assigns a heavy reading load and requires early start on final papers. Reviewers note his ability to keep classes interesting and funny.
JON PEVEHOUSE is recorded teaching in Fall 2009, Spring 2015, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
KATJA FAVRETTO is recorded teaching in Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2012, Spring 2014. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.
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Student experience
the class
Historical reviews of Jon Pevehouse, Katja Favretto: Reviewers describe the course as interesting and enjoyable, though experiences vary by instructor regarding organization and workload.
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2021: 3.70 GPA, 90.1% A/AB (n=203 letter grades); Fall 2022: 3.86 GPA, 95.9% A/AB (n=49 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.81 GPA, 92.5% A/AB (n=201 letter grades).
difficulty & workload
Historical reviews of Jon Pevehouse: Jon Pevehouse assigned a heavy reading load and required students to start the final paper early.
Historical reviews of Katja Favretto: Katja Favretto’s lectures were knowledgeable but sometimes disorganized, and she struggled when students did not provide expected answers.
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Grades
Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Fall 2026.
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About this comparison
1283 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.
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Model & dataset provenance
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