POL SCI 134

Foreign Policy Decision Making and Tools of Statecraft

Political Science · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

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Designed for juniors/seniors. Contrasts purposive and process models of individual and group decision making. Impact of strategic interaction and situational factors on foreign policy decision making. Implications for policy choice of tools of statecraft (i.e., threats/promises, military/economic/diplomacy).

P/NP or letter grading.

When it runs

Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.

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Requisites

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Requisite: course 120A.

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POL SCI 120A

Requires

Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.

POL SCI 134

POL SCI 120AForeign Relations of U.S.

1 direct requisite. The whole upstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.

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What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.

No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.