Requirement: Y109 or equivalent, or the permission of the
instructor.
	The focus will be upon the post-World War II era and the employment
of an historical approach which lends itself to use of elementary
time-series quasi-experimental designs for the examination of hypotheses
focusing upon continuity and change in foreign policy and international
relations.  It is assumed many students might not be trained to do formal
statistical analyses but that everyone should be capable of examining
research as well as plausible rival hypotheses and seeing the pictures
presented by the data, and that everyone might benefit from understanding
the logic of what time-series quantitative analysis might do in enhancing
their understanding of international politics, just as the use of such
analysis informs understanding in other subfields within political science,
such as American politics and public policy, and other social science
disciplines, such as economics, sociology, psychology, public affairs,
business, and education.  The quantitative approach to understanding
international politics is viewed as one of many legitimate approaches to
studying politics and is seen as being complementary to qualitative,
philosophical, mathematical, and other approaches.  Hopefully the research
approach and computer facility acquired in the course will assist the
student in being more successful in obtaining either employment or admission
to graduate school after the completion of the bachelor's degree at Indiana
University.
	The primary purpose of the course is to assist the student in
improving his or her ability to understand and analyze international
politics using quantitative data.  An introduction will be presented to the
systematic study of international politics focusing both upon the foreign
policies of nation-states (microanalysis) and the international (global)
system (macroanalysis).  The focus will be historical in nature and utilize
plots of data over time, with emphasis upon the use of the eyeball approach
instead of formal statistical analysis.  No formal training in statistics is
required, and students will not be expected to employ formal statistical
analysis in the class, although the instructor is prepared to assist
students who already have formal training in statistics in their analyses
for the class.
	A lecture/discussion format will be utilized and each student is
expected to participate fully in class discussions.  Attendance at each
class session is required and grades may be lowered on the basis of absence
from class.  There will be a midterm and final examination, each of which
will count for 25 percent of the grade for the semester.  A term paper of no
more than 15 pages utilizing the research methodology emphasized in the
class will be required.  The term paper will count for 50 per cent of the
grade for the semester.  The instructor reserves the right to adjust the
grade for the semester based upon attendance and participation in class
discussions.
	Decisions have not yet been made regarding exactly which books will
be used in the class.