POLI 4595
Current Issues in U.S. Foreign Policy · 1 instructor on record · 3 sections
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Not reported in these records — which is missing data, not an easy class.
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Not reported in these records — which is missing data, not a light class.
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This course is class-restricted to juniors, seniors, and graduate students. This seminar will look at current issues in U.S. national security policy. The class is structured in three parts: The first section will consider America's general role in world politics in 2024. The second section will focus on the foreign policy of the Biden administration and how the 2024 presidential election might impact U.S. foreign policy going forward. The remainder of the class will focus on a new international hot spot and discuss recent academic and policy pieces related to that topic. The course has three main objectives: 1) to gain a better understanding of current U.S. foreign policy debates, 2) to better understand ongoing international disputes, and 3) to apply theoretical insights derived from the international relations literature to the policy debates surrounding those disputes.
| Instructor | Curve | Easiness | Challenge | RMP overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindsey O'RourkeAssociate Professor · Political Science | 8594 raw · 3 records | — | — | 964 ratings · all classes |
There is no ranking to read here: Lindsey O'Rourke is the only instructor with evaluation records for POLI 4595, so the number is a record, not a position. The RateMyProfessors figure is their overall score across everything they teach, not their score in this class.
Also taught by Lindsey O'Rourke
4 other classesOther POLI classes
All of them| Class | Instructors | Course score |
|---|---|---|
| POLI 1021How to Rule the World: Introduction to Political Theory | 645 records | 82 |
| POLI 1041Fundamental Concepts of Politics | 1037 records | 76 |
| POLI 2360Seminar: Rights in Conflict | 923 records | 84 |
| POLI 1042Introduction to Modern Politics | 519 records | 83 |
| POLI 2665The Question of Justice | 919 records | 80 |
| POLI 2440A Continent on the Move: Immigration in Contemporary Europe | 110 records | 86 |
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All 13 items · means across 3 recordsNone of the evaluation questions were reported for these records.
Game log
3 sections · newest first| Instructor | Term | Sec | Instr | Course | Work |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindsey O'Rourke | Fall 2025 | 01 | 98 | 100 | — |
| Lindsey O'Rourke | Fall 2024 | 01 | 90 | 93 | — |
| Lindsey O'Rourke | Fall 2021 | 01 | 93 | 91 | — |
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