Forty students are enrolled this semester. Students have interviewed family members, South Vietnamese refugees, American veterans, former Central Intelligence Agency officials, and war protesters. Students submit a summary of the interview. Mr. Solheim says he plans to add an archive of the interviews to the Web site. For the midterm exam, students must draft a policy document that might have been submitted by an adviser to the U.S. president at a turning point in the war, such as the 1968 Tet Offensive.
Students post answers to briefing questions on the course's message board.