POLS 301 California State and Local Politics (3)
Political culture, processes, behavior, institutions, public policy and distribution of power in California state and substate governments. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: POLS 210.
POLS 303 Minority Group Politics (3) USCP
Analysis of political factors affecting minority groups in America. Involvement, organization and role of minority groups in the political process. Emphasis on the political behavior of black and chicano minorities. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: POLS 210.
POLS 304 Politics of Global Survival (4)
Consideration of global survival from east-west, north-south and global perspectives. Arms race, development, and the political dimensions of energy, environment, food and population. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: POLS 105 or junior standing.
POLS 305 Political Analysis (4)
Introduction to methodology research design and quantitative methods used in survey research and political analysis. Bi-variate inferential statistics and SPSS statistical computer programs will be used to analyze political phenomena. 3 lectures, 1 activity. Prerequisite: POLS 100 and STAT 211.
POLS 306 Modern Political Thought (3)
Theories of political participation and the relationship between man and the state as developed in the works of influential thinkers such as Locke, Rousseau, Mill and Marx. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: POLS 204.
POLS 307 American Political Thought (3)
Central political ideas of America's leading thinkers from Thomas Paine to the present. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: POLS 204.
POLS 308 Revolutions and Collective Violence (3) (Also listed as SOC 308)
Causes, methods, outcomes of and authority responses to collective violence and revolutionary movements. Contemporary events including terrorist and other forms of collective violence in industrialized and developing nations. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: One course in sociology or political science, or consent of instructor.
POLS 311 Inter-American Relations (3)
Inter-American affairs. Political, economic, and social problems; forces motivating cultural behavior, industrial development, trade techniques, agriculture methods. Finding and evaluating authoritative source materials on Latin American affairs. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: POLS 105, or junior standing.
POLS 312 International Politics (3)
International political processes and problems. Foreign policies and politics in relations between states. Conflicts and adjustments. Analyses of selected problems. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: POLS 105, or junior standing.
POLS 313 National Security Policy (3)
Theoretical approaches to the study of war and peace and the evolution of contemporary defenses and strategies, especially those pertaining to the United States. Impact of national strategy on both national and international politics. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: POLS 105 or POLS 210.
POLS 314 Public Administration (4)
Development of the management functions in government. Survey of administrative concepts and cases. Attention given to national, state and local administrative systems. Case studies and simulations. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: POLS 210.
POLS 321 American Constitutional Law (4)
United States Constitution as interpreted by the Supreme Court. Decisions in the areas of taxation, separation of powers, nature of congressional presidential powers. Emphasis on social, economic and political factors. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: POLS 210.
POLS 322 Civil Liberties (4)
Role of Supreme Court as interpreter of Constitutional rights and liberties, freedom of expression, religion and the press, search and seizure, due process of law. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: POLS 210.
POLS 323 Civil Rights in America (4) USCP
Case-based examination of race, ethnic and gender discrimination in the United States. The course emphasizes the response of the Supreme Court to issues of equality including affirmative action and abortion. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: POLS 210.
POLS 331 Political Parties and Interest Groups (3)
Makeup and major functions of political parties. Role of political parties and interest groups in a democracy. Degree of consensus and conflict between present day political parties and interest groups in their attempts to influence public policy. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: POLS 210.
POLS 332 Public Opinion and Political Participation (3)
Origins and dimensions of public opinion. Focus on contemporary political campaigns and elections in the U.S. Impact of political ideology, mass media, high technology, pressure groups on electoral outcomes. Voting behavior and other forms of political participation in the U.S. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: POLS 210.
POLS 334 Jurisprudence (3) (Also listed as PHIL 334) GEB C.3.
Normative and analytic questions about law. Nature of law and legal systems. Justification of law. Moral obligation to obey the law. Nature and justification of punishment. Guilt and legal responsibility, liberty and justice. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: PHIL 230 or PHIL 231.
POLS 335 Legislative Process (4)
Theory and practice of representative government in the United States and other selected political systems. Organization and procedures in Congress, state legislatures and local legislative bodies. Use of simulations will be encouraged. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: POLS 210.
POLS 336 Judicial Process (4)
Examines legal processes, emphasizing political influences on law. Topics may include: types of law, legal culture, state and federal courts, criminal trials, the role of police, judges, attorneys in the legal system. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: POLS 210.
POLS 340 Government Internship (2-12) (CR/NC)
Supervised work experience in a government or related public agency as approved by the college dean. Intern will function as an employee subject to all the duties and responsibilities of employees engaged in comparable work. 30 hours of work experience per unit of credit. Credit/No Credit grading. Recommended preparation: Junior standing with a minimum 2.5 GPA.
POLS 342 The American Presidency (3)
Nature and problems of contemporary presidential leadership emphasizing the impact of bureaucracy, Congress, public opinion, the courts, interest groups, and the party system upon the presidency and national policy making. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: POLS 210.
POLS 350 Advanced Model United Nations (2)
Participation in the campus Model United Nations. Procedure, MUN rules of debate, preparation of country positions, area papers, and policy statement for use in mock United Nations sessions. Total credit limited to 6 units. 2 lectures. Prerequisite: POLS 250 or consent of instructor.
POLS 370 Contemporary Global Political Issues (3) GEB D.4.b.
Coverage of current international political issues. Directed toward making students more aware of issues, problems, tensions in the international arena, relationship of the western and nonwestern countries to these issues, emphasizing both causes and effects. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: POLS 210.
POLS 371 World Food Politics (3) GEB D.4.b.
Self-reliant, food-first politics of the hungry poor in the less-developed countries; political support of food policies in the U.S. and other developed nations. Moral, ecological and commodity politics of food in a variety of cultural settings which direct food production, consumption and distribution and reduce food demand through population stabilization. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: POLS 105 or junior standing.
POLS 380 Political Behavior (4)
Political behavior of individuals and groups examined in light of biological, economic, psychological and social-psychological theories and research, including emphasis on the relationship between attitudes and behavior. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: POLS 210.
POLS 382 Comparative Politics (4)
Comparative study of the government of the United Kingdom and other selected Western European and non-Western countries. Emphasis given to comparison of democratic and non-democratic models and traditions. Case studies. 4 lectures. Prerequisite: POLS 105 or POLS 210.
POLS 384 Politics of Developing Areas (3)
Process of political development in the Third World with appropriate examples taken from particular areas and countries. 3 lectures. Prerequisite: POLS 105 or junior standing.