Tentative Course Offerings 2020-21
Schedule is very tentative and subject to change. Check back often for updates.
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| Course | Description | F | W | S | Faculty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| POLS 111 | California Constitution and Government | X | X | X | Staff |
| POLS 112 |
American and California Government |
X | X | X | Staff |
| POLS 180 | Political Inquiry | X | X | Andrews/Pierce | |
| POLS 225 | Introduction to International Relations | X | X | Barclay/Mulholland | |
| POLS 229 | Introduction to Comparative Politics | X | X | Zhang/Mulholland | |
| POLS 230 | Basic Concepts of Political Thought | X | X | Moore/Cravens | |
| POLS 245 | Judicial Process | X | X | Andrews/Porter | |
| POLS 285 | Model United Nations | X | Arceneaux | ||
| POLS 295 | Foundations of Mock Trial | X | Porter | ||
| POLS 308 | Collective Violence & Conflict Resolution | X | Leithner | ||
| POLS 310 | Politics of Ethnicity & Gender | X | Williams | ||
| POLS 315 | The American Presidency | X | Savage | ||
| POLS 316 | Political Participation | X | Savage | ||
| POLS 317 | Campaign & Elections | X | Latner | ||
| POLS 319 | United States Congress | X | Den Hartog | ||
| POLS 321 | Comparative Political Culture | X | Zhang | ||
| POLS 324 | International Relations Theory | - | - | - | |
| POLS 325 | Global Political Issues | X | X | Arceneaux/Zhang | |
| POLS 328 | Politics of Developing Areas - Latin America/Asia | X | X | Arceneaux/Zhang | |
| POLS 329 | Ancient & Medieval Political Thought | - | - | - | |
| POLS 330 | Modern Political Thought | - | - | - | |
| POLS 331 | Contemporary Political Thought | - | - | - | |
| POLS 333 | World Food Systems | X | Hurt | ||
| POLS 334 | Jurisprudence | X | X | Moore/Staff | |
| POLS 337 | - | - | - | ||
| POLS 338 | Critical Issues in American Politics | X | Williams | ||
| POLS 339 | Authoritarian and Democratic Rule | X | Arceneaux | ||
| POLS 340 | American Judicial Politics | X | Arrington | ||
| POLS 341 | American Constitutional Law | X | Savage/Settle | ||
| POLS 342 | Constitutional Theory | X | Den Otter | ||
| POLS 343 | Civil Rights in America | X | X | X |
Den Otter/ Denbow/Savage |
| POLS 344 | Civil Liberties | X | X | X | Den Otter/Savage |
| POLS 347 | Politics and Popular Culture | - | - | - | |
| POLS 348 | Early American Political Thought | - | - | - | |
| POLS 349 | Contemporary American Political Thought | X | Moore | ||
| POLS 351 | Public Policy and Administration | X | X | X | Cravens/Ward |
| POLS 359 | Research Design | X | X | Arrington | |
| POLS 361 | Quantitative Methodology | X | X | X | Pierce |
| POLS 375 | California Politics | X | Den Hartog | ||
| POLS 380 | Israeli-Palestinian Conflict | - | - | - | |
| POLS 381 | Peace and War | X | Arceneaux | ||
| POLS 382 | Comparative Foreign Policy | - | - | - | |
| POLS 383 | Politics of the European Union | X | Leithner | ||
| POLS 384 | Comparative Law | - | - | - | |
| POLS 385 | Advanced Model United Nations | X | X | Arceneaux | |
| POLS 386 | Government Internship | X | X | X |
Staff |
| POLS 387 | Research Internship | X | X | X | Staff |
| POLS 395 | Advanced Mock Trial | X | Porter | ||
| POLS 400 | Special Problems for Adv Undergraduates | X | X | X | Staff |
| POLS 417 | Feminist Legal Theory | - | - | - | |
| POLS 419 | Social Movements | X | Williams | ||
| POLS 420 | US Foreign Policy | X | Hurt | ||
| POLS 425 | Political Corruption | - | - | - | |
| POLS 426 | International Organizations and Law | X | Hurt | ||
| POLS 427 | Politics of the Global Economy | X | Hurt | ||
| POLS 428 | Issues/Topics - Politics of China | - | - | - | |
| POLS 429 | International Relations - Civil Military Relations LA | - | - | - | |
| POLS 430 | Theory - Non-Western Political Thought | - | - | - | |
| POLS 431 | Issues/Topics - Constitutional Design, Political Psychology | X | Cravens | ||
| POLS 435 | Political Communication | - | - | - | |
| POLS 440 | CA Bill Project | - | - | - | |
| POLS 445 | Voting Rights and Representation | X | Latner | ||
| POLS 451 | Technology and Public Policy | X | Hurt | ||
| POLS 452 | Technology and Intl Development | X | Hurt | ||
| POLS 457 | US Reproductive Politics | X | Denbow | ||
| POLS 459 | Politics of Poverty | X | Williams | ||
| POLS 461 | Senior Project I | X | X | X | Staff |
| POLS 462 | Senior Project II | X | X | X | Staff |
| POLS 470 | Selected Advanced Topics - Grant Writing (2 units) | - | - | - | |
| POLS 471 | Urban Politics | X | Ward | ||
| POLS 500 | Independent Study | X | X | X | Staff |
| POLS 510 | Research Design | X | Pierce | ||
| POLS 515 | Public Policy | X | Ward | ||
| POLS 518 | Public Policy Analysis | X | Nguyen | ||
| POLS 540 | Leadership & Management | - | - | - | |
| POLS 550 | Regulatory and Economic Policy | X | Ward | ||
| POLS 560 | Quantitative Methods | X | Pierce | ||
| POLS 568 | Special Topics in Public Policy - CA Cyber Challenge | X | Ward | ||
| POLS 570 | - | - | - | ||
| POLS 586 | Policy Internship | X | X | X | Staff |
| POLS 590 | Graduate Seminar | X | Arrington | ||
| POLS 595 | Comprehensive Exam Prep | X | Ward |