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USC Catalogue 2018-2019 [ARCHIVED CATALOGUE]

Courses of Instruction

The terms indicated are expected but are not guaranteed. For the courses offered during any given term, consult the Schedule of Classes.
 

Political Science and International Relations
  

  • POIR 650 Comparative Politics of East and Southeast Asia

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Comparison of significant political phenomena between the countries in the East and Southeast Asia region and the long-term consequences of such comparisons.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to doctoral students.
  

  • POIR 660 Introduction to International Relations Theory

    Units: 4
    The primary objective of this course is to introduce PhD students to theoretical and empirical issues related to the study of international relations.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to doctoral students.
  

  • POIR 661 International Relations Theory: Advanced

    Units: 4
    Examines the specialized nomenclature of international relations and the varied interpretations of basic concepts of international theory; conceptual analysis and criticism.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to doctoral students.
    Duplicates Credit in former IR 501.
  

  • POIR 662 Governance in International Relations

    Units: 4
    Rules and rule structures in international relations; major theoretical perspectives and empirical research.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to doctoral students.
  

  • POIR 670 International Political Economy

    Units: 4
    Survey of approaches to international political economy. Intellectual roots; the management of collective goods; North-South relations are examined.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to doctoral students.
  

  • POIR 680 International Security and Foreign Policy

    Units: 4
    Examination of the interconnected fields of international security and foreign policy, including decision making and patterns of interaction regarding international conflict.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to doctoral students.
  

  • POIR 790 Research

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
    Research leading to the doctorate. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department.
    Grading Option: Graded CR/NC.

  

  • POIR 794a Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Grading Option: Graded CR/NC.

  

  • POIR 794b Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Grading Option: Graded CR/NC.

  

  • POIR 794c Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Grading Option: Graded CR/NC.

  

  • POIR 794d Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 2
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Grading Option: Graded CR/NC.

  

  • POIR 794z Doctoral Dissertation

    Units: 0
    Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
    Grading Option: Graded CR/NC.


Portuguese
  

  • PORT 120 Portuguese I

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    For students with no proficiency in Portuguese. Practice in listening comprehension, oral communication, elementary reading and writing.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • PORT 150 Portuguese II

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    For students with some language proficiency in Portuguese; increased emphasis on listening, comprehension, oral communication, reading, and writing. Students will be required to take a Portuguese placement exam in the Spanish and Portuguese Department.
    Prerequisite: PORT 120 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • PORT 175 Accelerated Portuguese I

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Encourages rapid acquisition through intensive exposure to Portuguese while following a proficiency-oriented approach.  Recommended for students with a background in Spanish or another Romance language. 
    Recommended Preparation: at least two years or equivalent of formal study of either Spanish or another Romance language, and/or fluent or native speakers of Spanish or a Romance language, including heritage speakers of Portuguese
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • PORT 220 Portuguese III

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Intensive work in listening comprehension, oral communication, reading and writing, with emphasis on free expression; readings related to Portuguese culture and civilization.
    Prerequisite: PORT 150 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • PORT 225 Accelerated Portuguese II

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp

    Continuation of rapid acquisition of Portuguese language. Course follows a proficiency-oriented approach. Recommended for students with a background in Spanish or another Romance language.

     
    Recommended Preparation: PORT 175  or equivalent. Recommended for students with at least two years or equivalent of formal study of either Spanish or another Romance language. Recommended for fluent or native speakers of Spanish or a Romance language, including heritage speakers of Portuguese.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • PORT 240 Portuguese IV

    Units: 4
    Four-skills course with review of grammar. Writing and reading intensive. Authentic materials related to Lusobrazilian culture and civilization.
    Prerequisite: PORT 220 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • PORT 250g Cultures of Brazil and Lusophone Africa

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Comparative study of Brazil in the context of the Lusophone (Portuguese-speaking) world, especially Portugal’s former colonies in Africa. Materials drawn from literature, visual culture, music and cultural theory.
    Satisfies Old General Education in Category II: Global Cultures and Traditions
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • PORT 300 Introduction to Social and Literary Studies

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    A third year Portuguese course aimed at advanced-level students in Portuguese. Examines and reviews the more complex Portuguese grammatical points, usage, and provide the students further opportunity to perfect their reading, writing and speaking abilities.
    Prerequisite: PORT 120  and PORT 150  and PORT 220  and PORT 240 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • PORT 302 Introduction to Brazilian Literature

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    An introduction to Brazilian literature and culture exploring how Brazil has been understood and represented through spatial categories that have become, as it were, “common places” in Brazilian literary studies: the rural Brazil of the backlands, the tropical Brazil of the Amazon, the urban and cosmopolitan Brazil of the large cities, and how they relate to questions of identity and difference in the context of Brazilian society.
    Prerequisite: PORT 120  and PORT 150  and PORT 220  and PORT 240 
    Recommended Preparation: PORT 300 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • PORT 316 Portuguese for Business and the Professions

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Aimed at advanced-level students in Portuguese who wish to develop a working knowledge of Portuguese for business and/or for the professions.
    Prerequisite: PORT 240 
    Recommended Preparation: PORT 300 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • PORT 342 Brazilian Cinema

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Survey of Brazilian cinema, designed to introduce students to major themes and issues within Brazilian studies through the examination of important Brazilian films within their historical, social and political contexts.
    Prerequisite: PORT 120  and PORT 150  and PORT 220  and PORT 240 
    Recommended Preparation: PORT 300 
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • PORT 390 Special Problems

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
    Supervised, individual studies. No more than one registration permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • PORT 590 Directed Research

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
    Research leading to the master’s degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit


Political Science
  

  • POSC 100g Theory and Practice of American Democracy

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Theoretical, institutional, and functional aspects of American national, state, and local government and politics; contemporary issues. Recommended for freshmen and sophomores.
    Satisfies New General Education in Category C: Social Analysis
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 110g Ideology and Political Conflict

    Units: 4
    Modern political ideologies; their assumptions, perceptions, and prescriptions regarding political stability and social injustice: anarchism, communism, socialism, liberalism, conservatism, and fascism.
    Satisfies New General Education in Category C: Social Analysis
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 120 Comparative Politics

    Units: 4
    Gateway to the major in political science. Comparative analysis of political institutions and processes in selected industrial, developing and socialist countries, in terms of contrasting ideologies, parties, elites, and economies.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 130g Law, Politics and Public Policy

    Units: 4
    Interaction between law and politics; overview of the American legal system; value conflicts and public policy questions which arise within it.
    Satisfies New General Education in Category C: Social Analysis
    Satisfies Old General Education in Category VI: Social Issues
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 165g Modern Times

    Units: 4
    Explores the current major social and political issues that confront scholars, leaders, and citizens in today’s modern world.
    Satisfies Old General Education in Category VI: Social Issues
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 190a Politics and Society

    Units: 4
    Honors seminar for freshmen and sophomores.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 190b Politics and Society

    Units: 4
    Continuation of work begun in first semester.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 201x Law and Politics: Electing a President

    Units: 4
    (Enroll in LAW 201 )
  

  • POSC 210gmw Social Analysis of Gender

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    (Enroll in SWMS 210 )
    Satisfies New General Education in Category C: Social Analysis
    Satisfies Global Perspective in Category G: Citizenship in a Diverse World
  

  • POSC 220g Critical Issues in American Politics: Presidential Election in Real Time

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Examination of enduring political issues, as well as the political processes and institutions.
    Satisfies New General Education in Category C: Social Analysis
    Satisfies Old General Education in Category VI: Social Issues
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 248gw Human Rights

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Overview of human rights controversies across the globe. Introduction to techniques of analysis for social issues, interdisciplinary research methods, and interpretation of complex political problems.
    Satisfies New General Education in Category C: Social Analysis
    Satisfies Global Perspective in Category G: Citizenship in a Diverse World
    Satisfies Old General Education in Category VI: Social Issues
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 250 Critical Issues in Comparative Politics

    Units: 4
    Critical analysis of major issues in comparative politics such as dependency, crises in political legitimacy, political violence and terrorism, political corruption, genocide, and comparative revolutions.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 255g Cultures, Civilizations and Ethnicities in World Politics

    Units: 4
    Theories and case studies of conflict and coexistence between cultures, civilizations and ethnic groups in the context of the countervailing force of Western socio-economic globalization.
    Satisfies Old General Education in Category II: Global Cultures and Traditions
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 260 Global Ethnic Politics

    Units: 4
    A comparative analysis of multi-ethnic societies through case studies of inter-ethnic conflict and coexistence, conflict resolution, prevention of genocide and defense of human rights.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 265gw Environmental Challenges

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Examination of the challenges of environmental problem-solving at the personal, local, national and global scales, focused on the issue of climate change.
    Satisfies New General Education in Category C: Social Analysis
    Satisfies Global Perspective in Category G: Citizenship in a Diverse World
    Satisfies Old General Education in Category VI: Social Issues
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 270 Introduction to Environmental Law and Politics

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Overview of environmental policy, law and politics at the international, domestic and local levels. Social science gateway to the environmental studies major.
    Prerequisite: ENST 100 .
    Duplicates Credit in POSC 347.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as ENST-270
  

  • POSC 300 Principles, Institutions, and Great Issues of American Democracy

    Units: 4
    Underlying principles of American democracy; major issues of contemporary public policy in national and state institutions.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 311 Political Analysis

    Units: 4
    Methodological and theoretical problems of micro-analytic studies in political science. Techniques of data collection and assimilation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 315 Regulation of Elections and Political Finance

    Units: 4
    The role money plays in elections and public decisions: disclosure requirements, limits on campaign contributions and expenditures, regulation of radio/television time, tax incentives, public funding.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 320 Urban Politics

    Units: 4
    Evolution of contemporary institutions; differing views of community power; major policies; state and federal relations to local governments; metropolitan community problems.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 321 Urban Political Problems

    Units: 4
    Social problems and governmental policy in the urban environment, emphasizing such problem areas as education, environment, race, police and the system of criminal justice, and poverty.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 322 Social Construction of Race and Citizenship

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    (Enroll in AMST 320 )
  

  • POSC 323 Applied Politics

    Units: 4
    Max Units: 12.0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to become active in politics based on understanding the history, theory, and practices of public participation.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 325 State Politics

    Units: 4
    American state politics from a comparative perspective. Examines political processes, differing policy outcomes and the impact of social change on system performance.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 326 Case Studies in Modern Leadership

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    (Enroll in MDA 325 )
  

  • POSC 328 Asian American Politics

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Examines political attitudes, behavior and participation of Asian Americans in diverse U.S. society.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as AMST-328
  

  • POSC 333 Stigma and Society: Physical Disability in America

    Units: 4
    Political activity involving disabled persons; development of public policy regarding disabled citizens.
    Duplicates Credit in former POSC 233.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 334 Interest Groups and Elite Behavior

    Units: 4
    Introduction to interest group and elite views of the American system, including recent interest group theory and findings and the general critiques of power distribution in American society.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 335 Political Parties, Campaigns, and Elections

    Units: 4
    Organization and function of political parties, nominations and elections, strategy and tactics of campaigning, professional candidate management finance, political machines, voting behavior.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 340 Constitutional Law

    Units: 4
    Development of constitutional law by the courts; leading cases bearing on major constitutional issues; the federal system; powers of government; civil liberties.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 345 International Law

    Units: 4
    Nature, origin, and development of international law; basic principles analyzed and illustrated with cases.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 347 Environmental Law

    Units: 4
    Introduces students to central concepts and theories in environmental law and regulation; analyzes present environmental laws and regulations.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as ENST-347
  

  • POSC 349 Women and the Law

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    (Enroll in SWMS 349 )
  

  • POSC 350 Politics of Latin America

    Units: 4
    Theories of development and nation-building; revolutionary and evolutionary modernization; role of history, culture, socioeconomic conditions in affecting political structures and functions.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 351 Middle East Politics

    Units: 4
    Political development in the Middle East, emphasizing historical, cultural, and socioeconomic conditions affecting political structures and functions; modernization and countervailing social, economic, and religious forces.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 352 Politics of Southeast Asia

    Units: 4
    Theories of development and nation-building; revolutionary and evolutionary modernization; role of history, culture, socioeconomic conditions in affecting political structures and functions.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 354 Japanese Politics

    Units: 4
    Contemporary Japanese politics, political economy, and political processes. How political systems are organized; roles of bureaucrats, politicians, interest groups, and social activists in policymaking.
    Recommended Preparation: POSC 120 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 355 Politics of East Asia

    Units: 4
    Institutions and processes of advanced societies; political culture, interest articulation and aggregation, the governmental process.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 356 Politics in the People’s Republic of China

    Units: 4
    The Chinese revolution; social, political, and economic developments in post-1949 China; China after Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung).
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 358 Politics of Sub-Sahara Africa

    Units: 4
    Theories of development and nation-building; revolutionary and evolutionary modernization; role of history, culture, socioeconomic conditions in affecting political structures and functions.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 360 Comparative Political Institutions

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Institutions and processes of advanced industrial societies; political culture, interest articulation and aggregation, the governmental process.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 363 Cities and Regions in World Politics

    Units: 4
    Cities and the rise of states; globalization and localization; federalism and decentralization; comparative politics of urban regions in developed and developing countries.
    Recommended Preparation: comparative or urban politics.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 365 World Political Leadership

    Units: 4
    Comparative analysis of theories of power and leadership; application to leaders from western democracies, Third World, and socialist countries. Societal consequences of their policies.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 366 Terrorism and Genocide

    Units: 4
    Comparative analysis of the determinants of political violence, terrorism, and genocide and their social and moral consequences; application of theories to contemporary case studies.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 370 European Political Thought I

    Units: 4
    Basic concepts of Western political thought from Plato through the contract theorists.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 371 European Political Thought II

    Units: 4
    Western political thought since the French Revolution. Rise of Marxist socialism, communism, anarchism, fascism, National Socialism, other doctrines; the democratic tradition; new theories of the state.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 374 The American Founders: Visions, Values and Legacy

    Units: 4
    Analysis of the political thought of the American Founders; consideration of alternative visions of patriarchalism, republicanism, and liberal democracy; exploration of Founders’ core values and their impact on issues of race, class, and gender.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 375 American Political Thought

    Units: 4
    Historical and topical review of American political philosophy from the Puritans to the present. Special emphasis on such recurrent themes as equality, democracy, and racism.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 377 Asian Political Thought

    Units: 4
    Major systems of political thought in Chinese, Japanese, and other Asian cultural traditions. Confucianism, Buddhism, Islam, and other classical systems and their present-day adaptations under the impact of communism and democracy.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 380 Political Theories and Social Reform

    Units: 2 or 4
    Political theories and philosophies in modern times and their relation to public policy and social reform.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as SWMS-382
  

  • POSC 381 Sex, Power, and Politics

    Units: 4
    An evaluation of the ways in which different ideologies, institutions, and policies contribute to differences in political power between men and women.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as SWMS-381
  

  • POSC 390 Special Problems

    Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
    Supervised, individual studies. No more than one registration permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 391 Honors I: Undergraduate Seminar

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Selected topics in designated area of political science. Discussion of readings and presentation of papers.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 392 Honors II: Undergraduate Thesis

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Sp
    Thesis written under supervision, based on research begun in Honors I.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 395 Directed Governmental and Political Leadership Internship

    Units: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Max Units: 8.0
    Intensive experience in governmental and political offices. Minimum time requirement; evaluation by office and intern report required. Permission of the Director of the Institute of Politics and Government required.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as ENST-396
  

  • POSC 398L Trial Advocacy: Theory and Practice

    Units: 1, 2, 4
    Max Units: 8.0
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Course covering substantive law, evidence, public speaking and use of societal mores in courtroom advocacy.
    Registration Restriction: Open only to Mock Trial team members.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 410x Political Fellows Seminars

    Units: 2, 4, 6, 8
    Max Units: 08
    Terms Offered: FaSp
    Political practitioners will teach on topics such as political strategy, campaigns and speechwriting.
    Credit Restriction: Not available for Political Science major credit
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Credit/No Credit

  

  • POSC 418 Environmental Sustainability and Public Participation

    Units: 4
    Examines civic participation in international, national, and local environmental politics and sustainability efforts.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 420 Practicum in the American Political Process

    Units: 4
    Max Units: 12.0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Fieldwork in governmental institutions and processes.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 421 Ethnic Politics

    Units: 4
    Analysis of the political behavior and roles of ethnic and racial groups in the American political system; public policy issues and patterns of political action are examined.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 422 Political Attitudes and Behavior

    Units: 4
    The citizen’s political world; political socialization, opinion formation and dissemination; development of political cultures and subcultures; political mobilization; personality and politics.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 423 Presidents and the Presidency

    Units: 4
    Presidential coalition; sources of presidential power; recent leadership styles; decision-making within the presidency.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 424m Political Participation and American Diversity

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Examines how diverse groups in the U.S. interact with the American political system.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as AMST-424
  

  • POSC 425 Legislative Process

    Units: 4
    Individual behavior and decision-making within legislatures; changing executive-legislative functions; legislative functions; relationships to political systems in comparative perspective.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 426 The United States Supreme Court

    Units: 4
    Role of the court in American politics; overview of major decisions; the politics of appointment; the process of decision-making; impact of judicial decisions.
    Recommended Preparation: POSC 130 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 427 Black Politics in the American Political System

    Units: 4
    The effects of the organization of the American political system and its operations on blacks and other minorities.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 428 Latino Politics

    Units: 4
    Terms Offered: Fa
    Analysis of the historic and contemporary roles of Latinos in the American political system; patterns of political participation and representation are examined.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as AMST-428
  

  • POSC 430 Political Economy of Mexico

    Units: 4
    Examination of contemporary Mexico: the role of the state in the Mexican economy; development of the government party and opposition groups.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 431 Political Economy of Central America

    Units: 4
    Focus on economic, social, and political structures and processes in the region and in specific countries, especially Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 432 Politics of Local Criminal Justice

    Units: 4
    Roles and behavior of major legal and political participants in the criminal justice system including the police, the legal profession, judges, and the public.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 435 Politics and the Economy

    Units: 4
    Major techniques, politics, and values involved in the allocation of social and economic resources. Includes such topics as determination of priorities in budgetary processes, economic regulation, control of environmental change, and policies for science.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 436 Environmental Politics

    Units: 4
    The political realities of selected environmental issues; resolving and implementing social priorities; interests, attitudes, strategies, and tactics of pressure groups; institutional biases and opportunities.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

    Crosslisted as ENST-436
  

  • POSC 437 Mass Media and Politics

    Units: 4
    Analysis of political content of mass media. Audience response to alternative sources of political information. Consideration of the institutional and economic as well as political aspects of the mass media.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 439 Critical Issues in American Politics

    Units: 4
    Max Units: 12.0
    Terms Offered: FaSpSm
    Intensive examination of critical issues of particular interest in the field of American politics.
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

  

  • POSC 440 Comparative Law and the Judicial Process

    Units: 4
    Analysis of courts in comparative perspective; judicial decision-making and development of public policy through the judicial process; theories of law and jurisprudence.
    Recommended Preparation: POSC 340 .
    Instruction Mode: Lecture
    Grading Option: Letter

 

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