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Course Criteria
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1.50 Credits
Staff This course is concerned with understanding the political opinions that citizens hold and the relationship between these opinions and American democracy. We will consider what public opinion is, how it is measured, and the many influences that form it. Offered every other year.
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1.50 Credits
Lynch This course examines the basic dimensions of inequality and changes in the distribution of wealth and power, patterns of ethnic and gender relations, and rates of social mobility. A major focus is how technological change, globalization and immigration impact occupational structures and career ladders. The course deals with leadership, legal and policy issues pertaining to taxation, concentration of wealth, maintaining the middle class, discrimination, affirmative action/work force diversity, generational divides, poverty reduction and welfare reform. Introductory level economics, psychology and/or sociology course recommended. Offered every year.
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1.50 Credits
Pitney. Analyzes the relationship between the political decision makers and the news media. Topics include: the structure and organization of print and electronic media; forms of political journalism, such as investigative reporting and commentary; ways by which political figures try to influence the news; the impact of news stories on public opinion. Offered every other year.
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1.50 Credits
Pitney This course analyzes the six phases of the public policy process: the origin of policy ideas; estimation of costs and benefits; choice of alternatives by political leaders; implementation by bureaucracies; appraisal of outcomes; and termination of policies. The course pays special attention to policies that affect business and the economy. Offered occasionally.
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1.50 Credits
Miller This course focuses on California, the nation's largest and most complex state. Course elements include the California's political history, dramatic demographic change (population growth and increased racial and ethnic diversity), partisan composition, political institutions (fragmented executive, term-limited legislature, elected judiciary, and direct democracy), major policy challenges, and impact on national politics. Offered every year.
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1.50 Credits
Ascher This course focuses on how environmental conversation and natural-resource policies are developed and chosen in the policy processes of the United States and other countries. This focus permits examination of the methodologies of evaluating environmental policy options, the processes of policymaking, and the institutions involved in conservation, environmental improvement, and other policies that affect the environment. The analytic approaches include the policy sciences framework for understanding the process itself, the methodologies of ecosystem valuation, and the issues involved with different types of policy instruments for environmental and conservation management. Also listed as Economics 118. Prerequisites: Economics 50 and Government 20. Offered every year.
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1.50 Credits
Christian and McHenry This course is intended to introduce students to environmental law through an examination and discussion of a number of currently debated issues. The emphasis of the course will be on the role of law in protecting environmental quality and mediating environmental disputes. Offered every spring semester.
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1.50 Credits
Merkle, C. Rossum This course covers basic concepts of organization theory and organizational behavior. Topics include systems of organizational design and task management and their relation to issues of productivity improvement; motivation and morale; organizational adaptation and change; management methods in government and business, and ethical problems of management. Counts as a core course toward the government major. Offered every year.
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1.50 Credits
Merkle This course covers power and authority in organizations; the role of leadership and effective leadership styles; the relationship of leadership to organizational values; group dynamics; decision-making; motivation; and conflict management techniques. Counts as a core course toward the government major. Offered every year.
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1.50 Credits
Busch, Pitney This course examines American political parties as electoral organizations, as voting blocs in the general public, and as groups of government officials. It explores linkages of these three dimensions in national, state, and local politics. Topics include: political realignments, minor parties, national conventions, and quasi-parties such as United We Stand. Offered every other year.
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