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Course Criteria
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5.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour; extra reading, 1 hour; individual study, 1 hour; term paper, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Examines the political process of California. Focuses on both the electoral and legislative politics and the contribution they make to democratic governance under conditions of social diversity. Credit is awarded for only one of POSC 173 or POSC 173S.
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4.00 Credits
Seminar, 3 hours; outside research, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Familiarizes students with the procedures and techniques, from theory construction to data collection and analysis, needed to design and conduct original research for an honors thesis. Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) grading is not available.
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4.00 Credits
Seminar, 3 hours; outside research, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): POSC 175H; upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Provides guidance for students writing an honors thesis in political science. Topics include bibliographic research, fieldwork, statistics, case study analysis, professional writing, and standards of academic scholarship. Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) grading is not available.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Thesis, 3-12 hours. Prerequisite(s): POSC 175H; POSC 176H; upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Independent research and preparation of an honors thesis completed under the supervision of a faculty member. Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) grading is not available. Course is repeatable to a maximum of 12 units.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upperdivision standing or consent of instructor. Focuses on the social, environmental, and political factors that shape population health. Utilizes public health topics to illustrate the fundamental problems of the politics of regulation and social policy. Credit is awarded for only one of POSC 180 or POSC 180S.
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5.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Focuses on the social, environmental, and political factors that shape population health. Utilizes public health topics to illustrate the fundamental problems of the politics of regulation and social policy. Credit is awarded for only one of POSC 180 or POSC 180S.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; outside research, 1 hour; individual study, 1 hour; term paper, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing; POSC 010 or POSC 010H. Introduces methods and approaches used to describe, explain, and evaluate public policies. Examples include group theories, system approaches, program planning, and budgeting systems.
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5.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Examines the political and administrative processes of economic policy formation, the rationale of government programs, and the mixture of facts, values, and social forces that determine policy. Emphasizes issues of government-economy interaction emerging under the impact of modern technology.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; outside research, 1 hour; extra reading, 1 hour; term paper, 1 hour. Prerequisite(s): POSC 010 or POSC 010H; upper-division standing or consent of instructor. An introduction to the politics and theory of public administration. Topics include decision- making processes, leadership, formal and informal organization, and the interrelationships among values, structures, and behavior patterns.
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5.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; discussion, 1 hour; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Examines government regulation from a political perspective, covering both traditional areas of business regulation and the newer social regulation in areas of environment, health and safety, and personal behavior. Evaluates rationales for and against regulation, in theory and through case studies.
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