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Discipline: Humanities & Social Sciences: Political Science
Course Name Course Number
African American/Black Politics POLI 35
  • Students will be able to identify significant changes that have occurred in African-American political participation since the passage of the Voting Rights Act.
  • Students will be able to assess the success of African Americans in attaining representation in various levels of government.
Comparative Politics POLI 2
  • Explain ethnic group conflict, and political institutions for managing ethnic group conflict.
  • Explain the impact of regional, economic, historical and cultural factors on political institutions and behavior.
  • Analyze the role of political parties, interest groups, elections and the mass media in various countries.
  • Analyze political systems by using the comparative method.
  • Distinguish among regime types and their central features.
  • Identify the key features of parliamentary and presidential forms of government and identify their advantages and disadvantages.
  • Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of proportional representation and single member district plurality as electoral methods.
  • Identify the role of the state.
  • Compare political systems, both in theory and with actual country examples.
Environmental Politics POLI 10
  • Students should be able to define sustainability taking account of social, economic, and environmental indicators.
  • Students should be able to identify and compare competing models of sustainable political economy.
International Relations POLI 9
  • Define, explain, analyze and compare core theories in International Relations and explain which theory best describes international relations and why.
  • Describe the International Relations concept Levels of Analysis and argue which level, or levels, best explains and analyzes international relations.
  • Demonstrate a basic knowledge of the United Nations, World Trade Organization, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the Cold War and its aftermath, the politics of the Middle East and American foreign policy.
  • Explain the impact of important historical events on the contemporary study of international relations and world politics.
  • Explain two theories of International Relations and argue which theory best explains International Relations and support said theory with appropriate evidence.
  • Describe the roles of national, international, transnational and sub-national actors in promoting or hindering international cooperation.
  • Analyze and evaluate key topics such as globalization, conflict, cooperation, diplomacy, international law, human rights, and international political economy.
Introduction to American Government and Politics POLI 1
  • Students will be able to differentiate powers delegated to the U.S. from those reserved to the states.
  • Students will be able to identify constitutional changes that have expanded liberties and rights.
  • Students will be able to evaluate the role of political parties, interest groups, elections and the mass media in the American political system with an emphasis on the state of California and its relations to the national government.
  • Students will be able to analyze policy areas such as foreign and domestic policy in order to understand the political outcome of various policy alternatives.
  • Students will be able to evaluate the role of Congress, the presidency, the courts and their interaction with state and local governments.
  • Students will be able to marshal empirical data to support a political science theory.
  • Students will be able to differentiate among changes in the American constitutional government over time.
Introduction to American Government and Politics - Honors POLI 1H
  • Students will be able to identify constitutional changes that have expanded liberties and rights.
  • Students will be able to differentiate powers delegated to the U.S. from those reserved to the states.
  • Evaluate the role of political parties, interest groups, elections and the mass media in the American political system with an emphasis on the state of California and its relations to the national government.
  • Evaluate the role of Congress, the presidency, the courts and their interaction with state and local governments.
  • Students will be able to analyze policy areas such as foreign and domestic policy in order to understand the political outcome of various policy alternatives.
Latino Politics in the United States POLI 25
  • Students will be able to identify significant changes that have occurred over the past two decades in representation by Latinos in American government and politics.
  • Students will be able to identify similarities and differences in public opinion held by different Latino communities such as Mexican Americans and Cuban Americans.
Political Theory I - Ancient to Contemporary POLI 5
  • Students will be able to analyze the development of political theory and its impact on the historical development of governmental institutions.
  • Students will be able to assess and classify contemporary political ideas in terms of their theoretical and philosophical origins.
Political Theory II - Early Modern to Contemporary POLI 7
  • Students should be able to explain the meaning of the terms public sphere and civil society in the theories of contemporary political theorists.
  • Students should be able to accurately explain theories of power and crisis associated with theories of thinkers covered in the course and to compare them
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