BACK TODepartment of History and Government

Political Science Minor

Lower Division Requirements

POL213 American Government

The course provides an introductory overview of the American political system. It begins with a discussion of the principles of the Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights and an examination of their impact on the country. It also covers the avenues and means of democratic citizenship and political influence in American politics. The course further examines the major political institutions in the United States: Congress, Presidency, Bureaucracy, and Courts. In order to assess the impact of government on society, the course concludes with an exploration of public policy. (Meets state requirement in United States Constitution and California Government.) (3 units; Fall/Spring)

	Course	Sec	Instructor	Dates	Days	Time	Location
Summer 2013	POL213-A	A	Barnes, Jeffrey A.	05/06/2013	Tuesday, Thursday	10:30 AM - 12:30 PM	Yeager Center B220
Fall 2013	POL213-D	D	TBA	09/03/2013	Monday, Wednesday, Friday	2:00 PM - 2:50 PM	Yeager Center A110
Fall 2013	POL213-B	B	Skubik, Daniel W.	09/03/2013	Monday, Wednesday, Friday	1:00 PM - 1:50 PM	Yeager Center A110
Fall 2013	POL213-C	C	McCarthy, John J.	09/03/2013	Tuesday, Thursday	11:00 AM - 12:20 PM	Yeager Center A112
Fall 2013	POL213-A	A	Bishop, Jim	09/03/2013	Monday, Wednesday, Friday	8:00 AM - 8:50 AM	Yeager Center A110

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POL223 State and Local Government

This course studies the place and responsibilities of state and local governments in the United States and how they relate with other units of government. This includes an assessment of the citizenship and participation in state and local politics, both at the individual and collective level; and then an examination of state political institutions, such as governors, state legislatures, state courts, and administration. The course also covers city and county governments, and other local units of government. Although it is comparative, special attention is given to California politics.(3 units; Fall/Spring)

	Course	Sec	Instructor	Dates	Days	Time	Location
Fall 2013	POL223-A	A	TBA	09/03/2013	Tuesday, Thursday	12:30 PM - 1:50 PM	Yeager Center A110

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Upper Division Requirements

POL395 Political Economy

This course explores the relationship between the economy and politics and provides both a description and assessment of the economy. This entails an overview of economic theory, macroeconomics, savings, investments, microeconomics and markets, inflation, monetary policy, international economics and globalization, and the role of the private sector and government. (3 units; Interdisciplinary; Fall odd years)

	Course	Sec	Instructor	Dates	Days	Time	Location
Fall 2013	POL395-A	A	Luther, Timothy C.	09/03/2013	Monday, Wednesday	11:00 AM - 11:50 AM	TBA ONLN

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12 upper division units in Political Science