| Course-Id | Title | Effective | Latest Offering |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLSI 100 | Understanding Politics ( 3 units) | Fall 1985 | Fall 2008 |
| PLSI 106 | Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy: Introduction to Political Economy ( 3 units) | Spring 1986 | Summer 2007 |
| PLSI 150 | Contemporary Moral/Political Issues ( 3 units) | Fall 1996 | Spring 2008 |
| PLSI 200 | American Politics ( 3 units) | Fall 1985 | Fall 2008 |
| PLSI 250 | Comparative Politics ( 3 units) | Spring 2000 | Fall 2008 |
| PLSI 273 | Essentials of California Politics ( 1 unit) | Fall 2005 | Fall 2006 |
| PLSI 275 | Introduction to Political Theory ( 3 units) | Summer 2006 | Fall 2008 |
| PLSI 300 | Scientific Inquiry in Political Science ( 4 units) | Spring 1991 | Fall 2008 |
| PLSI 301 | Public Administration and Democracy ( 4 units) | Spring 2003 | Spring 2008 |
| PLSI 310 | Contemporary Issues in American Politics ( 3 units) | Spring 1980 | Fall 2007 |
| PLSI 320 | Political Forum ( 2 units) | Fall 1992 | |
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Variable topic(s): PLSI 320 | Political Forum: Current Topics ( 2 units) | Fall 1992 | Spring 2007 |
| PLSI 321 | Development and Foreign Policy-Africa ( 4 units) | Fall 1995 | Fall 2008 |
| PLSI 322 | Latin American Policy Analysis ( 4 units) | Fall 1995 | Spring 2008 |
| PLSI 325 | Chinese Foreign Policy ( 4 units) | Spring 2006 | Spring 2008 |
| PLSI 328 | Domestic and Foreign Policy: Post-Communist Regions ( 4 units) | Fall 2001 | Fall 2007 |
| PLSI 329 | U.S.-Japan Politics ( 4 units) | Fall 1996 | Spring 2008 |
| PLSI 342 | Strategy and War ( 4 units) | Spring 1992 | Fall 2008 |
| PLSI 351 | Political Theory: The Classical Tradition ( 4 units) | Spring 1980 | Spring 2008 |
| PLSI 352 | Political Theory: Reformation to Nineteenth Century ( 4 units) | Spring 1980 | Fall 2007 |
| PLSI 353 | Political Theory: The Twentieth Century ( 4 units) | Spring 1980 | Fall 2008 |
| PLSI 354 | Politics, the Environment, and Social Change ( 4 units) | Fall 2003 | Fall 2008 |
| PLSI 355 | The Politics and Ethics of the Consumer Society ( 3 units) | Spring 1999 | Spring 2008 |
| PLSI 360 | Development of American Political Thought ( 4 units) | Spring 1980 | Fall 2008 |
| PLSI 380 | Problems in Political Theory ( 4 units) | Spring 1980 | |
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Variable topic(s): PLSI 380 | Corruption in Politics ( 4 units) | Fall 1983 | Fall 2007 |
| PLSI 381 | Political Theories of Sexuality ( 4 units) | Fall 2003 | Fall 2008 |
| PLSI 382 | Politics and Literature ( 4 units) | Spring 2004 | Fall 2007 |
| PLSI 383 | Religion and Politics ( 4 units) | Spring 2004 | Spring 2006 |
| PLSI 384 | South African Political Thought ( 4 units) | Spring 2007 | Spring 2007 |
| PLSI 385 | Black Political Thought ( 4 units) | Summer 2007 | |
| PLSI 387 | Non Western Comparative Political Thought ( 4 units) | Summer 2007 | Fall 2007 |
| PLSI 400 | Public Policy Process ( 3 units) | Spring 2006 | Fall 2008 |
| PLSI 404 | Politics of China ( 4 units) | Fall 1987 | Fall 2007 |
| PLSI 407 | Politics of Russia ( 4 units) | Fall 1998 | Spring 2008 |
| PLSI 408 | The U.S.-Mexico Connection: Politics and Cultures ( 3 units) | Spring 1998 | Spring 2008 |
| PLSI 410 | Middle East Politics ( 4 units) | Spring 2004 | Spring 2008 |
| PLSI 411 | East Asian Politics ( 4 units) | Spring 2003 | Spring 2008 |
| PLSI 412 | South Asian Politics ( 4 units) | Fall 1995 | Fall 2008 |
| PLSI 414 | Topics in Comparative Politics ( 4 units) | Spring 2004 | |
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Variable topic(s): PLSI 414 | Crisis and Change ( 4 units) | Fall 1981 | Spring 2007 |
| PLSI 414 | Imagining Europe: Politics and Film ( 4 units) | Spring 2004 | |
| PLSI 414 | Western European Politics ( 4 units) | Fall 2001 | Fall 2006 |
| PLSI 415 | Politics of India ( 4 units) | Spring 2007 | Spring 2008 |
| PLSI 416 | Ethnicity and Nationalism ( 4 units) | Spring 1999 |