Course Descriptions

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Political Science Discipline Courses

Course ID Title Latest Offering
PLSI 100 Understanding Politics (3) Spring 2009
PLSI 106 Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy: Introduction to Political Economy (3) Summer 2007
PLSI 150 Contemporary Moral/Political Issues (3) Spring 2008
PLSI 200 American Politics (3) Fall 2009
PLSI 250 Comparative Politics (3) Fall 2009
PLSI 273 Essentials of California Politics (1) Fall 2009
PLSI 275 Introduction to Political Theory (3) Fall 2009
PLSI 300 Scientific Inquiry in Political Science (4) Fall 2009
PLSI 301 Public Administration and Democracy (4) Spring 2009
PLSI 310 Contemporary Issues in American Politics (3) Fall 2007
PLSI 320 Political Forum (2) Effective Fall 1992
PLSI 320 Variable topics:
  PLSI 320 Political Forum: Current Topics (2) Spring 2007
PLSI 321 Development and Foreign Policy-Africa (4) Fall 2009
PLSI 322 Latin American Policy Analysis (4) Spring 2009
PLSI 325 Chinese Foreign Policy (4) Spring 2009
PLSI 328 Domestic and Foreign Policy: Post-Communist Regions (4) Fall 2009
PLSI 329 U.S.-Japan Politics (4) Spring 2009
PLSI 342 Strategy and War (4) Fall 2009
PLSI 351 Political Theory: The Classical Tradition (4) Spring 2008
PLSI 352 Political Theory: Reformation to Nineteenth Century (4) Fall 2007
PLSI 353 Political Theory: The Twentieth Century (4) Fall 2009
PLSI 354 Politics, the Environment, and Social Change (4) Fall 2009
PLSI 355 The Politics and Ethics of the Consumer Society (3) Spring 2009
PLSI 360 Development of American Political Thought (4) Fall 2009
PLSI 380 Problems in Political Theory (4) Effective Spring 1980
PLSI 380 Variable topics:
  PLSI 380 Black Political Thought (4) Fall 2006
  PLSI 380 Corruption in Politics (4) Fall 2007
PLSI 381 Political Theories of Sexuality (4) Fall 2008
PLSI 382 Politics and Literature (4) Spring 2009
PLSI 384 South African Political Thought (4) Spring 2007
PLSI 385 Black Political Thought (4) Effective Summer 2007
PLSI 386 Introduction to Critical Social Thought (3) Effective Spring 2010
PLSI 387 Non Western Comparative Political Thought (4) Spring 2009
PLSI 388 Politics and the Popular (4) Effective Summer 2009
PLSI 389 Latin American Revolutionary Societies (4) Effective Summer 2009
PLSI 392 Latin American Political Thought (4) Fall 2009
PLSI 400 Public Policy Process (3) Fall 2009
PLSI 404 Politics of China (4) Fall 2007
PLSI 407 Politics of Russia (4) Spring 2009
PLSI 408 The U.S.-Mexico Connection: Politics and Cultures (3) Spring 2009
PLSI 410 Middle East Politics (4) Spring 2009
PLSI 411 East Asian Politics (4) Spring 2008
PLSI 412 South Asian Politics (4) Fall 2009
PLSI 414 Topics in Comparative Politics (4) Effective Spring 2004
PLSI 414 Variable topics:
  PLSI 414 Crisis and Change (4) Spring 2007
  PLSI 414 Imagining Europe: Politics and Film (4) Effective Spring 2004
PLSI 415 Politics of India (4) Fall 2009
PLSI 416 Ethnicity and Nationalism (4) Spring 2009
PLSI 417 Gender, Equality, and Politics: A Comparative Perspective (4) Spring 2009
PLSI 418 Political Transitions in East & Southeast Asia (4) Spring 2008
PLSI 419 Comparative Political Economy (4) Fall 2007
PLSI 420 State-Society Relations in the Middle East (4) Fall 2008
PLSI 422 Comparative Ethnic Policies (4) Effective Summer 2006
PLSI 424 Social Movements (4) Spring 2009
PLSI 425 Imagining Power in the Middle East (4) Effective Summer 2006
PLSI 426 Black Internationalism (4) Fall 2007
PLSI 427 German Politics (4) Fall 2007
PLSI 430 Israeli Democracy: Politics, Institutions, and Society (3) Spring 2009
PLSI 457 Sociology of Law (4) Spring 2008
PLSI 460 Topics in American Politics (4) Effective Spring 2004
PLSI 463 Public Opinion and Elections (4) Spring 2008
PLSI 464 Media and Politics (4) Spring 2007
PLSI 465 Reason, Passion, and Political Behavior (4) Spring 2008
PLSI 466 Race and American Democracy (4) Spring 2009
PLSI 473 California Politics and Government (4) Fall 2009
PLSI 475 San Francisco Political Issues (4) Fall 2009
PLSI 477 Congress and the Presidency (4) Fall 2009
PLSI 480 Introduction to Urban Policy and Analysis (4) Fall 2009
PLSI 492 Research Methods (4) Fall 2009
PLSI 493 Data Analysis (4) Fall 2009
PLSI 500 Labor and Government (3) Fall 2008
PLSI 512 Urban Politics and Community Power (4) Summer 2008
PLSI 513 Politics, Law, and Urban Environment (4) Fall 2009
PLSI 544 Women in the World (4) Fall 2009
PLSI 551 Judicial Process (4) Summer 2009
PLSI 552 Individual Rights and the Constitution (4) Spring 2009
PLSI 553 Legal Issues (4) Fall 2009
PLSI 554 Separation of Powers and Federalism (4) Spring 2009
PLSI 560 Urban Poverty and Policy (4) Fall 2009
PLSI 561 Jurisprudence (4) Fall 2009
PLSI 570 Urban Health Policy (3) Spring 2008
PLSI 580 Housing Policy and Planning (3) Effective Summer 2009
PLSI 603 Public Service Internships (3) Fall 2009
PLSI 604 Internship Seminar (1) Fall 2009
PLSI 610 Judicial and Legal Internship (3) Fall 2009
PLSI 611 Judicial and Legal Internship Seminar (1) Fall 2009
PLSI 620 Pre-law Peer Advising (2-4) Effective Spring 2008
PLSI 660 The Roles of Non-Profit Organizations in Urban Life (3) Fall 2006
PLSI 685 Projects in the Teaching of Political Science (1-4) Effective Spring 1998
PLSI 685 Variable topics:
  PLSI 685 Projects in the Teaching of Political Science (1) Fall 2009
  PLSI 685 Projects in the Teaching of Political Science (2) Fall 2009
  PLSI 685 Projects in the Teaching of Political Science (3) Fall 2009
  PLSI 685 Projects in the Teaching of Political Science (4) Fall 2009
PLSI 699 Special Study (1-4) Effective Spring 2006
PLSI 699 Variable topics:
  PLSI 699 Special Study (1) Fall 2009
  PLSI 699 Special Study (2) Fall 2009
  PLSI 699 Special Study (3) Fall 2009
  PLSI 699 Special Study (4) Fall 2009
PLSI 700 Research Methods (3) Effective Summer 2009
PLSI 708 College Teaching of Political Science (3) Effective Summer 2010
PLSI 708 College Teaching of Political Science (4) Fall 2009
PLSI 710 Seminar in American Politics (3) Effective Summer 2010
PLSI 710 Seminar in American Politics (4) Fall 2009
PLSI 710 Seminar in American Politics (4) Effective Spring 1990
PLSI 711 Topics in American Politics (3) Effective Summer 2010
PLSI 711 Topics in American Politics (4) Effective Fall 1991
PLSI 711 Variable topics:
  PLSI 711 Post Civil Rights Period in American Democracy (3) Effective Summer 2010
  PLSI 711 Post Civil Rights Period in American Democracy (4) Fall 2009
  PLSI 711 Public Opinion, Elections, and Media (3) Effective Summer 2010
  PLSI 711 Public Opinion, Elections, and Media (4) Spring 2006
  PLSI 711 Race, Ethnicity & Immigration in American Politics (3) Effective Summer 2010
  PLSI 711 Race, Ethnicity & Immigration in American Politics (4) Effective Summer 2007
  PLSI 711 U.S. Supreme Court in the Making of Public Policy (3) Effective Summer 2010
  PLSI 711 U.S. Supreme Court in the Making of Public Policy (4) Spring 2009
PLSI 720 Seminar in Comparative Politics (3) Effective Summer 2010
PLSI 720 Seminar in Comparative Politics (4) Fall 2009
PLSI 721 Topics in Comparative Politics (3) Effective Summer 2010
PLSI 721 Topics in Comparative Politics (4) Effective Fall 1991
PLSI 721 Variable topics:
  PLSI 721 Asian Transitions from Communism (3) Effective Summer 2010
  PLSI 721 Asian Transitions from Communism (4) Spring 2007
  PLSI 721 Comparative Welfare States (3) Effective Summer 2010
  PLSI 721 Comparative Welfare States (4) Spring 2008
  PLSI 721 Democracies and Democratization (3) Effective Summer 2010
  PLSI 721 Democracies and Democratization (4) Spring 2009
  PLSI 721 Social Movements of the Islamic World (3) Effective Summer 2010
  PLSI 721 Social Movements of the Islamic World (4) Fall 2008
  PLSI 721 State-Society Relations in the Non-Western World (3) Effective Summer 2010
  PLSI 721 State-Society Relations in the Non-Western World (4) Fall 2009
PLSI 730 Seminar in Political Theory (3) Effective Summer 2010
PLSI 730 Seminar in Political Theory (4) Fall 2009
PLSI 731 Topics in Political Theory (3) Effective Summer 2010
PLSI 731 Topics in Political Theory (4) Effective Fall 1991
PLSI 731 Variable topics:
  PLSI 731 Colonialism, Gender and Scientific Racism (3) Effective Summer 2010
  PLSI 731 Colonialism, Gender and Scientific Racism (4) Fall 2006
  PLSI 731 Postmodern Political Theory (3) Effective Summer 2010
  PLSI 731 Postmodern Political Theory (4) Fall 2007
PLSI 784 Intergovernmental Relations (3) Spring 2009
PLSI 898 Master's Thesis (4) Fall 2009
PLSI 898 Master's Thesis (4) Effective Summer 2010
PLSI 899 Special Study (1-4) Effective Spring 2006
PLSI 899 Variable topics:
  PLSI 899 Special Study (1) Fall 2009
  PLSI 899 Special Study (2) Fall 2009
  PLSI 899 Special Study (3) Fall 2009
  PLSI 899 Special Study (4) Fall 2009
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