Political
Science
SOCIAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT
1 THE
GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES
(CAN GOVT 2)
Prerequisite: None | Lecture: 3 hours. UC:CSU 3 UNITS
Meets the graduation and transfer requirements for all majors to take
a course in federal, state and local governments. Deals with how the U.S.
Constitution and Government meet democracy's challenge in a world of change:
plus California and local governments. Acceptable for credit: UCLA, CSUN:
Political Science 155.
2 MODERN
WORLD GOVERNMENTS
Prerequisite: None | Lecture: 3 hours. UC:CSU 3 UNITS
History and political pageants of England, France, the collapse of the
Berlin Wall and the Soviet Republics. Examines the changes from King Arthur's
castle and colorful cathedrals to the Euro-
Communism after Gorbachev,the emergence of democracy,and the New Europe.
Acceptable for credit: UCLA, CSUN: Political Science 156.
5 THE
HISTORY OF WESTERN POLITICAL THOUGHT
Prerequisite: None | Lecture: 3 hours. UC:CSU 3 UNITS
Provides overall perspective of major political movements of history from
the rising of Egyptian, Greek and Roman Empires to Fascism and Communism
as seen by great political thinkers from Plato,Aristotle, St.Augustine,
Machiavelli, Marx and Lenin. Acceptable for credit: UCLA.
7 CONTEMPORARY
WORLD AFFAIRS
Prerequisite: None | Lecture: 3 hours. UC:CSU 3 UNITS RPT1
Deals with dynamics of geo-politics of international relations, causes
of revolution, war and peace between major European powers,U.S., former
Soviet Union, Peoples Republic of China and the Third World. Acceptable
for credit: UCLA, CSUN: Political Science 225.
8 THE
MODERN FAR EAST
Prerequisite: None | Lecture: 3 hours. UC:CSU 3 UNITS
Explores political traditions, Forbidden City's palaces, golden pagodas
of remote Tibet, rise of Japan and Pearl Harbor, Communist China and the
Beijing Massacre of the Democracy Movement. Class ends in
L.A. Chinatown's Buddhist Temple.
9 GOVERNMENT
AND POLITICS IN AFRICA
Prerequisite: None | Lecture: 3 hours. UC:CSU 3 UNITS
A comparative study of the governments and politics of emerging Africa,
with its explosive background of slavery, imperialism, racism, tribalism,
revolution, nationalism, socialism, and cold war competition, amidst the
problems and challenges of building the world's newest group of nations.
41 PRINCIPLES
OF STUDENT LEADERSHIP
Prerequisite: None | Lecture: 2 hours. CSU 2 UNITS RPT1 | Open to all
students
Note: Required of all current student government officers.
Provides general training in parliamentary procedure, group dynamics,
democratic procedures, and the mechanics of group process. Meets the need
of potential student government and organization officers.
185 DIRECTED
STUDIES
CSU 1 UNIT RPT2
285 DIRECTED
STUDIES
CSU 2 UNITS
385 DIRECTED
STUDIES
CSU 3 UNITS
Conference: 1 hour per unit.
Directed studies on a contract basis under the supervision of an instructor.
Credit Limit: Maximum of 3 units may be taken for credit.
485 INTERNET
RESEARCH
CSU 1 UNIT RPT2
Prerequisite: None | Lab: 2 hours.
Internet Research teaches how to use search engines; basic and advanced
searches with Boolean and proximity operators; how to locate materials
in various content fields; how to critically evaluate these sources; and
how to use and cite electronic sources.
921 COOPERATIVE
EDUCATION
CSU 2 UNITS RPT3
931 COOPERATIVE
EDUCATION
CSU 3 UNITS RPT3
941 COOPERATIVE
EDUCATION
CSU 4 UNITS RPT3
Prerequisite: Employment in a field related to the student's major as
verified by the signature of the Cooperative Education Advisor. Supervised
training is conducted in the form of on-the-job training in an employment
area that will enhance the student's educational goals. Limits to transfer
credit: See Cooperative Education Credit Guide.
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