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Political Science
POL SC 1, National and California Government 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 4 (Social & Behavioral Sciences) + satisfies CSU Constitution & American Ideals graduation requirement • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
This course surveys and analyzes the principles, institutions, policies, and politics of U.S. National and California State Governments.
2877 8:00a-9:20a MW HSS 165 Tahvildaranjess R A
2878 8:00a-9:20a MW HSS 150 Schultz C K
2879 8:00a-9:20a TTh HSS 153 Schultz C K
Above section 2879 is part of the Scholars Program and enrollment is limited to program participants. See Special Programs section of class schedule or www.smc.edu/scholars for additional information.
NEW 3161 8:00a-9:20a TTh BUS 251 Woods V & Finkel D B
2880 9:30a-10:50a MW HSS 150 Schultz C K
Above section 2880 is part of the Scholars Program and enrollment is limited to program participants. See Special Programs section of class schedule or www.smc.edu/scholars for additional information.
2881 9:30a-10:50a MW HSS 165 Tahvildaranjess R A
2882 9:30a-12:35p F HSS 165 Buckley A D
NEW 3094 2:15p-3:35p MW MC 1 Kurvink S J
NEW 3173 2:15p-3:35p MW HSS 252 Woods V
NEW 3172 2:15p-3:35p TTh HSS 256 Woods V
NEW 3098 3:45p-5:05p MW MC 1 Kurvink S J
2883 Arrange-6.5 Hours ONLINE-E Buckley A D
Above section 2883 meets for 8 weeks, Feb 11 to Apr 05, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the Internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
2884 Arrange-6.5 Hours ONLINE-E Buckley A D
Above section 2884 meets for 8 weeks, Apr 15 to Jun 07, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the Internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
2885 Arrange-6.5 Hours ONLINE-E Tahvildaranjess R A
Above section 2885 meets for 8 weeks, Feb 11 to Apr 05, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the Internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
4406 6:45p-9:50p M HSS 152 Antoine E R
POL SC 2, Comparative Government and Politics 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 4 (Social & Behavioral Sciences) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
This course examines the political systems of selected industrial democracies and Communist and Third World political systems. Emphasis is placed on the institutional structure, political processes, and political cultures of these countries.
2886 8:00a-9:20a MW HSS 263 Berman Dianne R
2887 8:00a-9:20a MW HSS 152 Gabler C L
2888 8:00a-9:20a TTh HSS 152 Gabler C L
2889 9:30a-10:50a MW HSS 155 Berman Dianne R
Above section 2889 is part of the Scholars Program and enrollment is limited to program participants. See Special Programs section of class schedule or www.smc.edu/scholars for additional information.
2890 Arrange-6.5 Hours ONLINE-E Buckley A D
Above section 2890 meets for 8 weeks, Feb 11 to Apr 05, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the Internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
2891 Arrange-6.5 Hours ONLINE-E Buckley A D
Above section 2891 meets for 8 weeks, Apr 15 to Jun 07, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the Internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
2892 Arrange-6.5 Hours ONLINE-E Gabler C L
Above section 2892 meets for 8 weeks, Apr 15 to Jun 07, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the Internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
POL SC 5, International Political Economy: Introduction to Global Studies 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 4 (Social & Behavioral Sciences) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
This course satisfies the Santa Monica College Global Citizenship requirement.
This course offers an interdisciplinary introduction to the fields of Global Studies and International Political Economy. Students will analyze critically the role of national governments, international organizations, nongovernmental organizations, and multinational corporations, in regard to phenomena such as, international markets and production regimes, monetary and trade policy, international and global conflict, and environmental degradation. Contending theoretical and ideological perspectives regarding international systems, processes, and trends will be applied and evaluated.
Political Science 5 is the same course as Economics 5 and Global Studies 5. Students may earn credit for one course.
2893 12:45p-2:05p TTh HSS 263 Rabach E R
2894 2:15p-3:35p TTh HSS 263 Rabach E R
POL SC 7, International Politics 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 4 (Social & Behavioral Sciences) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
This course examines the structure and operation of the international system. Emphasis is placed on the nature and sources of conflict and cooperation and issues of war and peace among states in the international system.
2895 8:00a-9:20a TTh HSS 263 Berman Dianne R
2896 9:30a-10:50a TTh HSS 155 Berman Dianne R
NEW 3171 2:15p-3:35p TTh HSS 205 Chalala E E
2897 Arrange-6.5 Hours ONLINE-E Buckley A D
Above section 2897 meets for 8 weeks, Feb 11 to Apr 05, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the Internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
2898 Arrange-6.5 Hours ONLINE-E Buckley A D
Above section 2898 meets for 8 weeks, Apr 15 to Jun 07, and is a Distance Education course conducted over the Internet. For additional information, go to smconline.org (schedule of classes).
POL SC 10, Government Internships 3 units
Transfer: CSU • Advisory: Consultation with the instructor is recommended. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
Approved internship must be arranged prior to enrollment.
Students will relate their academic experience to local, state, or national governments by working in a governmental agency for a summer or semester. Academic credit is based on a written report or research paper relating the student’s internship experience and an oral examination. Enrollment must be concurrent with an approved internship assignment.
2899 Arrange-12 Hours HSS 357 Buckley A D
POL SC 14, Middle East Government and Politics 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 4 (Social & Behavioral Sciences) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
This comparative study of the government and politics of the Middle Eastern states gives emphasis to the study of the relationship between political development, political organization, and social structure.
2900 12:45p-2:05p TTh HSS 252 Chalala E D
POL SC 21, Race, Ethnicity, and the Politics of Difference 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 4 (Social & Behavioral Sciences) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
This course satisfies the Santa Monica College Global Citizenship requirement.
The social construction of racial and ethnic groups in American society and their relationship to local, state and national government is covered. Of particular concern are problems of assimilation and integration into the political system, the politics of exclusion, discrimination, voting behavior and pressure group politics, ideology, resistance and political action, the social construction of race and racism, the poor and the culture of poverty, political problems of the aged, the young, women, gay lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered people.
2901 12:45p-2:05p MW HSS 165 Tahvildaranjess R A
POL SC 22, Environmental Politics and Policies 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 4 (Social and Behavioral Sciences) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
This course satisfies the Santa Monica College Global Citizenship requirement.
This course examines environmental politics, including, but not limited to the issues of population, natural resource use, habitat loss, global climate change and pollution. The political, economic, and social origins of environmental change and degradation are examined, as well as democratic, bureaucratic and market-based solutions to environmental problems advocated by environmental movements, interest groups and political parties. Arguments for best public policy responses to a range of environmental problems will be assessed and debated. The course offers a practical problem-solving approach which includes local, state, national and global environmental politics. Course content focuses primarily on political concepts, such as sustainable development and ecological democracy, and on the relations between a range of contemporary political values and the environmental policy recommendations of each. The course explores various perspectives on what it means to take political responsibility for reducing the human impact on the earth.
2902 9:30a-10:50a TTh HSS 154 Oifer E R
POL SC 31, Introduction to Public Policy 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 4H (Social and Behavioral Sciences) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
This course is an introduction to public policy. The course covers core topics in American public policy and focuses on institutions, policy actors, and major theoretical models. In addition, the course covers the nature and practice of policy analysis in order to demonstrate how to employ evaluative criteria in substantive policy areas.
NEW 3141 8:00a-9:20a TTh HSS 156 Staff
2903 9:30a-10:50a MW HSS 152 Gabler C L
2904 9:30a-10:50a TTh HSS 152 Gabler C L
POL SC 51, Political Philosophy 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 4 (Social & Behavioral Sciences) or Area 3B (Humanities) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
This inter-disciplinary course in philosophy and political science examines fundamental ideas about the nature of man, politics, and the state, in the writings of thinkers from Plato through Marx.
Political Science 51 is the same course as Philosophy 51. Students may earn credit for one, but not both.
2905 8:00a-9:20a MW HSS 154 Oifer E R
Above section 2905 is part of the Scholars Program and enrollment is limited to program participants. See Special Programs section of class schedule or www.smc.edu/scholars for additional information.
2906 9:30a-10:50a MW HSS 154 Oifer E R
4407 6:45p-9:50p W HSS 151 Kurvink S J
POL SC 52, Contemporary Political Thought 3 units
Transfer: UC, CSU • IGETC AREA 4 (Social & Behavioral Sciences) or Area 3B (Humanities) • Prerequisite: None. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
This interdisciplinary course in philosophy and political science examines arguments and discourses developed within contemporary political thought. How those discourses critique and/or are rooted in modern ideologies, such as liberalism and socialism will be considered. The theoretical perspectives presented in the course will be used to critically examine important issues in contemporary politics.
Political Science 52 is the same course as Philosophy 52. Students may earn credit for one, but not both.
2907 8:00a-9:20a TTh HSS 154 Oifer E R
POL SC 88A, Independent Studies in Political Science 1 unit
Transfer: CSU
Please see “Independent Studies” section.
2908 Arrange-1 Hour HSS 354 Schultz C K
POL SC 88B, Independent Studies in Political Science 2 units
Transfer: CSU
Please see “Independent Studies” section.
2909 Arrange-2 Hours HSS 354 Schultz C K
POL SC 95, Public Policy – Experiential Learning 2 units
Transfer: CSU • Pre-/Co-requisite: Political Science 31. May be taken concurrently. • Skills Advisory: Eligibility for English 1.
This course builds upon the content of Political Science 31, Introduction to Public Policy, to provide the student with field experience in the discipline. This course addresses the theoretical underpinnings of democratic civic engagement and is a practicum in public policy in a local setting. In this hands-on course, the student will engage in experiential learning through various governmental and nongovernmental agencies which have a role in developing and/or implementing public policy. The student will develop a reading list, customized to his/her particular agency’s focus and complete a minimum of 30 hours of volunteer work with that agency. The course exposes the student to organized, meaningful public policy research and implementation in substantive policy arenas and will be supervised in his/her off-campus experiential learning project pertaining to the development of public policy.
This course is graded on a P/NP basis only.
2910 Arrange-2 Hours Tahvildaranjess R A