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104 110 112
INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL CONTEMPORARY WORLD MODEL UNITED NATIONS
THEORY PROBLEMS LABORATORY
3.0 Units 3.0 Units 1.5 Units
POL S 104 is an introduction to the history POL S 110 examines the controversial issues POL S 112 introduces students to a selected
of political theory. Students are introduced in world politics from regional confl icts, group of international issues for which
to debates over the nature of justice, the international economic relations, arms and students will seek solutions through research
meanings of equality and freedom as well disarmament, human rights and foreign and participation in simulations. The course
as their implications for the state and state policy, to environmental considerations. The will consist of instruction and direction
policies, the meaning of democracy, the format of the course is multidimensional, for intercollegiate Model United Nations
conditions under which revolution may or using lecture, discussion, and debate tech- Conferences and Competitions which incor-
may not be justifi ed and other major topics niques. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended porate international current event debates,
Lecture 3 hours. Prerequisite: POL S 101 or Preparation: Eligibility for ENGL 120 or ESL parliamentary debate and confl ict resolution
102 or equivalent. Course Typically Off ered: 151. Course Typically Off ered: Fall/Spring. exercises. Note: This class may be taken
Fall/Spring. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC. four times; a maximum of six units may be
(C-ID POLS 120) earned. Lecture 1 hour/Laboratory 1.5 hours.
110H
106 CONTEMPORARY WORLD Corequisite: POL S 108. Note: May be taken
4 times for credit. Course Typically Off ered:
AMERICAN STATE AND LOCAL PROBLEMS Spring. Transfer Credit: CSU.
GOVERNMENT 3.0 Units
1.0 Unit POL S 110H examines controversial issues 115
POL S 106 is a study of the origins, structures, in world politics from regional confl icts, THE POLITICS OF RACE IN THE
and functions of California government and international economic relations, arms and UNITED STATES
politics with emphasis on the state level, but disarmament, human rights and foreign 3.0 Units
including the city, county, and district levels. policy, to environmental considerations. POL S 115 examines the impact of political
Note: This course may not be taken for credit The course places greater responsibility on institutions on racial and ethnic subgroups in
by students who have completed POL S 101 the students to gather, analyze, and present the United States. The course focuses on the
starting Spring 2014. Lecture 1 hour. Recom- information accurately and persuasively problems of ethnic identity, inequality and
mended Preparation: Eligibility for ENGL using formats such as seminar-style discus- discrimination, and the impact of minority
120 or ESL 151 Course Typically Off ered: sion, debate, a research paper consisting of group politics on public policy. Lecture 3
Fall/Spring. Transfer Credit: CSU. original research, and class presentations. hours. Prerequisite: ENGL 120 or ESL 151.
Lecture 3 hours. Prerequisite: Eligibility
108 for ENGL 101 or equivalent. Recommended PSYCHOLOGY
POLITICS AND PRACTICE OF THE Preparation: LIB 191. Transfer Credit: CSU,
UNITED NATIONS UC, USC. 101
3.0 Units GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
POL S 108 is designed to introduce students 111 3.0 Units
to international organizations through the THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST: ITS PSYCH 101 is the scientifi c study of human
study of the origin, structure and function POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACT behavior and mental processes. The content
of the United Nations. The course includes 3.0 Units focuses on the exploration of major psycho-
discussion of pressing international prob- POL S 111 is a survey of the historical back- logical theories, concepts, methods, and
lems, established international law, and ground and current politics of the Middle research fi ndings. Topics include the biologi-
the protocol and procedure of diplomacy. East. Topics covered include: introduction cal bases of behavior, perception, cognition,
Students learn the applied skills used by to the land, peoples, cultures, and religions; consciousness, learning, memory, emotion,
actual diplomats that represent their coun- overview of the modern history of the region, motivation, development, personality,
tries at the United Nations through class with an emphasis on the Eastern Question; social psychology, psychological disorders,
simulations and at a Model United Nations emergence of the modern nation-states approaches to psychotherapy, and applied
conference. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended following World War I; internal develop- psychology. Lecture 3 hours. Prerequisite:
Preparation: Eligibility for ENGL 120 or ments in major countries up to the present; Eligibility for ENGL 101. Course Typically
ESL 151. Course Typically Off ered: Spring. Westernization and Islamic resurgence; Offered: Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall.
Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC. regional confl icts and international connec- Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC. (C-ID PSY
tions; the economic and political impact of 110)
oil; European and Russian involvement;
Middle Eastern lobbies in the United States
and U.S. foreign policy toward the Middle
East. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended Prepa-
ration: Eligibility for ENGL 120 or ESL 151.
Course Typically Off ered: Fall. Transfer
Credit: CSU, UC, USC.

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