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103 POLITICAL SCIENCE 106
PHYSICS FOR SCIENTISTS AND AMERICAN STATE AND LOCAL
ENGINEERS: C 101 GOVERNMENT
5.0 Units INTRODUCTION TO GOVERNMENT
3.0 Units 1.0 Unit
PHY 103 is the third course in a three-
semester sequence intended for students POL S 101 is an introduction to the principles, POL S 106 is a study of the origins, structures,
majoring in engineering and the physical institutions, policies, and politics of govern- and functions of California government and
sciences. The course covers topics in theory ment in the United States and California. politics with emphasis on the state level, but
of waves, acoustics, optics, thermodynam- Note: Starting Spring 2014, POL S 101 allows including the city, county, and district levels.
ics, and modern physics. Computers and only one unit of credit for students who Note: This course may not be taken for credit
numerical techniques are used extensively have completed POL S 105 or SOC S 132, by students who have completed POL S 101
in the laboratory component of the course. and allows two units of credit for students starting Spring 2014. Lecture 1 hour. Recom-
Note: PHY 103 may be taken prior to PHY who have completed POL S 106. POL S 101 mended Preparation: Eligibility for ENGL
102. Lecture 4 hours/Laboratory 3 hours. satisfies both the CSU and GCC American 120 or ESL 151 Course Typically Offered:
Prerequisite: PHY 101 or equivalent and Institutions and State and Local Government Fall/Spring. Transfer Credit: CSU
MATH 104E or equivalent. Course Typically graduation requirements. Lecture 3 hours.
Offered: Fall/Spring. Transfer Credit: CSU, Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENGL 120 or 108
UC, USC. (C-ID PHYS 215) ESL 151. Course Typically Offered: Winter/ POLITICS AND PRACTICE OF THE
Spring/Summer/Fall. Transfer Credit: CSU, UNITED NATIONS
105 UC, USC. (C-ID POLS 110)
ALGEBRA-BASED PHYSICS: A 3.0 Units
4.0 Units 102
MODERN COMPARATIVE POL S 108 is designed to introduce students
PHY 105 is a general course that focuses on GOVERNMENTS to international organizations through the
properties of matter, mechanics, heat, wave 3.0 Units study of the origin, structure and function
motion, and sound. It includes lectures, of the United Nations. The course includes
demonstrations, problems, and laboratory POL S 102 is a comparative study of the discussion of pressing international prob-
work. Lecture 3 hours/Laboratory 3 hours. constitutional principles, governmental insti- lems, established international law, and
Prerequisite: MATH 102 or 110. Course Typi- tutions, political parties, and recent history the protocol and procedure of diplomacy.
cally Offered: Fall/Spring/Summer. Trans- of policy and action of selected foreign Students learn the applied skills used by
fer Credit: CSU, UC, USC. (C-ID PHYS 105) governments. Lecture 3 hours. Prerequisite: actual diplomats that represent their coun-
POL S 101 or 103. Course Typically Offered: tries at the United Nations through class
106 Fall/Spring. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC. simulations and at a Model United Nations
ALGEBRA-BASED PHYSICS: B (C-ID POLS 130) conference. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended
4.0 Units Preparation: ENGL 191 or ESL 141 or equiva-
103 lent. Course Typically Offered: Spring.
PHY 106 is a general course that focuses on INTRODUCTION TO WORLD Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC
the study of light, electricity, magnetism, POLITICS
and modern physics. It includes lectures, 3.0 Units 110
demonstrations, problems, and laboratory CONTEMPORARY WORLD
work. Lecture 3 hours/Laboratory 3 hours. POL S 103 develops an intellectual frame- PROBLEMS
Prerequisite: PHY 105. Course Typically work which will order students’ thoughts
Offered: Fall/Spring. Transfer Credit: CSU, on world politics and enable them to analyze 3.0 Units
UC, USC. (C-ID PHYS 110) and evaluate various actors, institutions,
interactions, and processes as they relate to POL S 110 examines the controversial issues
110 international power and the pursuit of peace. in world politics from regional conflicts,
INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICS Lecture 3 hours. Prerequisite: POL S 101. international economic relations, arms and
3.0 Units Course Typically Offered: Spring. Transfer disarmament, human rights and foreign
Credit: CSU, UC, USC. (C-ID POLS 140) policy, to environmental considerations. The
PHY 110 is a brief presentation of some of format of the course is multidimensional,
the more important and usual phenomena 104 using lecture, discussion, and debate tech-
in physics with classroom demonstrations INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL niques. Lecture 3 hours. Recommended
and lectures in mechanics, heat, sound, THEORY Preparation: ENGL 191 or ESL 141 or equiva-
light, magnetism, and modern physics. Note: 3.0 Units lent. Course Typically Offered: Fall/Spring.
This course may not be taken for credit by Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC
students who have completed PHY 101 or 105. POL S 104 is an introduction to the history
Lecture 3 hours. Prerequisite: None. Course of political theory. Students are introduced
Typically Offered: Fall/Winter. Transfer to debates over the nature of justice, the
Credit: CSU, UC, USC meanings of equality and freedom as well
as their implications for the state and state
policies, the meaning of democracy, the
conditions under which revolution may or
may not be justified and other major topics
Lecture 3 hours. Prerequisite: POL S 101,
102, or equivalent. Course Typically Offered:
Fall/Spring. Transfer Credit: CSU, UC, USC.
(C-ID POLS 120)
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