Current Political Controversies
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Overview
Subject area
PSCI
Catalog Number
102
Course Title
Current Political Controversies
Department(s)
Description
This course introduces students to the basic analytical and evaluative tools of political science through an examination of particular controversies. Each section will focus on a current controversy such as life and death (abortion, the death penalty, etc.), minority rights (affirmative action, homosexual marriage, etc.), and religion and politics, and then explore the wider and more general issues it entails.
Typically Offered
Fall, Spring
Academic Career
Undergraduate
Liberal Arts
Yes
Requirement Designation
FUS - Flexible Core - US Experience in its Diversity
Credits
Minimum Units
3
Maximum Units
3
Academic Progress Units
3
Repeat For Credit
No
Components
Name
Lecture
Hours
3
Course Topic ID
1
Formal Description
Religion & Politics
Course Topic ID
2
Formal Description
The Fragmented People: Race, Migration, and Americ
Course Topic ID
3
Formal Description
US Sec Pol after 9/11:Keeping America Safe
Course Topic ID
4
Formal Description
Religion and Politics
Course Topic ID
5
Formal Description
Immigration Debates in Comp Persp
Course Topic ID
6
Formal Description
Sex & Politics
Course Topic ID
7
Formal Description
Climate and Democracy
Course Topic ID
8
Formal Description
US National Security
Course Topic ID
9
Formal Description
Sexual Politics
Course Topic ID
10
Formal Description
Analysis of Presd Poli & Prom in an Election Year
Course Topic ID
11
Formal Description
The Frag People:RaceMig&Ame Democracy
Course Topic ID
12
Formal Description
American Politics & Hollywood
Course Topic ID
13
Formal Description
The Future of Freedom in a Capitalist Republic
Course Topic ID
14
Formal Description
Israel/Palestine
Course Topic ID
15
Formal Description
Controversies in International Institutions
Course Topic ID
16
Formal Description
The Supreme Court’s Unconstitutional Expansion
Course Topic ID
17
Formal Description
Economic Statecraft in World Politics
Course Topic ID
18
Formal Description
The Imperial Presidency
Course Topic ID
19
Formal Description
Fed Reserve & Banking in the US
Course Topic ID
20
Formal Description
US Foreign Pol, Washington to Trump
Course Topic ID
21
Formal Description
Democratic Decline
Course Topic ID
22
Formal Description
AI and US Political Future
Course Topic ID
23
Formal Description
Int'l Organizations
Course Topic ID
24
Formal Description
DEI Politics
Course Topic ID
25
Formal Description
Democracy in the Middle East
Course Schedule
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