POLS 301    Introduction to Government: United States    3 Units

Prerequisite: None.
Advisory: ENGWR 300 with a grade of "C" or better.
General Education: AA/AS Area V(a); CSU Area D8; CSU Area F2; CSU Area F3; IGETC Area 4H
Course Transferable to UC/CSU
Hours: 54 hours LEC
Description: This course will examine principles and problems of government, the political process, and democracy as practiced in the United States. This course fulfills federal, state, and local government requirements.

Schedule: Full Term, Jan 17-May 20
TTh          11:00AM-12:20PM   LEC   V.Latino             Davis Cntr Davis 150 12691
TTh          05:30PM-06:50PM   LEC   A.Clarke             Davis Cntr Davis 150 10223
Off-Campus - Davis Center, 1909 Galileo Court, Davis.

POLS 310    Introduction to International Relations    3 Units

Prerequisite: None.
Advisory: Eligibility for ENGWR 300
General Education: AA/AS Area V(b); CSU Area D8; IGETC Area 4H
Course Transferable to UC/CSU
Hours: 54 hours LEC
Description: This course will examine the problems, motivating forces, and techniques of conflict resolution among actors within the global nation-state system. Particular emphasis is placed on comparing perspectives among developed and underdeveloped nations.

Schedule: Full Term, Jan 17-May 20
MW           04:00PM-05:20PM   LEC   R.Royer              Davis Cntr Davis 103 14617
Off-Campus - Davis Center, 1909 Galileo Court, Davis.

POLS 312    The Middle East    3 Units

Prerequisite: None.
Advisory: Completion of ENGWR 100 with a grade of "C" or better, or ESLW 320 with a grade of "C" or better.
General Education: AA/AS Area V(b); AA/AS Area VI; CSU Area D8
Course Transferable to UC/CSU
Hours: 54 hours LEC
Description: Area Studies courses cover the government and politics of selected nations within a distinct geopolitical area of the world in order to provide understanding of the institutions and dynamics of the area. This Area Studies survey course is designed to give students an understanding of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). It covers the region's history through the Ottoman Empire, colonialism, independence and the modern-day challenges of economic globalization and foreign intervention. The impact of economics, colonialism, struggles over natural resources, religious movements, social and cultural struggles, and ideology will be examined in the region on a country-by-country and regional basis. The question of Palestine and the Palestine-Israel conflict will be closely examined as a core issue in the politics of the region. The course includes an examination of dominant political institutions, actors, processes and grassroots movements within the context of political culture and history and an analysis of area political economy and foreign policy in an environment of global interdependence. Countries to be covered include, but are not limited to, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Egypt, Palestine, Israel, Jordan, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Tunisia, and Algeria. This course introduces students to the comparative politics of the Middle East and North Africa with a heavy emphasis on the political and economic roots of contemporary events.

Schedule: Full Term, Jan 17-May 20
M            06:30PM-09:35PM   LEC   TBA                  Off Campus Davis    31791
Off-Campus - UC Davis, Olson Hall 227