USC Schedule of Classes

Modern political ideologies; their assumptions, perceptions, and prescriptions regarding political stability and social injustice:anarchism, communism, socialism, liberalism, conservatism, and fascism.

Gateway to the major in political science. Comparative analysis of political institutions and processes in selected industrial, developing and socialist countries, in terms of contrasting ideologies, parties, elites, and economies.

Interaction between law and politics; overview of the American legal system; value conflicts and public policy questions which arise within it.

b: Continuation of work begun in first semester. Open to freshman and sophomore Political Science majors only.

Examination of the rules and realities of American politics, and the role politics plays in American life and culture.

Overview of environmental policy, law and politics at the international, domestic and local levels. Social science gateway to the Environmental Studies major.

Comparative perspective on the social construction of race and citizenship. Social, economic and political experiences of selected groups in the U.S. are examined.

Study of a single leader or small set of leaders, including the strengths and weaknesses that distinguish them and the cultural forces that nurture them.

Organization and function of political parties, nominations and elections, strategy and tactics of campaigning, professional candidate management finance, political machines, voting behavior.

Development of constitutional law by the courts; leading cases bearing on major constitutional issues; the federal system; powers of government; civil liberties.

Introduces students to central concepts and theories in environmental law and regulation; analyzes present environmental laws and regulations.

Western political thought since the French Revolution. Rise of Marxist socialism, communism, anarchism, fascism, National Socialism, other doctrines; the democratic tradition; new theories of the state.

An evaluation of the ways in which different ideologies, institutions, and policies contribute to differences in political power between men and women.

Supervised, individual studies. No more than one registration permitted. Enrollment by petition only.

Thesis written under supervision, based on research begun in Honors I.

Intensive experience in governmental and political offices. Minimum time requirement; evaluation by office and intern report required.

Course covering substantive law, evidence, public speaking and use of societal mores in courtroom advocacy. Open only to Mock Trial team members.

Political practitioners will teach on topics such as political strategy, campaigns and speechwriting.

Fieldwork in governmental institutions and processes.

Analysis of the political behavior and roles of ethnic and racial groups in the American political system; policy issues and patterns of political action are examined.

Examines how diverse groups in the U.S. interact with the American political system.

Roles and behavior of major legal and political participants in the criminal justice system including the police, the legal profession, judges, and the public.

Analysis of political content of mass media. Audience response to alternative sources of political information. Consideration of the institutional and economic as well as political aspects of the mass media.

Psychological forces shaping politics and persons, processes and interactions; emphasis on political socialization and cognitive and effective orientations to politics.

Intensive examination of special topics in the field of law and public policy.

Modernization and political development in China and Japan; Asia's economic "miracles" (Taiwan, Japan, Korea, etc.); nationalism and communist movements in East and Southeast Asia.

Intensive examination of critical issues of particular interest in the field of comparative politics.

Intensive examination of critical issues of particular interest in the field of political thought.

Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit.