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C-ID: PHYS 215.

• Prerequisite: MATH 8, PHYSCS 21.

PHYSCS 6, PHYSCS 7 or PHYSCS 8, PHYSCS 9 or PHYSCS 21, PHYSCS 22, PHYSCS 23 combined: maximum UC credit, 1 series.

This course is a calculus-based study of fluids, waves, thermodynamics, and light intended for engineering and physical science students.

• Prerequisite: PHYSCS 21 and MATH 8.
• Advisory: PHYSCS 22 and PHYSCS 23.

This course is a calculus-based introduction to modern physics for engineering and physical science students. Topics will be selected from the areas of relativity and quantum physics that include applications to atoms, molecules, solids, and nuclei.

C-ID: PHYS 105.

• Prerequisite: MATH 2 or (MATH 3 and 4).

PHYSCS 6, PHYSCS 7 or PHYSCS 8, PHYSCS 9 or PHYSCS 21, PHYSCS 22, PHYSCS 23 combined: maximum UC credit, 1 series.

This course is an algebra- and trigonometry-based study of classical mechanics, including elastic properties of matter and thermodynamics.

• Prerequisite: PHYSCS 6.

PHYSCS 6, PHYSCS 7 or PHYSCS 8, PHYSCS 9 or PHYSCS 21, PHYSCS 22, PHYSCS 23 combined: maximum UC credit, 1 series.

This course is an algebra- and trigonometry-based study of electricity and magnetism, geometrical and wave optics, and some special relativity and quantum physics.

• Prerequisite: MATH 7.

PHYSCS 6, PHYSCS 7 or PHYSCS 8, PHYSCS 9 or PHYSCS 21, PHYSCS 22, PHYSCS 23 combined: maximum UC credit, 1 series.

This course is a calculus-based study of the mechanics of solids and liquids, elastic properties of matter, heat, and wave motion.

Please see “Independent Studies” section.

Please see “Independent Studies” section.

• Prerequisite: PHYSCS 8.

PHYSCS 6, PHYSCS 7 or PHYSCS 8, PHYSCS 9 or PHYSCS 21, PHYSCS 22, PHYSCS 23 combined: maximum UC credit, 1 series.

This course is a calculus-based study of electricity and magnetism, geometrical and physical optics, special relativity, and quantum physics.

C-ID: POLS 130.

This course surveys the scope and methods of comparative political analysis. It examines democratic, authoritarian, and transitional political systems to illustrate the central theories and ideas in comparative politics. It compares the political structures, processes, and cultures of countries at different levels of economic and social development in several world regions (e.g. Central and Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, Central, South and East Asia, and Western and Central Europe).

Satisfies Global Citizenship

The social construction of race and ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation in American society and their relationship to local, state, and national government is covered. Of particular concern are problems of assimilation and integration into the political system, the politics of exclusion, discrimination, voting behavior and pressure group politics, ideology, resistance and political action, the social construction of race and racism, the poor and the culture of poverty, political problems of the aged, the young, women, gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered people. This course satisfies the SMC requirement for American Cultures.

Satisfies Global Citizenship

This course examines environmental politics. The political, economic, and social origins of environmental change and degradation are examined, as well as democratic, bureaucratic and market-based solutions to environmental problems advocated by environmental movements, interest groups and political parties. Arguments for best public policy responses to a range of environmental problems will be assessed and debated. The course offers a practical problem-solving approach focusing primarily on the relations between a range of contemporary political values and on what it means to take political responsibility for reducing the human impact on the earth.

POL SC 22 is the same course as ENVRN 22. Students may earn credit for one, but not both.

This interdisciplinary course critically explores the politics of gender and sexuality in contemporary societies. The course considers materials from political theory, philosophy, the study of women, the study of masculinity, and queer studies as it examines the role of gender, gender based social movements, and sexual politics in political and social life and in contemporary political affairs.

This course is an introduction to the legal concepts and contemporary legal conflicts in the United States, including the philosophical and historical basis for resolution of conflict. Historical and contemporary conflicts in the areas of civil liberties and civil rights, as well as other current legal conflicts and controversies are addressed. This course satisfies a requirement for the Law Pathway program.

Course focuses on the nature and study of politics, from both a historical and contemporary perspective. Students explore the methods and approaches used in the field of Political Science to analyze a variety of political concepts and problems, including the nature and distribution of power, justice, citizenship, sustainability, leadership and agency.

This course is an introduction to public policy. The course covers core topics in American public policy and focuses on institutions, policy actors, and major theoretical models. In addition, the course covers the nature and practice of policy analysis in order to demonstrate how to employ evaluative criteria in substantive policy areas.

Satisfies Global Citizenship

This course offers an interdisciplinary introduction to the fields of Global Studies and International Political Economy. Students will analyze critically the role of national governments, international organizations, nongovernmental organizations, and multinational corporations, in regard to phenomena such as, international markets and production regimes, monetary and trade policy, international and global conflict, and environmental degradation. Contending theoretical and ideological perspectives regarding international systems, processes, and trends will be applied and evaluated.

POL SC 5 is the same course as ECON 5 and GLOBAL 5. Students may earn credit for one course.

C-ID: POLS 120.

In this inter-disciplinary course students examine fundamental ideas about politics in the writings of major Western philosophers from the ancient to the contemporary period, and use those ideas to consider and debate current political issues.

POL SC 51 is the same course as PHILOS 51. Students may earn credit for one, but not both.

This interdisciplinary course in philosophy and political science examines arguments and discourses developed within contemporary political thought. How those discourses critique and/or are rooted in modern ideologies, such as liberalism and socialism will be considered. The theoretical perspectives presented in the course will be used to critically examine important issues in contemporary politics. Students will situate themselves as citizens and political agents in relation to those issues.

POL SC 52 is the same course as PHILOS 52. Students may earn credit for one, but not both.

C-ID: POLS 140.

This course examines the structure and operation of the international system. Emphasis is placed on the nature and sources of conflict and cooperation and issues of war and peace among states in the international system.

Please see “Independent Studies” section.