Political Science
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Political Science
POLITICAL SCIENCE: INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
5 Units
- Description: Contemporary analysis of the structure and function of American government and California state government, both their constitutional and political systems at the federal, state and local levels. Focus on the following topics: paradigms in the social sciences, models of justice and models of democracy, evolution of American elites and American constitutionalism, role of media in American political culture, political parties and political socialization, concept of the separation of powers: legislative, executive and judiciary branches, protest and protest movements, Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1991.
- Advisory: Demonstrated proficiency in English by placement via multiple measures OR through an equivalent placement process OR completion of ESLL 125 & ESLL 249.
- Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
- Hours: 5 hours lecture per week. (60 hours total per quarter.)
- Foothill GE Area:Social & Behavioral Sciences
- Transferability: CSU and UC
- Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
- Foothill Transfer GE Guide
OnlineOnline: a fully online asynchronous class where you work in your time and place to meet the instructor's requirements
20 of 50 open
POLI-001.-01W
Course Dates: 04/10/2023 - 06/30/2023
20 of 20 open waitlist
Course Number
40026
Type
Lecture
Day & Time
Async Asynchronous: flexible time and place such as Online in Canvas with recorded lectures
Instructor
MEREDITH, THOMASRoom
Textbook
Available soon
Footnote: This fully online asynchronous class has online activities with weekly requirements and due dates outlined by the course instructor.
After registering, find out how to log in to the course site. https://foothill.edu/onlinelearning/students/canvas-login-instructions-students.html
OnlineOnline: a fully online asynchronous class where you work in your time and place to meet the instructor's requirements
Waitlist
POLI-001.-02W
Course Dates: 04/10/2023 - 06/30/2023
20 of 20 open waitlist
Course Number
40317
Type
Lecture
Day & Time
Async Asynchronous: flexible time and place such as Online in Canvas with recorded lectures
Instructor
CHIN, LAURARoom
Textbook
Available soon
Footnote: This fully online asynchronous class has online activities with weekly requirements and due dates outlined by the course instructor.
After registering, find out how to log in to the course site. https://foothill.edu/onlinelearning/students/canvas-login-instructions-students.html
OnlineOnline: a fully online asynchronous class where you work in your time and place to meet the instructor's requirements
Waitlist
POLI-001.-03W
Course Dates: 04/10/2023 - 06/30/2023
20 of 20 open waitlist
Course Number
41380
Type
Lecture
Day & Time
Async Asynchronous: flexible time and place such as Online in Canvas with recorded lectures
Instructor
CHIN, LAURARoom
Textbook
Available soon
Footnote: This fully online asynchronous class has online activities with weekly requirements and due dates outlined by the course instructor.
After registering, find out how to log in to the course site. https://foothill.edu/onlinelearning/students/canvas-login-instructions-students.html
OnlineOnline: a fully online asynchronous class where you work in your time and place to meet the instructor's requirements
Waitlist
POLI-001.-04W
Course Dates: 04/10/2023 - 06/30/2023
17 of 20 open waitlist
Course Number
40510
Type
Lecture
Day & Time
Async Asynchronous: flexible time and place such as Online in Canvas with recorded lectures
Instructor
CALLOW, SARARoom
Textbook
Available soon
Footnote: This fully online asynchronous class has online activities with weekly requirements and due dates outlined by the course instructor.
After registering, find out how to log in to the course site. https://foothill.edu/onlinelearning/students/canvas-login-instructions-students.html
OnlineOnline: a fully online asynchronous class where you work in your time and place to meet the instructor's requirements
Late Start
49 of 50 open
POLI-001.-05W
Course Dates: 05/22/2023 - 06/30/2023
20 of 20 open waitlist
Course Number
41152
Type
Lecture
Day & Time
Async Asynchronous: flexible time and place such as Online in Canvas with recorded lectures
Instructor
MEREDITH, THOMASRoom
Textbook
Available soon
Footnote: This fully online asynchronous class has online activities with weekly requirements and due dates outlined by the course instructor.
After registering, find out how to log in to the course site. https://foothill.edu/onlinelearning/students/canvas-login-instructions-students.html
COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
4 Units
- Description: Introductory analysis of comparative governmental systems and politics emphasizing a variety of political forms, theory of political differentiation and development, and patterns, processes and regularities among political systems in developing and developed world.
- Advisory: Demonstrated proficiency in English by placement via multiple measures OR through an equivalent placement process OR completion of ESLL 125 & ESLL 249; not open to students with credit in POLI 2H.
- Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
- Hours: 4 hours lecture per week. (48 hours total per quarter.)
- Transferability: CSU and UC
- Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
- Foothill Transfer GE Guide
Off CampusOff Campus: Class held at one of our many off campus locations. See Room below for link.
1 of 6 open
POLI-002.-01
Course Dates: 04/10/2023 - 06/30/2023
Course Number
41581
Type
Lecture
Day & Time
TBA
TBA
Instructor
RYER, KERRIRoom
Textbook
Available soon
Footnote: This class is part of the Foothill Global Experiential Learning Program. Application information can be found at https://foothill.edu/global/. Students must first be accepted to the program and pay the separate program fees, obtain their own international travel (see website) before enrolling in the courses. Students must meet minimum enrollment requirements to participate (see program application for details).
HONORS COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT & POLITICS
4 Units
- Description: Introductory analysis of comparative governmental systems and politics emphasizing a variety of political forms, theory of political differentiation and development, and patterns, processes and regularities among political systems in developing and developed world. As an honors course, it is a full seminar with advanced teaching methods focusing on major writing, reading, and research assignments, student class presentations, group discussions and interactions.
- Advisory: Not open to students with credit in POLI 2.
- Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
- Hours: 4 hours lecture per week. (48 hours total per quarter.)
- Transferability: CSU and UC
- Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
- Foothill Transfer GE Guide
Off CampusOff Campus: Class held at one of our many off campus locations. See Room below for link.
Waitlist
POLI-002H-01H
Course Dates: 04/10/2023 - 06/30/2023
Course Number
41630
Type
Lecture
Day & Time
TBA
TBA
Instructor
RYER, KERRIRoom
Textbook
Available soon
Footnote: FOOTNOTE: This class is part of the Foothill Global Experiential Learning Program. Application information can be found at https://foothill.edu/global/. Students must first be accepted to the program and pay the separate program fees, obtain their own international travel (see website) before enrolling in the courses. Students must meet minimum enrollment requirements to participate (see program application for details).
INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY/POLITICAL THEORY
5 Units
- Description: Analysis of the history of political thought, the development of forms of political ideologies and their manifestation in forms of the state. Philosophical formulations of concepts of state of nature, natural law, natural rights, civil and political society explored as integral parts of philosophies of: Plato and Aristotle, Augustine and Aquinas, Machiavelli and Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau, Bentham and Mill, Hegel, Marx, and Antonio Gramsci.
- Advisory: Demonstrated proficiency in English by placement via multiple measures OR through an equivalent placement process OR completion of ESLL 125 & ESLL 249; not open to students with credit in POLI 3H.
- Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
- Hours: 5 hours lecture per week. (60 hours total per quarter.)
- Foothill GE Area:Social & Behavioral Sciences
- Transferability: CSU and UC
- Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
- Foothill Transfer GE Guide
Off CampusOff Campus: Class held at one of our many off campus locations. See Room below for link.
Waitlist
POLI-003.-01
Course Dates: 04/10/2023 - 06/30/2023
Course Number
41586
Type
Lecture
Day & Time
TBA
TBA
Instructor
RYER, KERRIRoom
Textbook
Available soon
Footnote: This class is part of the Foothill Global Experiential Learning Program. Application information can be found at https://foothill.edu/global/. Students must first be accepted to the program and pay the separate program fees, obtain their own international travel (see website) before enrolling in the courses. Students must meet minimum enrollment requirements to participate (see program application for details).
HONORS INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY/POLITICAL THEORY
5 Units
- Description: Analysis of the history of political thought, the development of various forms of political ideologies and their manifestation in forms of the state. Philosophical formulations of concepts of state of nature, natural law, natural rights, civil and political society explored as integral parts of political philosophies of: Plato and Aristotle, Augustine and Aquinas, Machiavelli and Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau, Bentham and Mill, Hegel, Marx and Gramsci. The honors course is a full seminar with advanced teaching methods focusing on major writing, reading, and research assignments, student oral class presentations, group discussions and interactions.
- Advisory: Not open to students with credit in POLI 3.
- Repeatability: Not Repeatable.
- Hours: 5 hours lecture per week. (60 hours total per quarter.)
- Foothill GE Area:Social & Behavioral Sciences
- Transferability: CSU and UC
- Transfer GE: Information regarding how this course is applied toward CSU GE/Breadth or IGETC certification is available at:
- Foothill Transfer GE Guide
Off CampusOff Campus: Class held at one of our many off campus locations. See Room below for link.
Waitlist
POLI-003H-01H
Course Dates: 04/10/2023 - 06/30/2023
Course Number
41631
Type
Lecture
Day & Time
TBA
TBA
Instructor
RYER, KERRIRoom
Textbook
Available soon
Footnote: FOOTNOTE: This class is part of the Foothill Global Experiential Learning Program. Application information can be found at https://foothill.edu/global/. Students must first be accepted to the program and pay the separate program fees, obtain their own international travel (see website) before enrolling in the courses. Students must meet minimum enrollment requirements to participate (see program application for details).