POSC 315 - Bay Area Politics

Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UD-D
Problems and issues relevant to local and regional governments in the Bay Area. Topics and issues may include crime, education, the environment, the technology sector, housing, or inequality.

Prerequisites: Completion of GE Areas A1, A2, A3, and B4 with grade C- (CR) or better.
Equivalent Quarter Course: POSC 3130.
Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground, or Entirely Online, or Hybrid.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-UD-D - Upper Division Social Sciences
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Describe the structure and operation of urban government institutions, the challenges they face, and the key political actors within those governmental units.
Assess the impact of the main contemporary policy issues and challenges that are facing urban areas.
Analyze the factors that influence the decision making processes of state and local governments as they seek to deal with these problems.

UD-D. Upper-division Social Sciences Learning Outcomes

analyze how power and social identity affect social outcomes for different cultural and economic groups using methods of social science inquiry and vocabulary appropriate to those methods;
demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply accurately disciplinary concepts of the social or behavioral sciences; and
demonstrate an understanding of and ability to effectively plan or conduct research using an appropriate method of the social or behavioral sciences.