POSC 315 - Bay Area Politics

1. Show basic knowledge of urban politics theories and the concepts of White Supremacy (WS) and structural racism, and how the pillars of WS and urban political theories apply to urban environments in the Bay Area.
2. Demonstrate written competency, and oral communication skills related to issues in Bay Area urban politics using empirical research in an informed and multi-dimensional manner.
3. Explain the power of political institutions, structures of racism and inequality, and political processes in urban arenas and how they intersect and compete in Bay Area cities, counties, and communities.
4. Discuss the role and power of taxation on local budgets, and the corresponding urban priorities such as police funding, education, economic development, and housing.
5. Display an understanding of the history of urban political and economic development; suburbanization; rise of ethnic/racial, gender, and identity movements, in the Bay Area.
6. Demonstrate the ability to apply what you have learned in course materials through a collaborative team project to analyze urban politics in Bay Area.

1. 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;
2. demonstrate an understanding of and ability to apply accurately disciplinary concepts of the social or behavioral sciences; and
3. demonstrate an understanding of and ability to effectively plan or conduct research using an appropriate method of the social or behavioral sciences.