POSC 102 - Public Policy/California Politics

Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-4; US-2, US-3
Issues in American public policy, focusing on contemporary controversies (environment, poverty, etc.) California state and local government.

Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-4 - Lower Division Social and Behavioral Sciences, US-1, US-2
Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground, or Hybrid, or Online-Asynchronous.
Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice).
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring

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

Students will learn how California’s current governmental system came to be developed and structured.
Students will examine key public policy issues in the past and current governmental eras.
Students will analyze the role of the electorate in determining California’s future.

GE-4. Lower-division Social and Behavioral Sciences Electives Learning Outcomes

Explain how social, political, and economic institutions and/or principles intersect with each other.
Describe how people produce, resist, and/or transform social, political, and economic institutions/principles.
Investigate contemporary and/or historical events/issues from a social science perspective.

US-2. U.S. Constitution Learning Outcomes

Describe the development of the Constitution from the political philosophies of its framers to its later interpretation and amendment;
Explain how the Constitution influenced the development of American political institutions and government;
Explain citizen rights and responsibilities under the Constitution.

US-3. California Government Learning Outcomes

Describe the role of California’s Constitution in state and local government;
Explain the place of California’s Constitution in the evolution of federal-state relations;
Describe the political processes that enable cooperation and conflict resolution between state and/or local governments and the federal government.