Political Science
7 courses · Cuesta College · 2026-2027 Catalog
Classes: Summer 2026 · Fall 2026
POLS 201 INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL SCIENCE
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 3 hours per week: (3.00 lecture hours/0.00 lab hours)
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
- C-ID
- POLS 150
Surveys the scope, methods and theories of political science with special emphasis on contemporary political issues and problems.
POLS 204 WORLD POLITICS
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 3 hours per week: (3.00 lecture hours/0.00 lab hours)
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
- C-ID
- POLS 140
Examines the nature of relations among states. Analyzes the basic forces affecting the formulation and implementation of foreign policy, and the dynamics of international politics. Emphasizes contemporary problems affecting the United States of America in relation to other nations of the world, and the consequences of those contemporary problems.
POLS 205 LAW AND POLITICS
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 3 hours per week: (3.00 lecture hours/0.00 lab hours)
- Advisory
- ENGL C1000
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
Introduces the political and constitutional context of major legal controversies, including but not limited to civil rights, civil liberties, presidential versus congressional power, and national versus state and local power.
POLS 206 COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 3 hours per week: (3.00 lecture hours/0.00 lab hours)
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
- C-ID
- POLS 130
Compares and analyzes different kinds of political systems; their history, political institutions, political processes, and the environments in which they occur and their consequences.
POLS 209 INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL THEORY
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 3 hours per week: (3.00 lecture hours/0.00 lab hours)
- Advisory
- POLS 201
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
- C-ID
- POLS 120
Surveys the diversity of ideas and concepts in political thought from the ancients to the present, from Plato to contemporary feminism.
POLS 247 INDEPENDENT STUDIES: POLITICAL SCIENCE
- Units
- 0.5 to 2
- Hours
- 1.5 to 6 hours per week: (0.00 - 0.00 lecture hours/1.50 - 6.00 lab hours/0.00 - 0.00 activity hours)
- Prerequisite
- The student must have completed preparatory course work in the field in which the study is to be undertaken.
- Transfers to
- CSU
Provides an opportunity for an in-depth study or practicum experience by an individual student in a selected topic of government under the direction of an instructor.
POLS C1000 AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 3 hours per week: (3.00 lecture hours/0.00 lab hours)
- Transfers to
- CSU, UC
- C-ID
- POLS 110
This course is an introduction to government and politics in the United States and California. Students examine the constitutions, structure, and operation of governing institutions, civil liberties and civil rights, political behaviors, political issues, and public policy using political science theory and methodology.