# Political Science (POLSC) courses

Yuba College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 4 courses

Source: https://yc.yccd.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Yuba-College-Catalog-26.pdf#page=155

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026.

### POLSC-2 — Comparative Politics

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 lecture hours
- **C-ID:** POLS 130
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule

An introduction to comparative politics. This course compares the major political systems in selected countries, including industrialized democracies, developing states, and current/former communist regimes. It analyzes the similarities and differences among the major states by studying their government types, ideologies, political parties, and economies. Students will learn about methods of comparison of various political systems.

### POLSC-3 — California Politics

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 lecture hours
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule

An introduction to California politics that explores state, county, and municipal governments. Examines how state politics impact Californians’ daily lives with an insight into California’s diverse and unique people, cultures, and political processes. Current major political issues will be analyzed, such as economic and class conflict, immigration issues, ethnic-cultural relations, and contemporary challenges that urban, suburban, and rural governments face.

### POLSC-6 — Political Philosophy

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 lecture hours
- **C-ID:** POLS 120
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule
- Limitations on Enrollment: Course not open for credit to students with credit in PHIL- 6.

This course introduces students to the major authors of political thought and examines the assumptions and central issues involved in political thinking. Concepts such as democracy, fascism, justice, rights, law liberty, political authority, political principles, and consequences will be examined through an analysis of classical and contemporary reading selections. (L) Grades are P/NP Option.

### POLSC-7 — International Relations

- **Units:** 3
- **Hours:** 54 lecture hours
- **C-ID:** POLS 140
- **Transfers to:** CSU, UC
- **Offered:** not on the Fall 2026 schedule

A survey of historical and contemporary international relations. Focus will be on major IR theories and methodologies, international security, globalization, international political economy, international law, international institutions (e.g. UN, WTO, NAFTA, NGOs), and human security. This class also analyzes the foreign policies of major actors, major states, areas of conflict and tension, and various aspects of globalization. in addition, it explores how people of different cultures and ethnic background impact the domestic and foreign politics of their states, with emphasis on issues of human security: ethnic conflict, the global North and South economic gap, pandemics, human rights, population, environment and resource management.