Undergraduate Bulletin - Loyola Marymount University

212 / POLITICAL SCIENCE
POLS 439
Political Psychology
3 Semester Hours
A study of the relationship between selected psychological
and social-psychological characteristics of individuals and
political behavior.
POLS 493
Special Studies in U.S. Politics
1-3 Semester Hours
POLS 593
Special Studies in U.S. Politics
1-3 Semester Hours
Prerequisites: POLS 210 and senior standing.
Group 4: Public Administration and Policy
Analysis
POLS 340
Public Administration
3 Semester Hours
Introduction to the problems, principles, and theory
encountered in the field of public administration.
POLS 341
Race, Class, Culture, and Public Policy
3 Semester Hours
An examination of the linkages between race, social class,
culture, and public policy in discussions of two important
public policy issues in the United States: the creation and
persistence of the urban underclass and changes in the
racial, economic, political, and cultural characteristics of
the United States due to recent patterns of immigration.
POLS 345
Urban Politics
3 Semester Hours
Analysis of political institutions and processes in urban
areas of the U.S., including policy-making processes,
power structures, urban problems, and inter-governmental
relations.
POLS 349
African Americans and U.S. Public Policy
3 Semester Hours
The course examines the historical role of race and African
American racial identity in contemporary public policies
such as Affirmative Action, racial profiling, social welfare,
and the Voting Rights Act.
POLS 394
Special Studies in Public Administration and Policy
Analysis
1-3 Semester Hours
POLS 440
Public Policy Analysis
3 Semester Hours
An examination of the processes by which public policy is
formulated, implemented, and evaluated. Emphasis will be
placed on policy planning and evaluation competencies.
POLS 446
Public Policy on Aging
3 Semester Hours
An introduction to the field of political gerontology with
an emphasis on the public policies that affect the elderly
population.
POLS 494
Special Studies in Public Administration and Policy
Analysis
1-3 Semester Hours
POLS 540
Education Policy
3 Semester Hours
A senior seminar examining selected dimensions of
education policy in the United States.
Prerequisites: POLS 210 and senior standing.
POLS 594
Special Studies in Public Administration and Policy
Analysis
1-3 Semester Hours
Prerequisites: POLS 210 and senior standing.
Group 5: Comparative Politics
POLS 351
Politics of the European Union
3 Semester Hours
An analysis of the political structures and processes of Great
Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and other European
nations.
POLS 352
Russia and Eastern Europe
3 Semester Hours
An analysis of political processes and recent changes in
Eastern Europe and in the republics that made up the
former USSR.