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POLS 341 THE NATIONAL PARK (3)Three hours lecture per weekPrerequisite: Upper division standingAn interdisciplinary, in-depth study of oneor more units of the National Park Servicefrom a variety of perspectives includingPolitical Science, Public Administration,and Environmental Science and ResourceManagement. The course analyzeshow conservation issues and practices,administrative and policy processes andinterpretive (educational) programs workwithin the context of a national publicresources agency. Each term this coursewill focus on one or more park unit in theregion.Same as ESRM 341GenEd: D, InterdisciplinaryPOLS 345 SCIENCE AND PUBLIC POLICY (3)Three hours lecture per weekExamines the relationship betweenscience, politics, and public policy andprepares students to make informeddecisions concerning the societalimplications of many rapidly advancingavenues of scientific research.Same as BIOL 345GenEd: D, InterdisciplinaryPOLS 401 CONSTITUTIONAL LAW (3)Three hours lecture per weekExplores how the U.S. Constitution createsand allocates power within the Americanstructure of government. Examines the roleof the U.S. Supreme Court in the politicalstruggles over the distribution and usesof power in the American Constitutionalsystem.POLS 402 CIVIL RIGHTS ANDCIVIL LIBERTIES (3)Three hours lecture per weekExamines the scope of rights and libertiesunder the United States Constitution.Includes a study of the leading decisionsof the United States Supreme Court in thisarea.POLS 403 COMPARATIVE FOREIGNPOLICY (3)Three hours lecture per weekPrerequisite: POLS 103Examination of how and why statesdevelop distinct foreign policiesthrough review of prominent theoreticalperspectives in the comparative foreignpolicy literature. Application of theoriesto a number of real world cases offoreign policy decision making by thegovernments of countries in Africa, Asia,Europe, Latin America, and the MiddleEast, in different issue areas, includingnational security policy, foreign economicpolicy, human rights, environmentalpolicy, and the fight against terrorism.POLS 404 POLICY LEADERSHIP (3)Three hours lecture per weekPrerequisite: POLS 150Explores policy leadership across alllevels of society and across educationaland political domains. Exposes studentsto ideas about policy leadership,requiring students to learn about currentleaders in the region, the U.S. andabroad as theories and concepts areapplied to the real world of politics andpolicy.Same as EDUC 404POLS 426 POLITICS OFDEVELOPING COUNTRIES (3)Three hours lecture per weekPrerequisite: POLS 103Examines political, economic and socialdevelopment in developing countries .POLS 430 POLITICAL COMMUNICATION (3)Three hours lecture per weekAn analysis of the relationship betweenmass media and political decisionmaking.Topics covered include: politicalcommunication theories and trends, therelationship between political institutionsand the press in the US and in othercountries, elections, debates, politicalcampaigning and advertising, newmedia and politics, political socialization,education, politics and popular culture.Same as COMM 430GenEd: D, InterdisciplinaryPOLS 431 EDUCATION POLICYAND POLITICS (3)Three hours lecture per weekPrerequisites: POLS 150 for POLS studentsor Consent of instructorExamines the roles of political institutionsin education policy making, the politicalfactors that shape policy formulationand implementation, the values andassumptions of different types of policies,and the links between policy and locallevelimplementation. Analyzes currentand pending policies’ effect on schoolsand classrooms to illustrate how educationpolicy reflects American politics.Same as EDUC 431GenEd: D, InterdisciplinaryPOLS 450 ENVIRONMENTALCONFLICT RESOLUTION (3)Three hours lecture per weekProvides practical experience innegotiation and mediation techniqueswithin the context of complexenvironmental and public policy disputes.Same as COMM 450, ESRM 450POLS 490 SPECIAL TOPICS INPOLITICAL SCIENCE (3)Three hours lecture per weekIn depth analysis of current topics inPolitical Science. Topics vary eachsemester. Repeatable by topic up to9 units.POLS 492 SERVICE LEARNING INPOLITICAL SCIENCE (3)One hour lecture per week and two hoursactivity per weekCommunity based service combinedwith course work and reflection on atopic with political or policy significance.Repeatable up to three times.POLS 493 INTERNSHIP INPOLITICAL SCIENCE (3)Three hours lecture per weekPrerequisite: Consent of instructorCommunity based internship in politicalscience. Repeatable up to 6 units.POLS 494 INDEPENDENT RESEARCH (1-3)Prerequisite: Senior standing or Consentof instructorIndependent research in Political Scienceconducted under the supervision of afaculty member. Repeatable.POLS 499 CAPSTONE (3)Three hours lecture per weekIntegrating and culminating experience inwhich students work in teams to analyzepolitical or policy issues in a communitybasedsetting.PsychologyPSY 100 INTRODUCTION TOPSYCHOLOGY (3)Three hours lecture per weekAn introduction to the theories, researchand applications that constitute the fieldof psychology. Emerging issues in thefield of psychology, what different typesof psychologists do, and how to criticallyevaluate psychological literature will becovered.GenEd: D, EPSY 150 FOUNDATIONS OF CHILD ANDADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT (3)Three hours lecture per weekSurveys theory and research on childand adolescent development. Focus istheories of development, cognitive, social,emotional and physical development asthey are informed by socio-cultural factors.Same as ECS 150Course Descriptions2011 – 2012www.csuci.edu • California State University Channel Islands • 2011 - 2012 Catalog287