American Government and Politics - Honors

Catalog description

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. This is an honors course. This honors course, intended for students in the Honors Transfer Program. Analysis of the national government of the United States and of the government of California, the structure and interaction of legislative, executive, and judicial branches and the processes of government in the contemporary world. Treatment of American institutions as documented in the Constitution of the United States. The honors course provides more content and requires greater intensity and depth of study than the non-honors class. Formerly POLS 101H (C-ID: POLS 110) (UC, CSU, AVC) Note: Students may take either POLS C1000 American Government and Politics or POLS C1000H American Government and Politics - Honors. Duplicate credit will not be awarded.