POLS C1000
American Government & Politics
Merced College · Fall 2026
13 sections4 open now
Catalog description
<b><font color="7A0018">Begins Fall 2025. Effective Fall 2025, POLS-C1000 replaces POSC-01</b></font><br> 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. Emphasis is placed upon various roles of the national and state government, constitutional rights and obligations of citizens, and the evolution and development of California state political Institutions.
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72264
FullSeats: 50/50 seats Last recorded: Jul 25, 2026, 6:55 PMClass #169829Fall 20263 credits
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- No scheduled meeting time
- Meeting dates
- Aug 24 – Dec 11
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- *
- Instructor
- Jennifer Mendez
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74480
20 openSeats: 30/50 seats Last recorded: Jul 25, 2026, 6:55 PMClass #169830Fall 20263 credits
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- Days & times
- Tu Th · 9:20 – 10:45 AM
- Meeting dates
- Aug 24 – Dec 11
- Location
- Los Banos Campus Building B 107
- Instructor
- Jennifer Mendez
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51057
FullSeats: 50/50 seats Last recorded: Jul 25, 2026, 6:55 PMClass #170048Fall 20263 credits
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- Mo We · 11:00 AM – 12:25 PM
- Meeting dates
- Aug 24 – Dec 11
- Location
- Business and Economics 125
- Instructor
- Ricardo Robles, Jr.
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51058
FullSeats: 44/44 seats Last recorded: Jul 25, 2026, 6:55 PMClass #170049Fall 20263 credits
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- Mo We · 7:45 – 9:10 AM
- Meeting dates
- Aug 24 – Dec 11
- Location
- Business and Economics 125
- Instructor
- MCCD Staff
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51059
FullSeats: 35/35 seats Last recorded: Jul 25, 2026, 6:55 PMClass #170050Fall 20263 credits
0 available35 enrolled35 capacity2 waitlist
- Days & times
- Tu Th · 11:00 AM – 12:25 PM
- Meeting dates
- Aug 24 – Dec 11
- Location
- Interdisciplinary Academic Ctr 146
- Instructor
- Alison W. Brady
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51060
FullSeats: 50/50 seats Last recorded: Jul 25, 2026, 6:55 PMClass #170051Fall 20263 credits
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- Mo We · 12:35 – 2:00 PM
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- Aug 24 – Dec 11
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- Business and Economics 220
- Instructor
- MCCD Staff
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52064
FullSeats: 50/50 seats Last recorded: Jul 25, 2026, 6:55 PMClass #170052Fall 20263 credits
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- Aug 24 – Dec 11
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- Instructor
- Elizabeth A. Patterson
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52097
FullSeats: 50/50 seats Last recorded: Jul 25, 2026, 6:55 PMClass #170053Fall 20263 credits
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- Aug 24 – Dec 11
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- Cameron G. Dehart
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52099
FullSeats: 50/50 seats Last recorded: Jul 25, 2026, 6:55 PMClass #170054Fall 20263 credits
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- Aug 24 – Dec 11
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- *
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- Alison W. Brady
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52850
FullSeats: 50/50 seats Last recorded: Jul 25, 2026, 6:55 PMClass #170057Fall 20263 credits
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- Oct 19 – Dec 11
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- *
- Instructor
- Cameron G. Dehart
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74504
26 openSeats: 24/50 seats Last recorded: Jul 25, 2026, 6:55 PMClass #170316Fall 20263 credits
26 available24 enrolled50 capacity0 waitlist
- Days & times
- Mo We · 9:20 – 10:45 AM
- Meeting dates
- Aug 24 – Dec 11
- Location
- Los Banos Campus Building B 107
- Instructor
- Jennifer Mendez
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51065
3 openSeats: 41/44 seats Last recorded: Jul 25, 2026, 6:55 PMClass #170669Fall 20263 credits
3 available41 enrolled44 capacity0 waitlist
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- Tu Th · 9:20 – 10:45 AM
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- Aug 24 – Dec 11
- Location
- Business and Economics 124
- Instructor
- MCCD Staff
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51067
16 openSeats: 34/50 seats Last recorded: Jul 25, 2026, 6:55 PMClass #170670Fall 20263 credits
16 available34 enrolled50 capacity0 waitlist
- Days & times
- Tu Th · 2:10 – 3:35 PM
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- Aug 24 – Dec 11
- Location
- Business and Economics 220
- Instructor
- MCCD Staff
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