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Pre-Approved Courses
Political Science Major
Students completing a major in Political Science may count up to 25 units of coursework from outside the Political Science Department toward the major. This includes both pre-approved non-Political Science courses (listed below) and petitioned courses. Pre-approved and petitioned courses may be applied to the major in any combination of the following ways:
- Up to one pre-approved or petitioned course may count toward the primary track.
- Up to one pre-approved or petitioned course may count toward the secondary track.
- One pre-approved course may count toward the methods course requirement. STATS 60, STATS 101, ECON 102A, and CS 106A are courses from outside the Political Science Department and count toward the 25-unit limit. POLISCI 150A does not count toward the 25-unit limit.
- Pre-approved and petitioned courses may count toward the additional coursework requirement.
Political Science Minor
Students completing a minor in Political Science may count up to 5 units of coursework from outside the Political Science Department toward the Additional Coursework requirement only. This includes both pre-approved non-Political Science courses (listed below) and petitioned courses.
Course Number | Course Name | Track |
|---|---|---|
| AFRICAST 111/211 (AFRICAAM 211) | Education for All? The Global and Local in Public Policy Making in Africa | International Relations or Political Economy and Development |
| AFRICAST 112/212 (AFRICAAM 111) | AIDS, Literacy, and Land: Foreign Aid and Development in Africa | International Relations or Political Economy and Development |
| ANTHRO 182D/282D (CSRE 182C, HISTORY 282D/382D, SOC 182H) | Knowledge and Violence in the Middle East** | Elections, Representation, and Governance |
| ANTHRO 337 | The Politics of Humanitarianism | International Relations or Political Economy and Development |
| CLASSICS 116 (ETHICSOC 106, HUMRTS 106) | Human Rights in Comparative and Historical Perspective | Political Economy and Development |
| COMM 106/206 | Communication Research Methods | Data Science |
| COMM 130N | The Idea of a Free Press** | Elections, Representation, and Governance or Justice and Law |
| COMM 154/254 (CSRE 154T, SOC 154) | The Politics of Algorithms | Data Science |
| COMM 157/257/357 | Information Control in Authoritarian Regimes | Elections, Representation and Governance or Political Economy and Development |
| CS 106A (ENGR 70A) | Programming Methodology | Methods Requirement or Data Science |
| CS 106B (ENGR 70B) | Programming Abstractions | Data Science |
| CS 109 | Introduction to Probability for Computer Scientists | Data Science |
| CSRE 220 | Public Policy Institute | Elections, Representation, and Governance or Justice and Law |
| ECON 1 | Principles of Economics | Political Economy and Development |
| ECON 50 | Economic Analysis I | Political Economy and Development |
| ECON 51 | Economic Analysis II | Political Economy and Development |
| ECON 52 | Economic Analysis III | Political Economy and Development |
| ECON 102A | Introduction to Statistical Methods (Postcalculus) for Social Scientists | Methods Requirement or Political Economy and Development |
| ECON 102B | Applied Econometrics | Political Economy and Development |
| ECON 106/206 (EARTHSYS 106/206, ESS 106/206) | World Food Economy | Political Economy and Development or International Relations |
| ECON 113 (PUBLPOL 354) | Economics of Innovation** | Political Economy and Development |
| ECON 116 (AMSTUD 116, HISTORY 156) | American Economic History** | Elections, Representation, and Governance or Political Economy and Development |
| ECON 121 (EARTHSYS 120, PUBLPOL 120/220) | Social Science Field Research Methods and Applications** | Data Science |
| ECON 155 | Environmental Economics and Policy | Elections, Representation, and Governance or Political Economy and Development |
| ECON 180 | Honors Game Theory | Data Science |
| EDUC 220D (HISTORY 258E) | History of School Reform: Origins, Policies, Outcomes, and Explanations | Elections, Representation, and Governance or Justice and Law |
EPS 194 (EPS 204) | Technology, National Security and Sustainability | International Relations |
| ETHICSOC 109 | On Condoned Violence: from Punishment to Pleasure | Additional Related Units |
| GEP 160 | Environmental Economic Theory | Political Economy and Development |
| HISTORY 4/104 | Introduction to Geospatial Humanities** | Elections, Representation, and Governance |
| HISTORY 70/170B | Culture, Politics, and Society in Latin America** | Elections, Representation, and Governance or Political Economy and Development |
| HISTORY 87/187 | The Islamic Republics: Politics and Society in Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan | Elections, Representation, and Governance or Political Economy and Development |
| HISTORY 97S | Between Empires: Modern History of Taiwan | Political Economy and Development |
| HISTORY 102 (INTNLREL 102) | History of the International System | International Relations |
| HISTORY 106A | Global Human Geography: Asia and Africa | International Relations or Political Economy and Development |
| HISTORY 106B | Global Human Geography: Europe and Americas | International Relations or Political Economy and Development |
| HISTORY 152/352B | History of American Law | Elections, Representation, and Governance or Justice and Law |
| HISTORY 153 | Creation of the Constitution | Elections, Representation, and Governance |
| HISTORY 181B | Formation of the Contemporary Middle East** | Elections, Representation, and Governance or Political Economy and Development |
| HISTORY 204G/304G (REES 304G) | War and Society** | Elections, Representation, and Governance or Justice and Law |
| HISTORY 252/352 | Originalism and the American Constitution: History and Interpretation** | Elections, Representation, and Governance or Justice and Law |
| HISTORY 261G (INTNLREL 173) | Presidents and Foreign Policy in Modern History | Elections, Representation, and Governance or International Relations |
| HISTORY 279/379 | Latin American Development: Economy and Society, 1800-2014 | International Relations or Political Economy and Development |
| HISTORY 288/388 (JEWISHST 288/388) | Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict | Election, Representation, and Governance or International Relations |
HISTORY 397 (FEMGEN 397) | Core Colloquium in South Asian History | Available for MA students only |
| HUMBIO 120 | Health Care in America: An Introduction to U.S. Health Policy | Elections, Representation, and Governance |
| HUMBIO 120A | American Health Policy | Elections, Representation, and Governance |
| HUMBIO 120B | The American Health Care System and Health Policy | Elections, Representation, and Governance |
| HUMBIO 172B (PUBLPOL 172) | Children, Youth, and the Law | Additional Related Units |
| HUMBIO 173 (PUBLPOL 173) | Science, Innovation and the Law | Elections, Representation, and Governance or Justice and Law |
| ILAC 384 (COMPLIT 384) | Nationalism, Cultural and Political | Political Economy and Development |
| INTLPOL 217 | The Future of Global Cooperation | International Relations |
INTLPOL 219 | Intelligence and National Security | International Relations |
| INTLPOL 244 | U.S. Policy toward Northeast Asia | International Relations or Political Economy and Development |
INTLPOL 246 | China's Foreign Policies: Objectives, Instruments, and Impacts | International Relations or Political Economy and Development |
INTLPOL 280 (ETHICSOC 280, HUMRTS 103, INTNLREL 180A) | Transitional Justice, Human Rights, and International Criminal Tribunals | International Relations or Justice and Law |
| INTNLREL 103F (HISTORY 3F/103F) | The Changing Face of War: Introduction to Military History | International Relations |
INTNLREL 123 | Future of the European Union: Challenges and Opportunities | International Relations or Political Economy and Development |
INTNLREL 140A | International Law and International Relations | International Relations or Justice and Law |
| INTNLREL 140C/140X (HISTORY 201C) | The U.S., U.N. Peacekeeping, and Humanitarian War | International Relations or Political Economy and Development |
| INTNLREL 142 (AFRICAST 142/242) | Challenging the Status Quo: Social Entrepreneurs Advancing Democracy, Development and Justice | International Relations or Political Economy and Development |
INTNLREL 182 | The Great War | International Relations |
| LAW 2519 | Water Law | Elections, Representation, and Governance or Justice and Law |
| MS&E 93Q | Nuclear Weapons, Energy, Proliferation, and Terrorism | International Relations |
| MS&E 193/293 (INTLPOL 256, GEOLSCI 167/267) | Technology and National Security | Elections, Representation, and Governance or International Relations |
| OSPBER 77 | "Ich bin ein Berliner": Lessons of Berlin for International Politics | International Relations |
| OSPBER 79 | The Political Economy of Germany in Europe: an Historical-Comparative Perspective | Political Economy and Development |
| OSPBER 82 | Globalization and Germany | International Relations |
OSPBER 115X | The German Economy: Past and Present** | Elections, Representation, and Governance or Political Economy and Development |
OSPBER 126X | A People's Union? Money, Markets, and Identity in the EU | International Relations or Political Economy and Development |
| OSPCPTWN 10 | Climate Change and Political Violence | International Relations or Political Economy and Development |
OSPCPTWN 31 | Political Economy of Foreign Aid** | International Relations or Political Economy and Development |
| OSPCPTWN 45 | Transitional Justice and Transformation Debates in South Africa | Justice and Law |
OSPCPTWN 69 | Comparatively Assessing South Africa's Transition to Democracy: Past, Present and Future** | Elections, Representation, and Governance or Political Economy and Development |
| OSPCPTWN 76 | (South) Africa Rising: Implications for Conflict, Democracy, and Human Rights** | Political Economy and Development |
OSPFLOR 12 | Constituting a Republic: Machiavelli, Madison, and Modern Issues** | Elections, Representation, and Governance or Justice and Law |
| OSPFLOR 43 | Machiavelli** | Election, Representation, and Governance or Justice and Law |
| OSPFLOR 64 | Colonial Heritage, Euro-Mediterranean Relations, Migrations, Multiculturalism | International Relations or Political Economy and Development |
| OSPFLOR 65 | Exclusion/Inclusion Processes of Migrants in Italian Society | International Relations or Justice and Law |
OSPFLOR 78 | The Impossible Experiment: Politics and Policies of the New European Union | Elections, Representation, and Governance or Political Economy and Development |
| OSPFLOR 92 | No Planet B: Class, Climate Change, and Environmental Justice | Political Economy and Development |
OSPISTAN 72 | Religion, Secularism and Democracy in the World** | Elections, Representation, and Governance or Political Economy and Development |
OSPOXFRD 18 | Making Public Policy: An Introduction to Political Philosophy, Politics, and Economics** | Justice and Law or Political Economy and Development |
OSPOXFRD 22 | British Politics Past and Present | Elections, Representation, and Governance |
OSPOXFRD 24 | British and American Constitutional Systems in Comparative Perspective** | Elections, Representation, and Governance or Justice and Law |
| OSPOXFRD 36 | Creating English Democracy | Elections, Representation, and Governance or Political Economy and Development |
| OSPOXFRD 82 | Politics of Inequality: Implications of Electoral Geography for Democratic Representation Quality** | Data Science or Elections, Representation, and Governance |
OSPPARIS 32 | French History and Politics: Understanding the Present through the Past | Elections, Representation, and Governance or Political Economy and Development |
| OSPSANTG 20 | Comparative Law & Society: Conflicts in the Structuring of Democratic Polities across Latin America | Justice and Law |
OSPSANTG 116X | Modernization and its Discontents: Chilean Politics at the Turn of the Century | Elections, Representation, and Governance or Political Economy and Development |
OSPSANTG 129X | Latin America in the International System** | Elections, Representation, and Governance or International Relations |
| PHIL 2 (ETHICSOC 20) | Introduction to Moral Philosophy | Justice and Law |
| PHIL 175W/275W (ETHICSOC 175W) | Law and Philosophy | Justice and Law |
| PHIL 179W/279W (CSRE 179W, ETHICSOC 179W) | Du Bois and Democracy | Elections, Representation, and Governance or Justice and Law |
| PUBLPOL 1 | Introduction to Public Policy | Additional Related Units |
| PUBLPOL 106/206 (ECON 154) | Law and Economics | Justice and Law or Political Economy and Development |
| PUBLPOL 122/222 (BIOE 122, EMED 122/222) | Biosecurity and Bioterrorism Response | Additional Related Units |
PUBLPOL 132/232 | The Politics of Policy Making | Elections, Representation, and Governance or Justice and Law |
PUBLPOL 135 | Regional Politics and Decision Making in Silicon Valley and the Greater Bay Area | Elections, Representation, and Governance |
PUBLPOL 154 | Politics and Policy in California | Elections, Representation, and Governance |
PUBLPOL 156 | Health Care Policy and Reform | Elections, Representation, and Governance |
PUBLPOL 209 | What is Public about Public Lands - Who and How to Manage | Elections, Representation, and Governance |
PUBLPOL 353A | Science and Technology Policy | Elections, Representation, and Governance |
| RELIGST 208 | Women of the Movement | Justice and Law |
| SIW 103 | Economic Growth & Development Patterns, Policies, and Prospects | Political Economy and Development |
| SIW 105 | Education Policy | Elections, Representation, and Governance or Justice and Law |
| SIW 106 | Criminal Justice Policy | Elections, Representation, and Governance or Justice and Law |
| SIW 107 | Civil Rights Law | Elections, Representation, and Governance or Justice and Law |
| SIW 119 | U. S. and Europe: Cooperation or Competition | International Relations |
| SIW 121 | Inside Modern Campaigns: How Elections are Won and Lost | Elections, Representation, and Governance |
| SIW 123 | Navigating Divided Government | Elections, Representation, and Governance or Justice and Law |
| SIW 124 | The American Presidency: From TR to Nixon** | Elections, Representation, and Governance |
| SIW 156 | Washington Policymaking: A New Era? Advocacy and Strategy at the Federal Level | Elections, Representation, and Governance |
SOC 111/211 (INTNLREL 143) | State and Society in Korea | International Relations or Political Economy and Development |
SOC 118/218 | Social Movements and Collective Action | Elections, Representation, and Governance |
SOC 135/235 | Poverty, Inequality, and Social Policy in the United States | Elections, Representation, and Governance or Political Economy and Development |
| SOC 145/245 (CSRE 145) | Race and Ethnic Relations in the USA | Elections, Representation, and Governance or Political Economy and Development |
| STATS 60/160 (PSYCH 10) | Introduction to Statistical Methods: Precalculus | Methods Requirement |
| STATS 101 | Data Science 101 | Methods Requirement or Data Science |
STATS 110 | Statistical Methods in Engineering and the Physical Sciences | Data Science |
| STS 139 | Designing Regenerative Societies | Political Economy and Development |
STS 156 (EARTHSYS 156, SOC 128) | The Future of Global Systemic Risk | Political Economy and Development |
THINK 19 | Rules of War | International Relations or Justice and Law |
THINK 47 | Inventing Government: Ancient and Modern | Elections, Representation, and Governance or Justice and Law |
THINK 51 (COLLEGE 110) | The Spirit of Democracy | Elections, Representation, and Governance |
| URBANST 112 (CSRE 149A, SOC 149/249) | The Urban Underclass | Elections, Representation, and Governance or Justice and Law |
| **Course no longer offered |