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POSC 484 - Urban Planning Methods

Seminar and Practicum on methods in urban planning. Analytical techniques and basic data sources. Population forecasting, housing surveys, economic development, fiscal impacts and area revitalization. Individual and team projects

POSC 300 - Contemporary Issues in California Government and Politics

Political process in state and local institutions; crisis in the cities, flight to the suburbs and race relations. Make comparisons with other states and their subdivisions. Satisfies state requirement in California state and local government.

POSC 305 - Introduction to State and Local Politics

Importance of federal structure and role of state constitutions in state governance. Comparative study of political institutions, processes, and policy in the 50 states. Compare the operation of city, county and metropolitan governments.

POSC 305 - Introduction to State and Local Politics

Importance of federal structure and role of state constitutions in state governance. Comparative study of political institutions, processes, and policy in the 50 states. Compare the operation of city, county and metropolitan governments.

POSC 309 - Introduction to Metropolitan Politics

Inner city and suburbia. Political processes: power in the city, the urban-suburban relationship, political fragmentation and the national government in urban areas.

POSC 309 - Introduction to Metropolitan Politics

Inner city and suburbia. Political processes: power in the city, the urban-suburban relationship, political fragmentation and the national government in urban areas.

POSC 315 - Introduction to Public Policy

Federal domestic policy making. Structure, functions and relationships among American national institutions, including executive, legislative and judicial branches, media, political parties and pressure groups.

POSC 320 - Introduction to Public Administration

Introduces public administration through current trends and problems of public sector agencies in such areas as organization behavior, public budgeting, personnel, planning and policy making. Examples and cases from the Criminal Justice field.

POSC 321 - Research in Public Management

Research concepts, computer applications and information management applied to public administration and policy analysis. Instructional fee.

POSC 322 - Leadership for Public Service

Conceptions of leadership as applied in governmental and nonprofit sectors. Types of leaders; tools for leaders; leadership in public policy-making settings. Includes student project and extend leadership concepts; participation in CSUF Student Leadership Institute or similar activity.

POSC 324 - Nonprofit Organizations

Introduction to the nonprofit sector, including the difference between public, for-profit and non-profit organizations, the history and rise of the sector, IRS tax rules and other government regulations, and best practices for nonprofit administration. Will highlight Orange County nonprofits.

POSC 352 - American Foreign Policy

United States foreign policy since World War II. Institutions and bureaucracies of foreign policy decision making, military and national security policy, domestic sources of foreign policy.

POSC 375 - Law, Politics and Society

Law as emergent from political processes, rooted within social norms and communities. Law as a feature of the modern state, a tool for seeking advantage, domination and/or liberation. An overview of legislative, judicial, administrative, and other political processes that produce law.

POSC 403 - Politics and Policy in Sacramento

Nature of policy making in California’s state capital. Persistent policy themes and constraints; current issues in education policy. Required three-day trip to Sacramento for seminars and policy briefings. Class times prior to Sacramento visit may vary.

POSC 411 - Art of Administration

Public administration as art rather than science. Administrative novels and other fictional literature, and other audio-visual media.

POSC 421 - Government and the Economy

Regulation and deregulation of business. Industrial policy. Government taxes and expenditures. Emphasis on national government.

POSC 422 - Human Resources Management

Civil service and the merit system; recruitment procedures and examinations; position classification, salary structures, retirement plans, in-service training, employee organizations and personnel supervision. Examples and cases from the criminal justice field. Emphasizes themes and topics from criminal justice

POSC 423 - Diversity in Public Management

Issues in public employment related to gender, race and ethnicity, disability, veteran status, age, culture and other current topics. Focus on leadership, mentoring, recruitment and discrimination. Topics of current interest include representative bureaucracy, equity and intersectionality.

POSC 424 - Health Policy

Health policy actors and processes in the United States. Roles of Congress, the President, bureaucracy and interests groups in health policy and policy process are explored, including an introduction to policy analysis.

POSC 425 - Policy Analysis

Provides conceptual approach and skills required to understand and project the outcomes and effects of public policy; scope of approaches undertaken in policy analysis from both a political and an economic perspective.

POSC 426 - Education Politics and Policy

History and expansion of public education in the United States. Roles of school districts and the state and federal governments in setting education policy. Current issues of education policy and public higher education.

POSC 427 - Metropolitan Politics and Policymaking

Policy issues and alternatives in urban and metropolitan problem areas, such as law enforcement, transportation, housing or poverty.

POSC 446 - Corruption, Ethics and Public Policy

Ethical problems that face persons in the public service. Practical decision-making.

POSC 456 - National Security

Major theoretical approaches and debates related to national security; national security policy making; traditional and new security challenges.

POSC 475 - Administrative Law

Law as it affects public officials and agencies in their relations with private citizens and the business community. Case materials and regulatory practices.

POSC 476 - International Law

Introduces the fundamentals or building blocks or international law and covers other selected topics that are traditionally identified as part of public international law.

POSC 478 - Urban Planning Principles

Seminar/discussion on conceptual themes and legal foundations of American urban planning. Policy areas associated with urbanization and suburbanization processes: land use, economic development, redevelopment, housing systems, neighborhood dynamics and growth management.

POSC 491 - Applied Policy Research

Conduct independent research, under faculty supervision, on policy-related issues proposed by community partners, students and faculty. Research topics will vary each semester, but will be based within criminal justice, political science and/or public administration. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 units. Requires instructor approval, by application and faculty referral.

POSC 497 - Internship in Public Administration

Work 12-20 hours per week as supervised interns in a public agency. Supervision by the faculty and cooperating agency. In addition, a weekly seminar.