*See the bottom of this page for a list of courses by sub field.
Tentative Summer 2023 Course Offerings (Subject to Change without Notice):
Planned for in-person instruction - per University directive - with the exception of POL SW 121.
Session A:
- PS 6 - Intro to Comparative Politics - STAFF
- PS 15 - Intro to Research Methods - STAFF
- PS 121 W - International Politics (IR) - Dr. Strathman (ON LINE version of POLS 121)
- PS 152 - American Political Parties (AP) - STAFF
- PS 172 - US Political Communication (AP) - STAFF
Session B:
- PS 7 – Intro to International Relations - STAFF
- PS 119JW - Ethics of a Just War (PT/IR) - STAFF
- PS 170 - Public Policy Analysys (AP) - Prof. Nall
- PS 177 - Comparative Environmental Politics (CP) - STAFF
- PA 186 - Intro to Political Economy (IR) - STAFF
Click here to view petitionable summer courses from outside of the Department of Political Science.
Fall 2023 Course Offerings (Subject to Change without Notice):
Offered via in-person instruction - per University directive.
- PS 1 - Intro to Political Theory - Dr. Hobbs-Morgan
- PS 6 - Intro to Comparative Politics - Prof. Bruhn
- PS 7 - Intro to International Relations - Prof. Morse
- PS 12 - Intro to American Politics - Prof. Bimber
- PS 106AM - African American Politics (AP) - Prof. Rice
- PS 106ET - Comparative Political Economy of the Energy Transition (CP) - Prof. Mahdavi
- PS 106PP - Political Psychology in International Relations (IR) - Prof. Barnhart
- PS 118 - Comparative Ethnic Politics (CP) - Prof. Kaplan
- PS 124 - International Organizations (IR) - Prof. Morse
- PS 126 - International Security (IR) - Dr. Strathman
- PS 127 - American Foreign Policy (IR/AP) - Dr. Strathman
- PS 177 - Comparative Environmental Politics (CP) - STAFF
- PS 189 - Contemporary Political Theory (PT) - Dr. Hobbs-Morgan
- PS 197A – Honors Thesis Seminar (Enrollment by Instructor Approval ONLY) - Prof. Masterson
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(last) Winter 2023 Course Offerings:
*Planned for in-person instruction - per University directive.
- PS 1 - Intro to Political Theory - Prof. Keum
- PS 6 - Intro to Comparative Politics - Prof. Freeman
- PS 7 - Intro to International Relations - Prof. Morse
- PS 15 - Intro to Research Methods - Prof. Stokes
- PS 127 - American Foreign Policy (IR/AP) - Dr. Strathman
- PS 135 - Government & Politics of Japan (CP) - Prof. Freeman
- PS 141 - Civil War (IR) - Prof. Coggins
- PS 142 - Decisionmaking (IR) - Dr. Strathman
- PS 143 - Russian Domestic Politics (CP) - Prof. Kaplan
- PS 149 - Israeli Politics (CP) - Prof. Amado
- PS 155/155L - Congress & Congress Lab (AP) - Prof. Smith
- PS 161 - Minority Politics (AP) - Prof. Lien
- PS 172 - U.S Political Communication (AP) - Prof. Bimber
- PS 176 - Energy Politics (AP/CP) - Prof. Stokes
- PS 197B – Honors Thesis Seminar (Enrollment by Instructor Approval ONLY) - Prof. Masterson
Special Topics Courses [Open to full POLS majors ONLY during PASS 1 registration]
- PS 106AM - African American Politics (AP) - Prof. Rice
- PS 106GR - Gender Rights (CP/IR) - Prof. Brysk
- PS 110ET - Environmental Theory (PT/AP) - Dr. Hobbs-Morgan
SENIOR SEMINARS: Open only to Seniors. Requires a 3.0 GPA in all GPA (UCSB cumulative; POLS overall major; and POLS upper division major) categories, as well as a B earned in an upper division POLS course of the same subfield. Students may take only ONE Senior Seminar during their time at UCSB.
- PS 196-01 - Right Wing Movements (AP) - Prof. Parker
- PS 196-02 - Plato's Political Thought (PT) - Prof. Keum
- PS 196-03 - Gender and Multicultural Leadership in America (AP) - Prof. Lien
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Spring 2023 Course Offerings:
Planned for in-person instruction - per University directive.
- PS 1 - Intro to Political Theory - Prof. Keum
- PS 6 - Intro to Comparative Politics - Prof. Bruhn
- PS 7 - Intro to International Relations - Prof. Coggins
- PS 119JW - Just War (PT/IR) - STAFF
- PS 126 - International Security (IR) - Dr. Strathman
- PS 127 - American Foreign Policy (IR/AP) - Dr. Strathman
- PS 162 - Urban Government & Politics (AP) - Prof. Nall
- PS 170 - Public Policy Analysis (AP) - Prof. Nall
- PS 173 - Comparative Politics and Media (CP) - Prof. Freeman
- PS 187 - Classical Political Theory (PT) - Prof. Keum
- PS 197C – Honors Thesis Seminar (Enrollment by Instructor Approval ONLY) - Prof. Masterson
Special Topics Courses [Open to full POLS majors ONLY during PASS 1 registration; POLS pre-majors and other majors can enroll druing PASS 2 & 3]
- PS 106AM - African American Politics (AP) - Prof. Parker
- PS 106CI - Causal Inference (Area D, POLS elective) - Prof. Mildenberger
- PS 106DQ - Democracy and Inequality (AP) - Prof. Rice
- PS 106EA - Northeast Asian Politics (CP) - Prof. Freeman
SENIOR SEMINARS: Open only to Seniors. Requires a 3.0 GPA in all GPA (UCSB cumulative; POLS overall major; and POLS upper division major) categories, as well as a full "B" earned in an upper division POLS course of the same subfield. Students may take only ONE Senior Seminar during their time at UCSB.
- PS 196-01 - Black Political Thought (PT) - Prof. Rice
- PS 196-02 - Contemporary Israeli Society: Its Cleavages and Complexities (CP) - Dr. Amado
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COURSES BY SUB FIELD:
Below are the default subfield classifications for POLS courses appearing in the UCSB Catalog. Parentheses alongside a course number indicate other subfields that a course may be petitioned toward. Please see this page of our website for downloadable course petition forms: https://www.polsci.ucsb.edu/undergrad/major-requirements#Forms Please submit course petition forms to the POLS Advising Office (Advising@polsci.ucsb.edu) as scanned PDF documents or in person.
A student may petition for a different subfield classification (than what has been listed below) of a POLS course - if justified by course content as demonstrated with a course syllabus. Requests for variances to the list below require Department approval (which is rare). Such approval is conditioned upon course content only, and not student need to satisfy a degree requirement.
Please note: POLS/ ENV S double majors are only allowed to share two crosslisted POLS/ENV S courses (POLS 175/ENV S 178; POLS 176/ENV S 176; POLS 177/ENV S ENV S 177). Should a student take all three of these courses, only one will be allowed toward either their POLS or ENV S upper division requirements, but will be applied to overall UCSB degree requirements.
- AMERICAN POLITICS:
- 108 (also CP & PT)
- 115
- 151
- 152
- 153
- 154 (also PT)
- 155
- 156
- 157 & W157
- 158
- 160 [Cross-listed with Asian American Studies as AS AM 160]
- 161
- 162 (also CP in W18)
- 165
- 166 (Replaces 106IP effective S17)
- 170
- 171 (also CP)
- 172 (Replaces 171 effective M17)
- 175 [Cross-listed with Environmental Studies as ENV S 178]
- 176 (also CP) [Cross-listed with Environmental Studies as ENV S 176]
- 178
- 180
- 182
- 185
- COMPARATIVE POLITICS:
- 101
- 105 (also IR)
- 108 (also AP & PT)
- 109
- 116
- 117 (Replaces 106SM effective W18)
- 118
- 128 (also IR)
- 130
- 132
- 133 (also IR)
- 134
- 135
- 136
- 137
- 138
- 140
- 143
- 144
- 145 (also IR; Cross-listed with Italian as ITAL 161AX]
- 147
- 148
- 149
- 150A & B (also IR)
- 173 (Replaces 171 effective M17)
- 176 (also AP) [Cross-listed with Environmental Studies as ENV S 176]
- 177 [Cross-listed with Environmental Studies as ENV S 177]
- INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS:
- 121 & W121
- 123
- 124
- 126
- 127 (also AP)
- 141 (Replaces 106CW effective S17)
- 142 (Replaces 106DM effective S17)
- 144 (also CP)
- 146 (also CP)
- 186 [Cross-listed with Global Studies as GLOBL 123]
- POLITICAL THEORY:
- 108 (also AP & CP)
- 110 series (all)
- 110AM (also AP)
- 110AN
- 110CT
- 110CD
- 110DT (also CP or AP)
- 110ET (also AP)
- 110J
- 110PC
- 114 [also AP; Cross-listed with Chicano Studies as CH ST 179]
- 119 series (all – also IR)
- 154 (also AP)
- 187
- 188
- 189
- AREA D, POLS UPPER DIVISION ELECTIVES:
- 106AC (CP)
- 106AF (AP)
- 106AM (AP)
- 106AT (AP)
- 106BP (CP)
- 106CE (AP or CP)
- 106CL (AP)
- 106CI (Area D)
- 106CP (AP)
- 106CW (IR -- Replaced by 141 effective S17)
- 106DG (CP)
- 106DI (AP - Replaced by 178 effective S22)
- 106DM (IR -- Replaced by 142 effective S17)
- 106DP (CP)
- 106DG (CP)
- 106DQ (AP or PT)
- 106EA (CP)
- 106EC (CP)
- 106ED (CP)
- 106EP (AP or CP)
- 106ER (CP or IR)
- 106GR (CP/IR)
- 106HR (CP or IR)
- 106IC (IR or AP)
- 106IG (AP)
- 106IL (AP)
- 106IP (AP -- Replaced by 166 effective S17)
- 106IV (AP)
- 106LC (CP or IR)
- 106LP (AP)
- 106LR (CP or IR)
- 106MI (CP or IR -- Replaced by 133 effective F20)
- 106MM (AP -- Replaced by 156 effective W17)
- 106MO (IR -- Replaced by 123 effective W21)
- 106MS (CP)
- 106ND (CP or IR)
- 106NG (AP or IR - Replaced by 120 effective S21)
- 106NS (IR)
- 106PK (IR)
- 106PO (AP)
- 106PP (IR)
- 106PW (CP) (Replaced by 140 effective F22)
- 106RM (CP)
- 106RP (AP)
- 106SM (CP -- Replaced by 117 effective W18)
- 106UN (IR)
- 120 (AP or IR)
- 133 (CP or IR)
- 148 (CP)
- 155L
- 176 (AP or CP)
- 177 (CP)
- 178 (AP)
- 192
- 196 (petitionable toward a sub field with syllabus)
- 197ABC (up to 8 units may be petitionable toward a sub field, see form on website)
- 199 (petitionable toward a sub field with syllabus)
- 199RA (petitionable toward a sub field with syllabus)
- UCDC 192DC
- UCDC 199DC (subfield reallocation will depend on content)
- UCCS 192A
- UCCS 193 (also AP)
- UCCS 195 (also AP)
- UCCS 196E