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PHYS 260 PHYSICS WITH CALCULUS II – The secondsemester of a three-semester sequence of calculusbasedphysics (may also be taken as the third semester).Designed to give students majoring in engineering,physics or chemistry a thorough foundation in the fundamentalspf physics. Covers electricity, magnetism andelectromagnetic waves. The laboratory portion coversmeasurement and analysis of phenomena discussed inlecture. Transfer credit: UC; CSU (B1, B3).PHYS 270 PHYSICS WITH CALCULUS III – The thirdsemester of a three-semester sequence of calculusbasedphysics (may also be taken directly after PHYS250). Designed to give students majoring in engineering,physics or chemistry a thorough foundation in the fundamentalsof physics. Covers fluids, thermodynamics,waves and light, and modern physics. The laboratory portioncovers measurement and analysis of phenomena discussedin lecture. Transfer credit: UC; CSU (B1, B3).POLITICAL SCIENCE (PLSC)PLSC 115 COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT (3)Minimum of 48 lecture hours/semester. Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 836.Comparative treatment of the government and politicsof countries of Western Europe, Eastern Europe, anddeveloping nations. Transfer credit: UC; CSU (D3).PLSC 130 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (3)Minimum of 48 lecture hours/semester. Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 836.Survey of the basic elements of international relations,including the factors of sovereignty, nationalism, andnational policies; the international struggle for power andorder; the role of the United Nations and other supranationalorganizations. Transfer credit: UC; CSU (D3).PLSC 150 INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL THEORY (3)Minimum of 48 lecture hours/semester.Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 836.Introduction to ways of thinking about politics and anexploration of the concepts of political theory. Politicalproblems will be examined along with consideration ofsuch ideas as political culture and ideology. Transfercredit: UC; CSU (D3).PHYSICS „ POLITICAL SCIENCEPLSC 200 NATIONAL, STATE AND LOCALGOVERNMENT (3)Minimum of 48 lecture hours/semester. Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100.A study of the structure and function of the basicnational, state and local government institutions. The<strong>course</strong> will examine the dynamics of the constitutionalpower relationship between the respective branches ofgovernment and the operational relationship between thenational, state and local governments. Students who havereceived credit for PLSC 210 or PLSC 301 may not receivecredit for PLSC 200. Transfer credit: UC; CSU (D2b).PLSC 210 AMERICAN POLITICS (3)Minimum of 48 lecture hours/semester. Partially satisfies theAmerican History and Institutions requirement. Recom -mended: Eligibility for ENGL 836.The study of the historical and constitutional developmentof the foundations of United States political institutionsand the dynamics of the governmental decisionmakingprocess from the colonial era to the present.Examination of the various sources of political attitudes,roles and behaviors of political participants and wayspolitical decisions are made by the different units ofgovernment. Students who have received credit for PLSC200 may not receive credit for PLSC 210. Transfer credit:UC; CSU (D1).PLSC 280 INTRODUCTION TO POLITICALPHILOSOPHY (3)(Pass/No Pass or letter grade.)Minimum of 48 lecture hours/semester. Recommended:Eligibility for ENGL 100 or 105, or equivalent.An introduction to political philosophy. Readings andcritical discussion of political philosophies (such as liberalism,conservatism, communitarianism, libertarianism,socialism, feminism, etc.) through readings by influentialthinkers (such as Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Kant, Mill,Marx, Rawls, and contemporary writers). Topics includetheories of human nature, conceptions of justice, the relationshipbetween the individual and the state, the distributionof wealth and power, the significance of ideology, andthe role of markets. Also listed as PHIL 280. Transfercredit: UC; CSU (C2, D3).C O U R S E D E S C R I P T I O N S2 011 – 2 012 C ATA L O G w w w. S k y l i n e C o l l e g e . e d u221

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