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Sec
Code
Title
Faculty
POLS 2
01
45515
Introduction to Comparative Politics
Ordonez
POLS 2
02
47798
Introduction to Comparative Politics [pdf]
Abrams
POLS 3
01
47810
Introduction to Comparative Politics
Schendan
POLS 3
02
47811
Introduction to Comparative Politics [pdf]
Quill
POLS 4
01
47815
Introduction to International Relations [pdf]
Ovetz
POLS 4
02
47816
Introduction to International Relations [pdf]
Ovetz
POLS 20
01
47818
Controversial Legal Issues [pdf]
Benson
POLS 100M
01
43968
Political Inquiry [pdf]
Mitchell
POLS 100M
02
46166
Political Inquiry [pdf]
Pinnell
POLS 100M
03
47919
Political Inquiry [pdf]
Bejar-Lopez
POLS 100W
01
47820
Writing Workshop [pdf]
Quill
POLS 100W
02
47821
Writing Workshop [pdf]
Benson
POLS 101
01
49863
American Government for Teachers [pdf]
Royaltey
POLS 102
01
43900
State Government and Politics [pdf]
Keeley
POLS 103
01
48040
Local Government [pdf]
Yeager
POLS 108
01
48044
Political Participation
Currin-Percival
POLS 109
01
48047
Women and Politics [pdf]
Crane
POLS 114
01
45977
Introduction to Public Administration [pdf]
Record
POLS 120
01
43895
Law and Society [pdf]
Benson
POLS 121B
01
48055
Civil Liberties [pdf]
Brent
POLS 142
01
48057
African Politics [pdf]
Pinnell
POLS 146
01
48058
Latin American Politics [pdf]
Bejar-Lopez
POLS 150
01
47825
War and Peace [pdf]
Yenigun
POLS 150
02
47826
War and Peace [pdf]
Abrams
POLS 152A
01
43905
International Organizations [pdf]
Dudley
POLS 157
01
48064
International Security [pdf]
Sasikumar
POLS 160A
01
43896
Classical Political Thought [pdf]
Peter
POLS 160C
01
49381
Contemporary Political Thought [pdf]
Quill
POLS 170V
01
43898
American Politics in Global Perspective [pdf]
Ordonez
POLS 170V
02
44360
American Politics in Global Perspective [pdf]
Ordonez
POLS 170V
03
45574
American Politics in Global Perspective [pdf]
Yenigun
POLS 170V
04
50968
American Politics in Global Perspective [pdf]
Ordonez
POLS 190
01
43964
Senior Seminar: Democracy & Democratization [pdf]
Dudley
POLS 190
02
49000
Senior Seminar: Retrospective in the Trump Presidency
Brent
POLS 190
03
50370
Senior Seminar: American Politics in Film [pdf]
Currin-Percival
POLS 15
01
43969
Essentials of U.S. and CA Government [pdf]
Benson
POLS 15
02
43970
Essentials of U.S. and CA Government [pdf]
Schendan
POLS 15
03
43971
Essentials of U.S. and CA Government [pdf]
Pinnell
POLS 15
04
43972
Essentials of U.S. and CA Government [pdf]
Abrams
POLS 15
05
46687
Essentials of U.S. and CA Government [pdf]
Crane
POLS 15
06
46780
Essentials of U.S. and CA Government
Sokoloff
POLS 15
07
47002
Essentials of U.S. and CA Government [pdf]
Schendan
POLS 15
08
46686
Essentials of U.S. and CA Government [pdf]
Ovetz
POLS 15
09
50242
Essentials of U.S. and CA Government [pdf]
Pinnell
POLS 15
10
50248
Essentials of U.S. and CA Government [pdf]
Crane
POLS 15
81
45591
Essentials of U.S. and CA Government [pdf]
Brent
POLS 15
82
44615
Essentials of U.S. and CA Government [pdf]
Abrams
POLS 15
83
44610
Essentials of U.S. and CA Government [pdf]
Mitchell
POLS 15
99
45590
Essentials of U.S. and CA Government [pdf]
Brent
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Melinda Jackson
Sara Benson
Sergio Bejar-Lopez
Xintong Chen
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Christina Turner
Donna Crane
Eric Ramones
Faith Daly
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Jesus Raygoza
Joseph Bergee
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Marci Harris
Melissa Horn
Robert Ovetz
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Constantine Danopoulos
Frances Edwards
Ken Nuger
Larry Gerston
Peter Haas
Ronald T. Sylvia
Terry Christensen
William T. McCraw
Department Staff
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Sacramento Semester Internship Program
Panetta Institute Congressional Internship in Washington DC
Nancy Everett, and Phyllis Ward Washington DC Internship
Scholarships
Alumni Scholarship
Burton R. Brazil Scholarship
Charles Kunsman Scholarship
Douglas McIntyre Award
Fauneil J. Rinn Scholarship
Horace Knapp Jr. Memorial Scholarship
IPACE Scholarship
John Gilbert Scholarship for International Studies
John L. McLemore Scholarship
Peter Szego Scholarship
Roy E. Young Scholarship
Steven Glickman Memorial Scholarship
T.M. Norton Scholarship
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USC SJSU Consortium ICCAE Scholarship
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Study Abroad
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Events
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SJSU Votes!
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Don Edwards Lecture
Senator Jim Beall
Veterans Issues Panel
California Supreme Court Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye
Judge Thelton Henderson
George Miller
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Former California Governor Gray Davis
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Last Updated Jun 28, 2023