Department of Politics

Welcome, here you will find student resources for the USF Department of Politics.

USF BSU Call to Action

USF Faculty Association President Sonja Poole’s Statement

Gleeson library resource page with links to anti-racism resources and eBooks

Dr. Clarence Jones Statement on the National Crisis

Paradox and Promise: “A Nation’s Story: ‘What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” (Frederick Douglass)
America, This Is Your Chance” Michele Alexander Op-Ed in New York Times, linking to further reading and viewing suggestions

Equal Justice Initiative

ACLU Know Your Rights at a demonstration

How to protest during a pandemic and still keep everyone safe

Othering & Belonging Institute readings, interviews, podcasts & workshops

The Movement for Black Lives policy agenda, actions, webinars & resources

The Case for Uppercase: Commentary on style, dignity, and Black culture”, Christian Science Monitor

Zaneta Rago-Craft, “You may be your Black Colleagues Amy Cooper,” The Professor Is In

Andre Flynn, et al., The Hidden Rules of Race: Barriers to an Inclusive Economy

Melvin Leiman, Political Economy of Racism

#BlackLivesMatter PGI Micro-Syllabus

David Phoenix , The Anger Gap: How Race Shapes Emotion in Politics (Cambridge University Press, 2019).

Megan Ming Francis, Civil Rights and the Making of the Modern American State (Cambridge University Press, 2014)

Terry Smith, Whitelash: Unmasking White Grievance at the Ballot Box (Cambridge University Press, 2020)

Daniel Q. Gillion, The Political Power of Protest: Minority Activism and Shifts in Public Policy (Cambridge University Press, 2013)

Jamila Michener, Fragmented Democracy: Medicaid, Federalism, and Unequal Politics (Cambridge University Press, 2018)

Paul Butler, Chokehold: Policing Black Men (New Press, 2018)

Gillion, Daniel, The Loud Minority: Why Protests Matter in American Democracy (Princeton University Press, 2020).

Alex Vitale, The End of Policing (Verso Press, 2018)

Kellie Carter Jackson, Force and Freedom: Black Abolitionists and the Politics of Violence (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019)

Kellie Carter Jackson, “The Double Standard of the American Riot.” The Atlantic, June 1 2020.

Justin Ellis, “Minneapolis had this Coming,” The Atlantic, June 9 2020.

 

Spring 2023 Course Listings

Note: Course listings are subject to change - last updated on November 8, 2021

Course Course Name Course # R Time Room Units Core
  Introductory Sequence (two 100-level courses required)
POLS 110-01 Change and Conflict (Freidman) 21320   TR 9:55 am - 11:40 am  CO 414 4 E
POLS 110-02 Change and Conflict (McBride) 21321   TR 9:55 am - 11:40 am ED 110 4 E
  Thematic Seminars (two 200-level courses required)
POLS 220 Urban Politics (Taylor) 21324   TR 2:30 pm - 4:25 pm KA 311 4  
POLS 280 Security and Terrorism (Durazo) 21971   MWF 10:30 am - 11:35 am LM 244A 4  
Pols 292 SpTp: Indigenous Politics (Kessler-Mata) 21323   TR 12:45 pm - 2:30 pm LM 358 4  
 

300 - Level Electives (five 4-unit courses required)

Note for concentrations: Starting in the Fall 20, All 300-level electives listed in this category will count toward ALL concentrations. 

POLS 318 Great Trials in America (Elias) 21329   MW 4:45 pm - 6:25 pm  CO 414 4  
POLS 322 Politics of American Justice (Weiner) 21334   MWF 1 pm - 2:05 pm LM 355 4  
POLS 325  Latino Politics in the US (Durazo) 21330   MWF 2:15 pm - 3:20 pm LM 365 4  
POLS 339 Free Expression and the Constitution (Weiner) 21335   MWF 2:15 - 3:20 pm LM 355 4  
POLS 340 Politics and Change in Russia/Neighboring States (Kovacevic) 21337   MWF 1:00 pm - 2:05 pm LM 244A 4  
POLS 349 Government and Politics of the Middle East (Onar) 21333   TR 9:55 am - 11:40 am MA 123 4  
POLS 351 Global Conflict Resolution (Zunes) 21332   M 6:30 pm - 9:15 pm LM 365 4  
POLS 364 California Politics (Taylor) 21336   TR 4:35 pm - 6:20 pm KA 311 4  
POLS 370 USF in DC: Seminar (TBA) 21338   TBA TBA 4 SL
POLS 372 USF in DC: Research (TBA) 21340   TBA TBA 4  
POLS 391 Community Organizing (Coll) 21325   MW 4:45 pm - 6:25 pm LM 346A 4 CEL
  Politics Service-Learning/Internships (one 4-unit course required) & Senior Capstone Course
POLS 371 USF in DC: Internship (TBA) 21337   TBA TBA 8 SL
POLS 396 Public Admin Internship (Kessler-Mata) 21327   R 9:55 am - 11:40 am MA 226 4 CEL
POLS 397 Fieldwork in Pub Int Org (Elias) 21326   M 6:30 pm - 7:45 pm CO 314 4 CEL
Politics Research Courses 
POLS 492-01 SpTp: The Politics of Housing and Homelessness (Brahinksy) 21328   TR 12:45 pm - 2:30 pm ED 010 4  
POLS 492-02 SpTp: Applied Democractic Theory (Weiner) 22208   M 6:30 pm - 9:15 pm LM 357 4  
POLS 492-03 SpTp: Nonprofits & Public Policy (Murphy) 22209   W 6:30 pm - 9:15 pm MA 228 4  
POLS 492-04 SpTp: The Immigrant City (Coll) 22351   W 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm LM 346 4  
  LSAT Prep (does NOT count toward politics major.)
POLS 92-01  LSAT Prep Course (Bronson) 21341   U 6:00 pm - 9 pm KA 163 2  
POLS 92-02 LSAT Prep Course (Bronson) 21342   TR 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm LM 352 2  
Course   Course Name Course # R Time Room Units Core
    Core Course:
POLS 322   Politics of American Justice (Weiner) 21334   MWF 1:00 pm - 2:05 pm LM 355 4  
    Domestic Justice:
BUS 301-01   Business Law (Becker) 22109   TR 9:55 am - 11:40 am KA 311 4  
BUS 301-02   Business Law (Becker) 22110   TR 12:45 pm - 2:30 pm KA 267 4  
BUS 301-03   Business Law (Griffis) 22111   TR 4:35 pm - 6:20 pm MH LL4 4  
BUS 301-04   Business Law (Griffis) 22112   R 6:30 pm - 10:10 pm MH LL4 4  
BUS 301-05   Business Law (Monroe) 22155   MW 4:45 pm - 6:25 pm MH LL6 4  
ENVA 367   Environmental Justice (Johnson) 20860   TR 12:45 pm - 2:30 pm ED 308 4  
POLS 318   Great Trials in America (Elias) 21329   MW 4:45 pm - 6:25 pm CO 314 4  
POLS 339   Free Expression and the Constitution (Weiner) 21335   MWF 2:15 - 3:20 pm LM 355 4  
SOC 357   Criminology (Richman) 21434   TR 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm KA 263 4  
    Global Justice:
COMS 364   Communication for Justice and Social Change (Jacquemet) 20713   TR 4:35 pm - 6:20 pm KA 167 4 CEL
SOC 302-01   Global Inequities and Social Justice (Santos) 21427   TR 9:55 am - 11:40 am LM 355 4  
SOC 302-02   Global Inequities and Social Justice (Santos) 21428   TR 12:45 pm - 2:30 pm LM 355 4  
    Field Placement/Internship:
POLS 396   Public Admin Internship 21327   R 9:55 am - 11:40 am MA 226 4 CEL
POLS 397   Fieldwork in Pub Int Org 21326   M 6:30 pm - 7:45 pm CO 314 4 CEL
    Electives: *Note: Domestic Justice and Global Justice courses may also be used as Electives
PYSC 324   Forensic Psychology (Whitman-Flam) 21347   F 7:55 am - 11:35 am ED 102 4  
SOC 356   Juvenile Justice (Durazo) 21433   MWF 3:30 pm - 4:35 pm LM 365 4  
PASJ 370   Art and Incarceration (Daniels) 21215   TR 4:35 pm - 6:20 pm LM 357 4 F
    LSAT PREP (Does NOT count towards Legal Studies minor)
POLS 092-01   LSAT Prep Course (Bronson) - non-POLS Credit  21341   U 6:00-9:20 pm KA 163 2  
POLS 092-02   LSAT Prep Course (Bronson) - non-POLS Credit  21342   TR 7:00-9:00 pm LM 352 2  
Course Name (Instructor) Course # Time Room Units Core
Required Courses (8 Units)
POLS 322: Politics of American Justice (Weiner) 21334 MWF 1:00 pm - 2:05 pm LM 355 4  
SOC 357: Criminology (Richman) 21434 TR 12:30 pm - 2:30 pm KA 263 4  
Internship/ Field Placement (4 Units)
POLS 396: Public Admin Internship (Kessler-Mata) 21327 R 9:55 am - 11:40 am MA 226 4 CEL
POLS 397: Fieldwork in Pub Int Org (Elias) 21326 M 6:30 pm - 7:45 pm CO 314 4 CEL
Politics Electives (4 Units)
POLS 318: Great Trials in America (Elias) 21329 MW 4:45 pm - 6:25 pm CO 314 4  
Sociology Electives (4 Units)
SOC 356: Juvenile Justice (Durazo) 41093 TR 4:35-6:20 pm   4  
LSAT Prep (does NOT count toward legal studies minor.)
POLS 92-01: LSAT Prep Course (Bronson) 21341 U 6:00 - 9:20 pm   2  
POLS 92-02: LSAT Prep Course (Bronson) 21342 TR 6:00-9:00 pm   2  
Course Name (Instructor) Course # Time Room Units Core
Core Course:
NA for Spring 2023          
Social and Economic Justice:
COMS 364 Communication for Justice and Social Change (Jacquemet) 20731 TR 4:35 pm - 6:20 pm KA 167 4 CEL
ECON 230 Environmental Economics (Khachiyan) 20777 TR 8:00 am - 9:45 am KA 163 4 E
ENVA 367 Environmental Justice (Johnson) 20860 TR 12:45 pm - 2:30 pm ED 308 4  
SOC 233 Gender, Development and Globalization (Santos) 21420 TR 4:35 pm - 6:20 pm LM 355 4  
SOC 302-01 Global Inequities and Social Justice (Santos) 21427 TR 9:55 am - 11:40 am LM 355 4  
SOC 302-02 Global Inequities and Social Justice (Santos) 21428 TR 12:45 pm - 2:30 pm LM 355 4  
SOC 350 Social Movements (Webber) 21432 TR 2:40 pm - 4:25 pm ED 306 4  
Peace and Conflict:
POLS 322 Politics of American Justice (Weiner) 21334 MWF 1:00 pm - 2:05 pm LM 355 4  
POLS 351 Global Conflict Resolution (Zunes) 21332 M 6:30 pm - 9:15 pm LM 365 4  
SOC 350 Social Movements (Webber) 21432 TR 2:40 pm - 4:25 pm ED 306 4  
THRS 238 The Israeli Palestinian Conflict through Literature and Film (Kroll-Zeldin) 21453 TR 9:55 am - 11:40 am ED 203 4 D3, CD
BAIS 310 Global Environmental Politics (Rubiano-Galvis) 20538 TR 2:40 pm - 4:25 pm CO 106 4 CEL
Ethical Approaches:
THRS 132 Forgiving the Unforgivable: The Ethics of Apoligies (Hahn-Tapper) 21145 TR 12:45 pm - 2:30 pm KA 167 4 D3, CD
THRS 270 African Theol/Cosmologies (Dube) 21455 TR 4:35 pm - 6:20 pm KA 363 4  
THRS 404 Environmental Ethics (Mickey) 21467 TR 2:40 pm - 4:25 pm ED 101 4 D3
Social Movements
MS 319 LGBTQ+ Cinema (Taylor) 21192 W 6:30 pm - 10:30 pm CO 107 4  
THRS 125 Jews, Judaisms, and Jewish Identities (Gabai) 21444 TR 2:40 pm - 4:25 pm CO 417 4 D2
Internships
Any PJS-related USF Service-Learning (SL) class can count towards the Internship requirement with the approval of the Program Director. In other words, a variety of internship and SL classes can count towards PJS internship requirement provided the content is PJS-related.
Also note that students who participate in Living-Learning Communities (LLCs), such as Erasmus, Esther Madriz and Martin Baro, can fulfill some of required courses for the minor, depending on whether the content of the courses is PJS-related.
Davies Seminar often times fulfill a requirement for the minor as well, depending on the topic. For approval, please contact the PJS Chair
A list of additional offerings is available from the program and on the Politics website every semester. For further details or to add the minor contact the PJS chair, Prof. Sadia Saeed ssaeed3@usfca.edu.