De Anza College
POLI 17
Grassroots Democracy: Leadership and Power · 4 units · used in 11 transfer pathways
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Where this page’s information comes from
- De Anza catalogcourse record · 2025-2026
- FHDA class listingsWinter 2027 sections
- Cherrypickercourse matching and pathway links — our analysis
About this course
This course provides both applied and theoretical training for students of social justice. It serves as a multidisciplinary exploration of social change and popular democratic action, with a specific focus on understanding the meaning and development of political power in modern democracies. This course will explore gender and race-sensitive approaches to leadership style, the utilization of institutional and mass forums for civic engagement, strategies for mass recruitment and mobilization, consciousness development, democratic ethics, and strategic and tactical action.
Sections this term
Winter 2027 · updated Oct 18, 11:15 PM UTCNo section is scheduled at De Anza College for Winter 2027. The course can still be offered in a later quarter.
Enrollment availability changes frequently. Confirm status in the official FHDA registration system before enrolling.
Prerequisites
The De Anza catalog lists no prerequisite for this course.
Advisory: “ENGL C1000 or ENGL C1000H or ESL D005.”
Transfer pathways that use POLI 17
ASSIST maps POLI 17 to a requirement in 11 published pathways from De Anza College.
- Global and Community HealthDe Anza → UC Santa Cruz
- Global and Community Health, Public and Community Health ConcentrationDe Anza → UC Santa Cruz
- ArchitectureDe Anza → UC Berkeley
- Environmental Economics and PolicyDe Anza → UC Berkeley
- Environmental SciencesDe Anza → UC Berkeley
- Genetics and Plant BiologyDe Anza → UC Berkeley
- Landscape ArchitectureDe Anza → UC Berkeley
- Microbial BiologyDe Anza → UC Berkeley
- Molecular Environmental BiologyDe Anza → UC Berkeley
- Nutrition & Metabolic BiologyDe Anza → UC Berkeley
- Society and EnvironmentDe Anza → UC Berkeley
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