POLS C1000

About this course

Part 1: This course is an introduction to government and politics in the United States and California. Students examine the constitutions, structure, and operation of governing institutions, civil liberties and civil rights, political behaviors, political issues, and public policy using political science theory and methodology. Part 2: This course is a critical examination of the contemporary and historical struggle for the development of democratic political institutions in the United States at the state, local, and national levels. Particular emphasis is given to the conflict between disparate socioeconomic groups in the conduct of U.S. political life (e.g., traditional elites versus the historically (and currently) disenfranchised-- women, people of color, workers, immigrants, etc.) and the interrelationship among social equity, democracy, and sustainable environmental conditions.

No section is scheduled at De Anza College for Fall 2026. 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 POLS C1000

ASSIST maps POLS C1000 to a requirement in 317 published pathways from De Anza College — 24 shown.

• RECREATION, PARKS AND TOURISM ADMINISTRATIONDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• LIBERAL STUDIESDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTIONDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• FOREST AND FIRE SCIENCESDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• POLITICAL SCIENCEDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• HISTORYDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH AND SOIL SCIENCEDe Anza → Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
• Liberal Studies B.A. - Child Development/Elementary Education ConcentrationDe Anza → Humboldt State
• Liberal Studies B.A. - Elementary Education ConcentrationDe Anza → Humboldt State
• Political ScienceDe Anza → San Francisco State
• Public AffairsDe Anza → UCLA
• Human Biology and SocietyDe Anza → UCLA
• CommunicationDe Anza → UCLA
• Political ScienceDe Anza → UCLA
• American Indian StudiesDe Anza → UCLA
• SociologyDe Anza → UC Irvine
• Political ScienceDe Anza → UC Irvine
• SociologyDe Anza → UC Santa Barbara
• Political ScienceDe Anza → UC Santa Barbara
• History of Policy, Law, and GovernanceDe Anza → UC Santa Barbara
• Environmental StudiesDe Anza → UC Santa Barbara
• Environmental StudiesDe Anza → UC Santa Barbara
• EconomicsDe Anza → CSU Fullerton
• Art, B.F.A. - Illustration ConcentrationDe Anza → CSU Fullerton

The other FHDA college

The district declares these courses cross-listed with POLS C1000. That is a district equivalence, recorded in the colleges’ own course data — it is not an ASSIST articulation, and whether it satisfies a particular transfer requirement is a separate question shown on the pathway pages.

• POLS C1000 (POLI 1.)