POL SCI 139 · POLISCI 139Special Studies in International Relations
Political Science · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Intensive examination of one or more special problems appropriate to international relations. Sections offered on regular basis, with topics announced in preceding term. May be repeated for credit with topic change.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2025
- Winter 2026
- Spring 2026
- Summer 2026
- Fall 2026
- Winter 2027
- Spring 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisites: two courses in Field II, or course 20 and one course in Field II.
BruinTree reads · Prerequisite
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- POL SCI 20
- one course in Field II
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Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
POL SCI 139
- POL SCI 20World Politics
1 direct requisite. The whole upstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.