POL SCI 147C · POLISCI 147CAmerican Political Development: Institutional Development
Political Science · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Examination of one American political institution and its development over time, or interaction of American politics and some aspect of culture and society. Assessment of broader political environment of politics, isolating points of contact, conflict, and pressure for change. Possible topics include party development, Constitution, business regulation, and politics and religion. 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
- Winter 2026
- Winter 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
Requisite: course 40.
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Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
POL SCI 147C
- POL SCI 40Introduction to American Politics
1 direct requisite. The whole upstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.
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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.