POL SCI 186 · POLISCI 186Special Studies in Race, Ethnicity, and Politics
Political Science · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Designed for juniors/seniors. Intensive examination of one or more special problems related to race, ethnicity, and politics in political science. 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
Recommended requisite: course 40.
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confidence 1.00 · from textRequires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
POL SCI 186
- 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.