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POL SCI 20 · POLISCI 20World Politics

Political Science · 5 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)

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Required of all students concentrating in Field II. Introduction to problems of world politics.

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Fall 2025
Winter 2026
Spring 2026
Summer 2026
Fall 2026
Winter 2027
Spring 2027

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UCLA lists no requisites for this course.

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POL SCI 20

POL SCI M122BGlobal Environment and World Politics
POL SCI 123AInternational Law
ENVIRON M161Global Environment and World Politics
POL SCI 124AInternational Political Economy
POL SCI 126Peace and War
POL SCI 129Diplomacy and War
POL SCI 132AInternational Relations of Middle East
POL SCI 139Special Studies in International Relations

8 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 8 courses over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.