POL SCI 495A · POLISCI 495ATeaching in Political Science 1
Political Science · 4 units · Graduate professional courses (400-499)
Intensive training during Spring Quarter. Required of all new PhD students and potential departmental teaching assistants. Practical and theoretical issues in teaching of political science.
S/U grading.
When it runs
- Spring 2026
- Spring 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
POL SCI 495A
- POL SCI 495BTeaching in Political Science 2
1 course lists this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.