POL SCI 50 · POLISCI 50Introduction to Comparative Politics
Political Science · 5 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)
Not open for credit to students with credit for course 50R. Comparative study of constitutional principles, governmental institutions, and political processes in selected countries.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2025
- Spring 2026
- Summer 2026
- Fall 2026
- Winter 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 50
- POL SCI 153AComparative Government and Politics of Western Europe: West European Government and Politics
- POL SCI 154AGovernment and Politics in Latin America: States of Middle America
- POL SCI 158Southeast Asian Politics
- POL SCI 160Government and Politics of Japan
- POL SCI M167CPolitical Economy of Development
- POL SCI 168Comparative Political Analysis
6 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 6 courses over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.