PUB PLC 234BVoting Rights Policy and Law II
Public Policy · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
Collaborative course taught from perspective of social science research, civil rights, and voting rights. Exposes students to voting rights act theory, case law, history, research, and implementation. Faculty guest experts from across campus provide their perspective on how to study, research, and document various aspects related to voting rights. Includes factors such as history of discrimination against minority group in areas of employment, education, housing, and political representation. Focus on practical aspects of voting rights lawsuit. Students learn in greater detail legal theory relevant to bringing successful voting rights challenge, and how to assemble and present social science evidence. Students read case law on prior Voting Rights Act decisions, review accompanying expert reports, and work in teams on aspects of lawsuit.
S/U 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 234A.
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PUB PLC 234B
- PUB PLC 234AVoting Rights Policy and Law I
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.
PUB PLC 234B
- PUB PLC 234CVoting Rights Policy and Law III
1 course lists this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.