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South Suburban has a recommended Political Science Transfer Program available.

"Numbers in parenthesis are credit hours/semester, in class hours/week."

PSC 101—American National Government (3,3)
(IAI: S5900)
A college transfer course; consult the Transfer Center for more details.
Political power, its application, location, impact; demands on decision makers, their forms and sources; conversion process, congress, presidency, bureaucracy and courts; outputs, policies, implementation, court decisions. (Available as a telecourse) F, Sp, S

PSC 102—American State and Local Governments (3,3)
(IAI: S5902)
A college transfer course; consult the Transfer Center for more details.
Formal institutions of power in states, local bodies, constitutions, intergovernmental relations, legislature, executive structures, courts, informal aspects of political power, resources, influence and culture. (Available as a telecourse) F, Sp, S

PSC 108—Contemporary Political Problems (3,3)
A college transfer course; consult the Transfer Center for more details.
This is a telecourse dealing with public policy and ethics. The course focuses on some of the important issues of the day which confront policy makers and will show men and women actively involved in politics, law, and journalism discussing these issues and being placed in situations where they must make hard choices on the issues. The guide for this telecourse is the series “The Constitution: That Delicate Balance.” S

PSC 210—Comparative Foreign Governments (3,3)
(IAI: S5905)
A college transfer course; consult the Transfer Center for more details.
Basic development, operation of governmental systems in England, France, Germany, Russia. Special attention to adaptations to contemporary political problems through use of comparative analysis. On demand