Course Pages

At right: Photo of
Dr. Dark's father,
Taylor E. Dark, Jr.,
graduating from
Cal State LA,
June 1958.

CSULA Motto:
Vox Veritas Vita
“Voice, Truth, Life”
"Speak the truth as a way of life."

"We are not here concerned with hopes and fears, only with the truth as far as our reason permits us to discover it."

-- Charles Darwin, 1883

"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool."

-- Richard Feynman, 1974

"The method of science is tried and true. It is not perfect, it's just the best we have. And to abandon it with its skeptical protocols is the pathway to a dark age."

-- Carl Sagan, 1994

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Fall Semester 2023

POLS 5050: American Political Studies

Fall Semester 2022

POLS 5050: American Political Studies

Fall Semester 2021

POLS 5050: American Political Studies

Fall Semester 2020

POLS 5050: American Political Studies

Spring Semester 2020

POLS 1000, Section 13: Government and American Society
POLS 3710: Foundations of American Politics
POLS 4000: Power and Policy in Washington: Congress and the Presidency

Fall Semester 2019

POLS 3710: Foundations of American Politics
POLS 4500: European Politics
POLS 5050: American Political Studies

Spring Semester 2019

POLS 1000: Government and American Society
POLS 3710: Foundations of American Politics
POLS 4000: Power and Policy in Washington: Congress and the Presidency

Fall Semester 2018

POLS 3710: Foundations of American Politics
POLS 4500: European Politics
POLS 5050: American Political Studies

Spring Semester 2018

POLS 1000: Government and American Society
POLS 3710: Foundations of American Politics
POLS 4000: Power and Policy in Washington: Congress and the Presidency

Fall Semester 2017

POLS 3710: Foundations of American Politics
POLS 4500: European Politics
POLS 5050: American Political Studies

Spring Semester 2017

POLS 1000 (Section 4): Government and American Society
POLS 4000: Power and Policy in Washington: Congress and the Presidency

Fall Semester 2016

POLS 1000 (Section 4): Government and American Society
POLS 3710: Foundations of American Politics
POLS 4500: European Politics
POLS 5050: American Political Studies

Spring 2016

POLS 150: Government and American Society
POLS 200: California Politics
POLS 371: Foundations of American Politics

Winter 2016

POLS 371: Foundations of American Politics
POLS 400: Power and Policy in Washington: Congress and the Presidency
POLS 450: European Politics

Fall 2015

POLS 371: Foundations of American Politics
POLS 498: Senior Capstone Seminar
POLS 505: American Political Studies

Spring 2015

POLS 150: Government and American Society
POLS 200: California Politics
POLS 371: Foundations of American Politics

Winter 2015

POLS 371: Foundations of American Politics
POLS 400: Power and Policy in Washington: Congress and the Presidency
POLS 450: European Politics

Spring 2014

POLS 150: Government and American Society
POLS 200: California Politics
POLS 498: Senior Capstone Seminar

Winter 2014

POLS 150: Government and American Society
POLS 371: Foundations of American Politics
POLS 450: European Politics

Fall 2013

POLS 371: Foundations of American Politics
POLS 498: Senior Capstone Seminar
POLS 505: American Political Studies

Spring 2013

POLS 150: Government and American Society
POLS 200: California Politics
POLS 498: Senior Capstone Seminar

Winter 2013

POLS 150: Government and American Society
POLS 371: Foundations of American Politics
POLS 450: European Politics

Fall 2012

POLS 371: Foundations of American Politics
POLS 498: Senior Capstone Seminar
POLS 505: American Political Studies

Spring 2012

POLS 150: Government and American Society
POLS 498: Senior Capstone Seminar

Winter 2012

POLS 371: Foundations of American Politics
POLS 403: State and Local Government
POLS 450: European Politics

Fall 2011

POLS 371: Foundations of American Politics
POLS 498: Senior Capstone Seminar
POLS 505: American Political Studies

Spring 2011

POLS 150: Government and American Society
POLS 498: Senior Capstone Seminar

Winter 2011

POLS 371: Foundations of American Politics
POLS 400: Congress and the Presidency
POLS 403: State and Local Government

Fall 2010

POLS 371: Foundations of American Politics
POLS 498: Senior Capstone Seminar
POLS 505: American Political Studies

Spring 2010

POLS 150, Section 4: Government and American Society
POLS 498: Senior Capstone Seminar

Winter 2010

POLS 150, Section 3: Government and American Society
POLS 205: Introduction to Political Science
POLS 371: Foundations of American Politics

Fall 2009

POLS 150: Government and American Society
POLS 498: Senior Capstone Seminar
POLS 505: American Political Studies

Spring 2009

POLS 150, Section 7 (Honors): Government and American Society
POLS 371: Foundations of American Politics
POLS 498: Senior Capstone Seminar -- Leadership and Politics

Winter 2009

POLS 490: Special Topic -- Agents of Change in American Politics: Parties, Interest Groups, and the Presidency
POLS 403: State and Local Government, Section 2

Fall 2008

POLS 150, Section 3: Government and American Society
POLS 418: Parties, Campaigns, Elections
POLS 505: American Political Studies

Spring 2008

POLS 371: Foundations of American Politics
POLS 400: Congress and the Presidency
POLS 498: Senior Capstone Seminar

Winter 2008

POLS 205: Introduction to Political Science
POLS 371: Foundations of American Politics
POLS 418: Parties, Campaigns, and Elections

Fall 2007

POLS 371: Foundations of American Politics
POLS 505: Graduate Seminar on Interest Groups in American Politics

Spring 2007

POLS 371: Foundations of American Politics
POLS 400: Congress and the Presidency

Winter 2007

POLS 150, Section 6: Government and American Society
POLS 205: Introduction to Political Science
POLS 371: Foundations of American Politics

Fall 2006

POLS 205: Introduction to Political Science
POLS 418: Parties, Campaigns, and Elections
POLS 505: Graduate Seminar on Interest Groups in American Politics

Spring 2006

POLS 150, Section 4: Government and American Society
POLS 418: Parties, Campaigns, and Elections

Winter 2006

POLS 150, Section 3: Government and American Society
POLS 150, Section 7: Government and American Society
POLS 371: Foundations of American Politics

Fall 2005

POLS 150: Government and American Society
POLS 400: Congress and the Presidency

Doshisha University (Japan), 1997-2004

The Presidential Election of 2004 (Spring 2004)
American Politics and Society (Spring 2004)
America the Unusual? U.S. Politics in Comparative Perspective (Spring 2003)
Congress and the Presidency During War and Peace (Fall 2002)
American Politics and Society (Fall 2002)
Party Politics in America (Spring 2001)
American Politics and Society (Spring 2001)
Congress and the Presidency (Fall 1998)
Political Parties and Interest Groups (Fall 1997)

University of California, Irvine and University of California, Riverside, 1995-1996

Reforming American Politics (Spring 1996)
Unions in American Politics (Spring 1996)
Can the Government Govern? (Spring 1996)
Political Parties (Winter 1996)
Urban Politics (Fall 1995)

Kuban State University (Russia) and Chernivtsi State University (Ukraine), 1993-1995

Theories of Nationalism (Spring 1995)
Theories of Democracy (Fall 1994)
Comparative Analysis of the United States (Fall 1994)
The Collapse of Communism (Spring 1994)
Democratic Institutions (Spring 1994)
Democracy in the 20th Century (Fall 1993)