Emeritus Spring 2025 Schedule

Political Science

 

POL SC E00, Current Events

This course increases older adults’ understanding of local, national, and international current affairs and how it affects their lives as well as the world around them. Older adults consider the political, economic, and social movements that determine domestic and foreign policies in the United States and around the world.

Course Number: 9827 Time: 9:30 - 11:20 a.m. MLocation: MALBU 202Instructor: Sarkissian RAbove section meets at the Malibu Campus, 23555 Civic Center Way, Malibu.

Course Number: 9828 Time: 10 - 11:50 a.m. MLocation: EC 1227 408Instructor: Reiner M

Course Number: 9829 Time: 2 - 3:50 p.m. FLocation: ONLINEInstructor: Trives N

Course Number: 9829  Time: 2 - 3:50 p.m. FLocation: ONLINEInstructor: Johnson J P

Course Number: 9830 Time: 3 - 4:50 p.m. MLocation: ONLINEInstructor: Sarkissian R

POL SC E10, Music, Politics and Social Change

This course helps Emeritus students understand how music and culture influences and is influenced by political movements. Emphasis will be placed on listening to the music of various eras in American history and discussing how the music shaped and was shaped by those historical events, and what the impacts of those events are on current American life and politics.

Course Number: 9831 Time: 9 - 10:50 a.m. ThLocation: ONLINEInstructor: Lepoint OThis class focuses on technopolitics.

Course Number: 9832 Time: 12:30 - 2:20 p.m. MLocation: ONLINEInstructor: Sarkissian R

Course Number: 9832  Time: 12:30 - 2:20 p.m. MLocation: ONLINEInstructor: Terry Jr P W

POL SC E99, Special Studies in Politics

This course increases Emeritus students’ understanding of various subjects that vary from term to term. Students will consider the political, social and economic ramifications of special topics each term, both domestically and around the world. Topics may include such subjects as: America & the World; Health Care in the US; US Economy & Taxes; Global Climate Change; Poverty in America; Housing in California, etc. Check section note for course topic(s).

Course Number: 9848 Time: 9 - 10:50 a.m. WLocation: ONLINEInstructor: Olney WThis course increases Emeritus students’ understanding of how politics and governing may or may not interact. Students will consider the political, social, and economic ramifications of different topics. What is covered will depend on what is happening during the term. Each session will feature a visiting guest speaker for about half of each class.