Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 4H · CSU GE Area D8 · CSU American Institutions Area US2 · CSU American Institutions Area US3Description(No prerequisite.) This course surveys institutions, policies, processes and dynamics of American politics: the executive, legislative, and judicial branches as well as the media, interest groups, and citizens. Emphasis is on the American political values and the distribution of power in America. The objective of the course is to teach students to critically question, analyze, and interpret the current events taking place, and to discover how they, as citizens, can help shape and influence government policy. (CSU/UC) AA/AS COM GE Area 4, Cal-GETC Area 4, CSU US-2 United States Constitution and government, US-3: California state and local government, C-ID: POLS 110 (formerly AA/AS Area B or F, CSU Area D, IGETC Area 4) 