Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · IGETC Area 4 · CSU GE Area D · CSU American Institutions Area US3DescriptionProvides students with the opportunity to develop and formulate their own perspectives on California politics. The course explores policymaking and the exercise of power within the federal framework, including but not limited to state and local issues and institutions. The course begins by studying the basic constitutional framework of the state government, comparing and examining the state's relationship with the federal government, and then focuses on political issues that California is currently facing. 