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2023-2024 Catalog and Student Handbook 
    
2023-2024 Catalog and Student Handbook [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PLS 136 - State and Local Government and Politics


- credits 3

Teaches structure, powers, and functions of state and local government in the United States as related to federalism; constitutionalism; elections; powers of legislative, executive, and judicial powers of state and local government; state-local-federal relations; fiscal matters; metropolitan issues; and policy issues, like health, education, criminal justice and welfare. The assignments in the course require college-level reading fluency and coherent communication through written reports. This is a Passport and UCGS transfer course. 

Lecture Hour(s): 3
Note(s): PLS 136 can be used to meet a requirement in the Virginia Passport milestone and the Uniform Certificate of General Studies.