Political Science
Political science focuses on the history, governments, and institutions of the U.S. government and governments around the world. At Rio Salado College, you can earn an associate in arts (AA) degree with an emphasis in political science and directly transfer to one of the state universities. You will come away with how to understand and explain the decisions and actions taken by groups of people and institutions that control the power and authority in cultures. You will learn about political power, policies, processes and institutions.
At Rio Salado College you can receive a base knowledge in each of these areas. We offer the following courses:
- POS110 — American National Government (SB)
- POS140 — Comparative Government (G, SB)
- POS210 — Political Ideologies (SB)
- POS220 — U.S. & Arizona Constitution
- POS221 — Arizona Constitution
- POS222 — U.S. Constitution
Our political science courses are offered in an online format with options to accelerate. This program of study offers low cost and open education resources (OER) textbooks. Rio Salado’s highly qualified instructors have a love for political science as well as sharing this knowledge and working with students on an individual basis.