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Undergraduate Courses

Undergraduate Course List

In addition to introductory courses, Political Science courses are divided into four subfields:

  • Canadian Government and Politics
  • Comparative Government and Politics
  • Political Theory and Methodology
  • International Politics and Foreign Policy

PLEASE NOTE: Not all classes are offered each year.  Please see online  for classes available for the current academic year.

Introductory

  • .03: Introduction to Government and Politcs I
  • .03: Introduction to Government and Politics II
  • .03: Political Worlds: Themes and Concepts
  • .03: Political Worlds: The Global Domain
  • .06: Global Politics and Society

Canadian Government and Politics

  • .03: Unity and Diversity: The Federal Dynamics of Canadian Politics
  • .03: Indigenous Politics in Canada
  • .03: Political Power and Partisan Politics: The Structures of Canadian Parliamentary Government
  • .03: Municipal Law and City Politics in Canada
  • .03: Constitutional Law and Politics in Canada
  • .03: Charter Politics
  • .03: Canadian Provincial Politics
  • .03: Intergovernmental Relations
  • .03: Canadian Political Parties
  • .03: Pressure Politics in Canada
  • .03: Municipal Law, Urban Governance, and Public Policy in Canada
  • .03: Canada in the Global Economy
  • .03: Political Psychology
  • .03: The Politics of Regionalism
  • .03: Political Representation in Canada
  • .03: Canadian Public Administration
  • .03: Politics of Health Care
  • .03: Canadian Political Thought
  • .03: Canadian Politics: Themes and Theories
  • .03: Canadian Parties in Comparative Perspective
  • .03: Pressure Politics in Canada: Opportunities and Obstacles
  • .03: Urban Governance in Canada
  • .03: Canadian Urban Politics in Comparative Perspective
  • .03: Policy Formulation in Canada
  • .03: Politics of Reason, Passion, and Biology
  • .03: The Politics of Public Policy
  • .03: The Politics of Health Care

Comparative Government and Politics

  • .03: Comparative Politics I: Developed Democracies under Pressure
  • .03: Comparative Politics II: The Developing World
  • .03: Governance and Globalization                                  
  • .03: Comparative Federalism
  • .03: Sport and Politics
  • .03: African Politics
  • .03: European Politics
  • .03: Politics of the European Union
  • .03: Politics in Latin America
  • .03: Politics of the Middle East
  • .03: U.S. Constitution, Government, and Politics
  • .03: Politics of the Environment
  • .03: Politics of Consumption
  • .03: Governance and Administration in Developing Countries: Issues and Controversies
  • .03: Human Rights: Political Issues
  • .03: The EU as a Global Actor
  • .03: Approaches to Development
  • .03: Comparative Perspectives on the Development State
  • .03: Politics of Climate Change
  • .03: Practicum in Public Policy: NGOs and Government Services

Political Theory and Methodology

  • .03: Crisis and Consent: Foundations of Political Thought: 1651-1778
  • .03: Revolution and Rationality: Foundations of Political Thought, 1789-1900
  • .03: Democracy, Difference and Citizenship: A Survey of Political Philosophy
  • .03: Contemporary Political Thought
  • .03: Canadian Political Thought
  • .03: Refugees, Migrants, and International Order: Understanding the Politics of Global Mobility
  • .03: Sex, Race, and the State
  • .03: Sexuality, Racism and Western Political Thought
  • .03: Politics Through Film and Literature
  • .03: The Ancient Origins of Political Thought: From Homer to Aristotle
  • .03: The Politics of Fear
  • .03: Politics of Crime
  • .03: Comfronting Fascism
  • .03: Storm and Stress: Romanticism and the Backlash Against Enlightenment Political Thought
  • .03: Democratic Theory
  • .03: Liberalism & Global Justice
  • .03: Political Inquiry I
  • .03: Political Inquiry II
  • .03: Philosophy of Social Sciences
  • .03: Human Rights: Philosophical Issues
  • .03: Queer Theory
  • .03: The Politics of Affect: Theories of Emotion and Political Life
  • POLI 4446.03: The Social and Political Construction of Health and Medicine
  • .03: Democracy, Human Rights, War, and Peace: Ethics in International Affairs
  • .03: Liberalism
  • .03: Theories of Violence, Persecution, Genocide

International Politics and Foreign Policy

  • .03: World Politics
  • .03: Foreign Policy in Theory and Practice
  • .03: Canadian American Relations
  • .03: Human Rights: Foundations
  • .03: Politics of Pandemics
  • .03: Building Peace and Democracy
  • .03: Comparative Foreign Policy Simulation
  • .03: The United Nations in World Politics
  • .03: Model UN
  • .03: Wealth, Power and Poverty in the Global South
  • .03: Foreign Policy in the Third World
  • .03: Political Economy of Southern Africa
  • .03: Social Media and Politics
  • .03: Issues in Global Security and Development
  • .03: Contemporary Security Studies
  • .03: International Organization
  • .03: Canada and the World
  • .03: Canadian Foreign Policy
  • .03: American Foreign Policy
  • .03: Defence Policy in Canada
  • .03: Diplomacy and Negotiation
  • .03: International Political Economy
  • .03: Politics of the Sea I
  • .03: Exploring Global Conflict and Violence
  • POLI 4040.03: Borders in World Politics
  • .03: Human Rights Legal Issues
  • .03: The Politics of North America
  • .03: Theories of International Relations I: Security Studies
  • .03: Theories of International Relations II: International Political Economy
  • .03: International Relations Theory 1: Order, Conflict and Change
  • .03: International Relations Theory 2: Cooperation, Institutions and Development
  • .03: Indigenous Global Politics
  • .03: Security Development Nexus: Theory, Policy and Complex Operations
  • .03: Canadian Foreign Policy
  • .03: International Diplomacy: Institutions and Practices
  • .03: International Political Economy
  • .03: Politics of the Sea II
  • .03: Nationalism and Statecraft
Reading Courses (with permission of individual instructor)
  • .03: Readings in Political Science
  • .03: Readings in Political Science
Special Topics (offered occasionally)
  • .03: Special Topics in Political Science
  • .03: Special Topics in Political Science
  • .03: Special Topics in Political Science
  • .03: Special Topics in Political Science
  • .03: Special Topics in Political Science
  • .03: Special Topics in Political Science
Honours Seminars
  • .03: Honours Seminar & Essay I
  • .03: Honours Seminar & Essay II