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 timetable for classes available for the current academic year.
Introductory
- POLI 1001.03: Introduction to Government and Politcs I
- POLI 1002.03: Introduction to Government and Politics II
- POLI 1060.03: Political Worlds: Themes and Concepts
- POLI 1065.03: Political Worlds: The Global Domain
- POLI 1500.06: Global Politics and Society
Canadian Government and Politics
- POLI 2210.03: Unity and Diversity: The Federal Dynamics of Canadian Politics
- POLI 2215.03: Indigenous Politics in Canada
- POLI 2220.03: Political Power and Partisan Politics: The Structures of Canadian Parliamentary Government
- POLI 2230.03: Municipal Law and City Politics in Canada
- POLI 3206.03: Constitutional Law and Politics in Canada
- POLI 3208.03: Canadian Provincial Politics
- POLI 3220.03: Intergovernmental Relations
- POLI 3224.03: Canadian Political Parties
- POLI 3228.03: Pressure Politics in Canada
- POLI 3232.03: Municipal Law, Urban Governance, and Public Policy in Canada
- POLI 3233.03: Canada in the Global Economy
- POLI 3235.03: The Politics of Regionalism
- POLI 3234.03: Political Psychology
- POLI 3236.03: Political Representation in Canada
- POLI 3250.03: Canadian Public Administration
- POLI 3260.03: Politics of Health Care
- POLI 3405.03: Canadian Political Thought
- POLI 4207.03: Canadian Politics: Themes and Theories
- POLI 4221.03: Canadian Parties in Comparative Perspective
- POLI 4228.03: Pressure Politics in Canada: Opportunities and Obstacles
- POLI 4232.03: Urban Governance in Canada
- POLI 4234.03: Canadian Urban Politics in Comparative Perspective
- POLI 4240.03: Policy Formulation in Canada
- POLI 4242.03: Politics of Reason, Passion, and Biology
- POLI 4260.03: The Politics of Health Care
Comparative Government and Politics
- POLI 2301.03: Comparative Politics I: Developed Democracies under Pressure
- POLI 2302.03: Comparative Politics II: The Developing World
- POLI 2350.03: Governance and Globalization
- POLI 3304.03: Comparative Federalism
- POLI 3311.03: Sport and Politics
- POLI 3315.03: African Politics
- POLI 3320.03: European Politics
- POLI 3321.03: Politics of the European Union
- POLI 3360.03: Politics in Latin America
- POLI 3365.03: Politics of the Middle East
- POLI 3378.03: U.S. Constitution, Government, and Politics
- POLI 3385.03: Politics of the Environment
- POLI 3390.03: Politics of Consumption
- POLI 4302.03: Governance and Administration in Developing Countries: Issues and Controversies
- POLI 4303.03: Human Rights: Political Issues
- POLI 4322.03: The EU as a Global Actor
- POLI 4340.03: Approaches to Development
- POLI 4355.03: Comparative Perspectives on the Development State
- POLI 4380.03: Politics of Climate Change
- POLI 4390.03: Practicum in Public Policy: NGOs and Government Services
Political Theory and Methodology
- POLI 2410.03: Crisis and Consent: Foundations of Political Thought: 1651-1778
- POLI 2420.03: Revolution and Rationality: Foundations of Political Thought, 1789-1900
- POLI 2450.03: Democracy, Difference and Citizenship: A Survey of Political Philosophy
- POLI 3401.03: Contemporary Political Thought
- POLI 3405.03: Canadian Political Thought
- POLI 3420.03: The International Politics of Mobility
- POLI 3426.03: Sex, Race, and the State
- POLI 3427.03: Sexuality, Racism and Western Political Thought
- POLI 3431.03: Politics Through Film and Literature
- POLI 3434.03: The Ancient Origins of Political Thought: From Homer to Aristotle
- POLI 3440.03: The Politics of Fear
- POLI 3449.03: Comfronting Fascism
- POLI 3450.03: Storm and Stress: Romanticism and the Backlash Against Enlightenment Political Thought
- POLI 3475.03: Democratic Theory
- POLI 3476.03: Liberalism & Global Justice
- POLI 3492.03: Political Inquiry I
- POLI 3493.03: Political Inquiry II
- POLI 3496.03: Philosophy of Social Sciences
- POLI 4403.03: Human Rights: Philosophical Issues
- POLI 4427.03: Queer Theory
- POLI 4440.03: The Politics of Affect: Theories of Emotion and Political Life
- POLI 4446.03: The Social and Political Construction of Health and Medicine
- POLI 4450.03: Political Theories of International Ethics and Global Justice
- POLI 4479.03: Liberalism
- POLI 4481.03: Theories of Violence, Persecution, Genocide
International Politics and Foreign Policy
- POLI 2520.03: World Politics
- POLI 2530.03: Foreign Policy in Theory and Practice
- POLI 2540.03: Canadian American Relations
- POLI 3505.03: Human Rights: Foundations
- POLI 3510.03: Politics of Pandemics
- POLI 3520.03: Building Peace and Democracy
- POLI 3525.03: Comparative Foreign Policy Simulation
- POLI 3531.03: The United Nations in World Politics
- POLI 3532.03: Model UN
- POLI 3535.03: Wealth, Power and Poverty in the Global South
- POLI 3540.03: Foreign Policy in the Third World
- POLI 3544.03: Political Economy of Southern Africa
- POLI 3546.03: Social Media and Politics
- POLI 3560.03: Issues in Global Security and Development
- POLI 3565.03: Contemporary Security Studies
- POLI 3567.03: International Organization
- POLI 3568.03: Canada and the World
- POLI 3569.03: Canadian Foreign Policy
- POLI 3574.03: American Foreign Policy
- POLI 3576.03: Defence Policy in Canada
- POLI 3581.03: Diplomacy and Negotiation
- POLI 3587.03: International Political Economy
- POLI 3589.03: Politics of the Sea I
- POLI 3596.03: Exploring Global Conflict and Violence
- POLI 4340.03: Approaches to Development
- POLI 4505.03: Human Rights Legal Issues
- POLI 4512.03: The Politics of North America
- POLI 4521.03: Theories of International Relations I: Security Studies
- POLI 4522.03: Theories of International Relations II: International Political Economy
- POLI 4523.03: International Relations Theory 1: Order, Conflict and Change
- POLI 4524.03: International Relations Theory 2: Cooperation, Institutions and Development
- POLI 4532.03: Indigenous Global Politics
- POLI 4561.03: Security Development Nexus: Theory, Policy and Complex Operations
- POLI 4569.03: Canadian Foreign Policy
- POLI 4581.03: International Diplomacy: Institutions and Practices
- POLI 4587.03: International Political Economy
- POLI 4590.03: Politics of the Sea II
- POLI 4636.03: Nationalism and Statecraft
Reading Courses (with permission of individual instructor)
- POLI 3602.03: Readings in Political Science
- POLI 3603.03: Readings in Political Science
- POLI 4810.03: Special Topics in Political Science
- POLI 4820.03: Special Topics in Political Science