Programs

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• Our Undergraduate curriculum is organized around four subfields: political theory, Canadian politics, comparative politics, and international relations. Courses explore a wide variety of topics, including political philosophy, federalism in Canada, Indigenous politics, social media and politics, and political economy in the Global South. Program options include minor, major, double major, and Honours.
  
• The graduate program is housed in a collegial and relatively small department. There is extensive contact between professors and students in all phases of the program.

Why choose Political Science at Dal?

When you enter the Political Science program at Dalhousie, you're surrounded by Canadian political history. Halifax is home to Canada's first elected assembly, the country's oldest legislature building, and is the birthplace of responsible government in the British Empire. It’s also the site of many contemporary political controversies and causes, on issues from policing and courts to migration and environmental change.

You'll have the opportunity to work closely with nationally recognized and award-winning faculty members in a small and hospitable setting.

For globally minded students, our department houses the Jean Monnet European Union Centre of Excellence and the Centre for the Study of Security and Development, which is involved with such international projects as the new Dallaire Initiative.