Department of Political Science

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

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.

Full course descriptions

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 3207.03: Charter Politics
  • 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 3234.03: Political Psychology
  • POLI 3235.03: The Politics of Regionalism
  • 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 4255.03: The Politics of Public Policy
  • 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: Refugees, Migrants, and International Order: Understanding the Politics of Global 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 3446.03: Politics of Crime
  • 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: Democracy, Human Rights, War, and Peace: Ethics in International Affairs
  • 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 4040.03: Borders in World Politics
  • 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)
Special Topics (offered occasionally)
  • POLI 2810.03: Special Topics in Political Science
  • POLI 2820.03: Special Topics in Political Science
  • POLI 3810.03: Special Topics in Political Science
  • POLI 3820.03: Special Topics in Political Science
  • POLI 4810.03: Special Topics in Political Science
  • POLI 4820.03: Special Topics in Political Science
Honours Seminars