Undergraduate Courses

Department of Political Science

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

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.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

.03: Comparative Politics I: Developed Democracies under Pressure
.03: Comparative Politics II: The Developing World
.03: Governance and Globalization聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽
.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

.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
.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

.03: World Politics
.03: Foreign Policy in Theory and Practice
.03: Canadian American Relations
.03: Human Rights: Foundations
.03: Politics of Pandemics
.03: Peacebuilding and Post-Conflict Statebuilding
.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: 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
.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