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36 credits of courses selected from the four main fields of political science (Canadian Politics, Comparative Politics (Developed Areas and Developing Areas), International Relations, and Political Theory) with the following specifications.
No more than one-half of the credits (18 credits) may be taken in a single field of political science, unless the field is Comparative Politics in which case the maximum is 21 credits, provided courses are taken in both Developed Areas and Developing Areas.
No more than 12 of the 36 credits may be at the 200 level. No more than 3 credits at the 200 level may be in any given group.
3 credits should be taken at the 400 level at 苹果淫院 rather than as transfer credits.
In the final year, no course used toward the program requirements may be below the 300 level.
No more than 12 POLI transfer credits can be used toward the program requirements.
In the first year of the program (U1), students are advised to select their courses from at least three of the five main groups of courses in political science. U1 students should normally take courses at the 200 level only. However, those who have already completed the 200-level prerequisite for courses may take 300-level courses.
Course lists for each group of political science courses are provided below.
NOTE: POLI 200, 210, 311 and 461 can also be used towards this program.
Political Science : An examination of the central governmental institutions, including parliament, federalism, and the judiciary.
Terms: Fall 2023
Instructors: B茅land, Daniel (Fall)
Note: The field is Canadian Politics.
Political Science : An introduction to contemporary political life in Canada that examines how demands are identified and transmitted through the political systems. Emphasis will be placed on: the Canadian political culture; socialization and political participation; the electoral system; elections and voting; the role and structure of political parties; and the influence of organized interest.
Terms: Winter 2024
Instructors: Scholtz, Christa (Winter)
Note: The field is Canadian Politics.
Political Science : Une introduction 脿 la vie politique qu茅b茅coise 脿 travers l'茅tude des institutions, des id茅ologies et des comportements politiques. Une attention particuli猫re sera accord茅e 脿 la structure et aux changements dans le syst猫me politique qu茅b茅coise.
Terms: Winter 2024
Instructors: Belanger, Eric (Winter)
Restriction: An ability to understand and read French is required; writing and speaking ability are not.
This course is offered in English and French in alternate years. For 2012-13 it will be offered in French.
Note: The field is Canadian Politics.
Political Science : An examination of the key theories and debates around race in Canadian politics. Considers how race has interacted with political development in Canada and the role of policies, laws, and regulations in creating, maintaining, and rectifying circumstances of racial inequality.
Terms: Winter 2024
Instructors: Thompson, Debra (Winter)
Political Science : An examination of the organization and conduct of local government in Canada, the United States, and selected European countries. Attention to theories of local government, the criteria for comparative analysis, the provision of public goods and bads, urban political patterns and the constitution of new institutional arrangements to deal with "urban crises" in North America.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Political Science : Critical analysis of selected issues and debates in Canadian politics, including citizen participation, electoral system effects, party financing, office-seeking, approaches to representation, and direct democracy and non-party alternatives. Topics are examined from both the perspective of the general population and the specific experience of women and ethno-racial minorities.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Prerequisite: At least one other course in Canadian or Comparative Government and Politics or permission of instructor
Note: The field is Canadian Politics.
Political Science : The Canadian political process through an analysis of critical policy issues in community development, welfare state, education, and institutional reforms in public service delivery systems. Diagnostic and prescriptive interpretations of public choices in a federal-parliamentary regime.
Terms: Winter 2024
Instructors: Ajadi, Ifeoluwatari (Winter)
Prerequisite: at least one other course in Canadian or Comparative Politics
Note: The field is Canadian Politics.
Political Science : The effect of regional and provincial culture on the operation of political parties and the institutions of government; the effect of institutional modernization on provincial governments; the role of provincial sub-systems within the Canadian political system.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Prerequisite: A basic course in Canadian Government or Politics or permission of the instructor
Note: The field is Canadian Politics.
Political Science : Comment les Canadiens anglais et les Qu茅b茅cois se per莽oivent-ils? Les diff茅rences culturelles entre les deux groupes. Les relations politiques et 茅conomiques entre les deux groupes. L'impact de la R茅volution Tranquille. La place des francophones et des anglophones dans la vie collective. Les projets de r茅am茅nagement du cadre politique.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Restrictions: An ability to understand and read French is required; writing and speaking ability are not. Not open to students who have taken QCST 336.
Note: The field is Canadian Politics.
Political Science : The development and articulation of Canadian foreign policy. Theoretical approaches. The environmental setting. Historical perspectives. Trans-Atlantic linkages. The American connection. The Common Market. The United Nations. Military security. Developing relations with Asia, Africa, Latin America. Canada in global society.
Terms: Winter 2024
Instructors: Berger, Harel (Winter)
Prerequisite: A basic course in Canadian Government and Politics or International Politics or written consent of instructor
Note: The fields are International Politics and Canadian Politics.
Political Science : An examination of a variety of key thinkers and debates around gender in Canadian politics. Aims to give students the critical tools to examine the complexity of Canadian political society and gain a firm grasp on both the limits and possibilities of analyzing 鈥済ender鈥 as it intersects and interlocks with other facets of identity and ideology.
Terms: Winter 2024
Instructors: Gordon, Kelly (Winter)
Prerequisite: At least one other course in Canadian politics or GSFS
Note: The field is Canadian Politics
Political Science : An analysis of the origins, evolution and nature of federalism in Canada. Topics and themes will include the impact of federalism on political institutions, the effect of different regional perspectives, and the issues and conflicts that currently confront Canadian federalism.
Terms: Fall 2023
Instructors: Scholtz, Christa (Fall)
Prerequisite: at least one course in Canadian politics
Note: The field is Canadian Politics.
Political Science : The relationship of Indigenous politics to larger debates and literatures within political science, such as citizenship theory, federalism, and collective action. Subjects covered include Canada's treaty history, constitutional changes, key policy frameworks, and Indigenous political development.
Terms: Fall 2023
Instructors: Berry, Aberdeen (Fall)
Political Science : Topics in Canadian politics.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Prerequisite: A basic course in Canadian Government and Politics
Note: The field is Canadian Politics.
Political Science : This course examines Canadian political parties and party systems, stressing patterns of historical development, party organization and finance, relationships with social movement, and the impact of Canadian federalism.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Prerequisite: At least one other course in Canadian Politics
Note: The field is Canadian Politics.
Political Science : A critical examination of major debates within the literature on Canadian voting behaviour and public opinion.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Prerequisite: at least one course in Canadian politics, preferably at the 300 or 400 level, or permission of the instructor
Note: The field is Canadian Politics.
Political Science : This course analyzes the theory and politics of health policy and institutions, comparing provincial models and contextualizing Canadian systems with international perspectives from the U.S. and Europe. Current health reform debates will be explored, particularly those involving federal-provincial relations, sustainable financing and the role of the state in social protection.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Political Science : The role of media in domestic and international politics, with reference to recent studies in political science. Themes in the study of mass media and politics in developed democracies.
Terms: Fall 2023
Instructors: Katul, Mounir (Fall)
Political Science
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Political Science : Selected problem areas in Canada's political process, political culture, constitutional development, and machinery of government.
Terms: Fall 2023, Winter 2024
Instructors: Ajadi, Ifeoluwatari (Fall) B茅land, Daniel (Winter)
Prerequisite: A basic course and preferably an upper level course as well in Canadian Government and Politics or permission of the instructor
Note: The field is Canadian Politics.
Political Science : This course explores the inclusion, impact, and interpretation of s.35 of the Constitution Act, 1982. In s.35, "the existing aboriginal and treaty rights of the aboriginal peoples of Canada are hereby recognized and affirmed". What does it mean for Canada to recognize, affirm, define, justify, and implement such rights? The course sets out how one might think about the constitutional promise of s.35, and challenges us to address whether this promise has been realized. It sets out how s.35 has structured Indigenous-settler politics since 1982.
Terms: Winter 2024
Instructors: Scholtz, Christa (Winter)
Political Science : An examination of legislative and judicial protection of rights and liberties in Canada. Topics to be covered include civil rights and the division of powers; the implied bill of rights theory; the 1960 Bill of Rights; establishment and enforcement of human rights legislation; and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Prerequisites: POLI 378 or an upper level course in Canadian Politics or permission of the instructor
Restriction: Not open to students who took 160-427 in 1989-90 or 1991
Note: The field is Canadian Politics.
Political Science : Selected problems of Canadian socio-economic and political structures; political culture; constitutional development, and governmental structure.
Terms: Fall 2023
Instructors: Belanger, Eric (Fall)
Restriction: Open to graduate students, final year Honours students, and other advanced undergraduates with the permission of the instructor
Prerequisite: At least one 300 or 400-level course in Canadian Politics
Note: The field is Canadian Politics.
Geography : This interdisciplinary class explores the relationships among memory, place, and political power. The course begins with an introduction to key classical, Enlightenment, and contemporary texts on memory and place-making. It then uses this foundation to examine the symbolic transformation of public space, in particular the construction, alteration, and destruction of monuments, memorials, and museums in postcommunist states and in North America. This approach emphasizes the social quality of memory, exploring the ways in which political interests, economic resources, and social practices can shape something as ostensibly personal and individual as memory.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Prerequisite(s): One of the following: GEOG 316, GEOG 325, or GEOG 331; or one 200- or 300-level course in Comparative Politics required; or permission of instructor.
Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken or are taking POLI 420, or who have taken POLI 432 when topic was "Memory, Place, and Power鈥.
Political Science : The nature of politics in a few selected nations of the industrialized world, applying the concepts introduced in POLI 211 to specific national contexts. Countries studied will be drawn principally from Europe and North America.
Terms: Fall 2023
Instructors: Popova, Maria (Fall)
Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developed Areas.
Political Science : Explores the history, ideological origins, and contemporary politics of the Black Lives Matter movement and its relationship to American democracy.
Terms: Fall 2023
Instructors: Thompson, Debra (Fall)
Political Science : An examination of the organization and conduct of local government in Canada, the United States, and selected European countries. Attention to theories of local government, the criteria for comparative analysis, the provision of public goods and bads, urban political patterns and the constitution of new institutional arrangements to deal with "urban crises" in North America.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Political Science : The founding of the American political system, with emphasis on the major documents, the Constitutional Convention, and the Federalist Papers, as well as the development of the constitutional system. Other fundamental characteristics, including political thought and federalism, will be examined. The main institutions, including the presidency, Congress, and the Supreme Court, will receive attention.
Terms: Fall 2023
Instructors: Szendro, Brendan (Fall)
Prerequisite(s): POLI 200 or POLI 212 or written permission of the instructor.
Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken POLI 325D1/D2.
Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developed Areas.
Political Science : An introduction to the study of contemporary European politics. The course presents the basic concepts and approaches used in the field of European comparative politics and examines patterns of similarity and difference across Europe, as well as some current political debates in Europe.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Political Science : This course explores the institutions of the Soviet system and pressures to reform this system. Examines specific changes made to the system through democratization and market reform. Compares these changes to similar transitions in other countries to assess possible twists in Russian's political future.
Terms: Winter 2024
Instructors: Johnson, Juliet (Winter)
Political Science : Judicial politics in continental Europe, including theoretical accounts of the rule of law, judicial independence, power, and accountability, and the judicialization of politics. Empirical examples will be drawn from both Western and Eastern Europe countries, as well as the constitutional and the ordinary judiciaries.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Political Science : Analysis of recent dramatic changes in East Central Europe in light of the historical development and current structure of these states, their relationship to their societies, with emphasis on diversity and its sources.
Terms: Fall 2023
Instructors: Griffiths, Ryan (Fall)
Prerequisite: Some prior related course i.e. Comparative Politics or East European History or written consent of the instructor. Recommended POLI 329.
Political Science : Selected aspects of politics in developed countries.
Terms: Winter 2024
Instructors: Davydov, Andrey (Winter)
Prerequisite: a basic course in Comparative Politics or written permission of the instructor
Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developed Areas.
Political Science : An examination of political institutions and processes in today's Europe, concentrating on the member-states of the European Union and on the Union itself. The course is organized thematically rather than on a country-by-country basis.
Terms: Fall 2023
Instructors: Sabetti, Filippo (Fall)
Prerequisite: POLI 212 or written permission of the instructor
Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developed Areas.
Political Science : Exploration of how citizens engage in politics. Theories and examples of current forms of political participation and mobilization will be introduced, including voting, party membership, transnational movements, political consumerism, culture jamming and internet activism. Examples are drawn from Europe and North America and sometimes from the developing world.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Political Science : Selected problems facing the Post-Soviet world. Themes include: new political institutions, parties, and groups; economic reform; social problems; ideological changes; the rise of ethnonationalism; linkages with the West.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Prerequisites: One 200- or 300-level course in Comparative Politics required or written permission of the instructor; a Political Science, History or Sociology course on the USSR or Eastern Europe after WW II strongly recommended.
Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developed Areas.
Political Science : This interdisciplinary class explores the relationships among memory, place, and political power. The course begins with an introduction to key classical, Enlightenment, and contemporary texts on memory and place-making. It then uses this foundation to examine the symbolic transformation of public space, in particular the construction, alteration, and destruction of monuments, memorials, and museums in post-communist states and in North America. This approach emphasizes the social quality of memory, exploring the ways in which political interests, economic resources, and social practices can shape something as ostensibly personal and individual as memory.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Prerequisite(s): One of the following: GEOG 316, GEOG 325, or GEOG 331; or one 200- or 300-level course in Comparative Politics required; or permission of instructor.
Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken or are taking GEOG 420, or who have taken POLI 432 when the topic was "Memory, Place, and Power".
1. Note: The field is Comparative Politics in Developed Areas
Political Science : The impact that 鈥渇ake news鈥 and 鈥渄isinformation鈥 are having on citizens across the world. The political implications of the dissemination of media that is known to be false according to the best scientific evidence.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
The field is Comparative Politics in Developed Areas.
Political Science : The role of media in domestic and international politics, with reference to recent studies in political science. Themes in the study of mass media and politics in developed democracies.
Terms: Fall 2023
Instructors: Katul, Mounir (Fall)
Political Science : This course involves a detailed analysis of a limited area of American politics and government.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Prerequisite: POLI 325
Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developed Areas.
Political Science : Drawing on political and aesthetic theory, as well as on a wide range of artworks, artistic practices, and art criticism, exploration of the ways in which art and politics intersect. In addition to analyzing artworks鈥 subject-matter, examination of their conditions of production, dissemination, and reception. Examination of how art is deployed politically and pressing political issues such as democratic representation, free speech, and structural inequality.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
The field is Comparative Politics in Developed Areas.
Political Science : The role of nationalism in European and North American political development. Topics include: nationalism and state-formation, secession and sub-state nationalism, war and nationalism, federal and consociational arrangements in multi-national societies.
Terms: Winter 2024
Instructors: Berwick, Elissa (Winter)
Political Science : Topics in comparative politics. Topic varies by year.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Note: The field is Comparative Politics in Developed Areas.
Political Science : The emergence of the EU and its innovative institutions and policies will be studied through lectures, discussions, and a simulation (of a European Council or Parliament session). Emphasis upon current debates about the EU's developing identity, its internal political economy, its institutions of 'multilevel' governance, and its external relation.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Prerequisite: one course each in International Relations and Comparative Politics
Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developed Areas; also in the field of International Politics.
Political Science : An introduction to the use of serious games for conflict analysis. The course will address the history of wargaming, the professional use of gaming techniques by governments and other organizations, and conflict simulation design.
Terms: Winter 2024
Instructors: Brynen, Rex (Winter)
Prerequisite: A 200-level course in international relations or comparative politics.
Political Science : Social capital as an important societal resource that helps to overcome collective action and development problems. Introduction to the roots of the concept of social capital, and discussion on how and why this resource influences the political and economic life of countries, regions, cities and individuals.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Political Science : This course examines the relationship between religion and politics in the developing and developed world. The first part of the course focuses on the relationship between religion and the state. The second part then looks at specific topics in which religion plays a salient role: political parties; social movements; democratization; fundamentalism and democracy; violence; and capitalism and economic development. Readings are largely in the field of comparative politics.
Terms: Fall 2023
Instructors: Szendro, Brendan (Fall)
Prerequisite(s): A course in Comparative Politics or permission of instructor.
Note: The field is Comparative Politics (both Developed Areas and Developing Areas).
Political Science : Seminar on developed areas.
Terms: Winter 2024
Instructors: Janzwood, Amy; Medani, Khalid (Winter)
Prerequisite: At least one upper-level course in the politics of developed areas
Restriction: Open to graduate students, final year Honours students, and other advanced undergraduates with the permission of the instructor
Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developed Areas.
* Either POLI 420 or GEOG 420 but not both.
Political Science : An introduction to Third World politics. A comparative examination of the legacies of colonialism, the achievement of independence, and contemporary dynamics of political and socio-economic development in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Topics include modernization, dependency, state-building and national integration, revolution, the role of the military, and democratization.
Terms: Winter 2024, Summer 2024
Instructors: Douek, Daniel (Winter) Shakir, Muhammad Bilal (Summer)
Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas.
Political Science : This course will deal with the dynamics of political change in Latin America today.
Terms: Winter 2024
Instructors: Bertrand, Simon (Winter)
Prerequisite: A basic course in Comparative Politics or a course on the region or written permission of the instructor
Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas.
Political Science : Political change in South Asia in late colonial and post-colonial periods. Issues covered include social and cultural history; colonial rule, nationalism and state formation; democratic and authoritarian tendencies; economic policies and consequences; challenges to patterns of dominance and national boundaries; prospects for democracy, prosperity and equality.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Prerequisite: A basic course in Comparative Politics or a course on the region or written permission of the instructor
Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas.
Political Science : The government and politics of African states south of the Sahara with reference to the ideological and institutional setting as influenced by the forces of tradition and the impact of Western colonialism.
Terms: Winter 2024
Instructors: Ferrell, Jason (Winter)
Prerequisite: A basic course in Comparative Politics or a course on the region or written permission of the instructor
Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas.
Political Science : Selected aspects of the Third World. In any given year the course will concentrate either on a particular region or on a relevant thematic problem.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Prerequisite: A basic course in Comparative Politics or a course on the region or written permission of the instructor
Political Science : An examination of the societies, political forces and regimes of selected countries of the Eastern Arab world (Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia).
Terms: Fall 2023
Instructors: Brynen, Rex (Fall)
Prerequisite: A basic course in Comparative Politics or a course on the region or written permission of the instructor
Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas.
Political Science : Topics covered include: colonialism, nationalism, democracy, authoritarianism, war, economic development, social development, overseas Chinese, ethnicity, religion, populism, and international relations, as they apply to Southeast Asian politics.
Terms: Winter 2024
Instructors: Kuhonta, Erik (Winter)
Political Science : This course provides an introduction to key issues in contemporary Chinese politics, spanning the period from the Communist Revolution through the Maoist (1949-1976) and reform eras (1978 to present). Topics include both domestic politics and foreign policy.
Terms: Winter 2024
Instructors: Wang, Juan (Winter)
Political Science : An introduction to key issues of contemporary politics in Japan and South Korea, covering the politics and economic development of Post-WWII Japan and Post-Korean War South Korea. Themes include: How were the contemporary political systems established in Japan and South Korea? How have these systems changed over time? What are the impacts of political institutions on the political and economic development in the two countries? How do social actors and political and economic institutions interact with each other? What are the foreign policymaking strategies in the two countries?
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Political Science : A specific problem area in the Comparative Politics of Developing Areas.
Terms: Fall 2023
Instructors: Islas Weinstein, Tania; Douek, Daniel (Fall)
Prerequisites: a basic course and preferably an upper level course in comparative politics
Note: The field is Comparative Politics in Developing Areas.
Political Science : Theories of ethno-nationalism examined in light of experience in Asia, Middle East and Africa. Topics include formation and mobilization of national, ethnic and religious identities in colonial and post-colonial societies; impact of ethno-nationalism on pluralism, democracy, class and gender relations; means to preserve tolerance in multicultural societies.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Prerequisites: one 300 or 400-level course in comparative politics; and one 300 or 400-level course on developing areas (any discipline.) The same course can fulfill both requirements
Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas.
Political Science : Inequality is often particularly durable between groups whose boundaries are based on assumed ancestry - e.g., the major ethnic categories in former European settler colonies, castes in South Asia. This course explores ongoing changes in the relationship between identity and social, economic and political inequality in some of these contexts.
Terms: Winter 2024
Instructors: Subramanian, Narendra (Winter)
Prerequisite: 300 level course in comparative politics or related social science course.
Political Science : An examination of transitions from civil war to peace, and the role of external actors (international organizations, bilateral donors, non-governmental organizations) in support of such transitions. Topics will include the dilemmas of humanitarian relief, peacekeeping operations, refugees, the demobilization of ex-combatants, transitional elections, and the politics of socio-economic reconstruction.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Prerequisites: previous courses in comparative politics/developing areas and international relations. Internet research skills are strongly recommended
Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas; also in the field of International Politics.
Political Science : The course examines the relationship between economic and political change by focusing on dual processes of economic reform and democratization. The inter-play of societal, state-level and international actors, and the possible trade-offs involved, are explored using examples from Latin America, the former Soviet bloc, and other developing areas.
Terms: Winter 2024
Instructors: Szendro, Brendan (Winter)
Prerequisite: A course in Comparative Politics or written permission of the instructor
Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas.
Political Science : The political structures and social forces underlying poverty and inequality in the developing world; the historical roots of inequality in different regions, varying manifestations of inequality (class, region, ethnicity, gender), and selected contemporary problems.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Prerequisite: A basic course in Comparative Politics or a course on the region or written permission of the instructor.
Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas.
Political Science : This course examines the relationship between religion and politics in the developing and developed world. The first part of the course focuses on the relationship between religion and the state. The second part then looks at specific topics in which religion plays a salient role: political parties; social movements; democratization; fundamentalism and democracy; violence; and capitalism and economic development. Readings are largely in the field of comparative politics.
Terms: Fall 2023
Instructors: Szendro, Brendan (Fall)
Prerequisite(s): A course in Comparative Politics or permission of instructor.
Note: The field is Comparative Politics (both Developed Areas and Developing Areas).
Political Science : Seminar on developing areas. Topic varies year to year.
Terms: Fall 2023
Instructors: Wang, Juan; Subramanian, Narendra (Fall)
Prerequisite: At least one upper-level course in the politics of developing areas.
Restriction: Open to graduate students, final year honours students, and other advanced undergraduates with permission of instructor; (Note: The field is Comparative Politics in Developing Areas).
Political Science : An introduction to international relations, through examples drawn from international political economy. The emphasis will be on the politics of trade and international monetary relations.
Terms: Winter 2024
Instructors: Baccini, Leonardo (Winter)
Note: The field is International Politics.
Political Science : Offers a comprehensive introduction to the behaviour of nation states. Explores how states make foreign policy decisions and what motivates their behaviour. Other covered topics include the military and economic dimensions of state behaviour, conflict, cooperation, interdependence, integration, globalization, and change in the international system.
Terms: Fall 2023, Summer 2024
Instructors: Nu帽ez-Mietz, Fernando (Fall) Yilmaz, Muhammed Yusuf (Summer)
Note: The field is International Politics.
Political Science : An examination of the changing regional security environment and the evolving foreign policies and relationships of Arab states in three areas - relations with non-Arab regional powers (Israel, Iran), inter-Arab relations, Great Power relations. The course will focus particularly on Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
Terms: Fall 2023
Instructors: Douek, Daniel (Fall)
Prerequisite: A 200- or 300- level course in International Relations or Middle East politics or permission of the instructor
Note: The field is International Politics.
Political Science : The development and articulation of Canadian foreign policy. Theoretical approaches. The environmental setting. Historical perspectives. Trans-Atlantic linkages. The American connection. The Common Market. The United Nations. Military security. Developing relations with Asia, Africa, Latin America. Canada in global society.
Terms: Winter 2024
Instructors: Berger, Harel (Winter)
Prerequisite: A basic course in Canadian Government and Politics or International Politics or written consent of instructor
Note: The fields are International Politics and Canadian Politics.
Political Science : The politics and processes of global governance in the 21st century, with a special emphasis on the United Nations system.
Terms: Winter 2024
Instructors: Chia, Colin (Winter)
Prerequisite: A basic course in International Politics or written consent of instructor
Note: The field is International Politics.
Political Science : An exploration of American foreign policy from 1945 to the present. Topics to be addressed are the origins of the Cold War, deterrence, strategy and arms control, American intervention in Latin America and Vietnam, U.S. policy in the Post Cold War era - Gulf War, Haiti, Somalia, Yugoslavia and relations with Japan.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Prerequisite: POLI 244 or a course in American history
Note: The field is International Politics.
Political Science : Concepts - protracted conflict, crisis, war, peace; system, subsystem; Conflict-levels of analysis; historical context; images and issues; attitudes, policies, role of major powers; Crises-Wars - configuration of power; crisis models; decision-making in 1956, 1967, 1973, 1982 crisis-wars; conflict- crisis management; Peace-Making - pre-1977; Egypt-Israel peace treaty; Madrid, Oslo, Israel-Jordan peace; prospects for conflict resolution.
Terms: Winter 2024
Instructors: Douek, Daniel (Winter)
Prerequisite: 160-243 prior to 1997-98; or POLI 244
Note: The field is International Politics.
Political Science : An overview of the foreign policies of two rising powers - China and India - in addition to Japan, covering the historical evolution, goals and determinants of their foreign policies, interactions with the rest of Asia and the world, and efforts at institutionalised cooperation in South and East Asia.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Prerequisites: POLI 243 or 244, or permission of the instructor.
Note: The field is International Politics.
Political Science : Environmental problems like climate change, deforestation, biodiversity loss, and ocean acidification transcend national borders. Solving these problems will require global cooperation on an unprecedented level. This course will explore the challenges of contemporary global environmental governance and the innovative solutions being advanced at the community, municipal, provincial, national, and international levels.
Terms: Fall 2023
Instructors: Janzwood, Amy (Fall)
Prerequisite(s): A basic course in International Politics.
Political Science : Examination of the competing theoretical explanations for major wars; application of the theories to the outbreak of World War I.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Political Science : A study of international politics in Africa; including Africa in the U.N., the Organization of African Unity, African regional groupings and integration, Africa as a foreign policy arena and African inter-state conflict and diplomacy.
Terms: Winter 2024
Instructors: Douek, Daniel (Winter)
Prerequisite: A basic course in International or African politics or written consent of the instructor
Note: The field is International Politics.
Political Science : This course explores the causes and consequences of displacement, and international responses to this issue, focusing on forced migration linked to conflict, persecution and human rights abuses. It examines key actors, interests and norms that shape the international refugee regime, and international responses to other forms of displacement. Particular attention is devoted to the ways in which displaced persons themselves navigate and shape the regime, and to challenges including the resolution of displacement crises, and accountability for forced migration.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Note: The field is International Politics.
Pre-requisite(s): A basic course in International Politics.
Political Science : The course presents theoretical approaches to understanding change in the international political economy.
Terms: Fall 2023
Instructors: Chia, Colin (Fall)
Prerequisite: A basic course in International Relations and an introductory course in Macro Economics
Note: The field is International Politics.
Political Science : A survey of the relationship between international politics and international law. The study of the international legal regulation of such phenomena as war, humanitarian intervention, and transnational terrorism, is oriented towards a richer apprehension of the nature of international conflict, cooperation and governance in the contemporary world.
Terms: Fall 2023
Instructors: Nu帽ez-Mietz, Fernando (Fall)
Prerequisite(s): A basic course in International Politics.
Note: The field is International Politics.
Political Science : The course focuses on the main issues in international cooperation and on the role of economic international institutions in world politics. The first part addresses the main debates related to international cooperation. The second part covers the international trade institutions such as the World Trade Organization. The third part covers the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the European Union, and environmental and energy organizations.
Terms: Fall 2023
Instructors: Baccini, Leonardo (Fall)
Prerequisite(s): A basic course in International Politics.
Note: The field is International Politics.
Political Science : A specific problem area in International Relations.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Prerequisite: A basic course in International Relations
Note: The field is International Politics.
The fee for this field course is $3500. The fee for this activity covers ground transportation, academic materials, accommodation, and other field related expenses.
Political Science : Focuses on international security and strategies of war and peace in historical and comparative frameworks. Topics include case studies of 20th century wars, conventional and nuclear strategy, and various approaches to peace.
Terms: Fall 2023
Instructors: Paul, T V (Fall)
Prerequisite: A basic course in International Relations or written permission of the instructor
Note: The field is International Politics.
Political Science : Key contributions of political theory to the study and practice of international relations. Three prevailing theoretical traditions will be examined: realism, 'international society', and cosmopolitanism. Key practical issues to be explored from these perspectives include war, humanitarian intervention, economic globalization, environment, and gender.
Terms: Fall 2023
Instructors: Lu, Catherine (Fall)
Political Science : Politics of international trade, such as the international rules governing trade in goods, the functioning of international bodies such as the WTO, and the domestic sources of these international policies.
Terms: Winter 2024
Instructors: Chia, Colin (Winter)
Prerequisites: POLI 243 or permission of the instructor.
Note: The field is International Politics.
Political Science : Issues related to the internationalization of ethnic conflict, including diasporas, contagion and demonstration effects, intervention, irredentism, the use of sanctions and force. Combination of theory and the study of contemporary cases.
Terms: Fall 2023
Instructors: Douek, Daniel (Fall)
Prerequisite: POLI 244 or permission of instructor
Political Science : Examination of the history, theory and politics of intervention, focusing on the 19th century onward. It examines interventions for humanitarian purposes and interventions in civil wars in the 19th century, critical cases of non-intervention from the first half of the 20th century, intervention and resistance in the Cold War and decolonization periods, and interventions since the end of the Cold War. Legal, ethical and political frameworks for assessing the legitimacy and effects of intervention as a contemporary practice, the ways in which it has been contested, and its relationship to core principles, such as state sovereignty.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Prerequisite: POLI 244 or permission of the instructor, or a 300-level course in International Relations.
The field is International Relations.
Political Science : A specific problem area in International Politics.
Terms: Fall 2023
Instructors: Chia, Colin (Fall)
Prerequisite: An upper level course in International Politics or written permission of the instructor
Note: The field is International Politics.
Political Science : Advanced course in international political economy; the politics of international of monetary relations, such as international rules governing international finance, the reasons for and consequences of financial flows, and the functioning of international financial bodies such as the IMF and World Bank.
Terms: Winter 2024
Instructors: Chia, Colin (Winter)
Prerequisites: POLI 243 or permission of the instructor.
Note: The field is International Politics.
Political Science : The relationship between state behaviour and individual rights recognized by international law. Introduction and critiques of the concept of human rights, and exploration of the institutional framework of human rights law. Surveys of the current international human rights regime鈥檚 most important entitlements for individuals and groups. The politics of human rights, highlighting the challenges to their effective protection.
Terms: Winter 2024
Instructors: Nu帽ez-Mietz, Fernando (Winter)
Prerequisite: A 200-level POLI course in the field of International Politics.
Note: The field is International Politics.
Political Science : Exploration of the economic and political behaviour of one of the most important non-state actors in the international system: multinationals. The main models in international trade, including the New New Trade Theory. The main issues related to the political economy of foreign direct investment (FDI). The impact of FDI on development as well as the role of MNCs in emerging markets.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Prerequisite: POLI 311 or permission of the instructor
The field is International Relations.
Political Science : The course will help students deepen their understanding of international relations by introducing them to gender analysis of global politics and feminist approaches to international relations. Part one examines gender-sensitive and feminist theories in international relations research. The second part then applies these approaches to a range of substantive issues including security, violence, peacebuilding, international law and political economy.
Terms: Winter 2024
Instructors: Baert, Michelle (Winter)
Note: The field is International Politics.
Prerequisite(s): A basic course in International Politics.
Political Science : An examination of the evolution of diplomatic practices over time, with a special emphasis on emerging trends in the 21st century. It focuses on key sites of diplomacy, from foreign ministries to international organizations, and evaluates the role of new technologies and non-states actors in shaping global intercourse.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Prerequisite(s): A basic course in International Politics or permission of instructor.
The field is International Politics. This course is taught in an active learning classroom.
Political Science : An examination of transitions from civil war to peace, and the role of external actors (international organizations, bilateral donors, non-governmental organizations) in support of such transitions. Topics will include the dilemmas of humanitarian relief, peacekeeping operations, refugees, the demobilization of ex-combatants, transitional elections, and the politics of socio-economic reconstruction.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Prerequisites: previous courses in comparative politics/developing areas and international relations. Internet research skills are strongly recommended
Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developing Areas; also in the field of International Politics.
Political Science : The emergence of the EU and its innovative institutions and policies will be studied through lectures, discussions, and a simulation (of a European Council or Parliament session). Emphasis upon current debates about the EU's developing identity, its internal political economy, its institutions of 'multilevel' governance, and its external relation.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Prerequisite: one course each in International Relations and Comparative Politics
Note: The area in the field of Comparative Politics is Developed Areas; also in the field of International Politics.
Political Science : An introduction to the use of serious games for conflict analysis. The course will address the history of wargaming, the professional use of gaming techniques by governments and other organizations, and conflict simulation design.
Terms: Winter 2024
Instructors: Brynen, Rex (Winter)
Prerequisite: A 200-level course in international relations or comparative politics.
Political Science : A research seminar dealing with topics in the field of international politics.
Terms: Fall 2023, Winter 2024
Instructors: Welsh, Jennifer (Fall) Baccini, Leonardo (Winter)
Restriction: Open to graduate students and final year Honours students only
Note: The field is International Politics.
Political Science : The course introduces students to political theory through critical examination of classic texts in the history of political thought. In addition to gaining an understanding of several different traditions of political thought, students are encouraged to develop their skills in textual interpretation, critical reasoning, and essay-writing.
Terms: Fall 2023, Winter 2024, Summer 2024
Instructors: Muniz-Fraticelli, Victor (Fall) Abizadeh, Arash (Winter) Crisman, Alec (Summer)
Note: The field is Political Theory.
Political Science : The major themes and writers in the political theory of classical antiquity. The political ideas of Thucydides, Plato, Aristotle, and the Hellenistic philosophers will be explored through the significant texts of this period.
Terms: Fall 2023
Instructors: Denigris, Michael (Fall)
Political Science : Medieval and renaissance political philosophy, from Saint Augustine to Sir Thomas More. Scholastic and neo-scholastic political thought, natural law and natural rights, as well as civic and northern humanism, republicanism and liberty. Twentieth century work on similar concepts will be used.
Terms: Winter 2024
Instructors: Levy, Jacob (Winter)
Political Science : Key contributions of political theory to the study and practice of international relations. Three prevailing theoretical traditions will be examined: realism, 'international society', and cosmopolitanism. Key practical issues to be explored from these perspectives include war, humanitarian intervention, economic globalization, environment, and gender.
Terms: Fall 2023
Instructors: Lu, Catherine (Fall)
Political Science : This course explores fundamental currents of thought in political philosophy. Topics will vary from year to year, and may include issues such as classical liberalism and its opponents, the foundations of socialism and Marxism, rational choice theory and its critics.
Terms: Winter 2024
Instructors: Yon, Jun-han (Winter)
Prerequisite: A 200 or 300 level course in political theory
Note: The field is Political Theory.
Political Science : Radical themes in contemporary political thought and action.
Terms: Winter 2024
Instructors: Winter, Yves (Winter)
Prerequisite: A 200- or 300-level course in political theory
Political Science : A series of lectures and seminars on democratic theory.
Terms: Fall 2023
Instructors: Ferrell, Jason (Fall)
Prerequisite: Prerequisite: A 200- or 300-level course in political theory
Note: The field is Political Theory.
Political Science : A specific problem area in Political Theory.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Prerequisites: A 200- or 300-level course in political theory
Note: The field is Political Theory.
Political Science : The development of liberal political thought and theories of justice, including a selection of authors from: Locke, Montesquieu, Smith, Constant, Kant, Mill, Tocqueville, Berlin, Hayek, Rawls, Nozick, Walzer, and Kymlicka, as well as some of their critics.
Terms: Winter 2024, Summer 2024
Instructors: Muniz-Fraticelli, Victor (Winter) Denigris, Michael (Summer)
Political Science : Engages with diverse approaches in political theory that address the political situation of Indigenous peoples in multiple settler colonial contexts. Explores how indigeneity requires transformations in the conduct of political theory and in our understanding of the history of political thought, including Indigenous political thoughts as articulated by Indigenous scholars.
Terms: Fall 2023
Instructors: Allard-Tremblay, Yann (Fall)
Prerequisites: POLI 231
Political Science : Early modern political philosophy, from Luther to Rousseau and Burke. Resistance theories of the 16th century, Hobbes and Locke, the Enlightenment and the French Revolution. Twentieth century work on concepts developed in this period such as rights, revolution, legitimacy, democracy, authority and liberty.
Terms: Fall 2023
Instructors: Lu, Catherine (Fall)
Prerequisite: POL1 231 or 232 or 333 or 334 or written permission
Note: The field is Political Theory
Political Science : A consideration of selected writers and themes of late 19th and 20th century political theory. Writers include Hegel, Clausewitz, Marx, Mill, Nietzsche, Lenin, Rowis, Foucault, and Habermas. The rise of industrial society, scientism, the romantic revolt, revolutionary movements, socialism and liberal-democracy.
Terms: Winter 2024
Instructors: Roberts, William (Winter)
Prerequisite: POL1 433
Note: The field is Political Theory.
Political Science : This course will deal with a specific problem area in Political theory.
Terms: Winter 2024
Instructors: Lu, Catherine; Weinstock, Daniel (Winter)
Prerequisite: A 300- or 400-level course in political theory
Note: The field is Political Theory.
Political Science : The application of normative political theory and the history of political thought to state-society and state-market relations and governance. The justice and ethics of economic policies and modes of production; social-theoretic and economic examinations of the state and the state system from social theory and economic theory.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Political Science : A topic in political philosophy such as democracy, liberty, property or nationalism, or a political philosopher, is studied to enable students to research a topic in depth, to present their papers to the seminar, and to engage in and profit from discussion and debate.
Terms: Fall 2023, Winter 2024
Instructors: Winter, Yves (Fall) Allard-Tremblay, Yann (Winter)
Prerequisite: At least one upper-level course in political philosophy
Restriction: Open to graduate students, final year Honours students, and other advanced undergraduates with the permission of the instructor
Note: The field is Political Theory.
Political Science : This course provides an introduction to political science research methods. The aim of the course is to familiarize students with the scientific study of politics, the variety of research methodologies in political science, and the challenges that arise when researchers attempt to explain or measure political phenomena, demonstrate causal relationships and draw methodologically- defensible conclusions from research .
Terms: Fall 2023
Instructors: Stolle, Dietlind; Erlich, Aaron (Fall)
Political Science : Building on POLI 210 (or equivalent), this course will introduce students to modern quantitative political science methods and teach them the requisite programming skills for data analysis. The course will provide students the foundational statistical skills to apply to their own research projects and to become more informed consumers of quantitative data in and outside of the academic context.
Terms: Winter 2024
Instructors: Erlich, Aaron (Winter)
Prerequisite(s): POLI 210 or equivalent, or permission of instructor.
Political Science : Building on POLI 311 (or equivalent), this course will deepen students鈥 understanding of modern quantitative political science tools as well as deepen their statistical programming skills.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Prerequisite: POLI 311
Political Science : Introduction to the basic concepts, approaches, and techniques of qualitative research methods in political science. It covers both positivist and interpretivist approaches, and techniques such as interviewing, focus groups, case studies, comparative historical analysis, discourse analysis, archival research, and ethnographic research.
Terms: Winter 2024
Instructors: Islas Weinstein, Tania (Winter)
Restrictions: POLI 210 or equivalent, or permission of instructor
Political Science : A lab course that deals with topics not covered in POLI 311 or POLI 312 and applicable across political science subfields. Such topics include: Estimating models with limited and categorical outcomes; dealing with time-dependent data; estimating models of duration; advanced spatial methods; advanced text-as-data methods; advanced network methods .
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2023-2024 academic year.