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  for classes available for the current academic year.
Introductory
- .03: Introduction to Government and Politcs I
- .03: Introduction to Government and Politics II
- .03: Political Worlds: Themes and Concepts
- .03: Political Worlds: The Global Domain
- .06: Global Politics and Society
Canadian Government and Politics
- .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
Comparative Government and Politics
- .03: Comparative Politics I: Developed Democracies under Pressure
- .03: Comparative Politics II: The Developing World
- .03: Governance and Globalization                                 Â
- .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
Political Theory and Methodology
- .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
- POLI 4446.03: 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
International Politics and Foreign Policy
- .03: World Politics
- .03: Foreign Policy in Theory and Practice
- .03: Canadian American Relations
- .03: Human Rights: Foundations
- .03: Politics of Pandemics
- .03: Building Peace and Democracy
- .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: Canada and the World
- .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
- POLI 4040.03: 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
Reading Courses (with permission of individual instructor)
- .03: Readings in Political Science
- .03: Readings in Political Science
Special Topics (offered occasionally)
- .03: Special Topics in Political Science
- .03: Special Topics in Political Science
- .03: Special Topics in Political Science
- .03: Special Topics in Political Science
- .03: Special Topics in Political Science
- .03: Special Topics in Political Science
Honours Seminars
- .03: Honours Seminar & Essay I
- .03: Honours Seminar & Essay II