Work Placement I
First co-op work placement (4 months) with an approved employer.
Restriction: open to POLS Co-op students.
Work Placement II
Second co-op work placement (4 months) with an approved employer.
Restriction: open to POLS Co-op students.
Work Placement III
Third co-op work placement (4 months) with an approved employer.
Restriction: open to POLS Co-op students.
Work Placement IV
Optional fourth co-op work placement (4 months) with an approved employer.
Restriction: open to POLS Co-op students.
Work Placement V
Optional fourth co-op work placement (4 months) with an approved employer.
Restriction: open to POLS Co-op students.
Co-op Training and Development
Framework for the development of learning objectives by students for individual work terms. Includes orientation to the Co-op experience, goal setting, résumé preparation and interview skills preparation.
Lectures, presentation, site visits, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to POLS Co-op students.
Introduction to Political Science
Introduction to the ideas, institutions and processes that shape Canadian and world politics.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Introduction to Dispute Resolution
Theoretical, practical and ethical issues relating to disputes and dispute resolution from the perspective of political science and other disciplines emphasizing alternative dispute resolution procedures.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Note: major credit will not be granted to POLI majors.
Courts and Politics: Great Cases in Constitutional Law
Constitutional cases - past and current, Canadian and non-Canadian - as an introduction to fundamental issues in the study of politics, and to the analysis of political and social phenomena.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Freedom and Power in the New Millennium
Topics include the ideological and imperial divisions of the 21st century; freedom and rights; obligations of citizenship in the age of technology.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Canada and the Global Community
Impact of politics, economics, culture, society and globalization on Canada's role in the community of nations. Canadian political system in comparative perspective and trends in Canada's political development.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Politics, Power and Persuasion
Great leaders and tyrants distinguished by their ability to shape public opinion. Exploration of the nature of politics through the examination of the use and abuse of words and speech to acquire political power and to create or resolve political crises.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Statehood, Ethnicity and Nationalism
Evolution of the modern state, origin of modern ethnic identities and politics of multi-ethnic states which are the vast majority in the international community. Case examples explore accommodation and conflict in situations of competing ethnic identities and nationalisms, with outcomes ranging from stable rule to civil war.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Politics, Policy and Public Service
Understanding politics and government through an examination of the political and managerial dimensions of public service. Topics include the public interest, business-government relations, public policy, law, ethics, the media and electronic government.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Co-op Reflective Learning and Integration I
Provide student with the opportunity to apply what they've learned in their academic studies through career-oriented work experiences at employer sites.
Restriction: open to POLS Co-op students.
Prerequisite(s): POLI 0N90.
Corequisite(s): POLI 0N01.
Note: students will be required to prepare learning objectives, participate in a site visit, write a work term report and receive a successful work term performance evaluation.
Co-op reflective Learning and Integration II
Provide student with the opportunity to apply what they've learned in their academic studies through career-oriented work experiences at employer sites.
Restriction: open to POLS Co-op students.
Prerequisite(s): POLI 0N90.
Corequisite(s): POLI 0N02.
Note: students will be required to prepare learning objectives, participate in a site visit, write a work term report and receive a successful work term performance evaluation.
Co-op Reflective Learning and Integration III
Provide student with the opportunity to apply what they've learned in their academic studies through career-oriented work experiences at employer sites.
Restriction: open to POLS Co-op students.
Prerequisite(s): POLI 0N90.
Corequisite(s): POLI 0N03.
Note: students will be required to prepare learning objectives, participate in a site visit, write a work term report and receive a successful work term performance evaluation.
Co-op Reflective Learning and Integration IV
Provide student with the opportunity to apply what they've learned in their academic studies through career-oriented work experiences at employer sites.
Restriction: open to POLS Co-op students.
Prerequisite(s): POLI 0N90.
Corequisite(s): POLI 0N04.
Note: students will be required to prepare learning objectives, participate in a site visit, write a work term report and receive a successful work term performance evaluation.
Co-op Reflective Learning and Integration V
Provide student with the opportunity to apply what they've learned in their academic studies through career-oriented work experiences at employer sites.
Restriction: open to POLS Co-op students.
Prerequisite(s): POLI 0N90.
Corequisite(s): POLI 0N05.
Note: students will be required to prepare learning objectives, participate in a site visit, write a work term report and receive a successful work term performance evaluation.
The Government and Politics of Canada
Political institutions and processes of Canada including the constitution and federalism, regions and regionalism, the political attitudes and behaviour of Canadians, parties and elections, and the policy process.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.
International Relations
Characteristics of the international system, the process of foreign policy formulation in individual states and the means of acting internationally.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.
Dictatorship to Democracy: Politics in the Contemporary World
Politics in industrialized, capitalist, state socialist and developing countries. Compares types of institutions, parties and political cultures and recent developments in a variety of countries. Topics include the challenges of European integration, democratization and the relationship between capitalism and democracy.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.
Labour Law and Labour Unions
(also offered as LABR 2P03)
Labour law and public policy relating to work and organized labour in provincial and federal jurisdictions; institutions in the labour market such as the Labour Relations Board; the structure and functioning of organized labour in Canada; labour law and union organization in other countries.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one of one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99, LABR 1F90, 1F99 or permission of the instructor.
Comparative Labour Movements
(also offered as LABR 2P34 and SOCI 2P34)
Comparative approach to contemporary union controversies and issues. Includes economic, political and sociological perspectives within an international comparative framework.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one of one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99, LABR 1F90, 1F99, SOCI 1F90.
The Rise of China
China's emergence as an economic and political power: political, cultural and economic implications. Impact of China's increasing engagement with Canada from government and business perspectives. Implications of China's increasing and more assertive role in the global political economy and international relations.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Note: this multidisciplinary course is designed for all students interested in Canada's increasing integration into the Asia-Pacific region.
Rights Across Borders
Current issues in application, verification and enforcement of UN Covenants on Torture and Human Rights and related international conventions. Structure, function and impact of regional, national and local human rights institutions in Canada and abroad.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Political Analysis
Research methodologies and skills commonly used by political scientists. Topics include the evolution of political science, the ways in which empirical political research is carried out, advantages and limitations of the scientific approach in political analysis.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.
Political Theory I
(also offered as LART 2P91)
Ancient political philosophy, focusing on the theory and critique of Athenian democracy. May include texts by Homer, Thucydides, Plato, Aristotle, plays from Greek tragedy and comedy, and texts from Rome, Late Antiquity or the Middle Ages.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99, LART (GBLS) 1F90, 1F91.
Note: strongly recommended that students take this course if they intend to take POLI 2P92.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in GBLS 2P91.
Political Theory II
Modern political philosophy; may include the writings of Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, Tocqueville, Marx and Nietzsche.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.
Note: strongly recommended that students have taken POLI 2P91.
Liberal Democracy
Classical and contemporary variants on liberty and democracy and critical alternatives to liberal democracy.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.
Russia, Ukraine and other Successor States of the USSR
Historical, geographical and demographic factors that have shaped post-Soviet- societies. Nationalism, ethnic tensions, economic debates, societal values and behaviour, leadership and forces affecting stability and division.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.
The Government and Politics of the United States
American political system and the institutions of the federal government in the context of the constitutional separation of powers and the political party structure. Related topics include federalism, elections and voting behaviour, civil rights and selected public policy issues.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.
Introduction to Canadian Public Policy
(also offered as LABR 2P99)
Major theories, approaches and concepts including the nature of public policy studies, contending theories of the state and public policy making, the growth of the state and the expansion of the scope of public policy activities, and alternative modes of state intervention.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one of one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99, LABR 1F90, 1F99 or permission of the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in POLI 3P65.
Introduction to Canadian Public Administration
(also offered as COMM 2Q98 and LABR 2Q98)
Political, legal and managerial dimensions of public administration. Topics include the structure and management of public organizations; government reform; political-bureaucratic relations; human resources and budgetary processes; ethics and accountability.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one of one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99, COMM 1F90, LABR 1F90, 1F99 or permission of the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in POLI 2F98 or 3P50.
Government and Politics of a Selected Nation State
Political processes and institutions of a nation state not included among regular departmental offerings.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Politics and Culture
Relationship between politics and aspects of culture such as film, literature or music.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Citizenship
Studies in citizenship and political rule, and the relation between private and public virtues as they have been examined by selected political philosophers in the Western tradition.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.
Global Labour Issues
(also offered as LABR 3P03)
Shaping of people's changing experience of work by global economic and political change. Topics may include globalization, de-industrialization, class conflict and the relation between work and the environment.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits.
Prerequisite(s): one of one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99, LABR 1F90, 1F99 or permission of the instructor.
Politics, Law and Justice
Contrasting accounts of the role of justice and other moral principles in political life and in the conduct of political leaders and states.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.
Canadian Political Thought
Selected works of 20th-century Canadian thinkers such as Harold Innis, Marshall McLuhan, Northrop Frye, George Grant, Charles Taylor and John Ralston Saul. Topics include the relationships among art and technology, politics and myth, culture and identity.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.
Democracy in the United States
Examines the attempt to devise, establish and preserve a new political order in the United States based on the principles of liberalism, through discussion of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Federalist Papers, and selected judicial decisions. Crisis for that order posed by the Civil War. Analysis of that order by Tocqueville, George Grant and others.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.
Local Government
Local government and politics in Canada with particular reference to Ontario. Topics include municipal organization, metropolitan and regional government, provincial-municipal-relations, elections, councils and councillors, citizen participation, property taxation and municipal finance, selected policy areas and theories of local government.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.
Political Parties and Electoral Behaviour
Political party competition in Canada, party ideologies and ideas, election and party financing, election campaign techniques, voting behaviour, the electoral system and proposals for reform.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.
Note: POLI 2F12 strongly recommended.
The Politics of Labour
(also offered as LABR 3P13)
Relations between the labour movement and the state referencing Canada, including tripartism, corporatism, incomes policy, organized labour and political parties, industrial democracy and worker participation.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one of LABR 1F90, 1F99, one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.
Aboriginal Politics in Canada
Key historic and contemporary issues in Aboriginal politics. Topics include settler-state relations, treaties, indigenous governance and resistance.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Politics in Ontario
Major aspects of political life in Ontario, including province-building, voting behaviour, party systems, policy making and administrative apparatus.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.
Politics in Québec
(also offered as CANA 3P16)
Québec's political, social and economic evolution since 1945. Topics include old and new varieties of nationalism, the Quiet Revolution, the changing roles of church and state, the decline of the Anglophone minority and Québec's impact on Canadian federalism.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99, CANA 2P91, 2P92 (2F91) or permission of the instructor.
Politics and the Mass Media in Canada
(also offered as COMM 3P17)
Canadian mass media and their relationship to the political process.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99, COMM 2F50 or permission of the instructor.
Law and Politics
Canadian constitutional law emphasizing the protection of civil liberties both before and after the adoption of the Charter of Rights. Courts in both legal and political perspectives.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.
Note: POLI 2F12 strongly recommended.
Introduction to International Political Economy
Survey of theoretical perspectives and policy-related frameworks necessary to the study of the international political economy. Topics may include relations among production, finance and trade; role of transnational corporations and international economic institutions; politics of underdevelopment; emerging issues such as gender and work, the environment, new technologies.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.
International Law and International Organization
International law and organization in the changing context of international politics. Activities and mechanisms of the United Nations, the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court. Tensions between law and power at the international level.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.
Canadian Foreign Policy
Canadian foreign policy formulation, policy objectives and outcomes in a globalized context. Topics include the Canada-United States relationship, Canada's regional relations, and approaches to global cooperation across a range of global security, social and economic issues.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.
The State and Economic Life
(also offered as LABR 3P33)
Ideological perspectives on the state-economy relationship; policy instruments including taxation, regulation and public ownership; alternative models of economic policy including socialism, Keynesianism and neo-liberalism.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.
The Politics of Human-Animal Relations
Relation between humans and non-human animals from the perspective of Political Science. Topics include ethical theory and animals, interest group and social movement politics, modern agricultural practices, animals and the law, commercial hunting and international law, wildlife management policies, experimentation on animals and other forms of animal use.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.
Politics in the Developing World
Political institutions, processes and social movements in the developing world, including the role of international organizations and transnational corporations. Countries examined may be drawn from Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.
Note: POLI 2F30 strongly recommended.
Politics of the European Union
Political institutions, treaties and political processes of the European Union. Topics include accession of new members, democratic reform, public policy, member-state EU relations, and the new constitution.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha) 90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.
Note: POLI 2F30 strongly recommended.
West European Politics
Politics and governments of the major European states. Topics include political institutions, the functioning of multiparty systems, the role of the state in the economy and the challenges of globalization.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.
Note: POLI 2F30 strongly recommended.
Environmental Policy, Law and Administration
(also offered as TREN 3P66)
Development of the issue of pollution, including perceptions of the problem of different actors, public participation, governmental reactions and legislation, the implementation of potential solutions and international cooperation. Topics may include toxic wastes, acid rain, energy, the Great Lakes, risk assessment and ideologies.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.
Issues in Canadian Public Policy
(also offered as LABR 3P67)
Theories of policy development and their application to several different policy fields.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): POLI 2P99 or permission of the instructor.
Note: specific fields will change from year to year.
Gender and Politics
(also offered as WGST 3P71)
Theoretical and practical issues in the relationships among gender, sex and politics, such as sexual equality and its nature and implications for public and private life.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99, WGST (WISE) 1F90 or permission of the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in WISE 3P71.
Women in Politics
(also offered as WGST 3P72)
Women's participation and influence in the political institutions, processes and policies of modern states emphasizing contemporary Canada.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99, WGST (WISE) 1F90 or permission of the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in WISE 3P72.
Quantitative Political Analysis
Critically assessing public opinion polls in the news; statistical analyses of survey data using SPSS; describing and explaining political behaviour.
Lectures, lab, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): POLI 2P80.
Qualitative Political Analysis
Selected qualitative techniques in research design and political analysis: interviewing and focus groups, content and document analysis, comparative and case study methods, direct observation, ethical issues.
Prerequisite(s): POLI 2P80.
Note: offered as a blended format.
Science, Politics and Philosophy
(also offered as LART 3P93)
Philosophic founding of modernity as a political and scientific project in selected works including Machiavelli's Discourses, Bacon's New Organon, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Descartes' Discourse on Method, Hobbes' Leviathan, Milton's Paradise Lost, Rousseau's Discourse on the Arts and Sciences and Smith's Wealth of Nations.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in POLI (GBLS) 3P90.
Public Sector Management
Management issues in public sector organizations, including budgeting, management of human and financial resources, ethics and values, and implementation.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): POLI 2Q98 or permission of the instructor.
Sex Work and Sex Workers
(also offered as LABR 3Q95, SOCI 3Q95 and WGST 3Q95)
Examination of sex work, various theoretical perspectives on sex work and their social policy implications for sex workers. Topics may include prostitution, pornography, the political economy of sex work and sex worker union organizing.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one of one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99, LABR 1F90, 1F99, SOCI 1F90, WGST (WISE) 1F90.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in WISE 3Q95.
Public Sector Unions
(also offered as LABR 3Q97)
Multidisciplinary examination of public sector unionism in Canada. Topics include the origin and growth, collective bargaining and dispute resolution, privatization and contracting out, and public sector union political action.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week
Prerequisite(s): one of one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99, LABR 1F90, 1F99.
Politics and Theory
Philosophic issues raised by various questions in contemporary moral and political life.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Special Topics in Political Science
Topics selected on the basis of instructional expertise and student interest.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.
Advanced Topics in Political Science
Topics selected on the basis of instructional expertise and student interest.
Honours Thesis
Individual study and research under faculty supervision.
Restriction: open to POLS (single or combined) majors with a minimum 78 percent major average and approval to year 4 (honours).
Note: topics may come from any field in the discipline and may involve library research, field work and empirical analysis. Students must have a topic approved by the Chair and a faculty supervisor prior to registration.
The Philosophy of Law
(also offered as LART 4P01)
Traditional and contemporary accounts of law and their implications for issues of contemporary concern.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to POLS (single or combined), GBLS and LART majors with either a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and a minimum 70 percent major average or approval to year 4 (honours).
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in GBLS 4P01.
Ancient Political Theory
(also offered as LART 4P02)
Premodern political philosophy examined in the works of Plato and Aristotle emphasizing those features distinguishing ancient political science and philosophy from that of modernity.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to POLS (single or combined), GBLS and LART majors with either a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and a minimum 70 percent major average or approval to year 4 (honours).
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in GBLS 4P02.
Modern Political Theory
(also offered as LART 4P03)
Modern political theory examined in selected texts. Topics may include historicism, consent, progress, equality or a selected author such as Rousseau, Kant, Hegel.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to POLS (single or combined), GBLS and LART majors with either a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and a minimum 70 percent major average or approval to year 4 (honours).
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in GBLS 4P03.
Politics and Tyranny
(also offered as LART 4P04)
Comparative accounts of ancient and modern tyranny examined in light of the question: has political domination varied significantly in the Western tradition.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to POLS (single or combined), GBLS and LART majors with either a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and a minimum 70 percent major average or approval to year 4 (honours).
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in GBLS 4P04.
Postmodern Political Theory
(also offered as LART 4P07)
Perspectives on the postmodern condition in the works of selected 20th-century thinkers. Topics may include notions on the self; aesthetics and politics; reason and power; the construction of meaning.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to POLS (single or combined), GBLS and LART majors with either a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and a minimum 70 percent major average or approval to year 4 (honours).
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in GBLS 4P07.
Issues in Local Government
Policy making and service delivery in local government including economic development, fire, parks, policing, public health, recreation and social services.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to POLS (single or combined) majors with either a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and a minimum 70 percent major average or approval to year 4 (honours).
Prerequisite(s): POLI 3P11 or permission of the instructor.
Critical Approaches to Applied Social Research Design
(also offered as GEOG 4P11 and SOCI 4P11)
Application of social science skills in community and public-sector settings, including various qualitative and quantitative research strategies to empower communities and inform social policy development. Includes evaluation of a community agency or social program of choice.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to POLS (single or combined), CHYS (single or combined), CHYS BA (Honours)/BEd (Primary/Junior), GEOG (single or combined), GEOG (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) and SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours).
Prerequisite(s): one of POLI 2P80, CHYS 3P10, 3P15, GEOG 2P10, 2P12, SOCI 2P11 or permission of the Department Administrator.
Canadian Civil Society
Role of political parties, interest and advocacy groups, and social movements in influencing public opinion, laws, policies, and in mobilizing citizens for political action.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to POLS (single or combined) majors with either a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and a minimum 70 percent major average or approval to year 4 (honours).
Prerequisite(s): POLI 2F12 or permission of the instructor.
Federalism in Canada
Canadian concepts of federalism, judicial interpretation of the constitutional distribution of powers, the social, economic and cultural factors that influence federal-provincial relations, issues in federal-provincial relations, the impact of federalism on public policy, and the politics of constitutional change.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to POLS (single or combined) and LABR (single or combined) majors with either a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and a minimum 70 percent major average or approval to year 4 (honours).
Note: POLI 2F12 strongly recommended.
Canadian Political Economy
(also offered as LABR 4P15)
Political economy tradition in Canada, from the writings of Innis, Mackintosh and Creighton to contemporary neo-Marxist and dependency theorists. Topics may include foreign investment, regional development, the labour movement, resources and Canada's place in the new international economy.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to POLS (single or combined), INPE and LABR (single or combined) majors with either a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and a minimum 70 percent major average or approval to year 4 (honours).
Note: POLI 2F12 strongly recommended
The Canadian Judicial Process
The structure, functions, and political dimension of the judiciary in Canada. Topics may include judicial decision-making, appointment and independence; the policy impact of judicial rulings; the criminal process; the influence of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms on the judicial system; and the players in the judicial process, including judges, interest groups and governments.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to POLS (single or combined) majors with either a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and a minimum 70 percent major average or approval to year 4 (honours).
Note: POLI 2F12 strongly recommended.
Globalization and Global Governance
Globalization of national politics and the reconstruction of politics at a global level. Topics may include policy problems linked to the effectiveness of international and national institutions; theoretical considerations on new concepts of politics and democracy in the globalized world.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to POLS (single or combined) and INPE majors with either a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and a minimum 70 percent major average or approval to year 4 (honours).
The Global Political Economy
Examination of international trade and monetary systems from the perspective of economic theory focussing on policy choices facing governments.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to POLS (single or combined) and INPE majors with either a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and a minimum 70 percent major average or approval to year 4 (honours).
Canada and the Developing World
Canada's role in addressing global inequality in a comparative context. Topics may include political economy of Canadian policies towards the developing world; international ethics; international cooperation on issues of vital interest to the developing world.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to POLS (single or combined) and INPE majors with either a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and a minimum 70 percent major average or approval to year 4 (honours).
Private Global Governance
The role of private, non-state actors in global governance. Interactions between global corporations, voluntary standards associations, non-governmental organizations, states and industry associations and the influences that drive global private governance arrangements and global standard setting. Global human rights, environmental protection and corporate social responsibility in industrial sectors.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to POLS (single or combined) and INPE majors with either a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and a minimum 70 percent major average or apporval to year 4 (honours).
International Politics and National Security
Conditions affecting the use of force in the post-Cold War international system. Basis of state security, the nature of threats and regional conflicts.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to POLS (single or combined) and INPE majors with either a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and a minimum 70 percent major average or approval to year 4 (honours).
Theories of International Relations
International relations theory emphasizing the nature of the international system and its relationship to the choices and actions of individual states.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to POLS (single or combined) and INPE majors with either a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and a minimum 70 percent major average or approval to year 4 (honours).
The Political Economy of North America
Examination of intertwined political and economic relations of Canada, Mexico and the United States from a regional perspective, emphasizing labour and economic production, security and the environment, and policymaking in a continent dominated by the world's only superpower.
Seminar, 3 hours per week
Restriction: open to POLS (single or combined) and INPE majors with either a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and a minimum 70 percent major average or approval to year 4 (honours).
Comparative Mass Media
(also offered as COMM 4P32)
Selected problems concerning the mass media and the political process in Canada and other countries.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to POLS (single or combined), BCMN, COMM and MCMN majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and either a minimum 70 percent major average or approval to year 4 (honours).
Prerequisite(s): POLI 3P17 or permission of the instructor.
Note: POLI 2F30 strongly recommended.
Comparative Judicial Systems
Global expansion of judicial power and the role of courts in democratization, rights protection, political centralization, and resolving societal conflict. Domestic as well as supranational courts from around the world are considered, representing both common law and civil law systems. Topics include the success and failure of the "rights revolutions", the judicialization of politics, court reform, and justifications for judicial review.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to POLS (single or combined) majors with either a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and a minimum 70 percent major average or approval to year 4 (honours).
Note: POLI 2F30 strongly recommended.
Comparative Democratization in a Global Age: Reform, Revolution and Reversal
Analysis of the origins, processes and outcomes of democratization in countries around the world, including historical cases in Western Europe and contemporary cases in less-developed parts of the world. Examination of de-democratization cases. Emphasis on broadly comparative theories and issues while avoiding over generalization.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to POLS (single or combined) and INPE majors with either a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and a minimum 70 percent major average or approval to year 4 (honours).
Note: POLI 2F30 strongly recommended.
Nationalism and Ethnic Politics
Theory and case studies of the origins and resolution of national conflict, the mobilization of ethnic groups and the role of international forces in what have been viewed traditionally as domestic conflicts. Case studies situate Canada's ethnic tensions within a broader comparative perspective.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to POLS (single or combined) and INPE majors with either a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and a minimum 70 percent major average or approval to year 4 (honours).
Note: POLI 2F30 strongly recommended.
Elites and Power
Bases of power and of the degree of power concentration in government, industry, bureaucracy and the media in Canada, the United States and other selected countries. Characteristics, lifestyles, interrelationships and actions of the individuals in senior positions of power.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to POLS (single or combined) majors with either a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and a minimum 70 percent major average or approval to year 4 (honours).
Note: POLI 2F30 strongly recommended.
Arab Politics
Topics include religion, pan-Arab nationalism and political culture; problems of economic development; the Palestinian factor in Arab politics; the Gulf War and its aftermath; and a comparative analysis of ways in which political processes and institutions have influenced and responded to these forces.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to POLS (single or combined) and INPE majors with either a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and a minimum 70 percent major average or approval to year 4 (honours).
Note: POLI 2F30 strongly recommended.
Machinery of Government
Structures and processes of federal and provincial government in Canada. Emphasis on the operation of government departments, central agencies, regulatory agencies and crown corporations.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to POLS (single or combined) and INPE majors with either a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and a minimum 70 percent major average or approval to year 4 (honours).
Prerequisite(s): POLI 2Q98 (2F98) or permission of the instructor.
Business-Government Relations
(also offered as LABR 4P54)
Politics and management of relations between business organizations and governments in Canada emphasizing current research and issues. Topics include theories of business-government relations, the legislative and regulatory environment of business, public enterprise and privatization, lobbying, and interaction among government, business, media and labour.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to POLS (single or combined), INPE and LABR (single or combined) majors with either a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and a minimum 70 percent major average or approval to year 4 (honours).
Prerequisite(s): POLI 2Q98 (2F98) or permission of the instructor.
Note: open to non-POLS majors with relevant background in other disciplines and permission of the instructor.
Politics of Environmental Scarcity
Political and economic conditions leading to scarcity of renewable resources in various settings, and institutions and policies developed to govern rivalries and conflicts endemic to scarcity. Canadian cases in comparative perspective.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to POLS (single or combined) majors with either a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and a minimum 70 percent major average or approval to year 4 (honours).
Prerequisite(s): one of POLI 2P99, 2Q98 (2F98), 3P66 or permission of the instructor.
Comparative Public Policy
Major concepts, theoretical approaches and issues in Comparative Public Policy, assessing the various frameworks used for understanding and addressing public policy issues in different countries and regions. Cases from Canada, the United States, Europe and the developing world.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to POLS (single or combined) majors with either a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and a minimum 70 percent major average or approval to year 4 (honours).
Prerequisite(s): POLI 2P99 (2F98) or permission of the instructor.
Social Movements and Globalization
(also offered as GEOG 4P68 and SOCI 4P68)
Restructuring of social movements from around the world in new alliances for global justice. Topics may include relations between local and global scales, cross-cultural collaborations, tensions between unity and diversity, conflicts and unequal power relations in networks and North-South inequalities. May include indigenous movements, transnational feminism, the anti-corporate globalizations movement and environmentalism.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to POLS (single or combined), GEOG (single or combined), GEOG (Honours)/BEd (Intermediate/Senior) and SOCI (single or combined) majors until date specified in Registration guide. Students must have approval to year 4 (honours).
Tutorial in Political Theory
Guided reading on an aspect of political theory not covered in the department's regular course offerings.
Restriction: open to POLS (single or combined) majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and permission of the Department.
Note: topics must be chosen in consultation with a faculty member willing to supervise the tutorial. Further information is available from the Undergraduate Program Adviser.
Tutorial in Canadian Politics
Guided reading on an aspect of Canadian politics not covered in the department's regular course offerings.
Restriction: open to POLS (single or combined) majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and permission of the Department.
Note: topics must be chosen in consultation with a faculty member willing to supervise the tutorial. Further information is available from the Undergraduate Program Adviser.
Tutorial in International Relations
Guided reading on an aspect of international relations not covered in the department's regular course offerings.
Restriction: open to POLS (single or combined) majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and permission of the Department.
Note: topics must be chosen in consultation with a faculty member willing to supervise the tutorial. Further information is available from the Undergraduate Program Adviser.
Tutorial in Comparative Politics
Guided reading on an aspect of comparative politics not covered in the department's regular course offerings.
Restriction: open to POLS (single or combined) majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and permission of the Department.
Note: topics must be chosen in consultation with a faculty member willing to supervise the tutorial. Further information is available from the Undergraduate Program Adviser.
Tutorial in Public Administration
Guided reading on an aspect of public administration not covered in the department's regular course offerings.
Restriction: open to POLS (single or combined) majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and permission of the Department.
Note: topics must be chosen in consultation with a faculty member willing to supervise the tutorial. Further information is available from the Undergraduate Program Adviser.
Tutorial in Public Policy
Guided reading on an aspect of public policy not covered in the department's regular course offerings.
Restriction: open to POLS (single or combined) majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and permission of the Department.
Note: topics must be chosen in consultation with a faculty member willing to supervise the tutorial. Further information is available from the Undergraduate Program Adviser.
Tutorial in Political Science
Guided reading on an aspect of political science not covered in the department's regular course offerings.
Restriction: open to POLS (single or combined) majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and permission of the Department.
Note: topics must be chosen in consultation with a faculty member willing to supervise the tutorial. Further information is available from the Undergraduate Program Adviser.
Political Science Internship
Part-time internship in a government agency, political party, research institute, relevant non-governmental organization (NGO) or other approved placement.
Internship placement time, minimum 5 hours per week.
Restriction: open to POLS (single) and INPE majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits, a minimum 78 percent major average and permission of the Department.
Note: enrolment limited to number of placements available up to a maximum of 15 students. Students will be required to complete a major paper setting the internship experience within a theoretical context.
Selected Problems in Political Theory
(also offered as LART 4V00)
Writer, work or theoretical problem in political philosophy.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to POLS (single or combined), GBLS and LART majors with either a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and a minimum 70 percent major average or approval to year 4 (honours).
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in GBLS 4V00-4V09.
Issues in Canadian Politics
Selected aspect of Canadian government and politics or an issue of contemporary concern.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to POLS (single or combined) majors with either a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and a minimum 70 percent major average or approval to year 4 (honours).
Selected Problems in International Relations
Selected problems and issues drawn from both the system and nation-state levels of international politics.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to POLS (single or combined) majors with either a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and a minimum 70 percent major average or approval to year 4 (honours).
Selected Problems in Comparative Politics
Comparative study of selected political institutions, processes or policies in various states.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to POLS (single or combined) majors with either a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and a minimum 70 percent major average or approval to year 4 (honours).
Selected Topics in Public Administration
Selected problems and issues in public administration drawn from the federal, provincial and/or municipal levels.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to POLS (single or combined) majors with either a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and a minimum 70 percent major average or approval to year 4 (honours).
Note: open to non-POLS majors with relevant background in other disciplines and permission of the instructor.
Selected Topics in Canadian Public Policy
Field or topic in Canadian public policy, including the analysis of policy making and policy outcomes.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to POLS (single or combined) majors with either a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and a minimum 70 percent major average or approval to year 4 (honours).