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, 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 legacy of ideological and imperial divisions of the 20th century; variations on notions of freedom and rights; considerations on 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
Greatest leaders and worst tyrants have been 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.
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: 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: 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: one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.
Public Administration
(also offered as COMM 2F98 and LABR 2F98)
Political, legal and managerial dimensions of public administration. Topics include the structure and management of public organizations; government reform; political-bureaucratic relations; pressure groups; human resources and budgetary processes; the policy process; ethics and accountability.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99, COMM 1F90, LABR 1F90 (1P91 and 1P92) or permission of the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in POLI 3P50.
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: one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99, LABR 1F90 (1P91 and 1P92) or permission of the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in LABR 2F00.
The Rise of China
China's emergence as an economic and political power: political, cultural and economic implications. Impact of China on Canada as a Pacific nation from government and business perspectives. Implications for Canadian identity of greater China as Canada's main source of immigrants.
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.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in POLI 3P42.
Rights Across Borders
Current issues in application, verification and enforcement of UN Covenants on Torture and Human Rights. New concept of "human security" as a means to revitalize international relations in the post-Cold War era.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Politics in Film
Exploration of political themes and issues in selected films. Topics may include political aspects of justice and revenge; power and oppression; alienation and conformity; courage, loyalty and love.
Lectures, seminar, lab, 4 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: one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.
Political Theory I
(also offered as GBLS 2P91)
Socratic origins of political philosophy as understood by Plato and Aristotle and their Christian, Jewish and Islamic successors. Machiavelli's critique.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in POLI 2F90.
Political Theory II
Modern political philosophy in the writings of Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Tocqueville, Marx and Nietzsche.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in POLI 2F90.
Liberal Democracy
Classical and contemporary variants on liberty and democracy and critical alternatives to liberal democracy.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in POLI 3P01.
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: one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in POLI 3P41.
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: one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.
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.
Politics and Civic Education
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: 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 relationship between work and the environment.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: students must have a minimum of 8.0 overall credits.
Prerequisite: one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99, LABR 1F90 (1P91 and 1P92) or permission of the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in LABR 3F00.
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: 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: 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: 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: one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99, POLI 2P62 or permission of the instructor.
Canadian Political Parties and Electoral Behaviour
Evolution of the party system, platforms of key parties in Canadian history, reasons for their electoral success or failure examined from the perspective of theories and research on voting behaviour.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: 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, with particular reference to Canada, including tripartism, corporatism, incomes policy, organized labour and political parties, industrial democracy and worker participation.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.
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: 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: 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: 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: one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.
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: 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: one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.
Canadian Foreign Policy
Foreign policy formulation process in Canada; significant factors, both domestic and external, which contribute to the shaping of specific policy objectives.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: 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: 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: one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.
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: one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha) 90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.
Politics in Advanced Democratic Systems
Comparative study of political institutions and processes of advanced democratic systems in Europe and elsewhere.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.
Canadian Public Administration
(also offered as LABR 3P50)
Role of the public sector in the marketplace and the internal operation of government organizations emphasizing the comparison of public and business administration and government-business relations.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: one of one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99, POLI 2P62, MGMT 1P93 and 1P96 or permission of the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in POLI (COMM/ LABR) 2F98.
Ethics in Government
Issues of responsible and ethical behaviour by elected and appointed government officials emphasizing the behaviour of public servants. Topics include conflicts of interest, political rights of public servants, political neutrality, administrative responsibility, confidentiality/freedom of information, privacy, accountability and the public interest.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to Public Administration co-op majors until date specified in the Registration guide.
Prerequisite: one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.
Introduction to Public Policy
(also offered as LABR 3P65)
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: one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to (alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.
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: one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in ENVI 3P66.
Issues in Canadian Public Policy
(also offered as LABR 3P67)
Topics may include criminal, environmental and reproductive policy, gay rights, privacy rights, and public health issues.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to Public Administration Co-op majors until date specified in the Registration guide.
Prerequisite: POLI 3P65.
Gender and Politics
(also offered as WISE 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: one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99, WISE 1F90 or permission of the instructor.
Women in Politics
(also offered as WISE 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: one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99, WISE 1F90 or permission of the instructor.
Quantitative Political Analysis
Statistical analysis of quantitative political data and the use of computers in political research. Topics include central tendency and dispersion, association and correlation, regression and analysis of variance, statistical significance and the SPSS computer analysis program.
Lectures, lab, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: POLI 2P80.
Qualitative Political Analysis
Qualitative techniques in research design and political analysis: qualitative versus quantitative research, ethical problems, interviewing, participant and non-participant observation, content analysis, use of microcomputers in qualitative research.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite: POLI 2P80.
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: one POLI credit numbered 1(alpha)90 to 1(alpha)99 or permission of the instructor.
Honours Thesis
Individual study and research under faculty supervision.
Restriction: open to POLS (single or combined) majors with either minimum of 14.0 overall credits and a minimum 70 percent major average or 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 consult the Undergraduate Program Adviser about topics, regulations and a faculty adviser before registration.
The Philosophy of Law
(also offered as GBLS 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) and GBLS (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).
Ancient Political Theory
(also offered as GBLS 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) and GBLS (single and combined) majors with either a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and a minimum 70 percent major average or approval to year 4 (honours).
Modern Political Theory
(also offered as GBLS 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) and GBLS (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).
Politics and Tyranny
(also offered as GBLS 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) and GBLS (single and combined) majors with either a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and a minimum 70 percent major average or approval to year 4 (honours).
Shakespeare's Politics
(also offered as GBLS 4P05)
Issues of justice; politics, law and morality; republican, monarchical and tyrannical government as explored in selected Shakespearean comedies, tragedies and histories.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to POLS (single or combined) and GBLS (single or combined) majors until date specified in the Registration guide. After that date open to ECUL, ENGL (single or combined) and HIST (single or combined) majors. Students must have either a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and a minimum 70 percent major average or approval to year 4 (honours).
Philosophy, Politics and the Family
(also offered as GBLS 4P06)
Family relations and their significance for the political community as both have been treated by ancient and modern political philosophers and by contemporary feminists and their critics.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisites: POLI 2P91; POLI 2P92 (2F90), 2P93 (2P01 and 3P01) or permission of the instructor.
Postmodern Political Theory
(also offered as GBLS 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) and GBLS (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).
Politics of Consent and Coercion
Exploration of important texts in the history of political thought that seeks to clarify the concepts of consent, obligation, coercion and their relationship to justice. Application of these concepts to contemporary debates about consent and the law, including sexual consent and medical ethics.
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).
Faith, Philosophy and Politics
(also offered as GBLS 4P09)
Examination of challenges based upon revelation of the sufficiency of unassisted human reason as a guide to human 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).
Canadian Civil Society, Institutions and Political Culture
Membership bases of political parties, interest groups and non-governmental actors in the public sector and their role in policy development and/or the delivery of government programs.
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).
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 majors with either a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and a minimum 70 percent major average or approval to year 4 (honours).
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 majors with either a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and a minimum 70 percent major average or approval to year 4 (honours).
The Canadian Judicial Process
Procedures and processes of courts in civil and criminal cases and the impact of these procedures and practices on the administration of justice.
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).
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).
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).
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) and COMM (single or combined) majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and either a minimum 70 percent major average or approval to year 4 (honours).
Prerequisite: POLI 3P17 or permission of the instructor.
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).
Revolution or Reform? Political Change in the Modern World
Comparative study of patterns of transformation and transition of totalitarian, authoritarian and paternalistic systems towards political pluralism and democracy. Democratization in selected regimes-Communist, nationalist and religious-in different parts of the world and the dynamics of political and social change.
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).
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).
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).
Prerequisite: POLI 2F30 or permission of the instructor.
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 inflluenced 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).
Prerequisite: POLI 2F30 or permission of the instructor.
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: POLI 2F98 or 3P50 or permission of the instructor.
Managing the New Public Organization
Political and managerial dimensions of new developments in government organizations. Topics include administrative reform, innovation, collective bargaining, human resource issues, budgeting and comparisons with business organizations.
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: POLI 2F98 or 3P50 or permission of the instructor.
Note: open to non-POLS majors with relevant background in other disciplines and 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 majors with either a minimum of 14.0 overall credits and a minimum 70 percent major average or approval to year 4 (honours).
Prerequisite: POLI 2F98, 3P50 or permission of the instructor.
Note: open to non-POLS majors with relevant background in other disciplines and permission of the instructor.
Electronic Government and Democracy
Politics and management of information and information technology. Prospects for electronic democracy in such areas as citizen participation, electronic voting, lobbying and political campaigns. Implications of electronic government in such areas as service delivery, government reorganization, privacy, security, equity and accountability.
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).
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.
Honours Seminar
Analysis of selected contemporary issues in Canadian, comparative or 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 or approval to year 4 (honours).
Note: this course is required for POLS (single) Honours.
Political Science Internship
Part-time internship in a government agency, political party, research institute, relevant non-governmental organization (NGO) or other approved placement.
Tutorial, 1 hour per week, plus internship placement time.
Restriction: open to POLS (single) and INPE majors with a minimum of 14.0 overall credits, a minimum 75 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 GBLS 4V00-4V09)
Particular writer, work or theoretical problem in political philosophy examined.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: open to POLS (single or combined) and GBLS (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).
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).