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Political Science
| Political Science 020E, Introduction to Political Science | |
| | Description: A study of principal concepts, ideas and analytical methods of modern political science, with emphasis on the political systems of Canada and other selected countries. | | Antirequisite(s): The former Politics 021F-026G series. | | 3 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 102a/b, Capitalism and Democracy | |
| | Description: A conceptual and historical examination of 'capitalism' and 'democracy' and of various understandings of the relationship between them. The course will examine: the relationship of capitalism and democracy to such ends as freedom, equality and justice; the economic, political and social aspects of capitalism and democracy. | | 2 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 103a/b, Current Issues in Canadian Politics | |
| | Description: An examination of selected issues in Canadian politics. Each year the course will allow for inquiry into three or four issues of current interest, to be chosen by the instructor. In each area, the focus will be on understanding the status quo, and then analyzing proposals for change. | | Antirequisite(s): Political Science 230E | | 2 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 104, The United Nations in the New Millennium | |
| | Description: The course examines the United Nations' contributions to the resolution of diverse global problems. The course will assist the student to understand how the United Nations operates and to evaluate current United Nations policies and activities on a wide range of contemporary issues, including peace and security, economic development, human rights, and environmental protection. | | Antirequisite(s): Political Science 192a/b (offered in 1996-97, 1997-98) and Political Science 193 (offered in 1998-99, 1999-2000, 2000-2001). | | 2 lecture hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 133a/b, The Provinces in the Canadian Federation | |
| | Description: An examination of the role and place of the provinces within the Canadian federal system. The course provides an introduction to federal-provincial relations in Canada. | | Antirequisite(s): Political Science 130, Political Science 151F/G, Political Science 212F/G, Political Science 230E, Political Science 234E. | | 2 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 135a/b, Canada Abroad | |
| | Description: An analysis of significant factors in the determination of Canadian trade, defence and foreign policy; a comparison with similar determinants in other nations, where such comparisons are meaningful; the interplay of domestic and foreign considerations in the determination of national goals. | | Antirequisite(s): Political Science 152F/G. | | 2 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 137, The Politics of the Environment | |
| | Description: An examination of human impacts on the earth's ecosystems, and the political responses to these impacts, with particular attention to the effects of industrial technologies and economic patterns, and the underlying values that support these. This course will draw upon concepts from economics, geography, and biology, as well as political science. | | 2 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 190, Selected Topics in Political Science | |
| | Description: | | 2 lecture hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 191a/b, Selected Topics in Political Science | |
| | Description: | | 2 hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 192a/b, Selected Topics in Political Science | |
| | Description: | | 2 hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 193, Selected Topics in Political Science | |
| | Description: | | 2 lecture hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 200F/G, Selected Topics in Political Science | |
| | Description: | | 3 hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 201F/G, Selected Topics in Political Science | |
| | Description: | | 3 hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 202E, Selected Topics in Political Science | |
| | Description: | | 3 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 204E, Socialist Revolution in Theory and Practice | |
| | Description: This course studies radical political thought and revolutionary practice from Marx to Mao, and examines the causes and consequences of radical politics in developed and developing countries in the twentieth century. It is a course in Marxist theory and anti-imperialist politics. | | 3 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 205E, Selected Topics in Political Science | |
| | Description: | | 3 lecture hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 211E, Business and Government | |
| | Description: A review of the relationship between business and government, emphasizing their respective responses to problems of economic and social change. The course will focus primarily on Canada. | | Antirequisite(s): The former Politics 111. | | 3 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 230E, Canadian Government and Politics | |
| | Description: An examination of selected problems in Canadian government and politics, such as federalism, political parties and pressure groups. | | Antirequisite(s): Political Science 103a/b, 130, 133a/b, 151F/G. | | Prerequisite(s): Political Science 020E. | | 3 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 231E, International Relations | |
| | Description: This course surveys contemporary world politics and examines contending theories used by scholars and policymakers to make sense of international affairs. It also provides the conceptual tolls and theories to interpret the international system. | | Antirequisite(s): International Relations 210E, Political Science 131. | | Prerequisite(s): Political Science 020E. | | 3 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 234E, Comparative Provincial Politics | |
| | Description: The development of provincial and regional politics and their impact on national and provincial policies. The structure of government and alternative approaches to defining the system of government in Canada form significant components of the course. | | Antirequisite(s): Political Science 133a/b, 151F/G. | | Prerequisite(s): Political Science 020E. | | 3 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 235E, The Politics of the Environment | |
| | Description: An examination of human impacts on the earth's ecosystems, and the political responses to these impacts, with particular attention to the effects of industrial technologies and economic patterns, and the underlying values that support these. This course will draw upon concepts from economics, geography, and biology, as well as political science. | | Antirequisite(s): Political Science 137. | | 3 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 236E, Local Government | |
| | Description: The structure and political processes of local government, including such subjects as provincial-municipal relations, finance, administration, and principles of urban and regional planning. | | Antirequisite(s): The former Political Science 168a/b, Political Science 169a/b, 136. | | 3 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 237E, Introduction to Political Theory | |
| | Description: An examination of central themes and issues in the history of political thought from ancient to modern times. | | Antirequisite(s): Philosophy 237E, 235F/G, 236F/G, the former Philosophy 137E, the former Political Science 147. | | Prerequisite(s): Political Science 020E. | | 3 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 240E, An Introduction to Third World Politics | |
| | Description: A comparative analysis of social change and political process in Third World countries. The course focuses on the changing socio-economic and political factors which create and perpetuate poverty and inequality in Third World countries and illustrates, with country studies, these factors and the range of popular responses to them. | | 3 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 244E, American Government and Politics | |
| | Description: A study of the American Constitution, institutions of government and political processes. | | Antirequisite(s): Political Science 144. | | 3 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 245E, Introduction to Comparative Politics | |
| | Description: Examines theoretical approaches to the study of comparative politics. The course introduces students to the methodology of comparative politics through the study of both developed and developing societies. | | Prerequisite(s): Political Science 020E. | | 3 lecture hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 246E, Public Administration | |
| | Description: The basic principles of public administration in the modern state, including organization, procedures and the relation of administration to policy making. | | Antirequisite(s): Political Science 146. | | 3 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 286F/G, Policy Analysis | |
| | Description: A survey which briefly reviews policy-making processes, and then concentrates on the analysis of policy outcomes, through current examples and the literature (primarily Canadian) on social indicators, policy planning, implementation, and evaluation. | | Antirequisite(s): The former Political Science 386F/G. | | 3 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| All Political Science courses at the 300-level, offered on the main campus, are restricted to honors students or honors specialization students. Each year the department will designate specific 300-level courses that will be available to students registered in the Political Science Major module. Consult the department website or the lecture timetable. |
| Political Science 313E, Ancient and Modern Political Responses to the Problems of Wealth and Poverty | |
| | Description: A historical and philosophical study of the concepts of ‘wealth’, ‘poverty’ and related ideas in Western political thought starting with Homer and the Bible and ending with 21st-century arguments. | | Antirequisite(s): Political Science 202E if taken in 2001-02, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07 | | Prerequisite(s): Political Science 237E. | | 2 lecture hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 314E, Environmental Politics in a Global Age | |
| | Description: This course explores the theory and practice of global environmental governance. It offers a comprehensive overview of existing international policy on various ecological issues such as climate change. Through classroom simulations of global negotiations, students will analyze the political, economic, and social factors that shape outcomes in environmental politics. | | Antirequisite(s): Political Science 379F/G, Political Science 455G if taken in 2005-06, or 455F if taken in 2006-07. | | Prerequisite(s): Political Science 231E | | 2 lecture hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 316F/G, Political Parties | |
| | Description: An analytical study of political parties. Topics include: the historical development of political parties; theoretical approaches to political parties; the role of political parties in the electorate and in government; political parties and representation. Emphasis will be placed on Canadian parties and cross-national comparisons. | | Antirequisite(s): The former Political Science 338E, 138, 238. | | Prerequisite(s): Political Science 230E or 234E or 244E or the former Political Science 251E. | | 2 seminar hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 317F/G, Interest Groups and Social Movements | |
| | Description: An analytical study of interest groups and social movements. Topics include: theoretical approaches to interest group formation; the role of groups and movements in the policy-making process; their effectiveness as agents of democratic representation. Particular attention will be paid to the role of interest groups in Canada. | | Antirequisite(s): The former Political Science 338E, 138, 238. | | Prerequisite(s): Political Science 230E or 234E or 244E or the former Political Science 251E. | | 2 seminar hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 321F/G, Politics of India | |
| | Description: An introduction to the politics and history of the world's largest functioning democracy. India's experience provides insight into the political process of a poor, developing country with a long history of colonialism that successfully constructed a constitutional government, republican in principle and parliamentary in institutional terms. | | Prerequisite(s): Political Science 245E or 231E | | 2 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 322F/G, Latin America in Global Perspective | |
| | Description: An introduction to the political economy of Modern Latin America examines how the continuing interactions between foreign and domestic economic forces have shaped Latin American politics. It explores what is distinctive in the region about the present dynamics and processes associated with globalization. | | Antirequisite(s): the former Political Science 241E. | | Prerequisite(s): Political Science 245E or 231E, or History 238E or Anthropology 216F/G | | 2 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 323F/G, The Politics of Latin America | |
| Description: Major themes have dominated discussions of the politics of Latin
America, including populism, revolutionary struggle, military rule,
democracy and participation, social movements and the quest for
meaningful citizenship. A number of country-case studies highlight
continuities and changes in the contemporary politics of the region. | | Antirequisite(s): the former Political Science 241E. | | Prerequisite(s): Political Science 245E or 231E, or History 238E or Anthropology 216F/G. | | 2 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 324F/G, Introduction to Research Methods in Political Science | |
| | Description: This course introduces students to a range of methodological approaches to questions in political science. Students will become familiar with qualitative and quantitative data sources and ways of using each to address political issues. | | Antirequisite(s): The former Political Science 232 | | Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in Honors Political Science, Honors Specialization in Political Science, or Major in Political Science. | | 2 lecture hours, 1 tutorial hour, 0.5 course | | back to top |
| Political Science 326E, Canadian-American Relations | |
| | Description: This course examines the Canadian-American relationship by looking back to how it developed and ahead to what it might become, especially after NAFTA. Topics include communications, culture, trade and investment, immigration, security, the environment and extra-continental relations. Approaches include economic history, political economy, political integration and public choice. | | Antirequisite(s): Political Science 139, 367F/G. | | Prerequisite(s): Political Science 230E or 231E or 244E or International Relations 210E. | | 2 lecture hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 328F/G, Political Development in the Muslim World | |
| | Description: This half-course in comparative politics introduces the Muslim world through a few select case studies of Muslim majority countries of Asia and Africa, and explores the challenges, difficulties and problems of "old societies and new states" making transition to democracy and meeting the demands of globalization.
| | Antirequisite(s): Political Science 247E. | | Prerequisite(s): Political Science 245E. | | 2 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 329F/G, The Politics of the Middle East | |
| | Description: This half-course in comparative politics introduces the Middle East in world politics and explores the issues relating to political and economic development, war and peace in the region through the second-half of the twentieth century to present times.
| | Antirequisite(s): Political Science 243E. | | Prerequisite(s): Political Science 245E. | | 2 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 330E, International Law | |
| | Description: This seminar explores the role of international law in the international system. It examines competing approaches to international law and considers the source of international law, its basic principles and the actors involved in international law. Thereafter, international law is discussed in the context of contemporary issues in international relations. | | Antirequisite(s): The former Political Science 345E. | | Prerequisite(s): Political Science 231E or International Relations 210E. | | 2 seminar hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 331F/G, Courts and the Constitution | |
| | Description: This course will provide an overview of Canada’s judicial system and constitution. The course will focus on the impact of judicial decisions on the federal system, the shift to a constitutional discourse based on rights, and issues relating to the judiciary such as the rule of law and judicial independence. | | Antirequisite(s): The former Political Science 212F/G, 214F/G. | | Prerequisite(s): Political Science 230E. | | 2 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 332F/G, The Political Significance of the Charter | |
| | Description: This course will examine and assess the Charter’s implications for the Canadian political process. The course will focus on judicial interpretation of the Charter, the respective roles of Parliament and the judiciary in the political process, and Charter litigation commenced by competing social interests. | | Antirequisite(s): The former Political Science 403F/G. | | Prerequisite(s): Political Science 230E. | | 2 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 334E, Contemporary Political Theory | |
| | Description: A seminar on key themes, problems, beliefs and approaches in recent political theory. | | Prerequisite(s): Political Science 237E or permission of the Department. | | 2 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 335E, Political Leadership in Canada | |
| | Description: This course focusses on the office and powers of the Prime Minister of Canada. The course will review literature on political leadership in Canada, trace the evolution of the office, evaluate cabinet government, and examine styles of leadership. | | Prerequisite(s): Political Science 230E or Political Science 234E | | 2 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 336F/G, Elections and Voting | |
| | Description: This course examines the role of elections in maintaining democratic governance from theoretical and empirical perspectives. Topics to be covered include: electoral systems; the legal framework governing election campaigns; the role of parties and the media in election campaigns; and the social, psychological and economic influences on voting behaviour. | | Prerequisite(s): Political Science 230E or Political Science 234Eor Political Science 244E | | 2 seminar hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 340F/G, The Rise and Fall of Communism in the USSR and Eastern Europe | |
| | Description: Communism had a great impact on the politics and history of Europe and parts of Asia in the twentieth century. This course explores the form of communism which turned the collapsing Russian empire into the USSR, spread to Eastern Europe after World War Two and eventually collapsed in 1989-91. | | Antirequisite(s): History 350F/G, the former Political Science 249E. | | Prerequisite(s): Political Science 231E or 245E. | | 2 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 341F/G, The Post Communist Transformations | |
| | Description: The collapse of communism in Europe had a profound impact on countries where the ideology had dominated. It also ended the bipolar international system and ushered in a new era in international relations. This course examines domestic, regional, international and transnational dimensions of these transformations.
| | Antirequisite(s): The former Political Science 249E. | | Prerequisite(s): Political Science 231E or 245E. | | 2 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 342F/G, The New Europe | |
| | Description: This course explores the transformation of both attitudes and institutions which have followed the end of the Cold War. It looks at debates surrounding the evolving agenda of institutional enlargement in the EU, NATO, CSCE-OSCE and the creation of new institutions like the CIS, GUUAM, CEFTA.
| | Prerequisite(s): Political Science 231E or 245E. | | 2 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 343F/G, European Union: The Politics of Integration | |
| | Description: This course will survey the sources in history of European integration, the institutions and policy-making approaches that have resulted from these developments, and the extent to which the European Union has moved in a state-like or democratic direction and will do so in the future.
| | Prerequisite(s): Political Science 245E or 231E. | | 2 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 344F/G, Western European Politics: States, Nations, and Regimes | |
| | Description: This course provides a detailed introduction to Western European politics, with an emphasis upon Britain, France, Germany, and Italy. Topics include: state and nation formation, early experiences of autocratic and parliamentary rule, the sources and nature of post-WWII democracies, and the recent resurgence of nationalism and regionalism.
| | Antirequisite(s): The former Political Science 129, 248E, 348E. | | Prerequisite(s): Political Science 245E. | | 2 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 346E, International Justice | |
| | Description: A seminar course on contemporary theoretical issues of justice between states. The framework will be provided by the competing demands of political realism, state sovereignty, nationalism, and cosmopolitanism. Issues to be discussed may include the global distribution of wealth, intervention, crimes against humanity, cosmopolitan democracy, human rights, and environmental degradation. | | Antirequisite(s): Political Science 393E, Political Science 391F/G, Political Science 414F/G when offered as Selected Topic: International Justice. | | Prerequisite(s): Political Science 237E and enrolment in 3rd or 4th year Honors Politics programs or 3rd or 4th year Honors Specialization in International Relations module. | | 2 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 348F/G, Contemporary Intergovernmental Relations in Canada | |
| | Description: This course will describe, analyze and evaluate interactions between federal, provincial and local governments in Canada. The course will focus on the processes of interaction and the policy impacts of these relationships in the contemporary period. | | Antirequisite(s): Political Science 347E | | Prerequisite(s): Political Science 230E or 234E | | 2 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 351E, Theories of the State | |
| | Description: A seminar on theories of the nature and role of the modern state. Topics for discussion may include theories of state formation, pluralist, individualist and neo-Marxist views of the state, and the question of state autonomy in relation to economic and social formations. | | Prerequisite(s): Political Science 237E. | | 2 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 352E, Advanced International Politics | |
| | Description: A seminar course treating theoretical aspects of international politics in the light of substantive material. The seminar will consider a selection of normative doctrines, conceptual frameworks, and theoretical propositions concerning various modes of international action and interaction, organization, and integration and evaluate these in application to contemporary world politics. | | Prerequisite(s): Political Science 231E or permission of the Department. | | 2 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 353E, Canadian Defence and Security Policy. | |
| | Description: This course overviews the historical and strategic development of Canadian defence policy. It explores conceptual and theoretical frameworks useful for understanding security policy and focuses on the range of international security issues now confronting Canadian decision-makers. | | Prerequisite(s): Political Science 231E or International Relations 210E. | | 2 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 354E, Selected Topics in Political Science | |
| | Description: | | Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in 3rd or 4th year Politics, or permission of the Department for students not registered in Politics programs. | | 2 seminar hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 355F/G, International Security: Problems and Approaches. | |
| | Description: This course focuses on current issues affecting international security. Key concepts important to exploring security problems are introduced. Special emphasis is placed on discussing successful and unsuccessful approaches to enhancing international and national security. | | Prerequisite(s): Political Science 231E or International Relations 210E. | | 2 hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 359E, Feminism and Political Theory | |
| | Description: An examination of feminist critiques of political thinkers from Plato to Marx and a discussion of feminist proposals for a political theory that addresses the question of women's position in contemporary social and political life. | | Prerequisite(s): Political Science 237E or permission of the Department. | | 2 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 363F/G, Urban Political Analysis | |
| | Description: An introduction to the structures and actors that shape the politics of urban issues in large North American and West European cities. Students apply concepts learned to an in-depth study of a city or cities of their choice. | | Antirequisite(s): Political Science 368E | | Prerequisite(s): 1.0 course in Political Science at the 200 level. | | 2 seminar hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 364F/G, Issues in Urban Governance | |
| | Description: A thematic analysis of current policy problems and responses in large North American and West European cities. Issues include globalization and economic development, suburban sprawl, the challenge of social diversity and local environmental problems. | | Antirequisite(s): Political Science 368E | | Prerequisite(s): Political Science 363F/G. | | 2 seminar hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 365F/G, Political Economy - North South | |
| | Description: This course examines the nature of relations between developing and industrialized states with special focus on such issues as development, aid, trade, investment, food and agriculture. | | Antirequisite(s): Political Science 358F/G, 357E | | Prerequisite(s): Political Science 211E or Economics 020. | | 2 hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 366E, International Conflict Management | |
| | Description: An examination of theories and strategies of international conflict and conflict management, including the causes of war, arms control, and various methods of reducing or eliminating conflict. | | Prerequisite(s): Political Science 231E or International Relations 210E. | | 2 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 367F/G, Political Economy: North America | |
| | Description: An examination of the impact of North American economic and social integration on Canada/U.S. relations. Consideration is given to the applicability of various theories of political integration and economic interdependence to the case of Canada and the United States. | | Prerequisite(s): Political Science 231E or permission of the Department. | | 2 hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 372F/G, The Politics of Ontario | |
| | Description: An advanced course dealing with the politics and government of Ontario. Specific issues will be studied as an illustration of the governmental process and politics of the province. | | Prerequisite(s): Political Science 230E or Political Science 234E or Political Science 236E or permission of the Department. | | 2 hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 387F/G, Current Research in Public Policy | |
| | Description: A seminar devoted to the theory and methodology of public policy analysis and evaluation, this course will review briefly current approaches and techniques, before concentrating on the analysis of policy outcomes in such fields as regional development, natural resources, and secondary industry. Students will undertake some primary research. | | Prerequisite(s): Political Science 286F/G or the former Political Science 386F/G and one other honors politics course. | | 2 seminar hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 388E, International Human Rights | |
| | Description: This course will provide an overview of the topic of human rights, from its origins to its 21st century reality, to its various conceptions, theoretical notions, and instruments. It will look at issues of concern, abuses and potential solutions. | | Antirequisite(s): Political Science 219E, 209E offered 2001 to 2004 at Huron. | | Prerequisite(s): Political Science 231E or 245E or International Relations 210E. | | 2 lecture hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 390F/G, Special Topics in Political Science | |
| | Description: | | Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in 3rd or 4th year Politics, or permission of the Department for students not registered in Politics programs. | | 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 391F/G, Special Topics in Political Science | |
| | Description: | | Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in 3rd or 4th year Politics, or permission of the Department for students not registered in Politics programs. | | 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 392E, Selected Topics in Political Science | |
| | Description: | | Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in 3rd or 4th year Politics, or permission of the Department for students not registered in Politics programs. | | 2 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 393E, Selected Topics in Political Science | |
| | Description: | | Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in 3rd or 4th year Politics, or permission of the Department for students not registered in Politics programs. | | 2 seminar hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 396F/G, Selected Topics in Political Science | |
| | Description: | | Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in 3rd or 4th year Honors Politics or permission of the Department for students not registered in Honors programs. | | 2 hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 397F/G, Selected Topics in Political Science | |
| | Description: | | Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in 3rd or 4th year Honors Politics or permission of the Department for students not registered in Honors programs. | | 2 hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| All Political Science courses at the 400-level, offered on the main campus, are restricted to honors students or honors specialization students. |
| Political Science 401F/G, American Foreign Policy | |
| | Description: Contemporary theories and models of foreign policy decision making will be used to explain U.S. political, economic and security relations. Selected case studies will highlight the many domestic and external factors thought to be responsible for influencing America's conduct in the international community. | | Prerequisite(s): Political Science 231E or International Relations 210E and Political Science 244E. | | 2 seminar hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 404F/G, Globalization and National Sovereignty | |
| | Description: The course is aimed to assess the impact of global interactions on the viability of the nation state. Some sessions will review global flows of capital, goods, services, technology, migration and communications and assess their effects on the capacity of national governments to exercise traditional instruments of national policy. Others will examine the extent to which these developments require a reconsideration of conventional theoretical perspectives on the state and international relations. | | Antirequisite(s): Political Science 414F Selected Topic: Globalization and National Sovereignty. | | Prerequisite(s): Political Science 231E or International Relations 210E. | | 2 hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 405E, Legislative Politics | |
| | Description: An introduction to the issues and debates relating to the place of legislatures within the political system. Among the main topics are the role of legislatures, their representative ability, legislative careers, parliamentary versus presidential systems and legislative reform. Emphasis will be placed on experience in Canada and the US. | | Antirequisite(s): Political Science 485E, if taken in 1993-94 or 1994-95. | | Prerequisite(s): Political Science 230E or 234E or 244E. | | 2 seminar hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 406F/G, The European Welfare State | |
| | Description: Is the European welfare state on the way out, or are the reports of its death greatly exaggerated? This seminar will deal with the status of the contemporary welfare state, within the context of its history, social and ideological foundations, and relationship to questions of citizenship, economic development, and European integration. | | Antirequisite(s): Political Science 391F (offered in 2000). | | 2 seminar hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 408F/G, International Security | |
| | Description: This course overviews current threats to international security such as nuclear weapons proliferation, terrorism, environmental degradation, and ethnic conflict. It also considers various approaches to alleviating these problems including UN peace support operations, regional alliances, espionage, arms control, and disarmament. | | Antirequisite(s): Political Science 414G Selected Topic: International Security. | | Prerequisite(s): Political Science 231E or International Relations 210E. | | 2 hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 409F/G, The United States and the Middle East | |
| | Description: The course explores the complex relationship between the United States and the Middle East, particularly since the establishment of Israel and the making of new states in the region. It will focus primarily on how the United States views and came to occupy a defining role in the region's politics. | | Prerequisite(s): Political Science 231E or International Relations 210E and Political Science 244E | | 2 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 410F/G, Power, Politics and Subjects: An Examination of Key Texts in Critical Social and Political Theory | |
| | Description: The focus of this course is the tradition of 20th century "critical theory", influenced by the so-called linguistic and cultural turns in the social sciences. Key questions to be explored are: What is power? What is the terrain of the "political"? Who are the subjects of political domination/political change? | | Prerequisite(s): Political Science 237E and one additional political theory course or permission of the instructor. | | 2 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 413F/G, Selected Topics in Political Science | |
| | Description: | | Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in 3rd or 4th year Honors Politics, or permission of the Department for students not registered in Politics programs. | | 2 hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 414F/G, Selected Topics in Political Science | |
| | Description: | | Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in 3rd or 4th year Honors Politics, or permission of the Department for students not registered in Politics programs. | | 2 hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 415E, Selected Topics in Political Science | |
| | Description: | | Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in 3rd or 4th year Honors Politics, or permission of the Department for students not registered in Politics programs. | | 2 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 416E, Selected Topics in Political Science | |
| | Description: | | Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in 3rd or 4th year Honors Politics, or permission of the Department for students not registered in Politics programs. | | 2 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 417F/G, Selected Topics in Political Science | |
| | Description: | | Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in 3rd or 4th year Honors Politics or permission of the Department for students not registered in Honors Politics. | | 2 hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 419F/G, Selected Topics in Political Science | |
| | Description: | | Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in 3rd or 4th year Honors Politics, or permission of the Department for students not registered in Politics programs. | | 2 hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 425F/G, Indigenous Politics in Kanata/Canada | |
| | Description: This course introduces students to Indigenous politics and the politics of colonization before and since the invasion of Kanata/Canada. It examines the political structures of colonization, reactions to colonization, and contemporary struggles for decolonization. | | Antirequisite(s): Political Science 417F/G (if taken in 2002-2003, 2003-2004). | | Prerequisite(s): Political Science 230E or 234E. | | 2 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 426F/G, Genocide | |
| | Description: The course examines the theoretical and methodological issues related to the topic of genocide and considers empirical cases of genocide and genocidal acts, such as "ethnic cleansing." The course begins by looking at the definition of genocide, then moves to discuss more recent cases of genocides and genocidal acts. | | Antirequisite(s): Political Science 413G if taken in 2001-02, 414F in 2002-03, 413G in 2003-04, 459F in 2005-06, 459F in 2006-07. | | Prerequisite(s): Political Science 388E | | 2 lecture hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 427F/G, Transitional Justice | |
| | Description: This course aims to critically examine a number of the approaches to and difficulties with efforts in transitional justice and post-conflict social reconstruction. | | Antirequisite(s): Selected Topics course Justice After Atrocity offered as Political Science 414G in 2003-04, 456G in 2004-05, 461G in 2005-06, 461G in 2006-07. | | Prerequisite(s): Political Science 388E | | 2 lecture hours, 0.5 course | | back to top |
| Political Science 437E, Modernity in Political Theory: Origins, Characteristics, Critiques | |
| | Description: A seminar on the emergence and evolution of some of the characteristic features of "modern" political theory in and after the Enlightenment period. Themes may include the secularisation of political thought, the politics of individualism, the politics of commercial society, and critiques of modernity in recent political theory. | | Prerequisite(s): Political Science 237E and one additional course in political theory, or permission of the Instructor. | | 2 hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 440F/G, Dilemmas of the Post Communist World: Between Past and Future | |
| | Description: This course looks at the states referred to as "new democracies" and "post-totalitarian states". It will encourage students to look back and forward simultaneously, to explore how different states within the post communist world have such divergent transformation trajectories. The material is approached from a multi-disciplinary perspective. | | Antirequisite(s): Politics 390G or History 412F/G, 498G (if taken in Spring 2001), the former Political Science 438F/G. | | Prerequisite(s): History 439E, or Political Science 340F/G or 341F/G, or the former Political Science 249E or 349E, or permission of instructor. | | 2 seminar hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 455F/G-464F/G, Selected Topics in Political Science | |
| | Description: | | Prerequisite(s): Enrolment in 3rd or 4th year Honors Politics or permission of the Department for students not registered in Honors Politics.
| | 2 hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 479E, Honors Seminar | |
| | Description: A fourth year honors seminar dealing with selected issues in political science. The topics may vary from year to year. Students should consult the Department. | | Prerequisite(s): Registration in fourth year of honors Politics and written Special Permission of the instructor. | | 2 seminar hours, 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 485E, Selected Topics in Political Science | |
| | Description: | | Prerequisite(s): Permission of the Department. | | 1.0 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 486a/b, Organizational Behavior in a Local Government Environment | |
| | Description: An introduction to current theoretical perspectives and research findings in the field of organizational behavior, with emphasis on topics relevant to the administration of local government organizations. Topics examined include organizational structure, power, council-staff relations, and working with stakeholders. | | Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Diploma Program in Public Administration or permission of the Department. | | 2 hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 487a/b, Local Government Management | |
| | Description: An examination of issues arising in local government administration in a changing environment, using case analyses and seminars. Topics addressed include labor relations, human resource management issues, and the implementation of organizational change. | | Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Diploma Program in Public Administration and Political Science 486a/b or permission of the Department. | | 2 hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 488a/b, Advanced Local Government | |
| | Description: An advanced survey of central topics in the study of local government. Topics include urban reform movements, metropolitan and regional government, special-purpose bodies, and finance. | | Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Diploma Program in Public Administration or permission of the Department. | | 2 hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 489a/b, The Policy Process in Local Government | |
| | Description: After an introduction to policy analysis, there is an examination of the factors which help determine local government decisions about policies, development expenditures, and taxes. The scope for local government to frame its own economic policies and address social, economic and environmental problems is analyzed. | | Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Diploma Program in Public Administration and Political Science 488a/b or permission of the Department. | | 2 hours, 0.5 course. | | back to top |
| Political Science 490E, Thesis | |
| | Description: Written Special Permission of the instructor and a minimum 80% average in third year. | | Thesis to be submitted by April 15 of the fourth year. | | 1.0 course. | | back to top |
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