IX. Graduate Programs
Political Science
Courses
| POLS*6050 The Politics of Identity U [0.50] |
| This course engages theoretical approaches of identity and identity politics in the global north and/or south. Topics may
include contestation over indigenous, racial, ethnic, cultural, sexual, gender, and women’s rights.
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| Department(s): |
Department of Political Science |
| POLS*6120 Theories of International Relations U [0.50] |
| This course examines Western and non-Western theories of international relations, such as realism, liberalism, and constructivism,
as well as Marxist, critical, indigenous and gender approaches. It will engage with established and emerging theories, exploring
contestation and debates within the discipline.
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| Department(s): |
Department of Political Science |
| POLS*6130 Rights and Public Policy U [0.50] |
| Students will study how individual rights can be restricted, protected or expanded through public policy, and how rights considerations
and discourse may shape policy and the policy process.
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| Department(s): |
Department of Political Science |
| POLS*6150 Constitutionalism and Judicial Politics U [0.50] |
| This course investigates how the constitution and the judiciary affect political processes and decision-making, and how politics
shape constitutions and judicial process. Canadian or comparative examples will be examined.
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| Department(s): |
Department of Political Science |
| POLS*6180 Women, Justice and Public Policy U [0.50] |
| This course will use gender-based analysis in examining a series of justice and public policy issues affecting the lives of
women, including equality rights, pay and employment equity, domestic violence, sexual assault, family policy, health care
policy, and pornography. Offered in conjunction with POLS*4100. Extra work is required for graduate students.
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| Restriction(s): |
Credit may be obtained for only one of POLS*4100 or POLS*6180 |
| Department(s): |
Department of Political Science |
| POLS*6210 Conceptions of Canada U [0.50] |
| This course will explore evolving conceptions of Canadian identity and nationalism through consideration of political culture,
institutions and constitutional arrangements. Possible topics include: multiculturalism, aboriginal identity and community,
Quebec nationalism, social citizenship, rights and representation, as well as Canada's global role and significance.
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| Department(s): |
Department of Political Science |
| POLS*6380 State-building and Regime Change U [0.50] |
| Students will explore theories of states, regimes, state-building, regime change, and democratization. The course critically
engages dominant debates and reviews empirical examples.
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| Department(s): |
Department of Political Science |
| POLS*6390 Resource Scarcity and Conflict U [0.50] |
| This course examines domestic, international and global dimensions of environmental governance and resource conflict, as well
as stakeholder perspectives on resource politics. Topics may include climate change; the resource curse; commodity production,
trade and consumption; food and human security; political ecology and extractive industries.
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| Department(s): |
Department of Political Science |
| POLS*6400 Citizenship and Social Policy U [0.50] |
| In this course, students will study social policy in comparative perspective. Theoretical models and various policy fields
will be examined in order to understand welfare state development and retrenchment. Policy fields may include immigration,
health, child care and income.
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| Department(s): |
Department of Political Science |
| POLS*6510 Political Participation and Engagement U [0.50] |
| Students will study how individual citizens engage in the political process. Informal channels such as social movements or
more formal organizations such as interest groups and political parties may be examined.
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| Department(s): |
Department of Political Science |
| POLS*6630 Approaches to Public Policy U [0.50] |
| This course introduces students to the main theoretical approaches utilized in understanding public policy making and outcomes.
Throughout the course, particular attention is paid to varying conceptions of institutions, ideas and interest and the role
of these conceptions in various explanations of policy change and stasis.
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| Department(s): |
Department of Political Science |
| POLS*6640 Canadian Public Administration: Public Sector Management U [0.50] |
| This course examines the growth of the administrative state in Canada, especially in the post World War II period. It critically
reviews issues such as the concept of public sector management, the delegation of authority, personnel management, accountability
and the ethics of ministers and officials to Parliament and the publi
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| Department(s): |
Department of Political Science |
| POLS*6730 Development and Global Justice U [0.50] |
| Students will study Western and non-Western theoretical perspectives on the politics of development and global justice. Topics
may include human rights and development, global inequality, environmental justice, indigenous politics, humanitarian ethics,
intercultural competency, and faith-based development.
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| Department(s): |
Department of Political Science |
| POLS*6900 Communications F-W [0.25] |
| This course trains students in crucial academic skills, in particular writing and presentation skills. Some course elements
may be offered through workshops in conjunction with other units, such as the Learning Commons.
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| Department(s): |
Department of Political Science |
| POLS*6940 Research Design and Methods U [0.75] |
| This course focuses on the elements of designing and writing a research question and proposal. It examines the principles
of research design and research ethics, and surveys the strengths and weaknesses of a variety of methods of data collection.
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| Department(s): |
Department of Political Science |
| POLS*6950 Specialized Topics in Political Studies U [0.50] |
| This course is intended to be an elective course for students wishing to pursue an area of investigation not covered in the
other courses offered by the department. This course may also be chosen by students who want to further pursue a subject area
to which they were introduced in a previous course.
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| Department(s): |
Department of Political Science |
| POLS*6960 Directed Readings U [0.50] |
| This is an elective course for students wishing to pursue an area of investigation not covered in other courses offered by
the department. This course may also be chosen by students who want to further pursue a subject area to which they were introduced
in a previous course.
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| Department(s): |
Department of Political Science |
| POLS*6970 Major Paper U [1.00] |
| The major paper is an extensive research paper for those who do not elect to complete a thesis. It may be taken over two semesters.
The length of the major paper is not to exceed 10,000 words.
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| Department(s): |
Department of Political Science |
Students should also consult the fourth year undergraduate course selection. Graduate students, with the approval of the instructor
and the Graduate Program Coordinator, may take a fourth year undergraduate course in the Political Science Department. This
course is taken as POLS*6950 Specialized Topics. Course requirements are modified so that they are comparable to other courses
offered at the graduate level.
