Fall/Winter Courses 2024-2025
The Department offers 100-level, 200-level, 300-level, and 400-level Political Science (POL) courses.
Please Note:
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Course descriptions are not final and may be changed at or before the first class.
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For enrolment instructions, students should consult the 2024-2025 Fall/Winter Timetable Builder.
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Prerequisites will be enforced rigorously. Students who do not have the relevant prerequisite(s) may be removed from the course after classes begin. Specific questions regarding prerequisites for a course can be answered by the course instructor.
Course Nomenclature
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H1-F = "First Term"; the first term of the Fall/Winter Session (September - December)
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H1-S = "Second Term"; the second term of the Fall/Winter Session (January - April)
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Y1-Y = full session (September - April)
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Students should note that courses designated as "...Y1F" or "...Y1S" in the Timetable are particularly demanding.
Delivery Methods
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In-Person - A course is considered In-person if it requires attendance at a specific location and time for some or all course activities.**** Subject to adjustments imposed by public health requirements for physical distancing.
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Online - Synchronous - A course is considered Online Synchronous if online attendance is expected at a specific time for some or all course activities, and attendance at a specific location is not expected for any activities or exams.
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Asynchronous - A course is considered Asynchronous if it has no requirement for attendance at a specific time or location for any activities or exams.
| Course Code | Title | Section | Instructor(s) | Time | Enrol | Syllabus |
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| POL101H1F | The Real World of Politics: An Introduction | L0101 | Dos Santos | M 12:00 - 2:00 |
 2425_pol101h1f_l0101.pdf |
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| POL101H1S | The Real World of Politics: An Introduction | L0101 | Dos Santos | TBA | ||
| POL106H1F | Contemporary Challenges to Democracy: Democracy in the Social Media Age | L0101 | Poetranto | W 9:00 - 11:00 |
2425_pol106h1f_l0101.pdf |
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| POL107H1F | What Went Wrong? A Post Mortem of Political Disasters, Catastrophic Policy Failures, and Epic Marches of Folly | L5101 | Gilady | W 5:00 - 7:00 |
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| POL109H1F | Might and Right: Power and Justice in International Relations | L5101 | Zarnett | T 5:00 - 7:00 |
2425_pol109h1f_l5101.pdf |
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| POL109H1S | Might and Right: Power and Justice in International Relations | L5101 | Zarnett | W 5:00 - 7:00 |
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| POL196H1F | FYF Seminar: The China Challenge | L0101 | Falkenheim | T 11:00 - 1:00 |
R | 2425_pol196h1f_l0101.pdf |
| POL196H1S | FYF Seminar: The China Challenge | L0101 | Falkenheim | T 11:00 - 1:00 |
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| Course Code | Title | Section | Instructor(s) | Time | Enrol | Syllabus |
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| POL200Y1Y | Political Theory: Visions of the Just/Good Society | L5101 | Desborough | W 5:00 - 7:00 |
2425_pol200y1y_l5101.pdf |
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| POL200Y1Y | Political Theory: Visions of the Just/Good Society | L0101 | Sabl | R 3:00 - 5:00 |
2425_pol200y1y_l0101.pdf |
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| POL201H1F | Politics of Development | L0101 | Gnamo | W 1:00 - 3:00 |
2425_pol201h1f_l0101.pdf |
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| JPI201H1F | Indigenous Politics in Canada | L0101 | Yesno | W 11:00 - 1:00 |
2425_jpi201h1f_l0101.pdf |
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| POL205H1S | International Relations in the Anthropocene | L0101 | Neville | M 9:00 - 11:00 |
2425_pol205h1s_l0101.pdf |
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| POL208H1F | Introduction to International Relations | L0101 | Gunitsky | TBA | 2425_pol208h1f_l0101.pdf |
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| POL208H1S | Introduction to International Relations | L5101 | Pomeroy | R 5:00 - 7:00 |
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| POL212H1S | Understanding War | L0101 | Nedal | T 9:00 - 11:00 |
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| POL214H1F | Canadian Government | L5101 | Sevi | M 5:00 - 7:00 |
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| POL214H1S | Canadian Government | L0101 | Mockler | W 9:00 - 11:00 |
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| POL218H1F | State, Society and Power in Comparative Perspective | L0101 | Bertrand | R 11:00 - 1:00 |
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| POL219H1S | Unpacking Political Systems: Institutions and Behaviour in Comparative Perspective | L0101 | Hansen | R 11:00 - 1:00 |
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| POL222H1F | Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning I | L0101 | Ariga | M 1:00 - 3:00 |
P | 2425_pol222h1f_l0101.pdf |
| POL222H1F | Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning I | L0201 | Ariga | T 1:00 - 3:00 |
P | 2425_pol222h1f_l0201.pdf |
| POL222H1F | Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning I | L5101 | Ariga | T 5:00 - 7:00 |
P | 2425_pol222h1f_l5101.pdf |
| POL223H1S | Globalization and Development: Issues and Challenges | L0101 | Gutiérrez | W 1:00 - 3:00 |
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| POL224H1S | Canada in Comparative Perspective | L5101 | Mockler | T 5:00 - 7:00 |
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| POL232H1S | Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning II | L0101 | Ariga | M 1:00 - 3:00 |
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| POL232H1S | Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning II | L0201 | Ariga | R 9:00 - 11:00 |
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| POL232H1S | Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning II | L5101 | Ariga | T 5:00 - 7:00 |
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| Course Code | Title | Section | Instructor(s) | Time | Enrol | Syllabus |
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| POL301H1F | Colonial Legacies and Post-Independence African Politics | L0101 | Prichard | W 1:00 - 3:00 |
P | 2425_pol301h1f_l0101.pdf |
| POL304H1S | Topics in Methods: Quantitative Study of War | L0101 | Nieman | M 9:00 - 11:00 |
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| POL305H1F | Introduction to Latin American Politics and Societies | L0101 | Kingsbury | M 11:00 - 1:00 |
P | 2425_pol305h1f_l0101.pdf |
| POL307H1S | Japanese Politics | L0101 | Lipscy | W 9:00 - 11:00 |
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| POL310H1S | Nationality Building in Central Europe | L0101 | Magocsi | W 3:00 - 5:00 |
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| JPS315H1S | LGBTQ Politics | L0101 | Moreau | M 3:00 - 5:00 |
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| POL316H1F | Contemporary Canadian Federalism | L0101 | McCallion | T 9:00 - 11:00 |
P | 2425_pol316h1f_l0101.pdf |
| POL320H1F | Modern Political Thought: Freedom and Equality | L5101 | Kingston | W 5:00 - 7:00 |
P | 2425_pol320h1f_l5101.pdf |
| POL321H1S | Modern Political Thought: Progress Through History | L5101 | Kingston | W 5:00 - 7:00 |
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| POL324H1S | European Union: Politics, Institutions and Society | L5101 | Pavone | T 5:00 - 7:00 |
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| POL325H1S | Contemporary Latin American Politics | L0101 | Kingsbury | M 11:00 - 1:00 |
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| POL327H1F | U.S. Foreign Policy in a Complex World | L5101 | Jurgensen | W 5:00 - 7:00 |
P | 2425_pol327h1f_l5101.pdf |
| POL328H1S | Politics and Government in South Asia | L0101 | Murali | W 11:00 - 1:00 |
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| POL329H1S | Experiences of Conflict | L0101 | Khoshkar | M 11:00 - 1:00 |
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| JPA331H1S | Rise of China as a Global Power | L0101 | Ong | W 11:00 - 1:00 |
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| POL337H1S | The Canadian Constitution | L0101 | Hirschl | T 1:00 - 3:00 |
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| POL338H1F | Queer International Relations | L0101 | Moreau | T 9:00 - 11:00 |
P | 2425_pol338h1f_l0101.pdf |
| POL340H1F | International Law: Foundations | L5101 | Quayat | R 6:00 - 8:00 |
P | 2425_pol340h1f_l5101.pdf |
| POL341H1S | International Law: Operation of the International Legal Order | L5101 | Quayat | R 6:00 - 8:00 |
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| POL347H1F | U.S. Government and Politics: Constitutional Structure and Development | L0101 | Hurl | W 9:00 - 11:00 |
P | 2425_pol347h1f_l0101.pdf |
| POL350H1S | Politics of East Central Europe | L0101 | McElroy | T 11:00 - 1:00 |
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| POL351H1S | Gender, Politics, and Public Policy in Comparative Perspective | L0101 | White | R 11:00 - 1:00 |
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| POL352H1F | Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods | L0101 | White | W 11:00 - 1:00 |
P | 2425_pol352h1f_l0101.pdf |
| POL354H1F | Politics and Society in Russia | L0101 | McElroy | T 11:00 - 1:00 |
P | 2425_pol354h1f_l0101.pdf |
| POL356H1F | Canadian Political Parties and Elections | L0101 | McCallion | R 3:00 - 5:00 |
P | 2425_pol356h1f_l0101.pdf |
| POL358H1F | Conflicts, Minority Rights and Para-States in Europe | L0101 | Austin | T 3:00 - 5:00 |
P | 2425_pol358h1f_l0101.pdf |
| POL359H1S | Enlarging Europe: The European Union and Its Applicants | L0101 | Austin | T 3:00 - 5:00 |
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| POL360H1S | Topics in Latin American Politics: Political Ecology and Extractivism in the Americas | L0201 | Kingsbury | T 1:00 - 3:00 |
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| JPR364H1F | Religion and Politics in the Nation State | L0101 | Marshall | M 3:00 - 5:00 |
P | 2425_jpr364h1f_l0101.pdf |
| JPR365H1F | Global Religion and Politics | L0101 | Marshall | M 3:00 - 5:00 |
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| JPR374H1F | Religion and Power in the Postcolony | L5101 | Marshall | T 5:00 - 7:00 |
P | 2425_jpr374h1f_l5101.pdf |
| POL377H1F | Topics in Comparative Politics I: Violence, Development, and Difference | L0101 | Gutiérrez | M 1:00 - 3:00 |
P | 2425_pol377h1f_l0101.pdf |
| POL377H1F | Topics in Comparative Politics I: Development: History, Debates and Problem-Spaces | L0201 | Salman | W 3:00 - 5:00 |
P | 2425_pol377h1f_l0201.pdf |
| POL377H1S | Topics in Comparative Politics I: Gender & the Politics of Development | L0201 | Salman | W 3:00 - 5:00 |
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| POL377H1S | Topics in Comparative Politics I: Becoming Israel: War, Peace and the Politics of Israel's Identity | L0101 | Talal | M 9:00 - 11:00 |
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| POL378H1F | Topics in Comparative Politics II: Cities and Citizenship | L0201 | Enright | R 9:00 - 11:00 |
P | 2425_pol378h1f_l0201.pdf |
| POL378H1F | Topics in Comparative Politics II: Law and Political Development | L0301 | Pavone | R 3:00 - 5:00 |
P | 2425_pol378h1f_l0301.pdf |
| POL378H1F | Topics in Comparative Politics II: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict | L5101 | Oron | T 5:00 - 7:00 |
P | 2425_pol378h1f_l5101.pdf |
| JPS378H1S | Sex and the State | L0101 | Moreau | M 9:00 - 11:00 |
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| POL378H1S | Topics in Comparative Politics II: Jews and Power | L0101 | Talal | T 11:00 - 1:00 |
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| POL379H1F | Topics in Comparative Politics III: Civil Liberties in the United States | L0101 | Ewing | W 11:00 - 1:00 |
P | 2425_pol379h1f_l0101.pdf |
| POL379H1S | Topics in Comparative Politics III: Transnational Feminisms: Questioning Power from the Margins | L0101 | Gutiérrez | R 3:00 - 5:00 |
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| POL380H1F | Topics in International Politics: Gender and Intersectionality in Global Politics | L0101 | Bakan | M 9:00 - 11:00 |
P | 2425_pol380h1f_l0101.pdf |
| POL380H1F | Topics in International Politics: Decision-Making in International Security | L0201 | Schramm | R 1:00 - 3:00 |
P | 2425_pol380h1f_l0201.pdf |
| POL380H1S | Topics in International Politics: Global Nuclear Politics | L0201 | Nedal | R 1:00 - 3:00 |
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| POL380H1S | Topics in International Politics: Selected Puzzle in International Security | L0101 | Gilady | T 11:00 - 1:00 |
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| POL381H1F | Topics in Political Theory: Political Agency Under Modernity | L0101 | Williams | M 1:00 - 3:00 |
P | 2425_pol381h1f_l0101.pdf |
| POL381H1S | Topics in Political Theory: Theories of Liberal Democracy | L0101 | Williams | M 1:00 - 3:00 |
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| POL381H1S | Topics in Political Theory: Classical Political Thought | L0201 | Rabinowitz | T 11:00 - 1:00 |
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| POL382H1S | Topics in Canadian Politics: Elections and Voting | L5101 | Sevi | M 5:00 - 7:00 |
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| POL382H1S | Topics in Canadian Politics: Canadian Parliament's Rules and Operations | L0101 | McCallion | T 9:00 - 11:00 |
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| POL384H1S | Global Environmental Governance from the Ground Up | L0101 | Neville | R 9:00 - 11:00 |
P | 2425_pol384h1s_l0101.pdf |
| POL385H1S | Issues in Contemporary Greece | L0101 | Triadafilopoulos | R 11:00 - 1:00 |
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| POL386H1S | U.S. Government and Politics | L0101 | Hurl | W 9:00 - 11:00 |
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| POL387H1F | Politics in Europe | L0101 | Hansen | R 11:00 - 1:00 |
P | 2425_pol387h1f_l0101.pdf |
| POL388H1S | Politics and Government of Southeast Asia | L0101 | TBA | M 11:00 - 1:00 |
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| Course Code | Title | Section | Instructor(s) | Time | Enrol | Syllabus |
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| POL405H1F | The Military Instrument of Foreign Policy: Concepts and Approaches | L0101 | Braun | M 11:00 - 1:00 |
P* | 2425_pol405h1f_l0101.pdf |
| POL410H1F | Topics in Comparative Politics III: The Politics of Infrastructure | L0101 | Enright | M 9:00 - 11:00 |
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| POL412H1S | Human Rights and International Relations | L0101 | TBA | M 3:00 - 5:00 |
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| POL417H1F | Politics of North-South Relations | L5101 | Gnamo | T 5:00 - 7:00 |
P* | 2425_pol417h1f_l5101.pdf |
| POL418H1S | Human Security and Intra-state Conflicts in the Global South | L5101 | Gnamo | T 5:00 - 7:00 |
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| POL421H1F | Maimonides and His Modern Interpreters | L0101 | Green |
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3:00 -5:00
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P* | 2425_pol421h1f_l0101.pdf |
| POL425H1S | State and Development in Historical Perspective | L0101 | McElroy | M 3:00 - 5:00 |
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| POL426H1S | Democracy and Dictatorship | L0101 | Way | M 1:00 - 3:00 |
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| POL428H1F | Federalism and Diversity in Canada (and Beyond) | L0101 | McCallion | W 3:00 - 5:00 |
P* | 2425_pol428h1f_l0101.pdf |
| POL433H1F | Topics in United States Government and Politics: Presidential Politics in America | L0101 | LeDuc | T 9:00 - 11:00 |
P | 2425_pol433h1f_l0101.pdf |
| POL438H1F | Topics in Comparative Politics I: Living in the Illicit Global Economy | L0101 | Gutiérrez | R 1:00 - 3:00 |
P | 2425_pol438h1f_l0101.pdf |
| POL438H1S | Topics in Comparative Politics I: Judicial Politics | L0201 | Pavone | W 3:00 - 5:00 |
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| POL443H1S | Topics in Comparative Politics II: Globalization, Democracy, and Growth | L0101 | Manger | W 11:00 - 1:00 |
P | 2425_pol443h1s_l0101.pdf |
| POL447H1F | Political Economy of Development | L0101 | Eyoh | T 1:00 - 3:00 |
P* | 2425_pol447h1f_l0101.pdf |
| JPA453H1F | Authoritarianism in Comparative Perspective | L0101 | Ong | M 3:00 - 5:00 |
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| POL455H1F | Twentieth Century Ukraine | L0101 | Magocsi | W 3:00 - 5:00 |
P | 2425_pol455h1f_l0101.pdf |
| JPF455H1F | Conceptualizing Cities in a Global Context | L0101 | McCarney | T 11:00 - 1:00 |
2425_jpf455h1f_l0101.pdf |
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| JPF456H1S | Global Cities - Core Issues and Challenges | L0101 | McCarney | T 11:00 - 1:00 |
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| JPR458H1S | Postsecular Political Thought: Religion, Radicalism and the Limits of Liberalism | L5101 | Marshall | W 5:00 - 7:00 |
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| POL466H1F | Topics in International Politics III: Dealing with Dictators | L0101 | Schramm | T 9:00 - 11:00 |
P* | 2425_pol466h1f_l0101.pdf |
| POL466H1S | Topics in International Politics III: Ideas and Identity in US Foreign Policy | L0101 | Schramm | R 1:00 - 3:00 |
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| POL469H1F | Ethics and International Relations | L0101 | Bertoldi | T 11:00 - 1:00 |
P* | 2425_pol469h1f_l0101.pdf |
| POL474H1S | Politics and Policy Analysis | L0101 | Craft | W 1:00 - 3:00 |
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| POL478H1S | Topics in Methods: Data Management and Visualization for Political Scientists | L0101 | Donnelly | M 9:00 - 11:00 |
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| POL478H1S | Topics in Methods: Experiments in Political Science | L0201 | Sevi | W 11:00 - 1:00 |
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| POL479H1F | Topics in Middle East Politics: Rethinking Middle East Politics | L5101 | Salman | R 5:00 - 7:00 |
P* | 2425_pol479h1f_l5101.pdf |
| POL479H1S | Topics in Middle East Politics: Comparative Urbanisms in the Middle East & North Africa | L5101 | Salman | R 5:00 - 7:00 |
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| POL484H1F | Topics in Political Thought I: Democratic Theory | L0101 | Williams | W 9:00 - 11:00 |
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| POL484H1S | Topics in Political Thought I: Privilege and Opportunity | L5101 | Sabl | W 5:00 - 7:00 |
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| POL485H5F | Moral Reason and Economic History | L0101 | Day | R 3:00 - 5:00 |
2425_pol485h1f_l5101.pdf |
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| POL485H1F | Topics in Political Thought II: Plato on Justice and Political Virtue | L5101 | Bartels | W 5:00 - 7:00 |
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| POL485H1S | Topics in Political Thought II: Spinoza and the Invention of Liberal Democracy | L0101 | Orwin | T 4:00 - 6:30 |
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| POL486H1F | Topics in International Politics I: Is the World Falling Apart? | L0101 | Gilady | M 1:00 - 3:00 |
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| POL486H1S | Topics in International Politics I: The Soviet Collapse | L0201 | Gunitsky | T 11:00 - 1:00 |
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| POL486H1S | Topics in International Politics I: Women at the Helm - Gender, Leadership, and Global Politics | L0101 | Schramm | T 9:00 - 11:00 |
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| POL487H1F | Topics in International Politics II: Psychology of International Security | L0101 | Pomeroy | R 9:00 - 11:00 |
P* | 2425_pol487h1f_l0101.pdf |
| POL487H1S | Topics in International Politics II: The Planet's Last Frontiers: Governance of Antarctica, Oceans and Outer Space | L0201 | Green | W 11:00 - 1:00 |
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| POL487H1S | Topics in International Politics II: The Global Politics of Science Fiction | L0301 | Gunitsky | R 11:00 - 1:00 |
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| POL487H1S | Topics in International Politics II: The Changing Face of Armed Conflict: From Interstate War to Asymmetric Warfare | L0101 | Gilady | M 1:00 - 3:00 |
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| POL490H1F | Topics in Canadian Politics I: Political Discourse in Canada | L5101 | Greenaway | M 5:00 - 7:00 |
P | 2425_pol490h1f_l5101.pdf |
| POL490H1S | Topics in Canadian Politics I: Identity Politics in Canada | L0101 | McCallion | W 3:00 - 5:00 |
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| POL491H1F | Topics in Canadian Politics II: Political Participation: Who Gets Elected? | Sevi | R 3:00 - 5:00 |
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| POL491H1S | Topics in Canadian Politics II: Institutions and Behaviour in Canadian Parliament | L0101 | McCallion | R 3:00 - 5:00 |
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| POL492H1F | Topics in Comparative Politics IV: Comparative Law and Social Change | L0101 | Kahraman | R 3:00 - 5:00 |
P | 2425_pol492h1f_l0101.pdf |
| POL492H1S | Topics in Comparative Politics IV: Rule of Law in Post-Conflict Governance | L0201 | Haress |
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P | 2425_pol492h1f_l0201.pdf |
| POL492H1S | Topics in Comparative Politics IV: American Political Development | L0101 | Ewing | R 11:00 - 1:00 |
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| POL496H1F | Independent Studies | L0101 | TBA | TBA | E | |
| POL496H1S | Independent Studies | L0101 | TBA | TBA | E | |
| POL497H1F | Independent Studies | L0101 | TBA | TBA | E | |
| POL497H1S | Independent Studies | L0101 | TBA | TBA | E | |
| POL499Y1Y | Senior Thesis and Thesis Seminar | L0101 | Kingsbury | F 9:00 - 11:00 |
E | 2425_pol499y1y_l0101.pdf |
* For an explanation of any course codes see Codes Used in Timetable Listings.
** P = Priority; E = Department’s Permission; P* = Priority, with various capacity for the different enrolment controls.
† The course syllabi listed on this site are not necessarily the final versions and should not be taken as binding. Course syllabi may be altered subsequent to their being posted here. Students are responsible for attending classes and making themselves aware of the adjustments made to the syllabus.