Fall/Winter Courses 2025-2026
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 2025-2026 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 | Jung | M 12:00 - 2:00 |
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| POL101H1S | The Real World of Politics: An Introduction | ASYNC | Jung | ASYNC | ||
| POL106H1F | Contemporary Challenges to Democracy: Democracy in the Social Media Age | L0101 | Poetranto | W 11:00 - 1:00 |
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| POL109H1F | Might and Right: Power and Justice in International Relations | L0101 | Zarnett | M 3:00 - 5:00 |
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| POL109H1S | Might and Right: Power and Justice in International Relations | L5101 | Bertoldi | W 5:00 - 7:00 |
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| POL191H1S | FYF Seminar: Political Homes | L0101 | Donnelly |
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| POL192H1F | FYF Seminar: Beyond Voting: Introduction to Citizen Political Participation | L0101 | Mockler |
T 9:00- 11:00 |
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| POL193H1S | FYF Seminar: Politics and the Arts | L0101 | Cook | M 9:00- 11:00 | R | |
| POL197H1S | FYF Seminar: Politics and Sports: Colonialism and Enduring Indigeneity | L0101 | Murali |
M 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 | Sabl | W 5:00 - 7:00 |
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| POL200Y1Y | Political Theory: Visions of the Just/Good Society | L0101 | Walton | R 3:00 - 5:00 |
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| POL201H1F | Politics of Development | L0101 | Jung | W 1:00 - 3:00 |
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| JPI201H1S | Indigenous Politics in Canada | L0101 | Turner | W 3:00 - 5:00 |
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| POL208H1F | Introduction to International Relations | L0101 | Pomeroy |
T 3:00 -5:00 |
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| POL208H1S | Introduction to International Relations | ASYNC | Pomeroy |
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| POL212H1S | Understanding War | L0101 | Nedal | T 9:00 - 11:00 |
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| POL214H1F | Canadian Government | L5101 | Mockler | M 6:00 - 8:00 |
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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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| POL220H1F | Immigration, Multiculturalism, and Citizenship in Canada | L0101 | Rubenson | W 9:00 -11:00 | ||
| POL222H1F | Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning I | L0101 | Ariga | T 1:00 - 3:00 |
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| POL222H1F | Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning I | L0201 | Ariga | W 3:00 - 5:00 |
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| POL222H1F | Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning I | L5101 | Ariga | T 5:00 - 7:00 |
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| POL223H1S | Globalization and Development: Issues and Challenges | L5101 | Gnamo | R 5:00 - 7:00 |
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| POL224H1S | Canada in Comparative Perspective | L0101 | Mockler | W 3:00 - 5:00 |
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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 | Gnamo | W 1:00 - 3:00 |
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| POL302H1F | Politics ad Society in 20th Century China | L0101 | Falkenheim |
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| POL305H1F | Introduction to Latin American Politics and Societies | L0101 | Kingsbury | W 9:00 - 11:00 |
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| POL307H1F | Japanese Politics | L0101 | Lipscy | W 9:00 - 11:00 |
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| POL309H1S | Contemporary African Politics: Dynamics and Challenges | L0101 | Onoma | W 1:00- 3:00 | P | |
| POL311H1F | Law and Political Development | L0101 | Pavone |
R 3:00- 5:00 |
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| POL312H1F | Canadian Foreign Policy | L5101 | TBA |
T 6:00- 8:00 |
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| POL314H1F | Public Opinion and Voting | L0101 | Merkley |
T 11:00- 1:00 |
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| POL316H1F | Contemporary Canadian Federalism | L0101 | McCallion | T 9:00 - 11:00 |
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| POL319H1F | Elections and Voting | L5101 | Sevi | M 5:00- 7:00 | P | |
| POL320H1F | Modern Political Thought: Freedom and Equality | L5101 | Williams | W 5:00 - 7:00 |
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| 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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| POL325H1F | Contemporary Latin American Politics | L0101 | Kingsbury | T 100 - 3:00 |
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| POL326H1F | The Politics of U.S. Foreign Policy | L5101 | Jurgensen | M 5:00- 7:00 | P | |
| POL327H1S | U.S. Foreign Policy in a Complex World | L5101 | Jurgensen | M 5:00 - 7:00 |
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| POL328H1S | Politics and Government in South Asia | L0101 | Murali | W 11:00- 1:00 |
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| POL329H1S | Experiences of Conflict | L0101 | Bertoldi | 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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| POL332H1F | Using Data to Understand Politics and Society | L0101 | Chyzh | W 9:00- 11:00 | P | |
| POL337H1S | The Canadian Constitution | L0101 | Hirschl | T 1:00 - 3:00 |
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| POL338H1F | Queer International Relations | L0101 | Canto Roche | T 9:00 - 11:00 |
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| POL340H1F | International Law: Foundations | L5101 | Quayat | W 6:00 - 8:00 |
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| POL341H1S | International Law: Operation of the International Legal Order | L5101 | Quayat | W 6:00 - 8:00 |
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| POL342H1F | Topics in Methods I: Quantitative Study of War | L0101 | Nieman |
M 9:00- 11:00 |
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| POL342H1S | Topics in Methods I: Political Psychology | L0101 | Merkley |
M 9:00- 11:00 |
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| POL344H1S | Social Movements in Canada | L0101 | Mockler | R 9:00- 11:00 | ||
| POL350H1S | Politics of East Central Europe | L0101 | McElroy | T 9:00- 11:00 |
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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 |
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| POL354H1F | Politics and Society in Russia | L0101 | McElroy | W 9:00 - 11:00 |
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| POL356H1F | Canadian Political Parties and Elections | L5101 | McCallion | R 6:00 - 8:00 |
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| POL358H1F | Conflicts, Minority Rights and Para-States in Europe | L0101 | Austin | T 1:00 - 3:00 |
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| POL359H1S | Enlarging Europe: The European Union and Its Applicants | L0101 | Austin | T 1:00 - 3:00 |
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| POL360H1F | Topics in Latin American Politics: Political Ecology and Extractivism in the Americas | L0101 | Kingsbury | W 1:00 - 3:00 |
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| POL361H1F | Global Political Economy: History and Theory | L0101 | TBA | R 3:00- 5:00 |
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| JPR364H1F | Religion and Politics in the Nation State | L0101 | Marshall | M 3:00 - 5:00 |
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| POL377H1F | Topics in Comparative Politics I: Development: History, Debates and Problem-Spaces | L0101 | Salman | W 3:00 - 5:00 |
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| POL377H1S | Topics in Comparative Politics I: Israeli Politics and Society | L0101 | Weiss | T 3:00- 5:00 |
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| POL377H1S | Topics in Comparative Politics I: Gender & the Politics of Development | L0201 | Salman | W 3:00 - 5:00 |
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| POL378H1S | Topics in Comparative Politics II: The Politics of Identity and Intergroup Relations in Israel | L0101 | Weiss | M 1:00 - 3:00 |
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| POL379H1F | Topics in Comparative Politics III: Epidemics and Phobia | L0101 | Onoma | R 11:00- 1:00 |
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| POL379H1S | Topics in Comparative Politics III: Palestinian Politics | L5101 | TBA | R 6:00 - 8:00 |
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| POL380H1F | Topics in International Politics: Gender and Intersectionality in Global Politics | L0101 | Bakan | M 9:00 - 11:00 |
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| POL380H1F | Topics in International Politics: Indigenous Diplomacies and Global Governance | L0201 | LIghtfoot | M 3:00 - 5:00 |
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| POL380H1S | Topics in International Politics: Global Nuclear Politics | L0101 | Nedal | R 1:00 - 3:00 |
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| POL380H1S | Topics in International Politics: Terrorism and Insurgency | L0201 | Chyzh | R 3:00 - 5:00 |
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| POL381H1F | Topics in Political Theory: Contemporary Social & Political Thought | L0101 | Chevannes | M 11:00 -1:00 | P | |
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Topics in Political Theory: Elites, Parties, and Democracy: Transnational Debates in Political and Social Theory |
L5101 | Ragazzoni | T 6:00- 8:00 | P | |
| POL381H1S | Topics in Political Theory: Political Agency Under Modernity | L0101 | Williams | M 1:00 - 3:00 |
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| POL381H1S | Topics in Political Theory: Thucydides' War of th Athenians and the Peloponnesians | L0201 | Orwin | T 4:00 - 7:00 |
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| POL381H1S |
Topics in Political Theory: The Conflictual Body Politic: Political Conflict in Historical and Contemporary Perspectives |
L0301 | Ragazzoni | W 3:00 - 5:00 |
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| POL382H1S | Topics in Canadian Politics: Political Representation | L0101 | Sevi | M 3:00 - 5:00 |
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| POL382H1S | Topics in Canadian Politics: Canadian Parliament's Rules and Operations | L0201 | 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 |
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| POL385H1S | Issues in Contemporary Greece | L0101 | Triadafilopoulos | R 11:00- 1:00 |
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| POL387H1F | Politics in Europe | L0101 | Hansen | R 11:00- 1:00 |
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| POL388H1S | Politics and Government of Southeast Asia | L0101 | Poetranto | M 11:00- 1:00 |
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| Course Code | Title | Section | Instructor(s) | Time | Enrol | Syllabus |
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| POL410H1S | Topics in Comparative Politics III: Indigenous Resarch Consortium | L0101 | Turner | M 11:00- 1:00 | P | |
| POL410H1S | Topics in Comparative Politics III: The Politics of Infrastructure | L0201 | Enright | R 9:00 - 11:00 |
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| POL412H1S | Human Rights and International Relations | L5101 | Zarnett | M 5:00 - 7:00 |
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| POL417H1F | Politics of North-South Relations | L5101 | Gnamo | T 5:00 - 7:00 |
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| POL418H1S | Human Security and Intra-state Conflicts in the Global South | L5101 | Gnamo | T 5:00 - 7:00 |
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| POL420H1F | Globalization, Democracy and Growth | L0101 | Manger | W 11:00- 1:00 | P | |
| POL422H1S | Judicial Politics | L0101 | Pavone | W 3:00- 5:00 | P | |
| POL425H1S | State and Development in Historical Perspective | L5101 | McElroy | R 5:00- 7:00 |
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| POL428H1F | Federalism and Diversity in Canada (and Beyond) | L5101 | McCallion | W 5:00 - 7:00 |
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| POL431H1S | Dynamics of Political Change in Contemporary China | L0101 | Falkenheim | M 11:00- 1:00 | P | |
| POL438H1F | Topics in Comparative Politics I: Cities, Law and Politics | L0101 | Hirschl | W 3:00 - 5:00 |
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| POL440H1F | Topics in Methods II: Experimental Thinking: Foundation | L0101 | Sevi | T 3:00- 5:00 | P | |
| POL443H1S | Topics in Comparative Politics II: The Foundations of Political Economy:Theories of State and Market | L0101 | Breznitz | T 1:00 - 3:00 |
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| POL447H1F | Political Economy of Development | L0101 | Eyoh | T 3:00 - 5:00 |
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| JPA453H1F | Authoritarianism in Comparative Perspective | L0101 | Ong | W 11:00- 1:00 |
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| JPF455H1F | Conceptualizing Cities in a Global Context | L0101 | McCarney | T 11:00- 1:00 |
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| JPF456H1S | Global Cities - Core Issues and Challenges | L0101 | McCarney | T 11:00- 1:00 |
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| JPR459H1F | Fanaticism: A Political History | L0101 | Marshall | W 3:00- 5:00 | P | |
| POL459H1F | Military Instruments and Foreign Policy | L0101 | Braun | M 11:00- 1:00 | P | |
| POL466H1F | Topics in International Politics III: Dealing with Dictators | L0101 | Schramm | M 9:00 - 11:00 |
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| POL466H1S | Topics in International Politics III: Theories of International Organization | L0101 | TBA | M 9:00- 11:00 | P | |
| POL466H1S | Topics in International Politics III: Ideas and Identity in US Foreign Policy | L0301 | Schramm | R 1:00 - 3:00 |
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| POL466H1S | Topics in International Politics III: Global Indigenous Politics | L0201 | Lightfoot | M 3:00- 5:00 | P | |
| POL469H1F | Ethics and International Relations | L0101 | Bertoldi | T 11:00- 1:00 |
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| POL470H1S | Media and Politics | L0101 | Merkley | W 9:00- 11:00 | p | |
| POL474H1S | Politics and Policy Analysis | L0101 | Craft | W 11:00- 1:00 |
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| POL475H1F | Postmodern and Contemporary Thought | L0101 | Cook |
M 9:00- 11:00 |
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| POL478H1S | Topics in Methods: Experiments in Politics: Application | L0101 | Sevi | T 3:00 - 5:00 |
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| POL479H1F | Topics in Middle East Politics: Rethinking Middle East Politics | L0101 | Salman | R 3:00 - 5:00 |
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| POL479H1S | Topics in Middle East Politics: Comparative Urbanisms in the Middle East & North Africa | L0101 | Salman | R 3:00 - 5:00 |
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| POL480H1S | Studies in Comparative Political Theory | L0101 | Walton | M 1:00- 3:00 | P | |
| POL483H1F | Data Visualization for Political Science | L0101 | Donnelly | M 9:00- 11:00 | P | |
| POL484H1F | Topics in Political Thought I: Democratic Theory | L0101 | Williams | M 1:00 - 3:00 |
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| POL484H1F | Topics in Political Thought I: Institutions of Liberal Democracy | L0201 | Sabl | W 1:00 - 3:00 |
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| POL484H1S | Topics in Political Thought I: Black Political Thought | L0101 | Chevannes | R 11:00- 1:00 | P | |
| POL485H1F | Topics in Political Thought II: Democracy: Theory and Practice (from Pericles to Populism) | L0201 | Ragazzoni | R 9:00 - 11:00 |
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| POL485H1F | Topics in Political Thought II: Rousseau's Social Contract | L0101 | Orwin | T 4:00 - 7:00 |
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| POL485H1S | Topics in Political Thought II: The Black Radical Tradition | L5101 | Chevannes |
M 6:00- 8:00 |
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| POL486H1F | Topics in International Politics I: Networks in International Politics | L0101 | Chyzh | R 9:00- 11:00 | P | |
| POL486H1F | Topics in International Politics I: Women at the Helm - Gender, Leadership, and Global Politics | L0201 | Schramm | R 1:00 - 3:00 |
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| POL486H1S | Topics in International Politics I: International Law | L0101 | W 11:00- 1:00 | P | ||
| POL487H1S | Topics in International Politics II: Psychology of International Security | L0101 | Pomeroy | R 9:00 - 11:00 |
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| POL487H1F | Topics in International Politics II: The Planet's Last Frontiers: Governance of Antarctica, Oceans and Outer Space | L0101 | Green | M 1:00 - 3:00 |
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| 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: Deliberative Democracy | L0101 | Mockler | M 9:00 - 11:00 |
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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: Rule of Law in Post-Conflict Governance | L5101 | Haress |
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| POL492H1S | Topics in Comparative Politics IV: Identities | L0101 | Onoma | R 11:00- 1:00 |
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| POL492H1S | Topics in Comparative Politics IV: Comparative Constitionalsim in the Developing World | L5101 | Haress | M 5:00- 7:00 | P |  POL492H1 S-syllabus.pdf |
| 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 | Zarnett | F 9:00 - 11:00 |
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* 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.