Current Fall/Winter Courses

Fall/Winter Courses 2026-2027

The Department offers 100-level, 200-level, 300-level, and 400-level Political Science (POL) courses.

Please Note:

  • Course descriptions are not final and may be changed at or before the first class.
  • For enrolment instructions, students should consult the 2025-2026 Fall/Winter Timetable Builder.
  • 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

  • H1-F = "First Term"; the first term of the Fall/Winter Session (September - December)
  • H1-S = "Second Term"; the second term of the Fall/Winter Session (January - April)
  • Y1-Y = full session (September - April)
  • Students should note that courses designated as "...Y1F" or "...Y1S" in the Timetable are particularly demanding.

Delivery Methods

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 
POL101H1S The Real World of Politics: An Introduction L0101 Jung T    
3:00-5:00		    
POL106H1F Contemporary Challenges to Democracy: Democracy in the Social Media Age L5101 Deibert T
5:00-7:00		    
POL109H1S Might and Right: Power and Justice in International Relations L5101 Zarnett W
5:00-7:00		    
POL191H1S FYF Seminar: Political Homes L0101 Donnelly

W    
9:00-11:00

 R  
POL192H1S  FYF Seminar: Beyond Voting: Introduction to Citizen Political Participation L0101 Mockler

R   
9:00-11:00

 R2  
POL193H1S FYF Seminar: Politics and the Arts L0101 Cook M   
9:00-11:00		 R  
POL196H1F FYF Seminar: The China Challenge L0101 Falkenheim T 
9:00-11:00		 R  
Course Code  Title Section Instructor(s) Time Enrol  Syllabus
POL200Y1Y Political Theory: Visions of the Just/Good Society L5101 Orwin W
5:00-7:00		    
POL200Y1Y Political Theory: Visions of the Just/Good Society L0101 Walton M
1:00-3:00		    
POL201H1F Politics of Development L0101 Jung W
1:00-3:00		    
JPI201H1F Indigenous Politics in Canada L0101 TBA R
9:00-11:00		    
POL208H1F Introduction to International Relations L0101 Pomeroy

M   
9:00-11:00

    
POL208H1S Introduction to International Relations ASYNC Pomeroy

ASYNC

 

    
POL212H1S Understanding War L0101 Nedal T
9:00-11:00		    
POL214H1F Canadian Government L5101 Mockler R
5:00-7:00		 P  
POL214H1S Canadian Government L0101 Mockler W
9:00-11:00		 P  
POL218H1F State, Society and Power in Comparative Perspective L0101 Bertrand T
9:00-11:00		    
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		 P  
POL222H1F Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning I L0201 Ariga W
3:00-5:00		 P  
POL222H1F Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning I L5101 Ariga T
5:00-7:00		 P  
POL223H1S Globalization and Development: Issues and Challenges L0101 Mendez-Gutierrez W
1:00-3:00		    
POL224H1F Canada in Comparative Perspective L0101 Mockler W
1:00-1:00		 P  
POL232H1S Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning II L0101 Ariga M
9:00-11:00		 P  
POL232H1S Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning II L0201 Ariga M
1:00-3:00		 P  
POL232H1S Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning II L5101 Ariga T
5:00-7:00		 P  
Course Code  Title Section Instructor(s) Time Enrol  Syllabus 
POL301H1F Colonial Legacies and Post-Independence African Politics L0101 Gnamo W
1:00 -3:00		 P  
POL302H1S Politics ad Society in 20th Century China L0101 Falkenheim

M
1:00- 3:00

 P  
POL305H1F Introduction to Latin American Politics and Societies L0101 Kingsbury M
11:00-1:00		 P  
POL309H1S Contemporary African Politics: Dynamics and Challenges L0101 Onoma T
11:00- 1:00		 P  
POL312H1F Canadian Foreign Policy L5101 TBA

T
6:00- 8:00

 P  
POL314H1F Public Opinion and Voting L0101 Merkley

T
11:00- 1:00

 P  
POL316H1F Contemporary Canadian Federalism L0101 McCallion M 
9:00-11:00		 P  
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		 P  
POL321H1S Modern Political Thought: Progress Through History L5101

Williams

 

 W
5:00-7:00		 P  
POL324H1S European Union: Politics, Institutions and Society L5101 Pavone T
5:00 -7:00		 P  
POL325H1S Contemporary Latin American Politics L0101 Kingsbury M
11:00-1:00		 P  
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		 P  
POL328H1F Politics and Government in South Asia L0101 Murali M
1:00-3:00		 P  
POL329H1S Experiences of Conflict L0101 Bertoldi M
11:00-1:00		 P  
POL331H1S The Rise of Global China L0101 Ong W
11:00-1:00		 P  
POL332H1F Using Data to Understand Politics and Society L0101 Chyzh W
9:00-11:00		 P  
POL333H1F Global Politics and Global Political Thought L0101 Walton R   
1:00-3:00		 P  
POL337H1S The Canadian Constitution L0101 Hirschl T
1:00 -3:00		 P  
POL340H1F International Law: Foundations L5101 Quayat W
6:00 -8:00		 P  
POL341H1S International Law: Operation of the International Legal Order L5101 Quayat W
6:00 -8:00		 P  
POL344H1F Social Movements in Canada L0101 Mockler R
9:00-11:00		 P  
POL347H1F U.S. Government and Politics: Constitutional Structure and Developmen L0101 Hurl M
9:00-11:00		 P  
POL350H1S Politics of East Central Europe L0101 McElroy T
9:00-11:00		 P  
POL352H1F Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods L0101 White W
11:00-1:00		 P  
POL354H1F Politics and Society in Russia L0101 McElroy T
9:00-11:00		 P  
POL357H1S Topics in South Asian Politics: Democracy and Development in India L0101 Murali M 
1:00-3:00		 P  
POL358H1F Conflicts, Minority Rights and Para-States in Europe L0101 Austin T
1:00 -3:00		 P  
POL359H1F Enlarging Europe: The European Union and Its Applicants L0101 Austin R
1:00 -3:00		 P  
POL360H1S Topics in Latin American Politics: Political Ecology and Extractivism in the Americas L0101 Kingsbury R
11:00-1:00		 P  
POL361H1F Global Political Economy: History and Theory L0101 Pauly T
3:00-5:00		 P  
JPR364H1F Religion and Politics in the Nation State L0101 Marshall M
3:00 -5:00		 P  
POL377H1S Topics in Comparative Politics I: Development: History, Debates and Problem-Spaces L0101 Salman W
9:00-11:00
Synch		 P  
POL377H1S Topics in Comparative Politics I: Israeli Politics and Society L0201 Weiss T
3:00-5:00		 P  
POL377H1F Topics in Comparative Politics I: Gender & the Politics of Development L0101 TBA W
1:00-3:00		 P  
POL377H1F Topics in Comparative Politics I: Violence, Development and Difference L0201 Mendez-Gutierrez

R
1:00-3:00

 P  
POL378H1F Topics in Comparative Politics I: Politics and Infrastructure Development in Africa L0101 Onoma M
9:00-11:00		 P  
POL378H1F Topics in Comparative Politics I: LGBTQ Politics L0201 Moreau T
1:00-3:00		 P  
POL378H1F Topics in Comparative Politics II: The Politics of Identity and Intergroup Relations in Israel L0301 Weiss R
3:00-5:00		 P  
POL378H1F Topics in Comparative Politics II: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict L5101 Oron T
5:00-7:00		 P  
POL379H1F Topics in Comparative Politics III: Epidemics and Phobia L0101 Onoma T
11:00-1:00		 P  
POL379H1S Topics in Comparative Politics III: Transnational Feminism L0101 Mendez-Gutierrez R 
1:00-3:00		 P  
POL379H1S Topics in Comparative Politics III: Palestinian Politics L5101 TBA R
6:00 -8:00		 P  
POL380H1F Topics in International Politics: Indigenous Diplomacies and Global Governance L0101 Lightfoot M
3:00-5:00		 P  
POL380H1S Topics in International Politics: Global Nuclear Politics L0201 Nedal T
3:00-5:00		 P  
POL380H1S Topics in International Politics: Selected Puzzle in International Security L0101 Gilady M
3:00-5:00		 P  
POL380H1S Topics in International Politics: The Past, Present and Future of International Cooperation L5101 Zarnett T
5:00 -7:00		 P  
POL381H1F

Topics in Political Theory: Leadership and Democracy: Perspectives from 20th-century and Contemporary Political and Legal Theory

 L5101 Ragazzoni T
6:00- 8:00		 P  
POL381H1S Topics in Political Theory: Contemporary Social & Political Thought L0101 Chevannes R
3:00-5:00		 P  
POL381H1S Topics in Political Theory: Classical Political Thought L0201 Rabinowitz T
11:00-1:00		 P  
POL382H1S Topics in Canadian Politics: Canadian Parliament's Rules and Operations L5101 McCallion M
5:00-7:00		 P  
POL384H1S Global Environmental Governance from the Ground Up L0101 Neville R
9:00-11:00		 P  
POL385H1F Issues in Contemporary Greece L0101 Triadafilopoulos T
3:00-5:00		 P  
POL387H1F Politics in Europe L0101 Hansen R
11:00-1:00		 P  
POL388H1S Politics and Government of Southeast Asia L0101 TBA T
3:00-5:00		 P  
Course Code  Title Section Instructor(s) Time Enrol  Syllabus 
POL405H1F The Military Instrument of Foreign Policy: Concepts and Approaches L0101 Braun M
11:00-1:00		 P  
POL410H1S Topics in Comparative Politics III: Political Life After Death L0101 Onoma M
9:00-11:00		 P  
POL412H1F Human Rights and International Relations L5101 Zarnett W
5:00-7:00		 P  
POL412H1S Human Rights and International Relations L0101 Dancy M
1:00-3:00		 P  
POL414H1F Experiments in Political Science: Foundation L0101 Sevi T
3:00-5:00		    
POL417H1F Politics of North-South Relations L5101 Gnamo T
5:00-7:00		 P  
POL418H1S Human Security and Intra-state Conflicts in the Global South L5101 Gnamo T
5:00-7:00		 P  
POL420H1F Globalization, Democracy and Growth L0101 Manger W
11:00-1:00		 P  
POL421H1F Maimonides and His Modern Interpreters L0101 Green R
11:00-1:00		 P  
POL426H1S Democracy and Dictatorship L0101 Way

T
1:00-3:00

 P  
POL427H1F American Political Thought L0101 Ewing R
1:00-3:00		 P  
POL431H1F Dynamics of Political Change in Contemporary China L0101 Falkenheim M
9:00-11:00		 P  
POL435H1S Business and Politics: Power in a Global World L0101 Lin R
1:00-3:00		 P  
POL438H1F Topics in Comparative Politics I: Cities, Law and Politics L0201 Hirschl T
3:00-5:00		 P  
POL438H1F  Topics in Canadian Poltics I: Living in the Illicit Global Economy L0101 Mendez-Gutierrez M
3:00-5:00		 P  
POL443H1F Topics in Comparative Politics II: The Foundations of Political Economy:Theories of State and Market L0101 Breznitz T
1:00-3:00		 P  
POL447H1F Political Economy of Development L0101 Eyoh T
11:00-1:00		 P  
POL466H1F Topics in International Politics III: International Organization L0101 Pauly W
9:00-11:00		 P  
POL466H1S Topics in International Politics III: Global Indigenous Politics L0101 Lightfoot M
3:00-5:00		 P  
POL469H1F Ethics and International Relations L0101 Bertoldi T
11:00-1:00		 P  
POL474H1S Politics and Policy Analysis L0101 Craft W
11:00-1:00		 P  
POL475H1F Postmodern and Contemporary Thought L0101 Cook

M
9:00-11:00

 P  
POL476H1S Topics in Public Policy: Comparative Approaches to Law and Policy L0101 Taylor R 
1:00-3:00		 P  
POL479H1F Topics in Middle East Politics: Comparative Urbanisms in the Middle East & North Africa L0101 TBA R
3:00-5:00		 P  
POL479H1S Topics in MIddle East Politics: State Formation and Authoritarianism in the MENA Region L5101 Kingston W
5:00-7:00		 P  
POL483H1F Data Visualization for Political Science L0101 Donnelly M
3:00-5:00		 P  
POL484H1F Topics in Political Thought I: Democratic Theory L0101 Williams M
1:00-3:00		 P  
POL484H1S Topics in Political Thought I: Black Political Thought L0101 Chevannes

W
3:00-5:00

 P  
POL485H1S Topics in Political Thought II: Topics in Political Theory: Elites, Parties, and Democracy: Transnational Debates in Political and Social Theory L0101 Ragazzoni R
9:00-11:00		 P  
POL486H1F Topics in International Politics I: Is the World Falling Apart? L0101 Gilady M
1:00-3:00		 P  
POL486H1S Topics in International Politics I: The Soviet Collapse L0101

 Gunitsky

T
11:00-1:00

 P  
POL486H1S Topics in International Politics I:Networks in International Politics L0201 Chyzh W
11:00-1:00		 P  
POL486H1S Topics in International Politics I: Women at the Helm--Gender, Leadership, and Global Politics) L0301 Schramm R
3:00-5:00		 P  
POL487H1F Topics in International Politics II: Psychology of International Security L0201 Pomeroy R
9:00-11:00		 P  
POL487H1F Topics in International Politics II: The Planet's Last Frontiers: Governance of Antarctica, Oceans and Outer Space L0101 Green T
9:00-11:00		 P  
POL487H1S Topics in International Politics II: The Global Politics of Science Fiction L0301 Gunitsky R
11:00-1:00		 P  
POL487H1S Topics in International Politics II: The Changing Face of Armed Conflict: From Interstate War to Asymmetric Warfare L0101 Gilady W
1:00-3:00		 P  
POL487H1S  Topics in International Politics II: Great Power Politics  L0201 Norloff W
3:00-5:00		 P  
POL490H1F Topics In Canadian Politics I: Change and Continuity in Canadian Electoral Politics L0101 LeDuc T
9:00-11:00		 P  
POL490H1S Topics in Canadian Politics I: Identity Politics in Canada L5101 McCallion W 
5:00-7:00		 P  
POL491H1S Topics in Canadian Politics II: Deliberative Democracy L0101 Mockler R
3:00-5:00		 P  
POL491H1S Topics in Canadian Politics II: Institutions iand Behaviour in Canadian Politics L5101 McCallion R 
5:00-7:00		 P  
POL492H1F Topics in Comparative Politics IV: Property Rights, Politics and the Economy L0101 Onoma

R
11:00-1:00

 P  
POL492H1S Topics in Comparative Politics IV: Identities L0101 Onoma R
11:00-1:00		 P  
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  

 

* 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.