Summer Courses 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 Faculty of Arts & Science Summer 2025 Timetable.
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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. Where there are two instructors of a course, an asterisk (*) indicates the Course Coordinator.
**This page will be updated regularly. Please check here for curriculum changes.Y section code course lectures do not meet the week of June 19 to June 24; term tests may be held.
Y section code course lectures do not meet the week of June 19 to June 24; term tests may be held.
Course Timetable
(Course numbers are links to course descriptions). The following courses are in numerical order. The descriptions are fuller than those in the Arts & Science Calendar.
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Section Code |
Classes Start |
Classes End |
Final Assessments |
|---|---|---|---|
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F |
May 5, 2025 |
June 16, 2025 |
June 19 - 24, 2025 |
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Y |
May 5, 2025 |
August 12, 2025 |
August 16 - 25, 2025 |
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S |
July 2, 2025 |
August 12, 2025 |
August 16 - 25, 2025 |
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Course Code * |
Title |
Section |
Instructor(s) |
Mode |
Time |
Enrol |
Syllabus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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The Real World of Politics: An Introduction |
L0101 |
ON LINE-A |
TBA |
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Course Code * |
Title |
Section |
Instructor(s) |
Mode |
Time |
Enrol |
Syllabus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Political Theory: Visions of the Just/Good Society |
L5101 |
In-Person |
M, W |
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Politics of Development |
L0101 |
ON LINE-S |
T, R |
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Introduction to International Relations |
L0101 |
ON LINE-A |
TBA |
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Canadian Government |
L5101 |
ON LINE-S |
T, R |
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Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning I |
L0101 |
In-Person |
T, R |
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Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning II |
L5101 |
In-Person |
T, R |
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Course Code * |
Title |
Section |
Instructor(s) |
Mode |
Time |
Enrol |
Syllabus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Politics and Society in 20th Century China |
L0101 |
In-Person |
T, R |
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Introduction to Latin American Politics and Societies |
L0101 |
In-Person |
M, W |
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Public Opinion and Voting |
L0101 |
In-Person |
T, R |
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Comparative Public Policy |
L0101 |
ON LINE-S |
T, R |
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Modern Political Thought: Progress Through History |
L5101 |
In-Person |
M, W |
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The Politics of U.S. Foreign Policy |
L0101 |
ON LINE-A |
TBA |
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International Law: Foundations |
L0101 |
ON LINE-A |
TBA |
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Priviledge and Race in Global Perspective |
L0101 |
In-Person |
M, W |
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Global Urban Politics |
L0101 |
ONLINE-S |
T, R |
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Global Political Economy: Policy and Analysis |
L0101 |
In-Person |
M, W |
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Topics in Comparative Politics I: Global Indigenous Resistances |
L5101 |
ONLINE-S |
M, W |
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Topics in Comparative Politics III: Race and Politics in America |
L5101 |
ONLINE-S |
T,R |
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Topics in International Politics: Peace and Security in the Digital Age |
L0101 |
ONLINE-S |
M,W |
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Topics in International Politics: Big Tech in International Politics |
L0201 |
In-Person |
M, W |
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Topics in Canadian Politics: Canadian Public Policy |
L0101 |
In-Person |
T, R |
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Course Code * |
Title |
Section |
Instructor(s) |
Mode |
Time |
Enrol |
Syllabus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Politics of North-South Relations |
L5101 |
In-Person |
T, R |
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Human Security and Intra-state Conflicts in the Global South |
L0101 |
In-Person |
T, R |
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Dynamics of Political Change in Contemporary China |
L0101 |
In-Person |
T, R |
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Topics in International Politics I: The Global Politics of Science Fiction |
L0101 |
In-Person |
M,W |
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Topics in Canadian Politics II: Political Participation: Who Gets Elected ? |
L0101 |
In-Person |
M, W |
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Independent Studies |
L0101 |
TBA |
TBA |
TBA |
E |
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Independent Studies |
L0101 |
TBA |
TBA |
TBA |
E |
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