Summer Courses 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 Faculty of Arts & Science Summer 2026 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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Final Assessments |
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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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What Went Wrong? A Post Mortem of Political Disasters, Catastrophic Policy Failures, and Epic Marches of Folly |
L5101 |
In-Person |
T, R 5:00- |
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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 |
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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-S |
M,W 1:00- |
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Canadian Government |
L0101 |
ON LINE-S |
M,W |
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Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning I |
L5101 |
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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Colonial Legacies and Post-Independence African Politics |
L0101 |
ONLINE-S |
T, R |
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Politics and Society in 20th Century China |
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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Topics in Latin American Politics: Indigenous Politics and Extractivism in the Andes |
L0101 |
In-Person |
T, R |
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Global Political Economy |
L0101 |
In-Person |
M,W 3:00- |
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Topics in Comparative Politics I: Good Governance |
L0101 |
In-Person |
M, W |
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Topics in Comparative Politics III: Race and Politics in America |
L5101 |
ONLINE-S |
M, W 7:00- |
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Topics in International Politics: TikTok, Tanks,and Technopolitics |
L0101 |
In-Person |
T, R |
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Topics In Political Theory: Capitalism and its Critics |
L5101 |
In-Person |
M,W |
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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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| POL426H1S | Democracy and Dictatorship | L0101 | Jafarov, Mamajanyan |
In-Person | M, W 11:00- 1:00 |
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Dynamics of Political Change in Contemporary China |
L0101 |
In-Person |
T, R |
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| POL484H1F | Topics in Political Thought I: Black Political Thought | L0101 | Chevannes | In-Person | M, W 11:00- 1:00 | ||
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Topics in International Politics I: Global Politics of Science Fiction |
L0101 |
In-Person |
M,W |
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| POL487H1F | Topics in International Politics II: The Soviet Collapse | L0101 | Gunitsky | In-Person | T, R 1:00- 3:00 |
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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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