Undergraduate Course Offerings for Fall/Winter 2022-2023

Fall/Winter Courses 2022-2023

The timetable below is subject to change.

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)

Syllabus

POL101H1F

The Real World of Politics: An Introduction

L0101

Jung

2223_pol101h1f_l0101.pdf

POL101H1S

The Real World of Politics: An Introduction

L0101

Jung

2223_pol101h1s_l0101.pdf

POL106H1S

Contemporary Challenges to Democracy: Democracy in the Social Media Age

L0101

Deibert

 

POL107H1F

What Went Wrong? A Post Mortem of Political Disasters, Catastrophic Policy Failures, and Epic Marches of Folly

L5101

Gilady

2223_pol107h1f_l5101.pdf

POL109H1S

Might and Right: Power and Justice in International Relations

L5101

Polansky

2223_pol109h1s_l5101.pdf

POL193H1S

FYF Seminar: Politics and the Arts

L0101

Cook

2223_pol193h1s_l0101.pdf

POL195H1F

FYF Seminar: Settler Colonialism and Enduring Indigeneity

L0101

Maile

2223_pol195h1f_l0101.pdf

POL196H1F

FYF Seminar: The China Challenge

L0101

Falkenheim

2223_pol196h1f_l0101.pdf

POL197H1F

FYF Seminar: Politics and Sports: Identity, Activism, and Political Economy

L0101

Murali

2223_pol197h1s_l0101.pdf

 

Course Code 

Title

Section

Instructor(s)

Syllabus

POL200Y1Y

Political Theory: Visions of the Just/Good Society

L0101

Walton

2223_pol200y1y_l0101.pdf

POL200Y1Y

Political Theory: Visions of the Just/Good Society

L5101

Mazreku

2223_pol200y1y_l5101.pdf

POL201H1F

Politics of Development

L0101

Jung

2223_pol201h1f_l0101.pdf

JPI201H1S

Indigenous Politics in Canada

L0101

Hartwick

 

POL205H1S

International Relations in the Anthropocene

L0101

Neville

2223_pol205h1s_l0101.pdf

POL208H1F

Introduction to International Relations

L0101

Gunitsky

2223_pol208h1f_l0101.pdf

POL208H1S

Introduction to International Relations

L5101

Schramm

2223_pol208h1s_l5101.pdf

POL211H1S

Intelligence, Disinformation, and Deception: Challenges of Global Governance in the Digital Age

L0101

Nedal

 

POL214H1F

Canadian Government

L0101

Rheault

2223_pol214h1f_l0101.pdf

POL214H1S

Canadian Government

L5101

Merkley

2223_pol214h1s_l5101.pdf

POL218H1F

State, Society and Power in Comparative Perspective

L5101

Wu

2223_pol218h1f_l5101.pdf

POL219H1F

Unpacking Political Systems: Institutions and Behaviour in Comparative Perspective

L0101

Hansen

2223_pol219h1f_l0101.pdf

POL220H1S

Immigration, Multiculturalism, and Citizenship in Canada

L0101

Vipond

2223_pol220h1s_l0101.pdf

POL222H1F

Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning I

L0101

Ariga

2223_pol222h1f_l0101.pdf

POL222H1F

Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning I

L0201

Ariga

2223_pol222h1f_l0201.pdf

POL222H1F

Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning I

L5101

Ariga

2223_pol222h1f_l5101.pdf

POL223H1S

Globalization and Development: Issues and Challenges

L0101

Gutiérrez

 

POL224H1S

Canada in Comparative Perspective

L0101

Haddow

2223_pol224h1s_l0101.pdf

POL232H1S

Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning II

L0101

Ariga

2223_pol232h1s_l0101.pdf

POL232H1S

Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning II

L0201

Ariga

2223_pol232h1s_l0201.pdf

POL232H1S

Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning II

L0501

Ariga

2223_pol232h1s_l5101.pdf

POL252H1F

Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods

L0101

White

2223_pol252h1f_l0101.pdf

 

Course Code 

Title

Section

Instructor(s)

Syllabus

POL301H1F

Colonial Legacies and Post-Independence African Politics

L0101

Prichard

2223_pol301h1f_l0101.pdf

POL304H1S

Topics in Methods: Using Data to Understand Politics and Society

L5101

Chyzh

2223_pol304h1f_l5101.pdf

POL305H1F

Introduction to Latin American Politics and Societies

L0101

Kingsbury

2223_pol305h1f_l0101.pdf

POL307H1S

Japanese Politics

L0101

Lipscy

2223_pol307h1s_l0101.pdf

POL309H1S

Contemporary African Politics: Dynamics and Challenges

L0101

Onoma

2223_pol309h1s_l0101.pdf

POL310H1S

Nationality Building in Central Europe

L0101

Magocsi

2223_pol310h1s_l0101.pdf

POL312H1F

Canadian Foreign Policy Performance

L5101

Kunz

2223_pol312h1f_l5101.pdf

POL314H1S

Public Opinion and Voting    

L0101

Merkley

2223_pol314h1s_l0101.pdf

JPS315H1S

LGBTQ Politics

L0101

Moreau

2223_jps315h1s_l0101.pdf

POL316H1F

Contemporary Canadian Federalism

L5101

Pond

2223_pol316h1f_l5101.pdf

POL317H1S

Comparative Public Policy

L0101

Donnelly

2223_pol317h1s_l0101.pdf

POL320H1F

Modern Political Thought: Freedom and Equality

L5101

Williams

2223_pol320h1f_l5101.pdf

POL321H1S

Modern Political Thought: Progress Through History

L5101

Williams

2223_pol321h1s_l5101.pdf

POL325H1S

Contemporary Latin American Politics

L0101

Kingsbury

2223_pol325h1s_l0101.pdf

POL326H1F

The Politics of U.S. Foreign Policy

L5101

Jurgensen

2223_pol326h1f_l5101.pdf

POL327H1S

U.S. Foreign Policy in a Complex World

L5101

Jurgensen

2223_pol327h1s_l5101.pdf

POL328H1F

Politics and Government in South Asia

L0101

Murali

 

POL329H1F

Experiences of Conflict

L0101

Bertoldi

2223_pol329h1f_l0101.pdf

JPA331H1S

Rise of China as a Global Power

L0101

Ong

 

POL334H1S

Ontario and Quebec Politics

L0101

Haddow

2223_pol334h1s_l0101.pdf

POL337H1S

The Canadian Constitution

L5101

Greenaway

2223_pol337h1s_l5101.pdf

POL338H1S

Queer International Relations

L0101

Moreau

 

POL340H1F

International Law: Foundations

L5101

Quayat

2223_pol340h1f_l5101.pdf

POL341H1S

International Law: Operation of the International Legal Order

L5101

Quayat

2223_pol341h1s_l5101.pdf

POL347H1F

U.S. Government and Politics: Constitutional Structure and Development

L0101

Hurl

2223_pol347h1f_l0101.pdf

POL354H1F

Politics and Society in Russia

L0101

McElroy

2223_pol354h1f_l0101.pdf

POL356H1F

Canadian Political Parties and Elections

L0101

Merkley

2223_pol356h1f_l0101.pdf

POL358H1F

Conflicts, Minority Rights and Para-States in Europe

L0101

Austin

2223_pol358h1f_l0101.pdf

POL360H1S

Topics in Latin American Politics: Political Ecology and Extractivism in the Americas

L0101

Kingsbury

 

POL361H1F

Global Political Economy I: History and Theory

L0101

Pauly

2223_pol361h1f_l0101.pdf

POL362H1S

Global Political Economy: Policy and Analysis

L0101

Nieman

2223_pol362h1s_l0101.pdf

POL363H1F

Canadian Political Development

L0101

Vipond

2223_pol363h1f_l0101.pdf

POL377H1F

Topics in Comparative Politics I: Violence, Development, and Difference

L5101

Gutiérrez

2223_pol377h1f_l5101.pdf

POL377H1F

Topics in Comparative Politics I: Indigenous Politics of Hawai'i

L0201

Maile

2223_pol377h1f_l0201.pdf

POL377H1F

Topics in Comparative Politics I: The Making of Modern Democracy: From the Middle Ages to the European Union

L0101

McElroy

2223_pol377h1f_l0101.pdf

POL377H1S

Topics in Comparative Politics I: Israel’s Modern Tribes

L0101

Oron

 

POL377H1S

Topics in Comparative Politics I: Indigenous Feminist and Queer Theories

L0201

Maile

2223_pol377h1s_l0201.pdf

POL378H1F

Topics in Comparative Politics II: Cities and Citizens

L0201

Enright

2223_pol378h1f_l0201.pdf

POL378H1F

Topics in Comparative Politics II: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

L0101

Oron

2223_pol378h1f_l0101.pdf

POL378H1F

Topics in Comparative Politics II: Media, Politics and the 2022 Midterm Elections in the USA

L0301

Tanenhaus

2223_pol378h1f_l0301.pdf

POL379H1F

Topics in Comparative Politics III: Civil Liberties in the United States

L0201

Ewing

2223_pol379h1f_l0201.pdf

POL379H1F

Topics in Comparative Politics III: Comparative Political Economy of Advanced Economies

L0101

Wu

2223_pol379h1f_l0101.pdf

POL379H1F

Topics in Comparative Politics III: Epidemics and Phobia

L0301

Onoma

2223_pol379h1f_l0301.pdf

POL379H1S

Topics in Comparative Politics III: Transnational Feminisms: Questioning Power from the Margins

L0101

Gutiérrez

 

POL380H1F

Topics in International Politics: Gender and Intersectionality in Global Politics

L0101

Bakan

2223_pol380h1f_l0101.pdf

POL380H1F

Topics in International Politics: Decision-Making in International Security

L0201

Schramm

2223_pol380h1f_l0201.pdf

POL380H1S

Topics in International Politics: International Organization

L0101

Green

2223_pol380h1s_l0101.pdf

POL380H1S

Topics in International Politics: Selected Puzzle in International Security

L0201

Gilady

 

POL380H1S

Topics in International Politics: Global Nuclear Politics

L0301

Nedal

 

POL381H1F

Topics in Political Theory: Realist Political Theory

L0101

Sabl

2223_pol381h1f_l0101.pdf

POL381H1S

Topics in Political Theory: Global Politics and Global Political Thought

L0201

Walton

2223_pol381h1s_l0201.pdf

POL381H1S

Topics in Political Theory: Privilege and Opportunity

L0301

Sabl

2223_pol381h1s_l0301.pdf

POL382H1F

Topics in Canadian Politics: Canadian Political Economy

L0101

Haddow

2223_pol382h1f_l0101.pdf

POL385H1S

Issues in Contemporary Greece

L5101

Aravossitas

2223_pol385h1s_l5101.pdf

POL386H1S

U.S. Government and Politics

L0101

Hurl

2223_pol386h1s_l0101.pdf

POL388H1F

Politics and Government of Southeast Asia

L5101

Xu

2223_pol388h1f_l5101.pdf

 

Course Code 

Title

Section

Instructor(s)

Syllabus

POL402H1F

Problems in the Political Thought of the Socratic School

L0101

Black

2223_pol402h1f_l0101.pdf

POL405H1F

The Military Instrument of Foreign Policy: Concepts and Approaches

L0101

Braun

2223_pol405h1f_l0101.pdf

POL410H1F

Topics in Comparative Politics III: Media and Politics

L0101

Merkley

2223_pol410h1f_l0101.pdf

POL410H1F

Topics in Comparative Politics III: Global Migration: Laborers, Refugees, Expellees, and Others

L0201

Hansen

 

POL410H1S

Topics in Comparative Politics III: The Politics of Infrastructure

L0101

Enright

 

POL410H1S

Topics in Comparative Politics III: The Politics of Human Rights

L0201

Zarnett

2223_pol410h1s_l0201.pdf

POL413H1F

Global Environmental Politics

L0101

Neville

2223_pol413h1f_l0101.pdf

POL417H1F

Politics of North-South Relations

L5101

Gnamo

2223_pol417h1f_l5101.pdf

POL418H1S

Human Security and Intra-state Conflicts in the Global South

L5101

Gnamo

2223_pol418h1s_l5101.pdf

POL419H1F

Quantitative Methods and Data Analysis

L0101

Ariga

2223_pol419h1f_l0101.pdf

POL421H1S

Maimonides and His Modern Interpreters

L0101

Green

 

POL433H1F

Topics in United States Government and Politics: Congressional Politics in America

L0101

LeDuc

2223_pol433h1f_l0101.pdf

POL438H1F

Topics in Comparative Politics I: Living in the Illicit Global Economy

L0101

Gutiérrez

2223_pol438h1f_l0101.pdf

POL439H1F

The Canadian Welfare State in Comparative Perspective

L0101

Haddow

2223_pol439h1f_l0101.pdf

POL442H1S

Topics in Latin American Politics: Protest and Social Movements in Latin America

L0101

Balaguera

2223_pol442h1s_l0101.pdf

POL443H1S

Topics in Comparative Politics II: Land and Indigenous Politics

L0101

Maile

2223_pol443h1s_l0101.pdf

POL443H1S

Topics in Comparative Politics II: State and Development in Historical Perspective

L0201

McElroy

2223_pol443h1s_l0201.pdf

JPA453H1F

Authoritarianism in Comparative Perspective

L0101

Ong

 

POL455H1F

Twentieth Century Ukraine

L0101

Magocsi

2223_pol455h1f_l0101.pdf

POL456H1F

Global Summit Governance and Diplomacy

L0101

Pauly

2223_pol456h1f_l0101.pdf

POL466H1S

Topics in International Politics III: Advanced Topics in International Security

L0101

Ahmad

2223_pol466h1s_l0101.pdf

POL466H1S

Topics in International Politics III: Theories of International Organization

L0201

Pauly

 

POL469H1F

Ethics and International Relations

L0101

Bertoldi

2223_pol469h1f_l0101.pdf

POL474H1S

Politics and Policy Analysis

L0101

Craft

 

POL475H1F

Post-Modern and Contemporary Thought

L0101

Cook

2223_pol475h1f_l0101.pdf

POL477H1F

Advanced Topics in International Political Economy: Political Economy of World Order

L0101

Nieman

2223_pol477h1f_l0101.pdf

POL478H1F

Topics in Methods: Data Management and Visualization for Political Scientists

L0101

Donnelly

2223_pol478h1f_l0101.pdf

POL479H1S

Topics in Middle East Politics: Contesting Authoritarianisms in the Middle East

L5101

Kingston

 

POL480H1F

Studies in Comparative Political Theory

L0101

Walton

2223_pol480h1f_l0101.pdf

POL484H1F

Topics in Political Thought I: Contemporary Debates in Democratic Theory

L0101

Williams

2223_pol484h1f_l0101.pdf

POL484H1S

Topics in Political Thought I: The Political Thought of Frantz Fanon

L0101

Roberts

2223_pol484h1s_l0101.pdf

POL485H1F

Topics in Political Thought II: Comparative Topics in Jewish and Non-Jewish Political Theory I

L0101

Orwin

2223_pol485h1f_l0101.pdf

POL485H1S

Topics in Political Thought II: Comparative Topics in Jewish and Non-Jewish Political Theory II

L0201

Orwin

2223_pol485h1s_l0201.pdf

POL485H1S

Topics in Political Thought II: Machiavelli

L0101

Arulanandam

2223_pol485h1s_l0101.pdf

POL486H1F

Topics in International Politics I: Is the World Falling Apart?

L0101

Gilady

2223_pol486h1f_l0101.pdf

POL486H1F

Topics in International Politics I: The Domestic Politics of the Soviet Collapse

L0201

Gunitsky

2223_pol486h1f_l0201.pdf

POL486H1S

Topics in International Politics I: Women at the Helm--Gender, Leadership, and Global Politics

L0301

Schramm

2223_pol486h1s_l0301.pdf

POL486H1S

Topics in International Politics I: Postcolonial Debates in IR

L0101

Compaoré

2223_pol486h1s_l0101.pdf

POL486H1S

Topics in International Politics I: International Law

L0201

Acorn

 

POL487H1F

Topics in International Politics II: Transitional Justice

L0201

Dancy

2223_pol487h1f_l0201.pdf

POL487H1S

Topics in International Politics II: International Terrorism and Insurgency

L0201

Chyzh

 

POL487H1S

Topics in International Politics II: The Planet’s Last Frontiers: Governance of Antarctica, Oceans and Outer Space

L0301

Green

2223_pol487h1s_l0301.pdf

POL487H1S

Topics in International Politics II: The Changing Face of Armed Conflict: From Interstate War to Asymmetric Warfare

L0101

Gilady

 

POL487H1S

Topics in International Politics II: Great Power Politics

L0401

Norrlof

 

POL491H1S

Topics in Canadian Politics II: Identity, Diversity, and Political Behaviour: Canada in Comparative Perspective

L5101

Amani

2223_pol491h1s_l5101.pdf

POL492H1F

Topics in Comparative Politics IV: Identities

L0101

Onoma

2223_pol492h1f_l0101.pdf

POL492H1S

Topics in Comparative Politics IV: American Political Development

L0201

Ewing

2223_pol492h1s_l0201.pdf

POL492H1S

Topics in Comparative Politics IV: Comparative Law and Social Change

L0101

Kahraman

 

POL496H1F

Independent Studies

L0101

TBA

 

POL496H1S

Independent Studies

L0101

TBA

 

POL497H1F

Independent Studies

L0101

TBA

 

POL497H1S

Independent Studies

L0101

TBA

 

POL499Y1Y

Senior Thesis and Thesis Seminar

L0101

Kingsbury

2223_pol499y1y_l0101.pdf