Undergraduate Course Offerings for Fall/Winter 2020-2021

Fall/Winter Courses 2020-2021

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

2021_pol101h1f_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

 

POL193H1F

FYF Seminar: The Politics of Representation

L0101

Albaugh

2021_pol193h1f_l0101.pdf

POL195H1F

FYF Seminar: Settler Colonialism and Enduring Indigeneity

L0101

Maile

2021_pol195h1f_l0101.pdf

POL196H1F

FYF Seminar: The China Challenge

L0101

Falkenheim

2021_pol196h1f_l0101.pdf

POL197H1S

FYF Seminar: Solidarity in Diverse Societies

L0101

Cheng

2021_pol197h1s_l0101.pdf

 

Course Code 

Title

Section

Instructor(s)

Syllabus

POL200Y1Y

Political Theory: Visions of the Just/Good Society

L5101

Orwin

2021_pol200y1y_l5101.pdf

POL201H1F

Politics of Development

L0101

Jung

2021_pol201h1f_l0101.pdf

JPI201H1S

Indigenous Politics in Canada

L0101

Turner

2021_jpi201h1s_l0101.pdf

POL205H1S

International Relations in the Anthropocene

L0101

Neville

2021_pol205h1s_l0101.pdf

POL208H1S

Introduction to International Relations

L0101

Pauly

2021_pol208h1s_l0101.pdf

POL211H1F

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

L0101

Lindsay,
Stein

2021_pol211h1f_l0101.pdf

POL214H1F

Canadian Government

L0101

Pond

2021_pol214h1f_l5101.pdf

POL222H1F

Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning I

L0101

Garcia Magos

2021_pol222h1f_l0101.pdf

POL223H1S

Globalization and Development: Issues and Challenges

L0101

Gnamo

2021_pol223h1s_l0101.pdf

POL224H1S

Canada in Comparative Perspective

L5101

Haddow

2021_pol224h1s_l5101.pdf

POL232H1S

Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning II

L0201

Garcia Magos

2021_pol232h1s_l0201.pdf

POL232H1S

Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning II

L5101

Garcia Magos

2021_pol232h1s_l5101.pdf

 

Course Code 

Title

Section

Instructor(s)

Syllabus

POL301Y1Y

Government and Politics in Africa

L0101

Gnamo,
Prichard

2021_pol301y1y_l0101.pdf

POL303H1S

Women in Western Political Thought

L0101

Kingston

2021_pol303h1s_l0101.pdf

POL304H1S

Topics in Methods: Using Data to Understand Politics and Society

L5101

Chyzh

2021_pol304h1s_l5101.pdf

JHP304Y1Y

Ukraine: Politics, Economy and Society

L0101

Magocsi

2021_jhp304y1y_l0101.pdf

JPS315H1S

LGBTQ Politics

L0101

Moreau

2021_jps315h1s_l0101.pdf

POL316Y1Y

Contemporary Canadian Federalism

L5101

Pond

2021_pol316y1y_l5101.pdf

POL320Y1Y

Modern Political Thought

L5101

Williams

2021_pol320y1y_l5101.pdf

POL326H1F

United States Foreign Policy

L5101

Jurgensen

2021_pol326y1y_l5101.pdf

POL329H1F

Experiences of Conflict

L5101

Bertoldi

2021_pol329h1f_l5101.pdf

JPA331Y1Y

Issues in Contemporary Chinese Politics

L0101

Ong

 

POL334H1S

Ontario and Quebec Politics

L0101

Haddow

2021_pol334h1s_l0101.pdf

POL337Y1Y

The Canadian Constitution

L5101

Pond

2021_pol337y1y_l5101.pdf

POL340Y1Y

International Law

L5101

Quayat

2021_pol340y1y_l5101.pdf

POL344H1F

Social Movements in Europe and North America

L0101

Bashevkin

2021_pol344h1f_l0101.pdf

POL351H1F

Gender, Politics, and Public Policy in Comparative Perspective

L0101

White

2021_pol351h1f_l0101.pdf

POL359Y1Y

Enlarging Europe: The European Union and Its Applicants

L0101

Austin

2021_pol359y1y_l0101.pdf

POL361H1F

Global Political Economy I: History and Theory

L0101

Pauly

2021_pol361h1f_l0101.pdf

POL362H1S

Global Political Economy: Policy and Analysis

L0101

Nieman

2021_pol362h1s_l0101.pdf

JPR374H1S

Religion and Power in the Postcolony

L0101

Marshall

 

POL377H1F

Topics in Comparative Politics I: Politics and Government in South Asia

L0101

Murali

2021_pol377h1f_l0101.pdf

POL377H1F

Topics in Comparative Politics I: Truth, Reconciliation, and Settler Colonialism

L5101

Maile

2021_pol377h1f_l5101.pdf

POL377H1S

Topics in Comparative Politics I: Indigenous Feminist and Queer Theories

L0101

Maile

2021_pol377h1s_l0101.pdf

JPS378H1F

Sex and the State

L0101

Moreau

2021_jps378h1f_l0101.pdf

POL378H1F

Topics in Comparative Politics II: Trump, the Media and the Election

L0101

Tanenhaus

2021_pol378h1f_l0101.pdf

POL378H1F

Topics in Comparative Politics II: Indigenous Nationalism

L0201

Turner

2021_pol378h1f_l0201.pdf

POL379H1S

Topics in Comparative Politics III: Digital Era Government and Policy Design

L0101

Craft

2021_pol379h1s_l0101.pdf

POL380H1F

Topics in International Politics: Gender and Intersectionality in Global Politics

L0201

Bakan

2021_pol380h1f_l0201.pdf

POL380H1S

Topics in International Politics: Queer IR

L0201

Moreau

2021_pol380h1s_l0201.pdf

POL380H1S

Topics in International Politics: Japanese Politics

L0301

Lipscy

2021_pol380h1s_l0301.pdf

POL381H1F

Topics in Political Theory: Privilege and Race in Global Perspective

L0101

Walton

2021_pol381h1f_l0101.pdf

POL381H1F

Topics in Political Theory: Realist Political Theory

L0201

Sabl

2021_pol381h1f_l0201.pdf

POL381H1S

Topics in Political Theory: Global Politics and Global Political Thought

L0101

Walton

2021_pol381h1s_l0101.pdf

POL382H1F

Topics in Canadian Politics: Canadian Political Economy

L0101

Haddow

2021_pol382h1f_l0101.pdf

POL384H1F

Global Environmental Governance from the Ground Up

L0101

Neville

2021_pol384h1f_l0101.pdf

POL385H1F

Issues in Contemporary Greece

L5101

Kotsovilis

2021_pol385h1f_l5101.pdf

POL386Y1Y

U.S. Government and Politics

L0101

Hurl

2021_pol386y1y_l0101.pdf

POL388H1F

Politics and Government of Southeast Asia

L0101

Soedirgo

2021_pol388h1f_l0101.pdf

 

Course Code 

Title

Section

Instructor(s)

Syllabus

POL409H1S

Political Economy of Technology: From the Auto-Industrial to the Information Age

L0101

Wolfe

2021_pol409h1s_l0101.pdf

POL410H1F

Topics in Comparative Politics III: Civil War and Ethnic Violence: Rebuilding States and Societies After War

L0101

Bareebe

2021_pol410h1f_l0101.pdf

POL410H1S

Topics in Comparative Politics III: Race

L0101

Jung

2021_pol410h1s_l0101.pdf

POL412H1F

Human Rights and International Relations

L0101

Zarnett

2021_pol412h1f_l0101.pdf

POL416H1F

Civil War and Counterinsurgency

L0101

Anderson

2021_pol416h1f_l0101.pdf

POL417Y1Y

Global South in International Politics

L5101

Gnamo

2021_pol417y1y_l5101.pdf

POL421H1S

Maimonides and His Modern Interpreters

L0101

Green

2021_pol421h1s_l0101.pdf

POL428H1F

Federalism and Diversity in Canada (and beyond)

L0101

Schertzer

2021_pol428h1f_l0101.pdf

POL433H1F

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

L0101

LeDuc

2021_pol433h1f_l0101.pdf

POL438H1F

Topics in Comparative Politics I: Political Economy of Europe

L5101

Reisenbichler

2021_pol438h1f_l5101.pdf

POL438H1F

Topics in Comparative Politics I: Political Economy of East Asian Development

L0101

Denney

2021_pol438h1f_l0101.pdf

POL439H1F

The Canadian Welfare State in Comparative Perspective

L0101

Haddow

2021_pol439h1f_l0101.pdf

POL441H1S

Topics in Asian Politics: Democracy, Ethnicity and Conflict in South Asia

L0101

Mukherjee

2021_pol441h1s_l0101.pdf

POL442H1S

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

L0101

Balaguera

2021_pol442h1s_l0101.pdf

POL443H1F

Topics in Comparative Politics II: Democracy and Ethnic Conflict

L0101

Bertrand

2021_pol443h1f_l0101.pdf

POL443H1S

Topics in Comparative Politics II: Land and Indigenous Politics

L0101

Maile

2021_pol443h1s_l0101.pdf

POL445H1S

Politics of Growth in Developing Countries

L0101

Murali

2021_pol445h1s_l0101.pdf

POL447H1S

Political Economy of Development

L0101

Eyoh

2021_pol447h1s_l0101.pdf

POL453H1F

Authoritarianism in Comparative Perspective

L0101

Ong

 

JHP454Y1Y

Twentieth Century Ukraine

L0101

Magocsi

2021_jhp454y1y_l0101.pdf

JPF455Y1Y

Cities

L0101

McCarney

2021_jpf455y1y_l0101.pdf

JPR459H1S

Fanaticism: A Political History

L0101

Marshall

 

POL466H1S

Topics in International Politics III: Global Politics of Pandemics

L0101

Gunitsky

2021_pol466h1s_l0101.pdf

POL466H1S

Topics in International Politics III: Theories of International Organization

L0201

Lipscy

2021_pol466h1s_l0201.pdf

POL469H1F

Ethics and International Relations

L5101

Bertoldi

2021_pol469h1f_l5101.pdf

POL474H1F

Politics and Policy Analysis

L0101

Craft

2021_pol474h1f_l0101.pdf

POL475Y1Y

Post-Modern and Contemporary Thought

L0101

Cook

2021_pol475y1y_l0101.pdf

POL477H1F

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

L0101

Nieman

2021_pol477h1f_l0101.pdf

POL478H1F

Topics in Methods: Data Management and Visualization for Political Scientists

L0101

Chyzh

2021_pol478h1f_l0101.pdf

POL480H1F

Studies in Comparative Political Theory

L0101

Walton

2021_pol480h1f_l0101.pdf

POL484H1F

Topics in Political Thought I: Settler Indigenous Relations in Canada

L0101

Williams

2021_pol484h1f_l0101.pdf

POL484H1S

Topics in Political Thought I: Buddhist Political Thought

L0101

Walton

2021_pol484h1s_l0101.pdf

POL485H1F

Topics in Political Thought II: Wittgenstein and Indigenous Politics in Canada

L0101

Turner

2021_pol485h1f_l0101.pdf

POL485H1S

Topics in Political Thought II: Montaigne

L0101

Kingston

2021_pol485h1s_l0101.pdf

POL485Y1Y

Topics in Political Thought II: The Politics of Struggle: Hobbes and Thucydides.

L0101

Orwin

2021_pol485y1y_l0101.pdf

POL486H1F

Topics in International Politics I: Peacebuilding

L0101

Ahmed

2021_pol486h1f_l0101.pdf

POL486H1S

Topics in International Politics I: International Law

L0201

Acorn

2021_pol486h1s_l0201.pdf

POL487H1F

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

L0101

Green

2021_pol487h1f_l0101.pdf

POL487H1S

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

L0101

Gilady

 

POL490H1F

Topics in Canadian Politics I: Leadership in the Territories and Provinces

L0101

Bashevkin

2021_pol490h1f_l0101.pdf

POL491H1F

Topics in Canadian Politics II: Canadian Judicial Politics

L0101

McDougall

2021_pol491h1f_l0101.pdf

POL491H1S

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

L0101

Besco

2021_pol491h1s_l0101.pdf

POL492H1S

Topics in Comparative Politics IV: Comparative Law and Social Change

L0101

Kahraman

2021_pol492h1s_l0101.pdf

POL495Y1F

Independent Studies

L0101

TBA

 

POL495Y1S

Independent Studies

L0101

TBA

 

POL495Y1Y

Independent Studies

L0101

TBA

 

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

Beange

2021_pol499y1y_l0101.pdf