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Faculty List
University Professor Emeritus
P.H. Russell, DSc, MA, LLD, FRSC, OC (I, T)
University Professor
J.G. Stein, MA, PhD, LLD, FRSC, OC, OOnt (U)
Professors Emeriti
E. Adler, MA, PhD, FRSC
E.G. Andrew, BA, PhD
J.S. Barker, MA, PhD (N)
† A.S. Brudner, LLB, MA, PhD, FRSC
J.H. Carens, MPhil (Theol), MPhil, PhD, FRSC
† F.A. Cunningham, MA, PhD, FRSC (I)
M.W. Donnelly, MA, PhD
V.C. Falkenheim, MA, PhD
J.F. Fletcher, MA, PhD
H.D. Forbes, MA, PhD
F.J.C. Griffiths, MIA, PhD (U)
G. Horowitz, MA, PhD
B. Kovrig, MA, PhD (T)
† A.M. Kruger, BA, PhD
L. LeDuc, MA, PhD (SM)
R.A. Manzer, MA, PhD (University of Toronto Scarborough)
R.O. Matthews, BA, MIA, PhD (T)
† J. Nedelsky, MA, PhD
N. Nevitte, MA, PhD, FRSC
J. Nun, LLM, PhD
D.M. Rayside, AM, PhD, FRSC (U)
A.G. Rubinoff, MA, PhD (University of Toronto Scarborough)
K.R.J. Sandbrook, MA, DPhil, FRSC
D.V. Schwartz, MA, PhD
P.H. Solomon, MA, PhD
S.G. Solomon, MA, PhD (University of Toronto Scarborough)
R.E. Stren, MA, PhD, Dhc (I)
C. Tuohy, MA, PhD, FRSC
G. White, MA, PhD (University of Toronto Mississauga)
Professor and Acting Chair
R. Vipond, AM, PhD (V)
Professor and Associate Chair (Graduate Studies)
J. Bertrand, MSc, MA, PhD
Associate Professor and Associate Chair (Undergraduate Studies)
† D.L. Eyoh, MA, PhD (N)
Professors
† A.B. Bakan, BAH, MA, PhD
R.K. Balot, MA, PhD
S. Bashevkin, MA, PhD, FRSC (U)
R.S. Beiner, BA, DPhil, FRSC (University of Toronto Mississauga)
S. Bernstein, MA, PhD (University of Toronto Mississauga)
† S. Borins, BA, MPP, PhD
A. Braun, MA, PhD (University of Toronto Mississauga) (T)
† D. Breznitz, BA, PhD
D.R. Cameron, MSc, PhD, FRSC, CM
J. Clark, PhD (University of Toronto Mississauga)
† D.B. Cook, MA, PhD (V)
R.B. Day, Dip REES, MA, PhD (University of Toronto Mississauga)
† R.B. Deber, SM, PhD, FRSC
† R.J. Deibert, MA, PhD, OOnt (T)
† K.H. Green, MA, PhD (U)
R.S. Haddow, MSc, PhD
R. Hansen, MPhil, DPhil (T)
† R. Hirschl, LLB, MA, MPhil, PhD, FRSC
M.J. Hoffmann, MPhil, PhD (University of Toronto Scarborough)
C. Jung, MA, PhD
P.W.T. Kingston, MA, MPhil, DPhil (University of Toronto Scarborough)
R.E. Kingston, MA, PhD
J.J. Kirton, MA, PhD (T)
M. Kohn, MA, PhD (University of Toronto Scarborough)
† P.J. Loewen, BA, PhD
P.R. Magocsi, MA, MA, PhD, FRSC
C. Orwin, AM, PhD (SM)
L.W. Pauly, MA, MSc, PhD, FRSC (T)
† I. Peng, MA, PhD (T)
† K. Roach, LLB, LLM, FRSC
A. Sabl, AB, PhD
† D. Schneiderman, LLB, LLM
† A. Shachar, BA, LLB, LLM, JSD, FRSC
G. Skogstad, MA, PhD (University of Toronto Scarborough)
† A. Stark, MSc, AM, PhD
J.A. Teichman, MA, PhD, FRSC (University of Toronto Scarborough)
L. Way, MA, PhD (University of Toronto Scarborough)
† L.E. Weinrib, BA, LLB, LLM
† L. White, MA, PhD
M.S. Williams, AM, PhD (T)
N. Wiseman, MA, PhD (U)
D.A. Wolfe, MA, PhD (University of Toronto Mississauga)
J. Wong, MA, PhD
W. Wong, MA, PhD
Associate Professors
A.S. Ahmad, MA, PhD (University of Toronto Scarborough)
† N. Bertoldi, MA, PhD
C. Cochrane, MA, PhD (University of Toronto Scarborough)
† J. Craft, MA, PhD
† Y. Dawood, MA, JD, PhD
T. Enright, BA, PhD
D. Fu, MPhil, DPhil (University of Toronto Scarborough)
L. Gilady, MA, MPhil, PhD
† J.F. Green, MPA, PhD
S. Gunitsky, MA, MPhil, PhD
A. Handley, MPhil, PhD
† R. Levi, BCL, LLB, LLM, SJD
† M. Light, MA, JD, PhD
† P. Lipscy, MA, PhD
† M.S. Manger, MSc, PhD
† R.A. Marshall, MA, DPhil
P.L. McCarney, MCP, PhD
K. Murali, MSc, PhD
C. Norrlof, MA, PhD (University of Toronto Scarborough)
† A.H. Olive, MA, PhD (University of Toronto Mississauga)
† L. Ong, AM, PhD
† W. Prichard, MPhil, DPhil
E. Schatz, MA, PhD, (University of Toronto Mississauga)
R. Schertzer, MSc, PhD (University of Toronto Scarborough)
T. Shanks, BA, PhD (University of Toronto Scarborough)
E. Tolley, MA, PhD (University of Toronto Mississauga)
T. Triadafilopoulos, MA, PhD (University of Toronto Scarborough)
† D. Turner, BA, PhD
† A. Yoon, BA, LLM, PhD
Assistant Professors
E. Acorn, MA, PhD (University of Toronto Scarborough)
N. Anderson, BA, PhD (University of Toronto Mississauga)
M. Balaguera, MA, PhD (University of Toronto Mississauga)
R. Besco, MA, PhD (University of Toronto Mississauga)
O. Chyzh, MA, PhD
† M.J. Donnelly, MA, PhD
F. Kahraman, MA, PhD (University of Toronto Scarborough)
† J. Lindsay, MS, PhD
U. Maile, MS, PhD
A.W. McDougall, LLB, MA, PhD (University of Toronto Scarborough)
† J. Moreau, MA, PhD
S. Mukherjee, MA, PhD (University of Toronto Mississauga)
E. Nacol, MA, MPhil, PhD (University of Toronto Mississauga)
† K. Neville, MESc, PhD
A. Reisenbichler, MA, PhD (University of Toronto Mississauga)
S. Renckens, MSc, MA, MPhil, PhD (University of Toronto Scarborough)
L. Rheault, MA, PhD
A. Smith, MA, PhD (University of Toronto Mississauga)
M. Walton, MA, PhD
Associate Professors (Teaching Stream)
K. Ariga, MA, MA, MCP, PhD
R. Levine, MA, PhD (University of Toronto Scarborough)
M. Lippincott, MA, PhD (University of Toronto Mississauga)
CLTAs
R. Hurl, MA, PhD
D. Kingsbury, MA, PhD
† Cross-appointed
Introduction
The study of Political Science at the University of Toronto is wide-ranging and diverse. Courses are offered in political theory, Canadian government, international relations, and the politics of societies that are industrialized, developing, and in transition. Many courses deal with issues (such as environmental politics, diversity, peace and conflict, globalization) that cut across fields. Course offerings are designed to introduce students to Political Science at the first year level, provide the foundations for further study at the second year level, and provide specialized lecture and seminar courses at the intermediate and advanced levels. Studies in Political Science provide students with a good grounding in one of the chief social science disciplines and an opportunity to explore the issues that confront us as individuals, groups, societies and on the international level in the twenty-first century. In addition to the materials covered, Political Science courses are set up to offer students an opportunity to learn writing and analytical skills to support a challenging and diverse career.
Courses in Political Science dovetail with programs in many other disciplines of the social sciences and the humanities: Economics, Sociology, History, Philosophy, and Psychology. A student interested in Canadian studies or urban problems, for example, would be well advised to choose courses from all these disciplines, as would someone interested in international affairs or environmental studies. A student planning graduate work in the social sciences should seek to obtain a basic understanding of each of these disciplines.
Detailed information on our programs, extended descriptions of courses, and background information on the interests of our instructors can be found on our website. The Association of Political Science Students, the students’ organization for Political Science undergraduates, has an office in Room 1091, Sidney Smith Hall.
Undergraduate Director: Professor Dickson Eyoh, Sidney Smith Hall, Room 3018, (416) 978-3342, dickson.eyoh@utoronto.ca
Student and Alumni/Advancement Coordinator: Elizabeth Jagdeo, Sidney Smith Hall, Room 3027, (416) 978-0900, e.jagdeo@utoronto.ca
Enquiries: Mary-Alice Bailey, Sidney Smith Hall, Room 3032, (416) 978-6567, undergrad.polsci@utoronto.ca
Undergraduate Program Information and Course Descriptions: https://politics.utoronto.ca/
Political Science Programs
Political Science Specialist (Arts Program) - ASSPE2015
This is a limited enrolment program. Students must have completed 4.0 credits and meet the requirements listed below to enrol.
Completed courses (with minimum grades)
The following courses with the stated minimum grades are required for students who have completed 4.0 to 8.5 credits:
• 1.0 credits in 100-level POL courses (65%), or
• One 0.5 credit in a 100-level POL course (65%), and one 0.5 credit in a POL First-Year Foundations Seminar (65%), or
• One 0.5 credit in a 100-level POL course (65%), and one 0.5 credit in a First-Year Seminar (65%) from another unit approved by the Department of Political Science.
For students who have completed 9.0 credits or more:
• 2.0 credits in POL courses (70%), or
• 1.5 credits in POL courses (70%), and one 0.5 credit in a POL First-Year Foundations Seminar (70%), or
• 1.5 credits in POL courses (70%) and one 0.5 credit in a First-Year Seminar (70%) from another unit approved by the Department of Political Science.
The following requirements are effective for all students registering in the program as of March 1, 2020.
(10.0 POL credits. Of these, 3.0 credits must be 300+ series courses and 1.0 credit must be 400 series.)
First Year:
- 1.0 credit in POL courses at the 100-level
0.5 credit in a First-Year Foundations Seminar in relevant topics (from POL or an approved topic from another unit) may be substituted.
Higher Years:
- POL200Y1
- 0.5 credit from: POL201H1/ POL208H1/ POL218H1
- POL214H1/ POL224H1 and 0.5 credit at the 200-level or higher years in Canadian Politics
- POL222H1
- POL232H1
- 1.0 credit in Diversity and Identity courses
- POL320Y1, or 0.5 credit at the 300+ level in Quantitative Methods or Qualitative Methods courses
- Additional POL courses to a total of 10.0 credits.
Note:
- No more than 1.0 credit 100-level courses may be used to fulfill the program requirements.
- No more than 1.0 credit NON-POL courses approved for POL program requirements may be used to fulfill the program requirements.
- Some courses may contribute to both the Canadian Politics and Diversity and Identity requirements (in requirements 3 and 6). Refer to the Department website for a full list of courses that meet these requirements.
Political Science Major (Arts Program) - ASMAJ2015
This is a limited enrolment program. Students must have completed 4.0 credits and meet the requirements listed below to enrol.
Completed courses (with minimum grades)
The following courses with the stated minimum grades are required for students who have completed 4.0 to 8.5 credits:
• 1.0 credit in 100-level POL courses (65%), or
• One 0.5 credit in a 100-level POL course (65%), and one 0.5 credit in a POL First-Year Foundations Seminar (65%), or
• One 0.5 credit in a 100-level POL course (65%), and one 0.5 credit in a First-Year Seminar (65%) from another unit approved by the Department of Political Science.
For students who have completed 9.0 or more credits:
• 2.0 credits in POL courses (70%), or
• 1.5 credits in POL courses (70%), and one 0.5 credit in a POL First-Year Foundations Seminar (70%), or
• 1.5 credits in POL courses (70%), and one 0.5 credit in a First-Year Seminar (70%) from another unit approved by the Department of Political Science.
The following requirements are effective for all students registering in the program as of March 1, 2020.
(7.0 POL credits. Of these, 1.5 credits must be 300+ series courses and a 0.5 credit must be 400 series.)
First Year:
- 1.0 credit in POL courses at the 100-level
0.5 credit in a First-Year Foundations Seminar in relevant topics (from POL or an approved topic from another unit) may be substituted.
Higher Years:
- POL200Y1
- 0.5 credit from: POL201H1/ POL208H1/ POL218H1
- POL214H1/ POL224H1 and 0.5 credit at the 200-level or higher years in Canadian Politics
- POL222H1
- 1.0 credit in Diversity and Identity courses
- Additional POL courses to a total of 7.0 credits.
Note:
- No more than 1.0 FCE 100-level courses may be used to fulfill the program requirements.
- No more than 1.0 FCE NON-POL courses approved for POL program requirements may be used to fulfill the program requirements.
- Some courses may contribute to both the Canadian Politics and Diversity and Identity requirements (in requirements 3 and 6). Refer to the Department website for a full list of courses that meet these requirements.
Political Science Minor (Arts Program) - ASMIN2015
This is a limited enrolment program. Students must have completed 4.0 credits and meet the requirements listed below to enrol.
Completed courses (with minimum grades)
The following courses with the stated minimum grades are required for students who have completed 4.0 to 8.5 credits:
• 1.0 credit in 100-level POL courses (65%), or
• One 0.5 credit in a 100-level POL course (65%), and one 0.5 credit in a POL First-Year Foundations Seminar (65%), or
• One 0.5 credit in a 100-level POL course (65%), and one 0.5 credit in a First-Year Seminar (65%) from another unit approved by the Department of Political Science.
For students who have completed 9.0 or more credits:
• 1.0 credit in POL courses (65%), or
• 0.5 credits in POL courses (65%) in each, and one 0.5 credit in a POL First-Year Foundations Seminar (65%), or
• 0.5 credits in POL courses (65%) in each and one 0.5 credit in a First-Year Seminar (65%) from another unit approved by the Department of Political Science.
(4.0 POL credits)
- 4.0 POL credits. Of these, at least 1.0 FCE must be 300+ series courses.
Note:
- No more than 1.0 credit 100-level courses may be used to fulfill the program requirements.
Regarding Political Science Courses
PLEASE NOTE:
- Not all courses listed in the 2020-2021 calendar are offered every year. Please check the Department’s website for the list of courses offered in 2020-21.
- Prerequisites and exclusions are enforced for all 2nd, 3rd and 4th year courses. Please consult the POL section of the Faculty of Arts & Science Registration Instructions and Course Enrolment Instructions for details. Students without course prerequisites will be removed at any time they are discovered.
- Enrolment is limited for all 300-level and 400-level courses. See the Registration Instructions and Course Enrolment Instructions for details.
- Nearly all POL 400-level courses are offered as joint undergraduate-graduate seminars with class sizes ranging from 15-25.
Political Science Courses
POL101H1 - The Real World of Politics: An Introduction
Hours: 24L/12T
This course introduces students to compelling issues of contemporary politics through the lens of classic and important texts in political science. The course covers the politics of climate change, Indigenous rights, elections and electoral systems, terrorism, social movements and political activism, voting, democracy, and power.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL106H1 - Contemporary Challenges to Democracy: Democracy in the Social Media Age
This course examines the latest evidence-based research on the effects of social media on democracy. We cover surveillance capitalism, privacy, disinformation, and the often-overlooked ecological implications of data consumption. We also examine targeted digital espionage against civil society, Citizen Lab research reports, and explore solutions and alternatives to social media.
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL107H1 - What Went Wrong? A Post Mortem of Political Disasters, Catastrophic Policy Failures, and Epic Marches of Folly
Why do individuals, groups, and societies make repeated, and often easily predictable mistakes? Why do they persist in courses of action that produce disastrous results? Why is it that in the political world good intentions are insufficient to ensure good results? This course employs the political science analytical toolkit to answer these questions and examines an array avoidable disasters, from the local to the international.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL109H1 - Might and Right: Power and Justice in International Relations
This course explores the relationship between justice, power, and interests in the works of prominent ancient, modern, and contemporary thinkers. It adopts a problem-driven approach and engages with current controversies in international relations in light of insights from classic books. Special attention is paid to the prospects of a just world order, the causes and justifications of war, the construction of images of citizens and enemies, and the nature of duties to outsiders.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
POL193H1 - The Politics of Representation
This course examines the politics of representation in Canada from a political science perspective. What is representation? Why are some groups under-represented? How can we increase the representation of marginalized groups? Students will learn to evaluate qualitative, quantitative and normative scholarship; develop their own arguments; and communicate their arguments effectively. Restricted to first-year students. Not available for CR/NCR option.
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL194H1 - Race
This course is an introduction to the history, politics, economics, and psychology of race and racism, as well as intersections between race and class, gender, and indigeneity. The course focuses attention on the ways that states structure race, and the ways race is differently conceptualized around the world. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
POL195H1 - Settler Colonialism and Enduring Indigeneity
What is settler colonialism and how does Indigeneity endure it? This course explores the many, diverse ways that Indigenous peoples resist settler colonization and persist beyond it. We will examine Indigenous activisms, legal orders, political philosophies, and cultural productions that demonstrate settler colonialism is indeed a failing project. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL196H1 - The China Challenge
China’s meteoric rise to great power status has triggered an intense international debate over its global implications. While many analysts see Beijing’s rise as posing a threat to global political and economic stability, Chinese leaders have argued forcefully that China’s efforts to regain its historic preeminence will result in a ‘win-win” outcome for all states. This course will assess the merits of these contending positions through an historical examination of China’s 20th century renaissance. The course will begin by tracing the long period of imperial decline in the 19th century, culminating in China’s revolutionary rebirth as a Marxist state in 1949. A major focus will be on the Mao-era legacy of revolutionary diplomacy and the foreign policy consequences of its later transformation into a market-authoritarian powerhouse. Restricted to first-year students. Not available for CR/NCR option.
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL197H1 - Solidarity in Diverse Societies
Liberal democracies in the “populist” age are increasingly defined by polarization, and many observers fear that liberal democracies are having trouble accommodating diversity and protecting the rule of law and the integrity of their elections. This course will explore how these societies can better accommodate diversity and preserve liberal democracy. It will consider patriotism and nationalism, as well as arguments that seek to empower citizens with the techniques of “political friendship” required to manage difference and disagreement. The course will also consider critical arguments, that solidarity can only be attained by juxtaposing the political community against an “enemy.” Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
POL198Y1 - Social Justice and the City
Who benefits and who loses from urban transformation? This course is an introduction to the concept of social justice from an urban perspective. It will highlight how unequal relations of race, class, gender, sexuality, and ability operate through the urban environment, and how these conditions can be contested through political mobilization. A variety of cases from cities around the world are used to explore issues related to segregation, gentrification, policing, migration, and access to public spaces and services. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL199H1 - Utopias and Dystopias
Hours: 12T/24S
This course explores alternative visions of good and bad social, economic and political orders. Students are expected to think about how work, income, and power should be allocated, what social norms regarding gender and sexuality should prevail, how children should be raised and educated, and so on. Restricted to first-year students. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL200Y1 - Political Theory: Visions of the Just/Good Society
A selective presentation of critical encounters between philosophy and politics, dedicated to the quest for articulation and founding of the just/good society. Among the theorists examined are Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes and Locke.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3); Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
JPI201H1 - Indigenous Politics in Canada
Hours: 24L/12T
This course explores key issues in Indigenous politics in Canada. Provides students with an overview of historical and contemporary socio-political issues in Indigenous societies and institutions such as Indigenous self-governance, land claims and treaty negotiations.
Exclusion: POL308H1
Recommended Preparation: POL214H1 or POL224H1
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Creative and Cultural Representations (1)
POL201H1 - Politics of Development
Hours: 24L/12T
This course offers an introduction to the history and politics of economic and political development, starting with the Industrial Revolution and then turning to a critical analysis of the politics of economic growth, international trade, debt, state intervention, protectionism, and neo-liberalism in the global periphery, including Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
Exclusion: POL201Y1/POLB90H3/POLB91H3
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL205H1 - International Relations in the Anthropocene
Humans have altered the planet so dramatically that some geologists have coined a new epoch: the Anthropocene. Is our study of global politics up to the challenge of human-driven environmental change? In this course, we consider multiple perspectives on IR to make sense of geopolitics on a changing planet.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Living Things and Their Environment (4)
POL208H1 - Introduction to International Relations
Hours: 24L/12T
This introductory course examines some key themes and issues in global politics, including interstate war, human rights, international institutions, and the evolution of the global order.
Exclusion: POL208Y1/POL208Y5/POLB80H3/POLB81H3
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL211H1 - Intelligence, Disinformation, and Deception: Challenges of Global Governance in the Digital Age
Knowledge is power, but knowledge is often unreliable in the digital world. This course introduces students to the challenges of global governance and decision making in the face of ambiguous evidence, information overload, political spin, disinformation, subversion, and deception. Students will learn conceptual tools for understanding and solving complex problems.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL214H1 - Canadian Government
Hours: 24L/12T
An introduction to the study of Canadian government. Topics include institutions of governance: the constitution, machinery of government, charter of rights and freedom, and the electoral system.
Exclusion: POL214Y1/POL214Y5/POL224H1/POL224Y1/POLB50Y3
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL218H1 - State, Society and Power in Comparative Perspective
This course is designed to introduce students to major issues and challenges that shape states, determine how they are governed, and how they change. The course helps to explain major events such as state transformation, democratization, authoritarian rule, civil conflict and social mobilization.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL219H1 - Unpacking Political Systems: Institutions and Behavior in Comparative Perspective
This course aims to unpack the institutional and behavioral variation within political systems. The goal is to expose students to the key questions and theories in comparative politics around three themes: a) the origins and effects of political institutions (federalism, electoral rules, bicameralism, courts…); b) party and electoral behavior across democracies and authoritarian regimes; and c) explaining quality of governance (issues of representation, accountability, trust, corruption). We will draw on cutting edge research and touch on current events and a variety of cases.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL220H1 - Immigration, Multiculturalism, and Citizenship in Canada
This course deals with three inter-related themes – immigration, multiculturalism, and citizenship – by focusing on a single unifying question: What does it mean to “belong” to the Canadian political community? Who belongs, on what terms, and to what ends? A range of materials – normative, empirical, historical, and contemporary – will be used.
Recommended Preparation: POL214H1 or POL224H1
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL222H1 - Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning I
Hours: 24L/12T
Introduces the foundations of quantitative empirical research methods - increasingly popular and important part of political science research and public policy debates - to enable you to interpret and evaluate the results of the studies that employ these methods. Topics include scientific study of politics, empirical research designs, and regression analysis.
Exclusion: POL242Y1/POL242Y5/POL322H1/ECO220Y1/GGR270H1/PSY201H1/SOC202H1/STA220H1
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL223H1 - Globalization and Development: Issues and Challenges
This course examines how globalization creates opportunities and challenges to development in the Global South. Key issues considered include globalization and dynamics of inequality amongst and within nations, human rights and democratic struggles, environmental sustainability and justice, gender and racialized patterns of inequality, trade, foreign aid and poverty alleviation.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL224H1 - Canada in Comparative Perspective
Hours: 24L/12T
This course introduces students to aspects of Canadian political life by comparing them with those that prevail in other advanced democracies. Themes covered will include the Canadian constitution, federalism, parties and elections, political culture and social and economic institutions and policies.
Exclusion: POL111H5/POL214H1/POL214Y1/POL214Y5/POL224Y1/POLB50Y3
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL232H1 - Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning II
Building up on POL222H1, students will continue to build theoretical foundations of quantitative empirical research, such as probability theory and statistical inference. They will also learn the basic use of statistical software and have become able to conduct a basic data analysis by themselves by the end of semester.
Exclusion: POL242Y1/POL242Y5
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL299Y1 - Research Opportunity Program
Credit course for supervised participation in faculty research project. Details at https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/current/academics/research-opportunities/research-opportunities-program. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
POL300Y1 - Topics in Comparative Politics
An introduction to the field of comparative politics. Content in any given year depends on instructor.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL301Y1 - Government and Politics in Africa
The continuing relevance of pre-colonial Africa; the nature and legacy of colonial rule; African nationalism and the consolidation of power in the newly-independent states; government, party and the people; the role of the military; national integration; dependency and neo-colonialism; socialism and development; democracy and human rights.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL302Y1 - State & Society in 20th Century China
Hours: 48L
This course explores China’s efforts to construct a modern and effective political order in the face of powerful demographic and revolutionary challenges. The clash between competing ideologies, political and social movements and institutional alternatives in the context of rapid social and economic change are analyzed.
Exclusion: JMC301Y1/POLC16H3
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL303H1 - Women in Western Political Thought
Hours: 24L
Examines contemporary feminist perspectives in political theory as responses to the limitations of western tradition of modern political theory.
Exclusion: JPP343H1/JPP343Y1/POLC76H3/POLC77H3
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
JHP304Y1 - Ukraine: Politics, Economy and Society
The history of Ukraine from earliest times to the present. Economic, political, and cultural movements; Kievan Rus’, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Cossack state, national revival, twentieth century statehood, and unification. As this course is designed as an introductory course, the professor welcomes first- and second-year students to enroll, as well as upper-level students. (Given by the Departments of History and Political Science)
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL304H1 - Topics in Methods
Various topics are taken up each year, the content of which depends on the instructor.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL305Y1 - Politics and Society in Latin America
The colonial heritage, the failure of nation-states to develop as integrated and autonomous power structures, dependent capitalism and political order, contrasting types of domination, rigid monopolization and the flexible use of the state by the ruling sectors, national revolution and the socialist alternative.
Exclusion: POLC91H3/POLC99H3/POL360H5
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL312Y1 - Canadian Foreign Policy
Canada's response to the challenges of globalization and the post-cold war world. The major alternative theoretical approaches, the changing doctrines and patterns of Canadian foreign policy from 1945 to the present, the making of Canadian foreign policy, relations with the United States, within NAFTA, and with other global regions.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
JPS315H1 - Sexual Diversity Politics
This is an interdisciplinary course examining the development of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) movement and its interaction with the state in the US and Canada. (Given by the Department of Political Science and the Sexual Diversity Studies Program)
Exclusion: JPU315H1
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL316Y1 - Contemporary Canadian Federalism
Constitutional, political, administrative, and financial aspects of federal-provincial relations, regionalism, and cultural dualism.
Exclusion: POLC54H3/POLC57H3/POL316Y5/POL353Y5
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL317H1 - Comparative Public Policy
Draws from the major theoretical traditions in public policy and policymaking of the advanced industrial world, and applies these theories in understanding the developing world context and the new challenges of global change.
Exclusion: POL317Y1
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL320Y1 - Modern Political Thought
The development of political thought from the Enlightenment and through the 19th century; implications for political thought in the 20th century. Democratic and anti-democratic tendencies.
Exclusion: POLC73H3/POLC74H3/POL320Y5
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
POL324H1 - European Union: Politics, Institutions and Society
The course provides an in-depth understanding of the history, political institutions, and policies of the European Union. It also explores the key contemporary social and political debates facing the European Union today such as the eurozone crisis, the rise of euroskepticism, issues of democratic legitimacy, Brexit, issues of enlargement, immigration and the recent migrant crisis.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL326Y1 - United States Foreign Policy
The foreign policy of the United States: tradition and context of American decision-making, the process by which it is formulated, application to a number of specific regions and problems in the world.
Exclusion: POL327Y5
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL328Y1 - Politics and Government in South Asia
The course introduces students to politics and government in South Asia in the period after independence from colonial rule. It focuses on the experiences of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
Exclusion: POL328H1
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL329H1 - Experiences of Conflict
The course reviews selected novels that deal with personal and collective experiences of conflict. It focuses on representations of how conflict is experienced. It gives students a practical understanding of the human dimension of selected major conflicts and explores possibilities for personal and social resistance to injustice and violence. Special attention is paid to questions of identity formation and moral choice in contexts of war and nationalism.
Exclusion: POL493H1 (taken in 2014-2015, 2015-2016)
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL330Y1 - Politics and Morality
Is it possible to provide politics with a solid moral foundation? If so, what are the moral principles that should guide political order? The course examines these questions through the study of key figures in 20th-century political thought, including Max Weber, Hannah Arendt, Frantz Fanon, Mahatma Gandhi, Michel Foucault, Isaiah Berlin, John Rawls, and Jürgen Habermas.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
JPA331Y1 - Issues in Contemporary Chinese Politics
The course covers topics of interest in China from the Communist takeover in 1949 through to the reform period of the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. It will also address aspects of China’s diplomacy related to its growing economic power. (Given by the Department of Political Science and the Contemporary Asian Studies Program)
Exclusion: POLC16H3
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL334H1 - Ontario and Quebec Politics
An examination of politics in Canada’s two most populous provinces. Drawing insights from comparative political economy scholarship, the course compares their politics in term of their distinctive historical origins, and their political economies, party systems, cultures, and relations with the federal government.
Exclusion: POL334Y1/POL336H1/POL336Y1 (taken before 2012-2013)/POLC55H3
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL336H1 - Topics in Provincial Politics
POL337Y1 - The Canadian Constitution
The moral foundations, historical events, political forces and legal ideas that have shaped the Canadian constitution; the roots, legacies, and judicial interpretation of the Constitution Act 1867, the Constitution Act 1982, and in particular the Charter of Rights and Freedoms; the constitutional framework of federalism; the politics of constitutional change; multiculturalism, 'rights talk', and the judicialization of politics.
Exclusion: POLC68H3
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL339H1 - Ethnic Mobilization and Conflict
The course introduces students to the politics of ethnic identity and the circumstances under which ethnicity is mobilized for political goals. It includes a discussion of ethnic and religious identity, their politicization, the causes of conflict, and institutional solutions to the management of ethnic conflict.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL340Y1 - International Law
International law as an instrument of conflict resolution. Recognition, sovereign immunity, subjects of international law, jurisdiction.
Exclusion: POLC38H3/POL340Y5
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL344H1 - Social Movements in Europe and North America
A comparative examination of the development of a variety of social movements, and their engagement with state institutions. Among the activist movements being examined are those dealing with gender, the environment, and labour.
Recommended Preparation: One full course on 20th century politics or history of Europe, U.S. or Canada/one full course on gender or sexuality
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL344Y1 - Social Movements in Europe and North America
A comparative examination of the development of a variety of social movements, and their engagement with state institutions. Among the activist movements being examined are those dealing with gender, the environment, and labour.
Recommended Preparation: One full course on 20th century politics or history of Europe, U.S. or Canada/one full course on gender or sexuality
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL349H1 - Global Urban Politics
An examination of how political life is being transformed in the global urban age. Concepts such as territory, the state, citizenship, agency, sovereignty, and power will be reconsidered through a particularly urban lens.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL351H1 - Gender, Politics, and Public Policy in Comparative Perspective
An introduction to gender and politics that examines women as political actors and their activities in formal and grassroots politics. The course also explores the impact of gender in public policy and how public policies shape gender relations. Cases to be drawn on include Canada, other countries in North America and Europe, and the developing world.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL354H1 - Politics and Society in Russia
Explores tensions between democracy and authoritarianism after communist rule. Topics include: legacy of Soviet Union; political leadership; presidential power and executive - legislative conflict; federalism; elections and parties; civil society; ethnonationalism; corruption and organized crime.
Exclusion: POL354Y5
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL355Y1 - Topics in Classical Political Thought
Leading texts and issues in classical political thought, as expressed in the various classical genres, including epic, tragedy, comedy, history, dialogues, and treatises.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL356H1 - Canadian Political Parties
The evolution and setting of Canada's federal and provincial party systems. Topics include historical and theoretical perspectives, ideology, leadership selection, elections, financing, media, and representing interests.
Exclusion: POL356Y1
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL356Y1 - Canadian Political Parties
The evolution and setting of Canada's federal and provincial party systems. Topics include historical and theoretical perspectives, ideology, leadership selection, elections, financing, media, and representing interests.
Exclusion: POL356H1
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL357Y1 - Topics in South Asian Politics
Selected issues in South Asian politics. Content in any given year depends on instructor.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL359Y1 - Enlarging Europe: The European Union and Its Applicants
The course provides an overview of the salient issues in the past enlargement rounds, furnishing the context for the study of current and future integration efforts. Readings will cover the current round of enlargement to the Central and East European countries, efforts related to South-Eastern Europe, as well as Turkey. Issues between the EU and Ukraine and Russia will also be studied, as will the relationship between the Union and its Southern Rim. Security issues related to NATO integration and operations will also be covered.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL360H1 - Topics in Latin American Politics
Selected issues in Latin American politics. Content and instructor varies from year to year.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL360Y1 - Topics in Latin American Politics
Selected issues in Latin American politics. Content and instructor varies from year to year.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL361H1 - Global Political Economy I: History and Theory
Hours: 24L
The course introduces the contemporary history of world economic order and the ideas underpinning that order. It also provides an orientation to the field of study devoted to understanding and explaining underlying political dynamics.
Exclusion: POL370H1/POL370Y1/POLC69H3
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL362H1 - Global Political Economy II: Policy and Analysis
The course builds on themes introduced in POL361H1. It focuses on key aspects of world economic order, like policies governing trade, capital flows, migration, development, and telecommunications. Methods for analyzing the background and implications of such policies are introduced.
Exclusion: POL370H1; POL370Y1
Recommended Preparation: POL361H1
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL363H1 - Canadian Political Development
This course introduces students to Canadian political development – an approach that shows how attention to history can illuminate and explain patterns of Canadian politics. The course introduces students to core theories and tools of a developmental approach, then applies this approach to key moments, contestations, and institutions in Canadian politics.
Exclusion: POL382H1 (Topics in Canadian Politics: Canadian Political Development), offered in Winter 2018, Winter 2019
Recommended Preparation: POL214H1 or POL224H1
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
JPR364Y1 - Religion and Politics
This course examines the evolving role of religions in contemporary public, political contexts. Themes include: democracy and secularism; religion, human rights, law and justice; party politics, identity-formation and citizenship; gender and sexuality; interreligious conflict. (Given by the Departments of Political Science and Religion)
Exclusion: RLG230H1
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3); Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
POL367Y0 - Australia in Transition
This course focuses on the dynamic changes that have been taking place in Australia since 1901. It examines Australia's rich indigenous and non-indigenous history; the complexity and challenges of Australia's migration and multiculturalism; key issues and practices in contemporary Australian politics; the complex interplay between institutional processes, political interest and the media; and the dynamics of Australia's engagement with the region and the rest of the world. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL373H1 - Emotions in Political Theory
Emotions are central to political life but have often been marginalized in political theory. This course explores various ways in which emotions are relevant to political theory and examines a number of contemporary debates around the new possibilities in bringing a positive consideration of the emotions back into political theory.
Exclusion: POL373Y1
Recommended Preparation: POL320Y1
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
JPR374H1 - Religion and Power in the Postcolony
This course examines the role of a variety of religious forms and spiritual practices in the politics of postcolonial societies, tracing their genealogies from the colonial period to the present. Cases taken principally from Africa and Asia. (Given by the Departments of Political Science and Religion)
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
JPA376Y0 - Transforming Global Politics: Comparative and Chinese Perspectives
Hours: 48L
Set against the backdrop of the rise of China, this course examines the dynamics of global change from comparative and Chinese perspectives. Themes include international security, political economy, political development and democracy, global climate change, economic development, poverty and inequality, corruption, technology innovation, among others. (Given by the Department of Political Science and the Contemporary Asian Studies Program)
Exclusion: POL376Y1/POL376Y0
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL377H1 - Topics in Comparative Politics I
Hours: 24L
An introduction to the field of comparative politics. Content in any given year depends on instructor.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
JPS378H1 - Sex and the State
What role have sex and sexuality played in the formation of the modern nation state? How has the state regulated sex? This course explores these questions with a theoretical focus on biopolitics. We will proceed in two parts. First, we engage Foucault’s History of Sexuality and its reception by postcolonial theorists, focusing on questions of state building. The second part of the course shifts examination from state formation to contemporary forms of sexual regulation by the state. This includes maintenance of the public/private divide, citizenship law and nationalism, administrative violence and the prison industrial complex, and neoliberalism and BDSM. By the end of the course, students are able to apply core theoretical concepts and identify forms of contemporary sexual regulation in a variety of Western and non-Western contexts. (Given by the Department of Political Science and the Mark S Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies.)
Exclusion: POL378H1 (Topics in Comparative Politics II: Sex and the State), offered in Fall 2017 and Fall 2018; SDS375H1 (Special Topics in Sexual Diversity Studies A: Sex and the State), offered in Fall 2017 and Fall 2018
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL378H1 - Topics in Comparative Politics II
Hours: 24L
An introduction to the field of comparative politics. Content in any given year depends on instructor.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL379H1 - Topics in Comparative Politics III
Hours: 24L
An introduction to the field of comparative politics. Content in any given year depends on instructor.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL380H1 - Topics in International Politics
Content in any given year depends on instructor.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL380Y1 - Topics in International Politics
Content in any given year depends on instructor.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL381H1 - Topics in Political Theory
A detailed examination of particular authors or topics in political theory. Content in any given year depends on instructor.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
POL381Y1 - Topics in Political Theory
A detailed examination of particular authors or topics in political theory. Content in any given year depends on instructor.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
POL382H1 - Topics in Canadian Politics
POL382Y1 - Topics in Canadian Politics
POL384H1 - Global Environmental Governance from the Ground Up
This course focuses on non-state actors in global environmental governance, considering the motivations, actions, and strategies of non-governmental organizations, grassroots communities, and corporations. The course uses analytic tools from international relations and comparative politics to understand patterns of environmental protest, resistance, and change over time.
Exclusion: POL300H1 (Topics in Comparative Politics: Protest, Politics, and Power: Reshaping Global Environmental Governance from the Ground Up), offered in Fall 2015 and Fall 2016
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL385H1 - Issues in Contemporary Greece
This course is designed to comprehensively explore the theoretical, conceptual and empirical dimensions through the political history of the Greek state from the 19th c. to the present, and, to provide students with the critical skills to follow, understand and systematically analyze contemporary Greek politics. The class will alternate between highlights of Greek political history, theoretical foundations of major themes in Comparative Politics, and their empirical application to the politics of the Modern Greek state.
Exclusion: POL300H1 (Topics in Comparative Politics: Issues in Contemporary Greece), offered in Fall 2014, Winter 2016, and Winter 2017
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL386Y1 - U.S. Government and Politics
Hours: 48L
An introduction to U.S. government and politics within an analytical framework that helps us understand how institutions structure incentives and decisions in the U.S. system. This class examines the political forces that forged contemporary American institutions to understand how these political institutions continue to provide stability while allowing opportunities for political change. We investigate whether these forces make American institutions different and why. Special attention is paid to current events and contemporary policy dilemmas.
Exclusion: POL203Y1/POL203Y5/POLC92H3/POLC93H3
Recommended Preparation: POL218H1
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL387H1 - Politics in Europe
Hours: 24L
This course applies the basic concepts in comparative politics to the political systems of Europe. We will cover theories of transitions to democracy, formation and development of the nation-state, political institutions and their effects, parties and party systems and elections and electoral behaviour. We will use these theories to gain a better understanding of politics in Europe. We will also address some of the major challenges that Europe and the EU have recently faced such as the eurozone crisis, Brexit, the rise of populism and extreme right parties and the challenges of immigration and incorporation of minorities. The goal is for students to become familiar with the politics and governments of contemporary Europe through the lens of current and classic themes in comparative politics.
Exclusion: POL207Y1/POL302Y5
Recommended Preparation: POL218H1, POL219H1
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL388H1 - Politics and Government of Southeast Asia
This course provides an overview of political regimes in Southeast Asia, as well as some of the main issues that shape its political life. It includes legacies of colonial rule, nationalist struggles, democratization, ethnic and secessionist conflict, as well as social movement.
Recommended Preparation: POL218H1
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL395H1 - Research Participation
Credit course for supervised participation in a faculty research project. Offered only when a faculty member is willing and available to supervise. Interested faculty review plans with the Undergraduate Director, and then make the opportunity known to students as appropriate. Check with Undergraduate Office for more details and faculty proposal form. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Exclusion: POL299Y1
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
POL396H1 - Research Participation
Credit course for supervised participation in a faculty research project. Offered only when a faculty member is willing and available to supervise. Interested faculty review plans with the Undergraduate Director, and then make the opportunity known to students as appropriate. Check with Undergraduate Office for more details and faculty proposal form. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Exclusion: POL299Y1
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
POL397Y1 - Research Participation
Credit course for supervised participation in a faculty research project. Offered only when a faculty member is willing and available to supervise. Interested faculty review plans with the Undergraduate Director, and then make the opportunity known to students as appropriate. Check with Undergraduate Office for more details and faculty proposal form. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Exclusion: POL299Y1
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
POL398H0 - Research Excursions
An instructor-supervised group project in an off-campus setting. Details at https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/current/academics/research-opportunities/research-excursions-program. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
POL398Y0 - Research Excursions
An instructor-supervised group project in an off-campus setting. Details at https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/current/academics/research-opportunities/research-excursions-program. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
POL399Y1 - Research Opportunity Program
Credit course for supervised participation in faculty research project. Details at https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/current/academics/research-opportunities/research-opportunities-program. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
JRA401H1 - Topics in Comparative Politics V
Selected issues in comparative politics. Content and instructor varies from year to year. (Given by the Department of Political Science and the Centre for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies)
Exclusion: POL 438H (taken in 2013-14 and 2014-15)
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
JRA401Y1 - Topics in Comparative Politics V
Selected issues in comparative politics. Content and instructor varies from year to year. (Given by the Department of Political Science and the Centre for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies)
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL401H1 - Political Parties in Comparative Perspective
Course surveys the main puzzles and theories on the origins, nature and effects of parties and party systems. We explore how institutions, societal cleavages and strategic action shape parties. We study the impact of parties on policy outcomes, and we examine issues of party collapse, ethnic parties, clientelism, and dominant parties.
Exclusion: POL438H1 (Topics: Parties in Comparative Perspective), offered in Winter 2016, and (Topics: Parties and Party Systems in Comparative Perspective) offered in Fall 2016.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
JRA402H1 - Topics in Comparative Politics VI
Selected issues in comparative politics. Content and instructor varies from year to year. (Given by the Department of Political Science and the Centre for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies)
Exclusion: POL 410H (taken in 2013-14 and 2014-15)
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL402H1 - Problems in the Political Thought of the Socratic School
Hours: 24S
Study of a small number of texts illuminating the origins and/or legacy of Socratic political philosophy.
Exclusion: POL402Y1
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
POL403Y1 - Problems in the Political Thought of the Socratic School
POL404Y1 - Public, Private and the Liberal State
Liberalism, it is sometimes said, stands or falls with the distinction between public and private. The seminar examines how these terms are conceptualized and how they affect the practice of liberal democracy, especially in Canada and the U.S. We will spend the first term developing a conceptual toolkit that will help us understand some of the ways in which public and private are conventionally understood. In the second term we will explore some of the new (and often unexpected) ways in which public and private are playing out these days in public policy – for instance, in education, health, welfare, multiculturalism, professional sports, and war-making.
Exclusion: POL410Y1 (2014-15)
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL409H1 - Political Economy of Technology: From the Auto-Industrial to the Information Age
The course explores the centrality of science and technology in political affairs generally and its current significance for public policy in particular. It applies the conceptual tools of political economy to analyze the nature of technological change in industrial democracies. It assesses the social and political consequences of the current wave of technological innovation and alternative responses of industrial democracies.
(Offered in alternate years)
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL410H1 - Topics in Comparative Politics III
Selected issues in comparative politics. Varies from year to year.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL410Y1 - Topics in Comparative Politics III
Selected issues in comparative politics. Varies from year to year.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL412H1 - Human Rights and International Relations
Human rights have become dominant in international politics since the end of World War II. The process of creating and implementing human rights is political. We explore historical, philosophical, and empirical explanations of the roots, effects, and implications of human rights today through a variety of topics.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL413H1 - Global Environmental Politics
Examines the challenges faced by humanity in dealing with global environmental problems and the politics of addressing them. Focuses on both the underlying factors that shape the politics of global environmental problems such as scientific uncertainty, North-South conflict, and globalization and explores attempts at the governance of specific environmental issues.
Exclusion: POLD89H3
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL416H1 - Civil War and Counterinsurgency
This course provides an overview on the origins, dynamics, and outcomes of civil war and counterinsurgency. It provides a theoretical, empirical, and methodological foundation for understanding these forms of conflict, the logic of their violence, and the determinants of their duration and outcomes.
Exclusion: POL487H1 (Topics in International Politics II: Civil War and Counterinsurgency), offered in Winter 2018, Winter 2019
Recommended Preparation: Familiarity with quantitative methods is strongly recommended (ex. POL222H1, POL232H1, POL419H1)
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL417Y1 - Global South in International Politics
The countries of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East; their impact on the international system, and the external and internal factors that influence their international behaviour, with particular focus on civil wars.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
JPR419H1 - Secularism and Religion
Hours: 24S
Themes considered include what notion of religion is necessary for secular governance, and how secularity relates to particular discourses of citizenship and practices of political rule. Case studies include the effects of colonial rule on religious life; Jewish emancipation in Europe; and religious freedom in France and North America. (Given by the Departments of Political Science and Religion)
Registration in this course is through the Department of Religion.
Exclusion: RLG419H1
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL419H1 - Quantitative Methods and Data Analysis
Covers advanced level treatment of quantitative empirical research methods in political science. The emphasis is given to theoretical foundations, various research designs, and statistical methods of “causal inference.” Students will also be exposed to prominent applications of these methods and learn how to use statistical software to apply these methods in data analysis.
Exclusion: POL419Y1
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL421H1 - Maimonides and His Modern Interpreters
The course offers an introduction to the seminal work of Jewish philosophy, 'The Guide of the Perplexed' by Moses Maimonides. We will delve into some of the basic themes of Jewish philosophical theology and religion as they are treated by Maimonides.
Exclusion: RLG433H1
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
POL426H1 - Democracy and Dictatorship
The course provides an in-depth introduction to theories of the origins of democracy and dictatorship. In the first part of the course, we examine and compare theories rooted in economic development, voluntarism, institutional design, and historical institutionalism. The latter half of the course applies these different approaches to debates over the origins of Nazi rule in Germany in the 1930s, military dictatorship in Chile in the 1970s, and non-democratic rule in contemporary Russia.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL428H1 - Federalism and Diversity in Canada (and Beyond)
Canada as a key case in comparative federalism studies, with a particular focus on the management of diversity and conflict. Federal theory is applied to analyze federal institutions and dynamics in Canada (and other cases). Topics include the distribution of power, the judiciary’s role and group representation.
Exclusion: POL491H1 offered in Winter 2014 (Topic: Canadian Federalism, from a Comparative Perspective) and Winter 2015 (Topic: Federalism and Diversity in Canada and Beyond)
Recommended Preparation: POL224H1
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL430Y1 - Comparative Studies in Jewish and Non-Jewish Political Thought
A comparative examination of major texts of the Jewish tradition, ranging from the Torah to modernity, and texts of the classical or Western traditions raising similar questions. Close reading of a small number of capital works, with special attention to the problem of reason and revelation.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3); Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
POL431Y1 - Politics and Society in Contemporary China
Issues and themes in China's modernization effort with emphasis on 20th century social, political and economic developments.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL432H1 - Feminist Theory: Challenges to Legal and Political Thought
Feminist theory offers basic challenges to the foundations of modern political and legal thought. It suggests a different conception of human nature and a different model of epistemology and of appropriate forms of argument about the traditional issues of legal and political theory: justice, power, equality and freedom. Introduction to the foundations of feminist theory, an analysis of its implications for traditional liberal theory, and an application of feminist theory to law.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
POL433H1 - Topics in United States Government and Politics
Selected issues and topics in U.S. politics. Varies from year to year.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL434H1 - Enlightenment and its Critics
Hours: 24S
This course explores, through the writings of its foremost advocates and adversaries, the Enlightenment, the movement to found political life on the principles of scientific reason, universally applicable and accessible to human beings.
Exclusion: POL434Y1
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
POL435H1 - Business and Politics: Power in a Global World
This seminar course examines the political power of business from an international and comparative perspective. Topics include the role of public authority in governing business behavior, the formation of business interests, corporate lobbying, structural and ideational business power, corporate social responsibility, and transnational private governance.
Exclusion: POL438H1 (Topics: Business Politics), taken in Winter 2015 or Winter 2016
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
JRA437H1 - Government, Law and Politics in Russia
Hours: 24S
Law in the governance of Russia, in the Soviet and post Soviet periods, including constitutional development, courts, business disputes, crime and criminal justice, corruption, cultural obstacles to legal order, and legal transition in comparative perspective. (Given by the Department of Political Science and the Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies)
Exclusion: POL437H1
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL438H1 - Topics in Comparative Politics I
Selected issues in comparative politics. Varies from year to year.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL438Y1 - Topics in Comparative Politics I
Selected issues in comparative politics. Varies from year to year.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL439H1 - The Canadian Welfare State in Comparative Perspective
The course examines contemporary Canadian social policy in light of the scholarly literature on the welfare states of advanced industrial societies. Topics include the variety of welfare state regimes in rich nations, and their comparative performance in reducing inequality and poverty, in labour market and economic outcomes, and in addressing the specific circumstances of women. Specific Canadian policy fields examined will include pensions, social assistance, child care and health insurance.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL441H1 - Topics in Asian Politics
Selected issues in Asian politics. Content in any given year depends on instructor.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL442H1 - Topics in Latin American Politics
The seminar focuses on five countries in the Andean region of Latin America: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. First part deals with the challenges to democracy in the region. Second part explores potential solutions - in particular the drafting of new constitutions by popularly elected constituent assemblies.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL443H1 - Topics in Comparative Politics II
Selected issues in comparative politics. Varies from year to year.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL443Y1 - Topics in Comparative Politics II
Selected issues in comparative politics. Varies from year to year.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL445H1 - Politics of Growth in Developing Countries
The course examines the politics of economic growth in developing countries. It focuses on political factors to analyze why some developing countries have done better in terms of growth than others. Conceptual frameworks of growth and related themes such as regime type, institutions, inequality and ethnicity will be addressed.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL446H1 - 20th-Century Political Thought
The goal of this course is to introduce students to some of the themes and approaches of critical theory (power, subjectivity, ideology, and hegemony).
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
POL447H1 - Political Economy of Development
The course explores the rise, evolution, and performance of the dominant neoliberal approach to development and poverty reduction. It also assesses the feasibility and efficacy of alternative development strategies. Case studies are drawn from Latin America, Asia, and Africa.
Recommended Preparation: Introductory economics is helpful
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL450H1 - Women and Politics
This course uses theories of representation as well as gender and politics analyses of elected women as starting points to evaluate appointed women elites at the international level, notably with reference to linkages between those decision-makers and feminist perspectives on domestic and global politics.
Exclusion: POL368H5
Recommended Preparation: At least one course in both political behaviour and women's studies
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
JHP451Y1 - The People from Nowhere
This course traces from earliest times to the present the evolution of a people called Carpatho-Rusyns and their historic homeland Carpathian Rus’, located in the heart of Europe. The historic survey will deal with political, socioeconomic, and cultural developments, all the while testing the hypothesis that nationalities are imagined communities. (Given by the Departments of History and Political Science)
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL451H1 - Contentious Politics and Social Movements
Provides an introduction to various perspectives on contentious politics, social movements, and civil society. Students will acquire a solid foundation in the theories of contention as well as examine case studies of civil society in a comparative context.
Exclusion: POLD91H3
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL453H1 - Authoritarianism in Comparative Perspective
This course examines the politics of authoritarianism in theory and practice. It covers major theories in authoritarian politics, ranging from selectorate theory, authoritarian institutions, impact of institutions on political outcome, ways of measuring authoritarian state power, democracy and development, to social movement and state repression in authoritarian regime, and political transitions. On empirical application, we will draw on cases from around the world, with some emphasis on Asian authoritarian states.
Exclusion: POL410H1 (Topics in Comparative Politics III: Authoritarianism in Comparative Perspective), offered in Winter 2017, Fall 2017, and Fall 2018
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
JHP454Y1 - Twentieth Century Ukraine
World War I and the Russian Revolution: the Ukrainian independence movement; the Soviet Ukraine and west Ukrainian lands during the interwar period; World War II and the German occupation; the Soviet Ukraine before and after the death of Stalin. Socio-economic, cultural, and political developments. (Given by the Departments of History and Political Science)
Distribution Requirements: Humanities; Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL454H1 - Innovation and Knowledge Transfer in City Regions
This course surveys two of the key themes related to the process of innovation in a knowledge-based economy: the process by which new knowledge is generated and effectively transferred to those organizations with the potential to commercialize it; and secondly, the paradoxical relationship between knowledge creation and proximity in a modern global economy.
(Offered in alternate years)
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
JPF455Y1 - Cities
Examines disciplinary and developmental boundaries relating to cities. By bringing together a cross-disciplinary faculty who focus on cities within Political Science, History, Philosophy, Literature, Design, Environment and Health, Geography or Social Work, the course explores inter-disciplinary city issues: global change; environment; economic adjustment; state reform and city politics; citizenship; community development; economic development; physical form, territory and political-economy of cities. (Given by the Departments of Literature, Philosophy, Political Science, Urban Studies, Faculty of Social Work and Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design)
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL456Y1 - The G8, G20 and Global Governance
The development, operation, and participants of the Group of Eight (G8) and Group of Twenty (G20) of institutions, their growth and performance as centres of global governance, and their relationship with the United Nations (UN) and Bretton Woods galaxy in providing public goods in economic, social, environmental and security realms.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL457Y1 - Markets, Justice and the Human Good
The course offers a philosophical perspective on the advantages and disadvantages of markets as ways of organizing economic activity. It asks in what ways markets and market-like arrangements can contribute to or create obstacles to the achievement of justice and human well-being.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
JPR458H1 - Postsecular Political Thought: Religion, Radicalism and the Limits of Liberalism
The course will examine debates on postsecularism and religion’s public, political role as articulated by political thinkers such as Jurgen Habermas, by focusing on politically radical or revolutionary challenges to liberalism in the 20th and 21st century, especially from the postcolonial world, whose theoretical arguments are grounded upon or draw their inspiration from religious traditions, doctrines and practices.
Distribution Requirements: Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
JPR459H1 - Fanaticism: A Political History
This seminar in theory will explore the modern history of the concept of ‘fanaticism’ and its role in the development of political modernity. A focus on the concept of the “fanatic” (and its cognates) from the perspective of its various uses in political and religious thought from the Early Modern period through the Enlightenment and up to the present day, provides a fascinating opportunity for a critical review of the secular, rationalist, and scientific assumptions underwriting modern political forms and concepts, especially those of liberal democracy. At the same time, the course will offer critical insight into the ways in which religious and political differences among colonial “others” were, and continue to be, central to the elaboration of Western theoretical discourse on fanaticism and extremism as forms of “political pathology”. (Given by the Departments of Political Science and Religion)
Distribution Requirements: Social Science; Humanities
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
POL459Y1 - The Military Instrument of Foreign Policy
The relationship of military force to politics: Nuclear war and deterrence, conventional war, revolutionary war, terrorism and counter-insurgency are examined from the perspectives of the U.S., Russia and other contemporary military powers.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL460H1 - Studies in Modern Political Theory
Studies on a modern political thinker or thinkers since Machiavelli.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
POL461H1 - Studies in Civic Republicanism
The course focuses on texts in the history of political thought drawn from the tradition of civic republicanism. The texts treated vary from year to year.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL464H1 - Urban Policy and Policymaking
This course examines the varied drivers and challenges of urban policy and policymaking processes, focusing primarily on the U.S. and Canada but also extending globally. It includes discussion of the policy challenges confronting cities in the contemporary context, theoretical approaches to understanding their origins and solutions, and an exploration of the available solutions.
Exclusion: POL476H1 (Topics: Urban Policy and Policymaking), taken in Winter 2016 and Winter 2017.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL466H1 - Topics in International Politics III
For advanced students of international relations. Various topics are taken up each year, the content of which depends on the instructor.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL467H1 - The Politics of Immigration and Multiculturalism in Canada
This course examines Canadian immigration and multiculturalism from theoretical, empirical and applied perspectives. It includes a discussion of normative foundations, an analysis of the components of the policy framework, and an assessment of the impact of immigration and multiculturalism on other aspects of social, cultural and political life.
Exclusion: POL490H1 (Topics in Canadian Politics I: Immigration and Multiculturalism in Canada), offered in Winter 2014
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL468H1 - International Relations of Ethnic Conflict
This course explores the internationalization of ethnic conflict and the international drivers of civil war. It covers diaspora politics, contagion and demonstration effects, regional security complexes, separatism and irredentism, and international interventions. Students are expected to write an original social science research paper, and participate in discussions, simulations, and teamwork.
Exclusion: POL466H1 (Topics in International Politics III: International Relations of Ethnic Conflict), offered in Fall 2013, Winter 2015, and Winter 2016; POLD09H3
Recommended Preparation: A 300-level course in International Security is recommended.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL469H1 - Ethics and International Relations
The course aims to explore the requirements of justice and fairness in international affairs. It is common to theorize international relations in terms of interests and power. But even the most cursory look at what important actors actually do in their international interactions reveals that they use normative language all the time. This has not gone unnoticed, with investigations of ethics in the international arena multiplying in recent years. Drawing on readings from political philosophy, legal theory, and normative international relations theory, the course will take up practical ethical dilemmas encountered in world affairs. The main focus of the course will be on institutions. Examples will be drawn from the issue areas of trade, health, and the environment, among others.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
POL472H1 - The Comparative Political Economy of Industrial Societies
Topics discussed will include the historical origins of advanced capitalist political economies, the 'Varieties of Capitalism' debate, current trajectories of different political economies, labour politics and regulation, the politics of macro-economic policy, the political economy of growth, and Canada's political economy.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL474H1 - Politics and Policy Analysis
Major theories of public policy-making and related approaches to policy analysis are examined from the perspective of political science. Key contributions to the theoretical literature pertaining to leading models are read and discussed. Models of public policy-making are successively applied to analysis of cases of Canadian and comparative policy development.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL475Y1 - Post-Modern and Contemporary Thought
Hours: 48S
The development of post-modern thought, particularly in French social philosophy, is examined. Topics such as the nature of exchange, the impact of technology, virtual reality, and the digital class are explored. Authors include Jean Baudrillard, Paul Virilio, Gilles Deleuze, Arthur Kroker, Francois Lyotard.
Recommended Preparation: POL200Y1/POL200Y5/(POLC70H3, POLC71H3)
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
POL476H1 - Topics in Public Policy
The course is designed for advanced students with serious interests in the public policy field. Specific topics covered will vary from year to year.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL476Y1 - Topics in Public Policy
The course is designed for advanced students with serious interests in the public policy field. Specific topics covered will vary from year to year.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL477H1 - Advanced Topics in International Political Economy
The course is designed for advanced students with serious interests in the subfield of international political economy. Specific topics covered will vary, but all involve the deep interplay between politics and economics in the contemporary world.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL478H1 - Topics in Methods
POL479H1 - Topics in Middle East Politics
The course examines the contemporary politics of the Middle East and North Africa. It seeks to examine the relative importance of political, socio-economic and ideological factors in the context of such issues as the resilience of authoritarism, the rise of civil society, and the resurgence of Islamic activism. Theoretical discussion is followed by case studies.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL480H1 - Studies in Comparative Political Theory
We will critically examine what “comparative political theory” is and what it would mean to genuinely “deparochialize” political theory, that is, to de-center Euro-American thought in the study of political ideas. The course neither presupposes background knowledge of any non-Western thought tradition, nor does it aspire to provide students with sufficient knowledge of particular traditions to ground serious scholarly contributions to this emerging field. To provide that background would require a series of specialized courses in, e.g., East Asian political thought, Indian political thought, Latin American political thought, Indigenous political thought, African political thought, and so on. Rather, the course aims at sharpening our understanding of (a) the purposes served by “deparochializing” political theory; and (b) the various methods by which we can seek to serve these purposes.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
POL481H1 - Geopolitics of Cyberspace
The Geopolitics of ICTs course is an intensive examination of the ways in which states and non-state actors are contesting the newly evolving terrain of global digital-electronic-telecommunications. Topics covered include Internet censorship and surveillance, information warfare, computer network attacks, hacktivism, and governance of global communications. The course is organized as a series of intensive modules. One feature of the class will be a "hands-on" analysis of censorship circumvention and network interrogation techniques at the Citizen Lab (http://www.citizenlab.org/).
Exclusion: POL481Y1/POL486Y1 (taken in 2008-09)
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL484H1 - Topics in Political Thought I
A seminar on a central problem in political thought. It proceeds through the reading of a small number of major texts. Content in any given year depends on instructor.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
POL484Y1 - Topics in Political Thought I
A seminar on a central problem in political thought. It proceeds through the reading of a small number of major texts. Content in any given year depends on instructor.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
POL485H1 - Topics in Political Thought II
A seminar on a central problem in political thought. It proceeds through the reading of a small number of major texts. Content in any given year depends on instructor.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
POL485Y1 - Topics in Political Thought II
A seminar on a central problem in political thought. It proceeds through the reading of a small number of major texts. Content in any given year depends on instructor.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Thought, Belief and Behaviour (2)
POL486H1 - Topics in International Politics I
For advanced students of international relations. Various topics are taken up each year, the content of which depends on the instructor.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL486Y1 - Topics in International Politics I
For advanced students of international relations. Various topics are taken up each year, the content of which depends on the instructor.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL487H1 - Topics in International Politics II
For advanced students of international relations. Various topics are taken up each year, the content of which depends on the instructor.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL487Y1 - Topics in International Politics II
For advanced students of international relations. Various topics are taken up each year, the content of which depends on the instructor.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL488H1 - Topics in African Politics I
In depth examination of specific themes relating to contemporary African politics. Content in any given year depends on instructor.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL488Y1 - Topics in African Politics I
In depth examination of specific themes relating to contemporary African politics. Content in any given year depends on instructor.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL489H1 - Topics in African Politics II
In depth examination of specific themes relating to contemporary African politics. Content in any given year depends on instructor.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL489Y1 - Topics in African Politics II
In depth examination of specific themes relating to contemporary African politics. Content in any given year depends on instructor.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL490H1 - Topics in Canadian Politics I
Examines in depth enduring and emerging issues in Canadian politics. Content in any given year depends on instructor.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL490Y1 - Topics in Canadian Politics I
Examines in depth enduring and emerging issues in Canadian politics. Content in any given year depends on instructor.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL491H1 - Topics in Canadian Politics II
Examines in depth enduring and emerging issues in Canadian politics. Content in any given year depends on instructor.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL491Y1 - Topics in Canadian Politics II
Examines in depth enduring and emerging issues in Canadian politics. Content in any given year depends on instructor.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL492H1 - Topics in Comparative Politics IV
Selected issues in comparative politics. Varies from year to year.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL492Y1 - Topics in Comparative Politics IV
Selected issues in comparative politics. Varies from year to year.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL493H1 - Topics in Politics I
An in-depth examination of a "big issue" in Political Science. Content in any given year depends on instructor.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL494H1 - Topics in Politics II
An in-depth examination of a "big issue" in Political Science. Content in any given year depends on instructor.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
Breadth Requirements: Society and its Institutions (3)
POL495Y1 - Independent Studies
Open only when a Political Science full-time faculty member is willing and available to supervise. Students must find an appropriate supervisor in the Department of Political Science and obtain the approval of the Director of Undergraduate Studies before enrolling. Obtain details and an application form from the Department Undergraduate Office. Application forms can also be downloaded from the Department's website at www.politics.utoronto.ca.
Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
POL496H1 - Independent Studies
Open only when a Political Science full-time faculty member is willing and available to supervise. Students must find an appropriate supervisor in the Department of Political Science and obtain the approval of the Director of Undergraduate Studies before enrolling. Obtain details and an application form from the Department Undergraduate Office. Application forms can also be downloaded from the Department's website at www.politics.utoronto.ca.
Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
POL497H1 - Independent Studies
Open only when a Political Science full-time faculty member is willing and available to supervise. Students must find an appropriate supervisor in the Department of Political Science and obtain the approval of the Director of Undergraduate Studies before enrolling. Obtain details and an application form from the Department Undergraduate Office. Application forms can also be downloaded from the Department's website at www.politics.utoronto.ca.
Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Distribution Requirements: Social Science
POL498H1 - Intensive Course
Content in any given year depends on instructor. Intensive courses are offered by distinguished visitors from around the world. Students in their 4th year are strongly encouraged to take advantage of this unique opportunity to study with one or more outstanding visiting international scholars that the Department brings from time to time. The intensive course usually runs for approximately 3-4 weeks.
POL498Y1 - Intensive Course
Content in any given year depends on instructor. Intensive courses are offered by distinguished visitors from around the world. Students in their 4th year are strongly encouraged to take advantage of this unique opportunity to study with one or more outstanding visiting international scholars that the Department brings from time to time. The intensive course usually runs for approximately 3-4 weeks.
POL499Y1 - Senior Thesis and Thesis Seminar
A 40 to 60 page (15,000 to 20,000 word) research paper (75% of the final mark) written under the supervision of a political science faculty member and a companion thesis seminar (25% of final mark). The seminar provides a forum for students to periodically present and discuss their on-going research and to examine issues and approaches related to the structure, organization and presentation of the thesis. Not eligible for CR/NCR option.
Exclusion: POL495Y1/POL496H1/POL497H1 (taken in the same session)
Distribution Requirements: Social Science