For information on registration deadlines for graduate students, click here.
Fall term
8 Sep: Classes begin
Last day to register for the term and for the full year
23 Sep: Last day to add full-year and full-term classes for registered students
Last day to apply for Honours program
7 Oct: Last day to drop full-term classes without a “W”
7 Nov: Last day to drop full-year classes without a “W”
Last day to drop full-term classes with a “W”
7 Dec: Classes end
9 Dec: Examinations begin
20 Dec: Examinations end
Winter term
4 Jan: Classes begin
Last day to register for the term
13 Jan: Last day to add full-term classes for registered students
30 Jan: Last day to drop full-term classes without a “W”
6 Feb: Last day to drop full-year classes with a "W"
6 Mar: Last day to drop full-term classes with a “W”
5 Apr: Classes end
9 Apr: Examinations begin
23 Apr: Examinations end
Class Descriptions
The first digit of each class number indicates year, or level, of class. Except for 1000-level classes, the second digit denotes the sub-field within which the class is listed.
No student may take more than one first-year class but some second-year classes require no prerequisite. The prerequisites listed with each class are intended to show the sort of preparation the instructor anticipates. A student will usually take one second-year class in a field before taking a 3000-level class in the same field. Students without the appropriate 2000-level class may obtain admission to 3000-level classes only with special permission of the instructors of those classes.
The following are a list of approved classes offered on a rotating basis every other year. For classes offered in the 2011-12 term, please see Fall/Winter Timetable. If you are interested in taking a course that is not being offered in the upcoming academic year, please contact the Chair of our Curriculum Committee, Dr. Katherine Fierlbeck.
POLI 1010.03: From Concepts to Reality: Freedom and Government
POLI 1015.03: From Concepts to Reality: Freedom and the Political Process
POLI 1030.03: Canadian Government in Comparative Perspectives
POLI 1035.03: The Political Process in Canada: A Comparative Approach
POLI 1050.03: Ideas, Politics, and People
POLI 1055.03: Governments and Democracy
POLI 1100X/Y.06: Introduction to Government and Politics
POLI 1103X/Y.06: Introduction to Government and Politics
POLI 2210.03: Unity and Diversity: The Dynamics of Canadian Federalism
POLI 2220.03: Political Power and Partisan Politics: The Structures of Canadian Parliamentary Government
POLI 2230.03: Local Government
POLI 2300X/Y.06: Comparative Politics
POLI 2350.03: Governance and Globalization
POLI 2410.03: Crisis and Consent: Foundations of Political Thought: 1651-1778
POLI 2420.03: Revolution and Rationality: Foundations of Political Thought, 1778-1900
POLI 2520.03: World Politics
POLI 2530.03: Introduction to Foreign Policy
POLI 2540.03: Canadian-American Relations
POLI 2810/2820.03: Special Topics in Political Science
POLI 3206.03: Constitutional Issues in Canadian Politics
POLI 3208.03: Canadian Provincial Politics
POLI 3220.03: Intergovernmental Relations in Canada
POLI 3224.03: Canadian Political Parties
POLI 3231.03: The Politics and Governance of Canadian Cities
POLI 3233.03: Canadian Political Economy
POLI 3235.03: Regional Political Economy in Canada
POLI 3251X/Y.06: Canadian Public Administration
POLI 3302.03: Comparative Development Administration
POLI 3303.03: Human Rights: Political Issues
POLI 3304.03: Comparative Federalism
POLI 3311.03: Sport and Politics
POLI 3315.03: African Politics
POLI 3316.03: Politics in South Africa
POLI 3320.03: European Politics
POLI 3321.03: Politics of the European Union
POLI 3360.03: Politics in Latin America
POLI 3379X/Y.06: U.S. Constitution, Government, and Politics
POLI 3401.03: Contemporary Political Thought: Confronting the New Millennium
POLI 3403.03: Human Rights: Philosophical Issues
POLI 3428.03: Woman as Citizen
POLI 3431.03: Politics Through Film and Literature
POLI 3475.03: Democratic Theory
POLI 3492.03: Political Inquiry I: Statistical Analysis
POLI 3493.03: Political Inquiry II: Philosophy of the Social Sciences
POLI 3525.03: Comparative Foreign Policy Simulation
POLI 3531.03: The United Nations in World Politics
POLI 3535.03: The New International Division of Labour
POLI 3537X/Y.06: Management and Conservation of Marine Resources
POLI 3540.03: Foreign Policy in the Third World
POLI 3550.03: Japanese Foreign Policy
POLI 3552.03: The Politics of International Trade
POLI 3570X/Y.06: Canadian Foreign Policy
POLI 3571X/Y.06: The Politics of Contemporary Canadian Defence Policy
POLI 3574.03: American Foreign Policy
POLI 3575.03: Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control in World Politics
POLI 3577.03: Civil-Military Relations in Contemporary Western Society
POLI 3580.03: The Political Economy of National Security
POLI 3581.03: Diplomacy and Negotiation
POLI 3585.03: Politics of the Environment
POLI 3587.03: International Political Economy
POLI 3589.03: The Politics of the Sea
POLI 3591.03: Issues in Contemporary Maritime Security
POLI 3596.03: Explaining Global Conflict and Violence
POLI 3598X/Y.06/3599.03: Political Science Through the Pearson Peacekeeping Centre
POLI 3601X/Y.06: Readings in Political Science
POLI 3602.03: Readings in Political Science
POLI 3603.03: Readings in Political Science
POLI 3810/3820.03: Special Topics In Political Science
POLI 4204X/Y.06: Advanced Seminar in Canadian Politics
POLI 4228.03: Interest Groups: Function and Management
POLI 4240.03: Policy Formulation in Canada
POLI 4241.03: Introduction to Policy Analysis
POLI 4479.03: Liberalism
POLI 4600X/Y.06: Honours Essay
POLI 4636.03: Nationalism and Statecraft