Minor Concentration Political Science (18 credits)
Program Requirements:
Complementary Courses (18 credits)

**Other political sciences courses may be used to satisfy this Minor concentration subject to approval.

18 credits selected as follows:

6-9 credits at the 200 level from at least two of four fields:


Canadian Politics

  • POLI 221 Government of Canada (3 credits)
  • POLI 222 Political Process and Behaviour

​​                            in Canada (3 credits)

  • POLI 226 La vie politique québécoise (3 credits)



9-12 credits above the 200 level from at least two of four fields:

Canadian Politics

  • POLI 318 Comparative Local Government (3 credits)
  • POLI 320 Issues in Canadian Democracy (3 credits)
  • POLI 321 Issues: Canadian Public Policy (3 credits)
  • POLI 326 Provincial Politics (3 credits)
  • POLI 336 Le Québec et le Canada (3 credits)
  • POLI 337 Canadian Public Administration (3 credits)
  • POLI 342 Canadian Foreign Policy (3 credits)
  • POLI 371 Challenge of Canadian Federalism (3 credits)
  • POLI 372 Aboriginal Politics in Canada (3 credits)
  • POLI 378 The Canadian Judicial Process (3 credits)
  • POLI 379 Topics in Canadian Politics (3 credits)
  • POLI 410 Canadian Political Parties (3 credits)
  • POLI 412 Canadian Voting/Public Opinion (3 credits)
  • POLI 417 Health Care in Canada (3 credits)
  • POLI 426 Partis politiques et comportements électoraux
  • au Québec (3 credits)
  • POLI 427 Selected Topics: Canadian Politics (3 credits)
  • POLI 478 The Canadian Constitution (3 credits)








Comparative Politics


  • POLI 315 Approaches to Political Economy (3 credits)
  • POLI 318 Comparative Local Government (3 credits)
  • POLI 319 Politics of Latin America (3 credits)
  • POLI 322 Political Change in South Asia (3 credits)
  • POLI 324 Developing Areas/Africa (3 credits)
  • POLI 325 U.S. Politics 1 (3 credits)
  • POLI 327 U.S. Politics 2 (3 credits)
  • POLI 328 Comparing European Democracies (3 credits)
  • POLI 329 Russian and Soviet Politics (3 credits)
  • POLI 330 Law and Courts in Europe (3 credits)
  • POLI 331 Politics in East Central Europe (3 credits)
  • POLI 338 Developing Areas/Topics 1 (3 credits)
  • POLI 339 Comparative Developed: Topics 1 (3 credits)
  • POLI 340 Developing Areas/Middle East (3 credits)
  • POLI 357 Politics: Contemporary Europe (3 credits)
  • POLI 361 Political Participation in Comparative Perspective (3 credits)
  • POLI 369 Politics of Southeast Asia (3 credits)
  • POLI 380 Contemporary Chinese Politics (3 credits)
  • POLI 381 Politics in East Asia (3 credits)
  • POLI 414 Society and Politics in Italy (3 credits)
  • POLI 419 Transitions from Communism (3 credits)
  • POLI 422 Developing Areas/Topics 2 (3 credits)
  • POLI 423 Politics of Ethno-Nationalism (3 credits)
  • POLI 424 Media and Politics (3 credits)
  • POLI 425 Topics in American Politics (3 credits)
  • POLI 431 Nations and States/Developed World (3 credits)
  • POLI 432 Selected Topics: Comparative Politics (3 credits)
  • POLI 435 Identity and Inequality (3 credits)
  • POLI 437 Politics in Israel (3 credits)
  • POLI 450 Peacebuilding (3 credits)
  • POLI 451 The European Union (3 credits)
  • POLI 473 Democracy and the Market (3 credits)
  • POLI 474 Inequality and Development (3 credits)
  • POLI 475 Social Capital in Comparative Perspective (3 credits)
  • POLI 476 Religion and Politics (3 credits)
  • POLI 480 Contentious Politics (3 credits)

Political Theory

  • POLI 231 Introduction to Political Theory (3 credits)
  • POLI 232 Modern Political Thought (3 credits)

International Relations


  • POLI 341 Foreign Policy: The Middle East (3 credits)
  • POLI 342 Canadian Foreign Policy (3 credits)
  • POLI 344 Foreign Policy: Europe (3 credits)
  • POLI 345 International Organizations (3 credits)
  • POLI 346 American Foreign Policy (3 credits)
  • POLI 347 Arab-Israel Conflict, Crisis, Peace (3 credits)
  • POLI 349 Foreign Policy: Asia (3 credits)
  • POLI 351 The Causes of Major Wars (3 credits)
  • POLI 354 Approaches to International Political Economy (3 credits)
  • POLI 359 Topics in International Politics 1 (3 credits)
  • POLI 360 Security: War and Peace (3 credits)
  • POLI 362 Political Theory and International Relations (3 credits)
  • POLI 441 IPE: Trade (3 credits)
  • POLI 442 International Relations of Ethnic Conflict (3 credits)
  • POLI 444 Topics in International Politics 2 (3 credits)
  • POLI 445 International Political Economy: Monetary Relations (3 credits)
  • POLI 449 Diplomacy in Practice (3 credits)
  • POLI 450 Peacebuilding (3 credits)
  • POLI 451 The European Union (3 credits)

International Relations

  • POLI 243 International Politics of Economic Relations (3 credits)
  • POLI 244 International Politics: State Behaviour (3 credits)

Political Theory


  • POLI 333 Western Political Theory 1 (3 credits)
  • POLI 334 Western Political Theory 2 (3 credits)
  • POLI 362 Political Theory and International Relations (3 credits)
  • POLI 363 Contemporary Political Theory (3 credits)
  • POLI 364 Radical Political Thought (3 credits)
  • POLI 365 Democratic Theory (3 credits)
  • POLI 366 Topics in Political Theory 1 (3 credits)
  • POLI 367 Liberal Political Theory (3 credits)
  • POLI 433 History of Political/Social Theory 3 (3 credits)
  • POLI 434 History of Political/Social Theory 4 (3 credits)
  • POLI 459 Topics in Political Theory 2 (3 credits)

Comparative Politics

  • POLI 212 Government and Politics - Developed World (3 credits)
  • POLI 227 Developing Areas/Introduction (3 credits)