Fall/Winter Timetable
POL2811Y1Y L0101
M.A. Research Seminar II
Political Development and Canadian Democracy
Themes
This course is intended for M.A. students to meet the research requirements of the program. The primary purpose of the seminar is to provide an opportunity for students to design and conduct an independent research project on a topic of their choice. Topics chosen may fit within the major themes of the course in the broader fields of Canadian or Comparative Politics, or Public Policy, but equally students are free to define their own topics outside of those parameters.
The course is designed to assist students with their choice of research topic, with framing the research appropriately in terms of conceptualization and research design, and in identifying useful methodologies and appropriate resources and research materials. The seminar format will provide a collegial setting within which students can present their research, hone their presentational skills, gain useful feedback from peers and instructors, and develop a variety of skills useful in their future academic or professional lives. Further information on course themes and format will be made available in the syllabus.
Format and Requirements
Participation, Discussion leadership, Paper Proposal, Final Major Research Paper; TBA %
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Congratulations to Madalyn Hay, a recipient of a 2023-2024 Connaught PhDs for Public Impact Fellowship. Madalyn, one of our doctoral students, holds a BAH in Contemporary Studies and Classics from the...
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April 22, 2021
Congratulations to two political science alumni now teaching at U of T who have both won Superior Teaching Awards! Igor Shoikhedbrod and Khalid Ahmed will be celebrated on May 5th at...
August 6, 2020
Q&A with 2020 Vanier Scholar Yojana Miraya Oscco Congratulations to PhD student Yojana Miraya Oscco who has won a prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (SSHRC). Launched in 2008, the program enables...
April 30, 2020
Congratulations to our graduate student Kevin Edmonds who has won New College's June Larkin Award for Pedagogical Development. A PhD candidate specializing in Caribbean political economy, histories of alternative/illicit development, foreign intervention and...