Current F/W Graduate Courses

Workshop seminars (listed with activity code POL2780H) are Oxford-style tutorials, which give students the opportunity to work closely with faculty members in small groups of two or three on research projects.

The internship program (POL2809H) is a summer course which provides students with opportunities to examine how politics operate in the public sphere by completing an academic internship with a non-governmental organization or public sector partner. Through a combination of their internship experiences and classroom activities, students will apply international, domestic, and public policy concepts learned throughout the program to practice in the public sphere. Students will develop transferable skills such as professional communications, policy analysis, grant-writing, program evaluation and project management. In addition to completing 80-100 hours, the course meets bi-weekly for learning activities and critical reflection.

Individual reading courses allow students to complete a credit working independently with a graduate faculty member in the Department of Political Science. Course description/ requirements are set by the student and instructor and must reflect the same time commitment and academic expectation as a regular term course. They are subject to regular SGS add/drop deadlines and grading policies. Students are required to submit an SGS Reading Course form along with a course description in order to enrol.

PhD Core courses are identified in our course listings. PhD students must take both the fall and winter term core credit to satisfy their requirement. Fall term core courses are typically restricted to PhD students (though instructors in some fields may consider participation requests from exceptional MA students). Winter term core courses are open to all graduate students. In case where there are 2 winter term courses students may take either to satisfy the second half of the core requirement.