Fall/Winter Timetable
POL211H1S L0101
Intelligence, Disinformation, and Deception: Challenges of Global Governance in the Digital Age
Themes
This course introduces students to the study and practice of modern international relations through the lens of information and crisis decision making. Leaders and citizens alike depend on information to make political and economic decisions, but not all information can be trusted. Espionage and disinformation have a long history, but they are becoming more prominent because of the increasing interdependence of global affairs and humanity’s increasing dependence on technology. This course examines the changes created by the information revolution, comparing political and economic challenges in 21st century global governance to international politics in history. Students will develop critical thinking skills to evaluate information and understand how to make sense of political complexity.
Prerequisites
4.0 credits, or 1.0 credit in POL/ JPA/ JPF/ JPI/ JPR/ JPS/ JRA courses
Exclusions
January 29, 2024
The winners of the 2022-2023 undergraduate awards were announced at the annual celebration, held this year on the evening of January 25. Presiding over the award ceremony were Undergraduate Director...
January 26, 2023
Congratulations to our 2021/22 undergraduate award & scholarship recipients! Following a two-year hiatus, the department was delighted to return to hosting our undergraduate awards in-person this year to celebrate our...
June 3, 2021
In a bid to motivate her students in what has been a very difficult academic year, Professor Rebecca Kingston decided to give those enrolled in the winter 2021 term of...
May 21, 2020
Congratulations to undergraduate student Cheryl Cheung who has received a University of Toronto Excellence Award (UTEA). Going into her third year majoring in political science, with minors in visual studies...
January 29, 2020
Congratulations to all our amazing undergraduate students who picked up one the department’s twenty-three awards and scholarships at our annual undergraduate awards ceremony. In attendance were Dean of Arts &...