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100-level courses

Course Code *	Title	Section	Instructor(s)	Room	Time	Enrol **
POL101H1F	The Real World of Politics: An Introduction	L0101	Jung	ON LINE-A
POL101H1S	The Real World of Politics: An Introduction	L0101	Jung	BT 101	W 10:00 - 12:00
POL106H1F	Contemporary Challenges to Democracy: Democracy in the Social Media Age	L0101	Deibert	ON LINE-A
POL107H1F	What Went Wrong? A Post Mortem of Political Disasters, Catastrophic Policy Failures, and Epic Marches of Folly	L5101	Gilady	MS 2158	W 5:00 - 7:00
POL109H1S	Might and Right: Power and Justice in International Relations	L5101	Polansky	OI G162	W 5:00 - 7:00
POL193H1S	FYF Seminar: Politics and the Arts	L0101	Cook	EM 119	M 10:00 - 12:00	R
POL195H1F	FYF Seminar: Settler Colonialism and Enduring Indigeneity	L0101	Maile	WE 75	R 10:00 - 12:00	R
POL196H1F	FYF Seminar: The China Challenge	L0101	Falkenheim	UC 67	T 12:00 - 2:00	R
POL197H1S	FYF Seminar: Politics and Sports: Identity, Activism, and Political Economy	L0101	Murali	UC A101	W 12:00 - 2:00	R

200-level courses

Course Code *	Title	Section	Instructor(s)	Room	Time	Enrol **
POL200Y1Y	Political Theory: Visions of the Just/Good Society	L0101	Walton	BT 101	R 2:00 - 4:00
POL200Y1Y	Political Theory: Visions of the Just/Good Society	L5101	Mazreku	AH 100	W 6:00 - 8:00
POL201H1F	Politics of Development	L0101	Jung	NF 003	T 11:00 - 1:00
JPI201H1S	Indigenous Politics in Canada	L0101	Hartwick	BR 200	M 12:00 - 2:00
POL205H1S	International Relations in the Anthropocene	L0101	Neville	AH 100	R 1:00 - 3:00
POL208H1F	Introduction to International Relations	L0101	Gunitsky	BT 101	M 11:00 - 1:00
POL208H1S	Introduction to International Relations	L5101	Schramm	ES 1050	M 6:00 - 8:00
POL211H1S	Intelligence, Disinformation, and Deception: Challenges of Global Governance in the Digital Age	L0101	Nedal	AH 100	W 1:00 - 3:00
POL214H1F	Canadian Government	L0101	Rheault	ON LINE-S	M 12:00 - 2:00	P
POL214H1S	Canadian Government	L5101	Merkley	ES 1050	R 6:00 - 8:00	P
POL218H1F	State, Society and Power in Comparative Perspective	L5101	Wu	PB B150	W 6:00 - 8:00
POL219H1F	Unpacking Political Systems: Institutions and Behaviour in Comparative Perspective	L0101	Hansen	HS 610	R 11:00 - 1:00
POL220H1S	Immigration, Multiculturalism, and Citizenship in Canada	L0101	Vipond	BR 200	T 3:00 - 5:00
POL222H1F	Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning I	L0101	Ariga	KP 108	M 2:00 - 4:00	P
POL222H1F	Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning I	L0201	Ariga	ES 1050	T 2:00 - 4:00	P
POL222H1F	Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning I	L5101	Ariga	KP 108	T 6:00 - 8:00	P
POL223H1S	Globalization and Development: Issues and Challenges	L0101	Gutiérrez	BR 200	T 11:00 - 1:00
POL224H1S	Canada in Comparative Perspective	L0101	Haddow	PB B150	M 5:00 - 7:00	P
POL232H1S	Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning II	L0201	Ariga	SS 561	R 10:00 - 12:00	P
POL232H1S	Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning II	L5101	Ariga	SS 561	T 6:00 - 8:00	P
POL232H1S	Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning II	L0101	Ariga	SS 561	M 2:00 - 4:00	P
POL252H1F	Introduction to Qualitative Research Methods	L0101	White	OI 8180	W 10:00 - 12:00	P

300-level courses

Course Code *	Title	Section	Instructor(s)	Room	Time	Enrol **
POL301H1F	Colonial Legacies and Post-Independence African Politics	L0101	Prichard	BL 313	W 2:00 - 4:00	P
POL304H1F	Topics in Methods: Using Data to Understand Politics and Society	L5101	Chyzh	SS 561	M 6:00 - 8:00	P
POL305H1F	Introduction to Latin American Politics and Societies	L0101	Kingsbury	BL 313	M 4:00 - 6:00	P
POL307H1S	Japanese Politics	L0101	Lipscy	BL 313	W 10:00 - 12:00	P
POL309H1S	Contemporary African Politics: Dynamics and Challenges	L0101	Onoma	RW 140	W 2:00 - 4:00	P
POL310H1S	Nationality Building in Central Europe	L0101	Magocsi	UC 244	W 3:00 - 5:00	P
POL312H1F	Canadian Foreign Policy Performance	L5101	Kunz	SS 1070	T 6:00 - 8:00	P
POL314H1S	Public Opinion and Voting	L0101	Merkley	BL 325	M 10:00 - 12:00	P
JPS315H1S	LGBTQ Politics	L0101	Moreau	RW 140	T 10:00 - 12:00	P
POL316H1F	Contemporary Canadian Federalism	L5101	Pond	SS 1070	R 6:00 - 8:00	P
POL317H1S	Comparative Public Policy	L0101	Donnelly	VC 323	W 10:00 - 12:00
POL320H1F	Modern Political Thought: Freedom and Equality	L5101	Williams	WB 116	T 6:00 - 8:00	P
POL321H1S	Modern Political Thought: Progress Through History	L5101	Williams	OI 2212	T 6:00 - 8:00	P
POL325H1S	Contemporary Latin American Politics	L0101	Kingsbury	BL 205	M 4:00 - 6:00	P
POL326H1F	The Politics of U.S. Foreign Policy	L5101	Jurgensen	SS 2127	W 6:00 - 8:00	P
POL327H1S	U.S. Foreign Policy in a Complex World	L5101	Jurgensen	SS 1070	W 6:00 - 8:00	P
POL328H1F	Politics and Government in South Asia	L0101	Murali	SS 2106	M 12:00 - 2:00	P
POL329H1F	Experiences of Conflict	L0101	Bertoldi	RW 140	T 2:00 - 4:00	P
POL329H1S	Experiences of Conflict	L0101	Bertoldi	AB 107	M 12:00 - 2:00	P
JPA331H1S	Rise of China as a Global Power	L0101	Ong	SS 1070	R 10:00 - 12:00	P
POL334H1S	Ontario and Quebec Politics	L0101	Haddow	BL 205	W 2:00 - 4:00	P
POL337H1S	The Canadian Constitution	L5101	Greenaway	SS 1083	R 6:00 - 8:00	P
POL338H1S	Queer International Relations	L0101	Moreau	BL 325	T 2:00 - 4:00
POL340H1F	International Law: Foundations	L5101	Quayat	SS 2117	M 6:00 - 8:00	P
POL341H1S	International Law: Operation of the International Legal Order	L5101	Quayat	SS 2117	M 6:00 - 8:00	P
POL344H1S	Social Movements in Europe and North America	L5101	Closen	BL 325	W 6:00 - 8:00	P
POL347H1F	U.S. Government and Politics: Constitutional Structure and Development	L0101	Hurl	BL 325	M 12:00 - 2:00	P
POL354H1F	Politics and Society in Russia	L0101	McElroy	BL 325	R 4:00 - 6:00	P
POL356H1F	Canadian Political Parties and Elections	L0101	Merkley	UC 161	M 10:00 - 12:00	P
POL358H1F	Conflicts, Minority Rights and Para-States in Europe	L0101	Austin	VC 215	T 2:00 - 4:00	P
POL360H1S	Topics in Latin American Politics: Political Ecology and Extractivism in the Americas	L0101	Kingsbury	BL 313	W 12:00 - 2:00	P
POL361H1F	Global Political Economy: History and Theory	L0101	Pauly	MP 134	T 10:00 - 12:00	P
POL362H1S	Global Political Economy: Policy and Analysis	L0101	Nieman	SS 1073	F 10:00 - 12:00	P
POL363H1F	Canadian Political Development	L0101	Vipond	SS 2127	W 4:00 - 6:00	P
POL377H1F	Topics in Comparative Politics I: The Making of Modern Democracy: From the Middle Ages to the European Union	L0101	McElroy	BL 313	M 2:00 - 4:00	P
POL377H1F	Topics in Comparative Politics I: Indigenous Politics of Hawai'i	L0201	Maile	SK 548	R 2:00 - 4:00	P
POL377H1F	Topics in Comparative Politics I: Violence, Development, and Difference	L5101	Gutiérrez	SS 1070	W 6:00 - 8:00	P
POL377H1S	Topics in Comparative Politics I: Israel’s Modern Tribes	L0101	Oron	WW 120	T 4:00 - 6:00	P
POL377H1S	Topics in Comparative Politics I: Indigenous Feminist and Queer Theories	L0201	Maile	BL 205	R 2:00 - 4:00	P
POL378H1F	Topics in Comparative Politics II: Cities and Citizens	L0201	Enright	BL 325	R 10:00 - 12:00	P
POL378H1F	Topics in Comparative Politics II: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict	L0101	Oron	WW 119	T 4:00 - 6:00	P
POL378H1F	Topics in Comparative Politics II: Media, Politics and the 2022 Midterm Elections in the USA	L0301	Tanenhaus	SS 2110	R 11:00 - 1:00	P
POL379H1F	Topics in Comparative Politics III: Comparative Political Economy of Advanced Economies	L0101	Wu	UC 179	T 12:00 - 2:00	P
POL379H1F	Topics in Comparative Politics III: Epidemics and Phobia	L0301	Onoma	SK 548	W 12:00 - 2:00	P
POL379H1F	Topics in Comparative Politics III: Civil Liberties in the United States	L0201	Ewing	UC 161	W 10:00 - 12:00
POL379H1S	Topics in Comparative Politics III: Transnational Feminisms: Questioning Power from the Margins	L0101	Gutiérrez	BL 205	F 10:00 - 12:00	P
POL380H1F	Topics in International Politics: Decision-Making in International Security	L0201	Schramm	SS 2127	R 12:00 - 2:00
POL380H1F	Topics in International Politics: Gender and Intersectionality in Global Politics	L0101	Bakan	UC 256	M 10:00 - 12:00	P
POL380H1S	Topics in International Politics: International Organization	L0101	Green	SS 1070	M 2:00 - 4:00	P
POL380H1S	Topics in International Politics: Selected Puzzle in International Security	L0201	Gilady	OI 5170	T 12:00 - 2:00	P
POL380H1S	Topics in International Politics: Global Nuclear Politics	L0301	Nedal	SS 1070	R 4:00 - 6:00
POL381H1F	Topics in Political Theory: Realist Political Theory	L0101	Sabl	BL 313	W 4:00 - 6:00	P
POL381H1S	Topics in Political Theory: Global Politics and Global Political Thought	L0201	Walton	OI 2212	M 2:00 - 4:00	P
POL381H1S	Topics in Political Theory: Privilege and Opportunity	L0301	Sabl	BL 325	W 4:00 - 6:00	P
POL382H1F	Topics in Canadian Politics: Canadian Political Economy	L0101	Haddow	BL 325	T 4:00 - 6:00	P
POL385H1S	Issues in Contemporary Greece	L5101	Aravossitas	BL 325	R 6:00 - 8:00	P
POL386H1S	U.S. Government and Politics	L0101	Hurl	BL 205	T 12:00 - 2:00	P
POL388H1F	Politics and Government of Southeast Asia	L5101	Xu	BL 313	R 6:00 - 8:00	P

400-level courses

Course Code *	Title	Section	Instructor(s)	Room	Time	Enrol **
POL402H1F	Problems in the Political Thought of the Socratic School	L0101	Black	OI 4410	T 10:00 - 12:00	P
POL405H1F	The Military Instrument of Foreign Policy: Concepts and Approaches	L0101	Braun	TC 22	M 10:00 - 12:00	P*
POL410H1F	Topics in Comparative Politics III: Global Migration: Laborers, Refugees, Expellees, and Others	L0201	Hansen	AH 306	W 2:00 - 4:00	P*
POL410H1F	Topics in Comparative Politics III: Media and Politics	L0101	Merkley	UC 175	W 2:00 - 4:00	P*
POL410H1S	Topics in Comparative Politics III: The Politics of Infrastructure	L0101	Enright	RL 14190	M 12:00 - 2:00	P*
POL410H1S	Topics in Comparative Politics III: The Politics of Human Rights	L0201	Zarnett	TF 203	R 2:00 - 4:00	P*
POL413H1F	Global Environmental Politics	L0101	Neville	TC 24	W 12:00 - 2:00	P*
POL417H1F	Politics of North-South Relations	L5101	Gnamo	SS 1078	T 6:00 - 8:00	P*
POL418H1S	Human Security and Intra-state Conflicts in the Global South	L5101	Gnamo	SS 1078	T 6:00 - 8:00	P*
POL419H1F	Quantitative Methods and Data Analysis	L0101	Ariga	SS 561	M 10:00 - 12:00	P*
POL421H1S	Maimonides and His Modern Interpreters	L0101	Green	UC 177	W 2:00 - 4:00	P
POL433H1F	Topics in United States Government and Politics: Congressional Politics in America	L0101	LeDuc	AH 103	T 10:00 - 12:00	P
POL438H1F	Topics in Comparative Politics I: Living in the Illicit Global Economy	L0101	Gutiérrez	SS 561	T 2:00 - 4:00	P
POL439H1F	The Canadian Welfare State in Comparative Perspective	L0101	Haddow	SS 2114	R 2:00 - 4:00	P
POL442H1S	Topics in Latin American Politics: Protest and Social Movements in Latin America	L0101	Balaguera	TC 24	R 12:00 - 2:00	P*
POL443H1S	Topics in Comparative Politics II: State and Development in Historical Perspective	L0201	McElroy	TC 22	R 4:00 - 6:00	P
POL443H1S	Topics in Comparative Politics II: Land and Indigenous Politics	L0101	Maile	UC 67	T 2:00 - 4:00	P
JPA453H1F	Authoritarianism in Comparative Perspective	L0101	Ong	LA 340	M 12:00 - 2:00	P
POL455H1F	Twentieth Century Ukraine	L0101	Magocsi	UC 67	W 3:00 - 5:00	P
POL456H1F	Global Summit Governance and Diplomacy	L0101	Pauly	UC 67	T 2:00 - 4:00	P*
POL466H1S	Topics in International Politics III: Advanced Topics in International Security	L0101	Ahmad	UC 175	T 10:00 - 12:00	P*
POL466H1S	Topics in International Politics III: Theories of International Organization	L0201	Pauly	TC 22	W 12:00 - 2:00	P*
POL469H1F	Ethics and International Relations	L0101	Bertoldi	SK 348	M 10:00 - 12:00	P*
POL474H1S	Politics and Policy Analysis	L0101	Craft	UC 67	T 12:00 - 2:00	P
POL475H1F	Post-Modern and Contemporary Thought	L0101	Cook	BC 20	W 10:00 - 12:00	P
POL477H1F	Advanced Topics in International Political Economy: Political Economy of World Order	L0101	Nieman	SS 1078	W 10:00 - 12:00	P*
POL478H1F	Topics in Methods: Data Management and Visualization for Political Scientists	L0101	Donnelly	SS 561	T 10:00 - 12:00	P
POL479H1S	Topics in Middle East Politics: Contesting Authoritarianisms in the Middle East	L5101	Kingston	TC 22	W 5:00 - 7:00	P*
POL480H1F	Studies in Comparative Political Theory	L0101	Walton	IN 204	T 2:00 - 4:00	P*
POL484H1F	Topics in Political Thought I: Contemporary Debates in Democratic Theory	L0101	Williams	TC 22	M 2:00 - 5:00	P
POL484H1S	Topics in Political Thought I: The Political Thought of Frantz Fanon	L0101	Roberts	SK 348	W 10:00 - 12:00	P
POL485H1F	Topics in Political Thought II: Comparative Topics in Jewish and Non-Jewish Political Theory I	L0101	Orwin	AH 304	T 4:00 - 7:30	P
POL485H1S	Topics in Political Thought II: Comparative Topics in Jewish and Non-Jewish Political Theory II	L0201	Orwin	AH 302	T 4:00 - 7:30	P
POL485H1S	Topics in Political Thought II: Machiavelli	L0101	Arulanandam	UC 67	T 10:00 - 12:00	P
POL486H1F	Topics in International Politics I: Is the World Falling Apart?	L0101	Gilady	UC 67	M 2:00 - 4:00	P*
POL486H1F	Topics in International Politics I: The Domestic Politics of the Soviet Collapse	L0201	Gunitsky	SS 2114	T 12:00 - 2:00	P*
POL486H1S	Topics in International Politics I: Postcolonial Debates in IR	L0101	Compaoré	SS 2114	M 12:00 - 2:00	P*
POL486H1S	Topics in International Politics I: International Law	L0201	Acorn	TF 203	W 10:00 - 12:00
POL486H1S	Topics in International Politics I: Women at the Helm--Gender, Leadership, and Global Politics	L0301	Schramm	NF 332	F 10:00 - 12:00
POL487H1F	Topics in International Politics II: Transitional Justice	L0201	Dancy	TF 203	F 10:00 - 12:00	P*
POL487H1S	Topics in International Politics II: The Planet’s Last Frontiers: Governance of Antarctica, Oceans and Outer Space	L0301	Green	UC 175	T 12:00 - 2:00	P*
POL487H1S	Topics in International Politics II: The Changing Face of Armed Conflict: From Interstate War to Asymmetric Warfare	L0101	Gilady	TF 103	M 2:00 - 4:00	P*
POL487H1S	Topics in International Politics II: Great Power Politics	L0401	Norrlof	SK 346	W 4:00 - 6:00
POL487H1S	Topics in International Politics II: International Terrorism and Insurgency	L0201	Chyzh	SS 2114	R 12:00 - 2:00	P*
POL491H1S	Topics in Canadian Politics II: Identity, Diversity, and Political Behaviour: Canada in Comparative Perspective	L5101	Amani	RL 14190	W 6:00 - 8:00	P*
POL492H1F	Topics in Comparative Politics IV: Identities	L0101	Onoma	SS 2114	R 12:00 - 2:00	P
POL492H1S	Topics in Comparative Politics IV: American Political Development	L0201	Ewing	EM 108	W 12:00 - 2:00	P
POL492H1S	Topics in Comparative Politics IV: Comparative Law and Social Change	L0101	Kahraman	LM 123	T 10:00 - 12:00	P
POL496H1F	Independent Studies	L0101	TBA	TBA	TBA	E
POL496H1S	Independent Studies	L0101	TBA	TBA	TBA	E
POL497H1F	Independent Studies	L0101	TBA	TBA	TBA	E
POL497H1S	Independent Studies	L0101	TBA	TBA	TBA	E
POL499Y1Y	Senior Thesis and Thesis Seminar	L0101	Kingsbury	SK 418	W 4:00 - 6:00	E

^* For an explanation of any course codes see Codes Used in Timetable Listings.

** P = Priority; E = Department’s Permission; P* = Priority, with various capacity for the different enrolment controls.

^† The course syllabi listed on this site are not necessarily the final versions and should not be taken as binding. Course syllabi may be altered subsequent to their being posted here. Students are responsible for attending classes and making themselves aware of the adjustments made to the syllabus.

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