Summer Courses 2025
The Department offers 100-level, 200-level, 300-level, and 400-level Political Science (POL) courses.
Please Note:
- Course descriptions are not final and may be changed at or before the first class.
- For enrolment instructions, students should consult the Faculty of Arts & Science Summer 2025 Timetable.
- Prerequisites will be enforced rigorously. Students who do not have the relevant prerequisite(s) may be removed from the course after classes begin. Specific questions regarding prerequisites for a course can be answered by the course instructor. Where there are two instructors of a course, an asterisk (*) indicates the Course Coordinator.
**This page will be updated regularly. Please check here for curriculum changes.Y section code course lectures do not meet the week of June 19 to June 24; term tests may be held.
Y section code course lectures do not meet the week of June 19 to June 24; term tests may be held.
Course Timetable
(Course numbers are links to course descriptions). The following courses are in numerical order. The descriptions are fuller than those in the Arts & Science Calendar.
|
Section Code |
Classes Start |
Classes End |
Final Assessments |
|---|---|---|---|
|
F |
May 5, 2025 |
June 16, 2025 |
June 19 - 24, 2025 |
|
Y |
May 5, 2025 |
August 12, 2025 |
August 16 - 25, 2025 |
|
S |
July 2, 2025 |
August 12, 2025 |
August 16 - 25, 2025 |
|
Course Code * |
Title |
Section |
Instructor(s) |
Mode |
Time |
Enrol |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
The Real World of Politics: An Introduction |
L0101 |
ON LINE-A |
TBA |
|
|
Course Code * |
Title |
Section |
Instructor(s) |
Mode |
Time |
Enrol |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Political Theory: Visions of the Just/Good Society |
L5101 |
In-Person |
M, W |
|
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|
Politics of Development |
L0101 |
ON LINE-S |
T, R |
|
||
|
Introduction to International Relations |
L0101 |
ON LINE-A |
TBA |
|
||
|
Canadian Government |
L5101 |
ON LINE-S |
T, R |
|
||
|
Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning I |
L0101 |
In-Person |
T, R |
|
||
|
Introduction to Quantitative Reasoning II |
L5101 |
In-Person |
T, R |
|
|
Course Code * |
Title |
Section |
Instructor(s) |
Mode |
Time |
Enrol |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Politics and Society in 20th Century China |
L0101 |
In-Person |
T, R |
|
||
|
Introduction to Latin American Politics and Societies |
L0101 |
In-Person |
M, W |
|
||
|
Contemporary African Politics: Dynamics and Challenges |
L0101 |
In-Person |
T, R |
|||
|
Public Opinion and Voting |
L0101 |
In-Person |
T, R |
|||
|
Comparative Public Policy |
L0101 |
ON LINE-S |
T, R |
|
||
|
Modern Political Thought: Progress Through History |
L5101 |
In-Person |
M, W |
|
||
|
The Politics of U.S. Foreign Policy |
L0101 |
ON LINE-A |
TBA |
|
||
|
International Law: Foundations |
L0101 |
ON LINE-A |
TBA |
|
||
|
Priviledge and Race in Global Perspective |
L0101 |
In-Person |
M, W |
|||
|
Global Urban Politics |
L0101 |
ONLINE-S |
T, R |
|||
|
Global Political Economy: Policy and Analysis |
L0101 |
In-Person |
M, W |
|||
|
Topics in Comparative Politics I: Populism in Comparative Perspective COURSE CANCELLED |
L0101 |
In-Person |
M, W |
|||
|
Topics in Comparative Politics I: Global Indigenous Resistances |
L5101 |
ONLINE-S |
M, W |
|
||
|
Topics in Comparative Politics II: Democratic Transitions - COURSE CANCELLED |
L0101 |
In-Person |
M,W |
|||
|
Topics in Comparative Politics III: Race and Politics in America |
L5101 |
ONLINE-S |
M,W |
|||
|
Topics in International Politics: Peace and Security in the Digital Age |
L0101 |
ONLINE-S |
M,W |
|
||
|
Topics in International Politics: Big Tech in International Politics |
L0201 |
In-Person |
M, W |
|
||
|
Topics in International Politics: Global Governance |
L5101 |
In-Person |
M.W |
|
||
|
Topics in Canadian Politics: Canadian Public Policy |
L0101 |
In-Person |
T, R |
|
|
Course Code * |
Title |
Section |
Instructor(s) |
Mode |
Time |
Enrol |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Politics of North-South Relations |
L5101 |
In-Person |
T, R |
|
||
|
Human Security and Intra-state Conflicts in the Global South |
L0101 |
In-Person |
T, R |
|
||
|
Dynamics of Political Change in Contemporary China |
L0101 |
In-Person |
T, R |
|
||
|
Topics in International Politics I: The Global Politics of Science Fiction |
L0101 |
In-Person |
M,W |
|||
|
Topics in Canadian Politics II: Political Participation: Who Gets Elected ? |
L0101 |
In-Person |
M, W |
|||
|
Topics in Comparative Politics IV: Identities |
L0101 |
In-Person |
M,W |
|||
|
Independent Studies |
L0101 |
TBA |
TBA |
TBA |
E |
|
|
Independent Studies |
L0101 |
TBA |
TBA |
TBA |
E |