ANTH 338 | Indigenous Studies of Anthropology. | 3 |
Indigenous Studies of Anthropology. Terms offered: Fall 2025 Introduction to Native American and Indigenous studies (NAIS) as a means of critically engaging with the discipline of anthropology. See course page for more information |
CANS 200 | Understanding Canada. | 3 |
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ECON 205 | An Introduction to Political Economy. | 3 |
An Introduction to Political Economy. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. A critical study of the insights to be gained through economic analysis of a number of problems of broad interest. The focus will be on the application of economics to issues of public policy. See course page for more information |
ECON 208 | Microeconomic Analysis and Applications. | 3 |
Microeconomic Analysis and Applications. Terms offered: Summer 2025, Fall 2025, Winter 2026 A university-level introduction to demand and supply, consumer behaviour, production theory, market structures and income distribution theory. See course page for more information |
ECON 209 | Macroeconomic Analysis and Applications. | 3 |
Macroeconomic Analysis and Applications. Terms offered: Summer 2025, Fall 2025, Winter 2026 A university-level introduction to national income determination, money and banking, inflation, unemployment and economic policy. See course page for more information |
ECON 219 | Current Economic Problems: Topics. | 3 |
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ECON 221 | Economic History. | 3 |
Economic History. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Survey of economic development. The evolution of economic institutions and the process of economic growth. Topics include demographic change, agrarian institutions, financial and industrial organization, technological change and the expansion of trade and markets. See course page for more information |
ECON 313 | Economic Development 1. | 3 |
Economic Development 1. Terms offered: Summer 2025, Fall 2025, Winter 2026 Microeconomic theories of economic development and empirical evidence on population, labour, firms, poverty. Inequality and environment. See course page for more information |
ECON 326 | Ecological Economics. | 3 |
Ecological Economics. Terms offered: Fall 2025 Macroeconomic and structural aspects of the ecological crisis. A course in which subjects discussed include the conflict between economic growth and the laws of thermodynamics; the search for alternative economic indicators; the fossil fuels crisis; and "green'' fiscal policy. See course page for more information |
ECON 347 | Economics of Climate Change. | 3 |
Economics of Climate Change. Terms offered: Fall 2025 The course focuses on the economic implications of, and problems posed by, predictions of global warming due to anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases. Attention is given to economic policies such as carbon taxes and tradeable emission permits and to the problems of displacing fossil fuels with new energy technologies. See course page for more information |
ENVR 201 | Society, Environment and Sustainability. | 3 |
Society, Environment and Sustainability. Terms offered: Fall 2025 This course deals with how scientific-technological, socio-economic, political-institutional and behavioural factors mediate society-environment interactions. Issues discussed include population and resources; consumption, impacts and institutions; integrating environmental values in societal decision-making; and the challenges associated with, and strategies for, promoting sustainability. Case studies in various sectors and contexts are used. See course page for more information |
ENVR 203 | Knowledge, Ethics and Environment. | 3 |
Knowledge, Ethics and Environment. Terms offered: Fall 2025, Winter 2026 Introduction to cultural perspectives on the environment: the influence of culture and cognition on perceptions of the natural world; conflicts in orders of knowledge (models, taxonomies, paradigms, theories, cosmologies), ethics (moral values, frameworks, dilemmas), and law (formal and customary, rights and obligations) regarding political dimensions of critical environments, resource use, and technologies. See course page for more information |
POLI 212 | Introduction to Comparative Politics – Europe/North America. | 3 |
Introduction to Comparative Politics – Europe/North America. Terms offered: Fall 2025 An introduction to fundamental comparative politics concepts and research that focuses on Europe and North America. Topics include: state and state institutions, parties and party systems, elections, protest and social movements, rule of
law, corruption, regime transitions— democratization and autocratization.
See course page for more information |
POLI 221 | Government of Canada. | 3 |
Government of Canada. Terms offered: Summer 2025, Fall 2025 An examination of the central governmental institutions, including parliament, federalism, and the judiciary. See course page for more information |
POLI 222 | Political Process and Behaviour in Canada. | 3 |
Political Process and Behaviour in Canada. Terms offered: Winter 2026 An introduction to contemporary political life in Canada that examines how demands are identified and transmitted through the political systems. Emphasis will be placed on: the Canadian political culture; socialization and political participation; the electoral system; elections and voting; the role and structure of political parties; and the influence of organized interest. See course page for more information |
POLI 227 | Introduction to Comparative Politics - Global South. | 3 |
Introduction to Comparative Politics - Global South. Terms offered: Winter 2026 An introduction to politics across the Global South. A comparative examination of the legacies of colonialism, the achievement of independence, and political and socio-economic development in Africa, Asia and Latin America. Topics include modernization, dependency, state-building, political violence, revolution, the role of the military, authoritarianism, and democratization. See course page for more information |
POLI 243 | International Politics of Economic Relations. | 3 |
International Politics of Economic Relations. Terms offered: Winter 2026 An introduction to international relations, through examples drawn from international political economy. The emphasis will be on the politics of trade and international monetary relations. See course page for more information |
POLI 244 | International Politics: State Behaviour. | 3 |
International Politics: State Behaviour. Terms offered: Summer 2025, Fall 2025 Offers a comprehensive introduction to the behaviour of nation states. Explores how states make foreign policy decisions and what motivates their behaviour. Other covered topics include the military and economic dimensions of state behaviour, conflict, cooperation, interdependence, integration, globalization, and change in the international system. See course page for more information |
POLI 341 | Foreign Policy: The Middle East. | 3 |
Foreign Policy: The Middle East. Terms offered: Fall 2025 An examination of the changing regional security environment and the evolving foreign policies and relationships of Arab states in three areas - relations with non-Arab regional powers (Israel, Iran), inter-Arab relations, Great Power relations. The course will focus particularly on Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia. See course page for more information |
POLI 345 | International Organizations. | 3 |
International Organizations. Terms offered: Winter 2026 The politics and processes of global governance in the 21st century, with a special emphasis on the United Nations system. See course page for more information |
POLI 354 | Approaches to International Political Economy. | 3 |
Approaches to International Political Economy. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. The course presents theoretical approaches to understanding change in the international political economy. See course page for more information |
POLI 360 | Security: War and Peace. | 3 |
Security: War and Peace. Terms offered: Fall 2025 Focuses on international security and strategies of war and peace in historical and comparative frameworks. Topics include case studies of 20th century wars, conventional and nuclear strategy, and various approaches to peace. See course page for more information |
POLI 362 | Political Theory and International Relations. | 3 |
Political Theory and International Relations. Terms offered: Winter 2026 Key contributions of political theory to the study and practice of international relations. Three prevailing theoretical traditions will be examined: realism, 'international society', and cosmopolitanism. Key practical issues to be explored from these perspectives include war, humanitarian intervention, economic globalization, environment, and gender. See course page for more information |
POLI 423 | Politics of Ethno-Nationalism. | 3 |
Politics of Ethno-Nationalism. Terms offered: Fall 2025 Theories of ethno-nationalism examined in light of experience in Asia, Middle East and Africa. Topics include formation and mobilization of national, ethnic and religious identities in colonial and post-colonial societies; impact of ethno-nationalism on pluralism, democracy, class and gender relations; means to preserve tolerance in multicultural societies. See course page for more information |
POLI 435 | Identity and Inequality. | 3 |
Identity and Inequality. Terms offered: Winter 2026 Inequality is often particularly durable between groups whose boundaries are based on assumed ancestry - e.g., the major ethnic categories in former European settler colonies, castes in South Asia. This course explores ongoing changes in the relationship between identity and social, economic and political inequality in some of these contexts. See course page for more information |
POLI 442 | International Relations of Ethnic Conflict. | 3 |
International Relations of Ethnic Conflict. Terms offered: Winter 2026 Issues related to the internationalization of ethnic conflict, including diasporas, contagion and demonstration effects, intervention, irredentism, the use of sanctions and force. Combination of theory and the study of contemporary cases. See course page for more information |
POLI 450 | Peacebuilding. | 3 |
Peacebuilding. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. An examination of transitions from civil war to peace, and the role of external actors (international organizations, bilateral donors, non-governmental organizations) in support of such transitions. Topics will include the dilemmas of humanitarian relief, peacekeeping operations, refugees, the demobilization of ex-combatants, transitional elections, and the politics of socio-economic reconstruction. See course page for more information |
POLI 474 | Inequality and Development. | 3 |
Inequality and Development. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. The political structures and social forces underlying poverty and inequality in the world; the historical roots of inequality in different regions, varying manifestations of inequality (class, region, ethnicity, gender), and selected contemporary problems. See course page for more information |