Regulations effective September 1, 2015.
The BA Political Science major is a valued liberal arts degree that will serve a variety of educational and professional needs in the public, private, and non-profit sectors in Canada and globally.
As a discipline, Political Science is very much concerned with the study of power, authority, and governance in human affairs. In today’s world, forms of power, authority, and governance are changing rapidly and becoming increasingly complex. Governance is no longer confined to the nation-state but involves a range of institutions — public, private, and non-governmental — involved in the process of governing and steering a society at the international, national, and sub-national levels.
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For specific degree requirements view each program page.
Requirements in addition to the general program requirements for the 4-year BA with Major:
CMNS 401 | Cultural Policy in Canada | (3) |
GLST/GOVN 403 | Public Policy in a Global Era | (3) |
GLST/GOVN 440 | Global Governance and Law | (3) |
GLST/POEC 483 | International Political Economy: The Politics of Globalization | (3) |
GOVN 301 | Governance, the Public Sector and Corporate Power | (3) |
GOVN 390 | Public Policy and Administrative Governance | (3) |
GOVN/HSRV 400 | Governance and Leadership | (3) |
GOVN 405 | Innovative Public Management | (3) |
HADM 369 | Health Policy in Canada | (3) |
POEC 230 | Globalization and World Politics | (3) |
POEC 393 | Canada and the Global Political Economy | (3) |
POLI | All courses |
Information effective Sept. 1, 2015 to Aug. 31, 2016.
Updated July 28 2015 by laurab
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