Session

Winter 2025

 Term

W

Format

ONLN (Fully Online)

Instructor

Calendar Description / Prerequisite / Co-Requisite

This course introduces students to the central concepts of political science. The emphasis is on how individuals participate in politics and on how politics may be changed. Among the topics to be considered are the following: nationalism and nation building, liberalism, communism, fascism, power, war, imperialism and dependency, international organization, interdependence and integration. Material from municipal, provincial, national and international levels of politics will be included as well as material on current policy issues, such as recent changes in the Ontario Human Rights Code. Course credit exclusion: GL/POLS 1400 6.00. PRIOR TO FALL 2009: Course credit exclusions: AK/POLS 2410 6.00, AS/POLS 1000 6.00 and GL/POLS 1400 6.00.

Course Start Up

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