Political Science Major Concentration (B.A.)

36 credits · Faculty of Arts · 2026-2027 catalogue

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Complementary Courses (36 credits)

36 credits of courses selected from the four main fields of political science (Canadian Politics, Comparative Politics, International Relations, and Political Theory) with the following specifications. Only POLI courses at the 200-level or above (or their equivalent courses from other universities can be counted toward this program. No more than one-half of the credits (18 credits) may be taken in a single field of political science, unless the field is Comparative Politics in which case the maximum is 21 credits. 12 of the 36 credits must be taken at the 200 level. No more than 3 credits at the 200 level may be in any given group - the groups being Canadian Politics, Comparative Politics, International Relations, Political Theory, and Methods. All other 24 credits must come from 300- or 400-level POLI courses. 3 credits must be taken at the 400 level at McGill rather than as transfer credits. This requirement cannot be fulfilled with POLI 599 Internship: Political Science. . To take a 300- or 400-level POLI course, students must have taken a 200-level POLI course in the same field. Students are therefore expected to take all their 200-level courses in their first two years. No more than 12 POLI transfer credits can be used toward the program requirements. POLI Methods courses at McGill do not have equivalencies from courses taken elsewhere. Course lists for each group of political science courses are provided below.

Canadian Politics

  • POLI 221 Government of Canada (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall
  • POLI 222 Political Process and Behaviour in Canada (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • POLI 226 La vie politique québécoise (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • POLI 317 The Politics of Race in Canada (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • POLI 318 Comparative Local Government (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • POLI 320 Issues in Canadian Democracy (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • POLI 321 Issues: Canadian Public Policy (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • POLI 336 Le Québec et le Canada (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • POLI 342 Canadian Foreign Policy (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • POLI 348 Gender and Canadian Politics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • POLI 371 Challenge of Canadian Federalism (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • POLI 372 Indigenous Peoples and the Canadian State (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • POLI 379 Topics in Canadian Politics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • POLI 410 Canadian Political Parties (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • POLI 412 Canadian Voting/Public Opinion (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • POLI 417 Health Care in Canada (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • POLI 424 Media and Politics (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • POLI 426 Partis politiques et comportements électoraux au Québec (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • POLI 427 Selected Topics: Canadian Politics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter
  • POLI 436 Aboriginal Rights in the Canadian Constitution (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

Comparative Politics

  • POLI 212 Introduction to Comparative Politics – Europe/North America (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • POLI 227 Introduction to Comparative Politics - Global South (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • POLI 316 Black Lives Matter and American Democracy (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • POLI 318 Comparative Local Government (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • POLI 319 Politics of Latin America (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • POLI 322 Political Change in South Asia (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • POLI 324 Comparative Politics of Africa (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • POLI 325 U.S. Politics (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • POLI 328 Comparing European Democracies (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • POLI 329 Russian Politics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • POLI 330 Law and Courts in Europe (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • POLI 331 Politics in East Central Europe (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • POLI 338 Topics in Comparative Politics 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Summer
  • POLI 339 Topics in Comparative Politics 2 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • POLI 340 Comparative Politics of the Middle East (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • POLI 357 Politics: Contemporary Europe (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • POLI 361 Political Participation in Comparative Perspective (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • POLI 369 Politics of Southeast Asia (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • POLI 380 Contemporary Chinese Politics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • POLI 381 Politics in Japan and South Korea (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • POLI 420 Memory, Place, and Power (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • POLI 421 The Politics of Misinformation (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • POLI 422 Advanced Topics in Comparative Politics 1 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • POLI 423 Politics of Ethno-Nationalism (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • POLI 424 Media and Politics (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • POLI 430 Politics of Art (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • POLI 431 Nations and Nationalism (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • POLI 432 Advanced Topics in Comparative Politics 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • POLI 435 Identity and Inequality (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • POLI 450 Peacebuilding (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • POLI 451 The European Union (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • POLI 452 Conflict Simulation (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • POLI 473 Democracy and the Market (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • POLI 476 Religion and Politics (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

International Relations

  • POLI 243 International Politics of Economic Relations (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Winter
  • POLI 244 International Politics: State Behaviour (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • POLI 341 Foreign Policy: The Middle East (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • POLI 342 Canadian Foreign Policy (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • POLI 345 International Organizations (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • POLI 346 American Foreign Policy (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • POLI 347 Arab-Israel Conflict, Crisis, Peace (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • POLI 349 Foreign Policy: Asia (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • POLI 350 Global Environmental Politics (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • POLI 351 The Causes of Major Wars (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • POLI 352 International Policy/Foreign Policy: Africa (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • POLI 353 Politics of the International Refugee Regime (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • POLI 354 Approaches to International Political Economy (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • POLI 355 The Politics of International Law (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • POLI 358 Political Economy of International Organizations (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • POLI 359 Topics in International Politics 1 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • POLI 360 Security: War and Peace (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • POLI 362 Political Theory and International Relations (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • POLI 441 International Political Economy: Trade (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • POLI 442 International Relations of Ethnic Conflict (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • POLI 443 Intervention in World Politics (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • POLI 444 Topics in International Politics 2 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • POLI 445 International Political Economy: Monetary Relations (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • POLI 446 International Law and Politics of Human Rights (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • POLI 447 Political Economy of Multinationals (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • POLI 448 Gender and International Relations (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • POLI 449 Diplomacy in Practice (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • POLI 450 Peacebuilding (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • POLI 451 The European Union (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • POLI 452 Conflict Simulation (3 credits) · Offered: Winter

Political Theory

  • POLI 231 Introduction to Political Theory (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • POLI 333 Western Political Theory 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • POLI 334 Western Political Theory 2 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • POLI 362 Political Theory and International Relations (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • POLI 363 Contemporary Political Theory (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • POLI 364 Radical Political Thought (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • POLI 365 Democratic Theory (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • POLI 366 Topics in Political Theory 1 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • POLI 367 Liberal Political Theory (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • POLI 368 Political Theory and Indigeneity (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • POLI 433 History of Political/Social Theory 3 (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • POLI 434 History of Political/Social Theory 4 (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • POLI 458 (De-) Coloniality (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • POLI 459 Topics in Political Theory 2 (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027
  • POLI 468 Indigenous Political Thought (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • POLI 470 Philosophy, Economy and Society (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

Methods

  • POLI 210 Political Science Research Methods (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • POLI 311 Introduction to Quantitative Political Science (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • POLI 312 Intermediate Quantitative Political Science (3 credits) · Offered: Winter
  • POLI 313 Introduction to Qualitative Methods in Political Science (3 credits) · Offered: Fall
  • POLI 481 Topics in Political Science Research Methods (3 credits) · Not scheduled for 2026–2027

Special courses

  • POLI 490 Independent Reading and Research 1 (3 credits) · Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter
  • POLI 599 Internship: Political Science (3 credits) · Offered: Fall, Winter

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