All graduate courses offered by the Department of Political Science are listed below. Click on the course number for a brief description of the course, the schedule for the current academic year, and the instructor.
Please consult for current course offerings and class schedule.
Please note that current course syllabi will be made available online as they are completed.
In some cases, past syllabi are online where current ones are not available.
POLI 610
Public Policy:Cdn&Comp Perspec
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: This seminar will focus on the comparative analysis of public policy issues. We examine explanatory models of the evolution and formation of public policy, as well as comparative methodology. We also focus on the study of public policy issues that illustrate the specific policy environments of Canadian and comparative examples.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The field is Comparative Politics; also in Canadian Politcs field.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Syllabus:
Poli 610 Winter 2015
POLI 611
Qualitative Analysis
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: Qualitative methodology, including topics on: philosophy of science, interpretivism, causation, comparative methods, case studies, critical junctures and path dependence, concept formation and measurement, case selection, necessity and sufficiency, fuzzy sets, and interviews and fieldwork.
Offered by: Political Science
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Syllabus:
Poli 611 Winter 2021
POLI 612
Research Methods in Poli Sci
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: This seminar offers an overview of the fundamental principles of political science research. Emphasis is placed on acquainting students with the methods and techniques most commonly used by political scientists. Topics include research project design, procedures for carrying out research, as well as both qualitatively- and quantitatively-oriented methods of data collection, processing, and analysis.
Offered by: Political Science
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POLI 612 Fall 2024
POLI 613
Select Themes:Political Theory
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: A seminar on a theme in contemporary political theory or in the history of political theory.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The field is Political Theory.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
厂测濒濒补产耻蝉:听
POLI 613 Fall 2023
厂测濒濒补产耻蝉:听POLI 613 Winter 2024
POLI 614
Proseminar in Political Theory
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: A broad survey of major works in the history of political thought, mostly or entirely drawn from the reading list for the Ph.D. comprehensive exam in political theory.
Offered by: Political Science
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POLI 614 Fall 2024
POLI 615
Gender and Politics
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: Examines a variety of key feminist thinkers, the debates they spark, and the concepts they create. While some time will be devoted to outlining the historical evolution and context of ideas, the bulk of the course will focus on understanding and evaluating the concepts, conclusions, and assumptions of various feminist political thinkers. Particular focus on Canadian thinkers and politics.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The fields are Canadian Politics and Political Theory
厂测濒濒补产耻蝉:听
POLI 615 Winter 2024
POLI 616
Modern Political Analysis
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: An introduction to the concepts underlying modern approaches to the study of politics. The scope of the discipline will be delineated and the foundations of empirical research, including the philosophy and methodology of science especially as these apply to social science, will be considered. Various alternatives and critiques will be presented and evaluated.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The field is Political Theory.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Syllabus:
Poli 616 Fall 2019
POLI 617
Problems in Political Theory
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: An introduction to central normative issues in the study of politics. The seminar consists of lectures, oral presentations, discussion and research papers.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The field is Political Theory.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Arash Abizadeh
- Yves Winter
厂测濒濒补产耻蝉:听
POLI 617 Fall 2024
POLI 618
Quantitative Analysis
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: An introduction to regression techniques common in political science, including applied multiple regression techniques, beginning with basic linear models and ending with models for binary or ordinal dependent variables. Methodological issues are taught using substantive issues and debates in the discipline.
Offered by: Political Science
Syllabus:
POLI 618 Fall 2024听
POLI 619
Race, Ethnicity, and Politics
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: A consideration of the different dimensions of politics associated with race, ethnicity, diversity, and inequality, emphasizing the Canadian case in comparative perspective.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The field is Comparative Politics; and also Canadian Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Syllabus:
Poli 619 Fall 2020听
POLI 621
Interpreting Cdn.Pol.Process
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: Strategies for studying the Canadian political process. Pluralist, Marxian and state autonomist approaches for analysing the relative significance and inter-relationships of basic components of the Canadian political system. Although one purpose of the course is to survey the literature on individual topics, a broader purpose is to employ individual research strategies to develop conclusions about the nature, distribution, and exercise of power in Canada.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The field is Canadian Politics.
Syllabus:
poli_621_fall2023_syllabus.pdf
POLI 622
Adv Topics: Canadian Politics
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: Examination of a selected topic in Canadian politics.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The field is Canadian Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Syllabus:
Poli_622 Winter_2021听
POLI 623
Judicl Politics&The Constitut
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: A research-oriented introduction to selected theoretical and empirical works on Canadian constitutionalism and judicial politics. The substantive focus of the course concerns the politics of constitutional change and the political impact of constitutional decisions by Canadian courts.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The field is Canadian Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Syllabus:
Poli 623 Winter 2010听
POLI 626
Hist Analysis in Pol Science
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: This seminar examines how political scientists engage with historical research. The course will interweave two broad themes: (1) methodological and ontological issues in historical social science, including the nature of historicist explanations, the comparative-historical method, path dependence and critical junctures, rational choice explanations, and evolutionary theory; and (2) substantive macro theorietical questions that are central to the genre of historical social science, including questions of modernization, democratization, revolutions, state formation, colonialism, political parties, and historical analogies in foreign policy-making. In interweaving these two themes, we are interested in the broad macro ontological frameworks, the merits of the substantive arguments, and the interaction between the two.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The field is Comparative Politics.
Syllabus:
Poli 626 Winter 2023听
POLI 628
Comparative Politics
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: An introduction for graduate students to the sub-discipline of comparative politics. The logic of comparative analysis as well as a number of alternative paradigms for analyzing and comparing political systems and processes.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The field is Comparative Politics.
厂测濒濒补产耻蝉:听
POLI 628 Fall 2024
POLI 629
Politics of Eurasia
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: Political developments in the Russian Federation, Belarus, the Caucasus, and Central
Asia. Exploration of formal and informal political institutions, political economy, identity and nationalism, civil society and social movements, conflict and cooperation, and geopolitical relationships across the region in comparative perspective.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The field is Comparative Politics
- Terms
- Instructors
- Maria D Popova, Juliet E Johnson
厂测濒濒补产耻蝉:听POLI 629 Fall 2024
POLI 630
Topics in European Politics
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: Examination of recent trends and current debates in the electoral politics, political economy and political sociology of Europe. The course will focus on developments at two levels: that of national political systems and that of the region as a whole, particularly as embodied in the European Union.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The field is Comparative Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
厂测濒濒补产耻蝉:听
Poli 630 Fall 2023
POLI 631
Comparative Federalism
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: Theoretical underpinnings and empirical challenges of federal states from a comparative perspective on industrializing countries, with Canadian federalism providing an important example. Issues include federalism and ethnic conflict, fiscal federalism, and federalism and markets.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The field is Comparative Politics; also in the Canadian Politics field
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Syllabus:
Poli 631 Winter 2017听
POLI 632
Voting Behavior/Public Opinion
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: A critical examination of major debates within the comparative literature on voting behaviour and public opinion. The work discussed will draw primarily on research conducted in the United States, Canada and Western Europe.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The field is Comparative Politics in Developed Areas and Canadian Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Syllabus:
Poli 632 Winter 2019听
POLI 633
Southeast Asian Politics
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: An examination of the literature on Southeast Asian politics. Topics include: state structures, political regimes, political parties, political economy, nationalism, ethnicity, and religion. Emphasis on comparative analysis within the region and on the different analytical perspectives employed to study Southeast Asia.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The field is Comparative Politics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
厂测濒濒补产耻蝉:听
POLI 633 Winter 2024
POLI 636
Approches th茅or: politique qu茅
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: Critical examination of some major approaches to the study of Quebec politics and society, with particular emphasis on issues of nationalism, social and political movements, ethnicity, language and class conflicts, federal-provincial relations, as well as an analysis of the role of intellectuals and party politics in the deliberation process.
Offered by: Political Science
- This course will be conducted both in English and French; a reading knowledge and an ability to understand the two languages is recommended
- Note: The field is Canadian Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
厂测濒濒补产耻蝉:听
POLI 636 Winter 2024
POLI 639
Themes in Comparative Pol 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: A specific problem area in comparative politics.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The field is Comparative Politics.
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
厂测濒濒补产耻蝉:听
POLI 639 Winter 2024
POLI 640
Middle East Politics
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: Examination of political and socio-economic development in the Middle East, with particular emphasis on the Arab world. Topics to be addressed include state formation and consolidation; Arab nationalism; civil society and state-society relations; the politics of Islam; petro-politics; the political economy of economic liberalization; and future patterns of political change.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The field is Comparative Politics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Syllabus:
Pol 640 Fall 2023听
POLI 641
Sem: Pol. Change in South Asia
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: This course examines major political and social changes in South Asia. Explores such topics as colonialism and nationalism; trends in mass mobilization and electoral politics; regime changes; economic policies and their impact; and conflicts over authority patterns, policy agendas, and national boundaries.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The field is Comparative Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Syllabus:
Poli 641 Fall 2018听
POLI 642
African Politics
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: Selected problems in contemporary comparative African politics and political thought. The work of the seminar centres around research papers prepared and presented by participants.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The field is Comparative Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Syllabus: Not available at this time
POLI 643
Politics of Identity
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: Theoretical approaches to the politics of identity with reference to experiences in different world regions. The politics of nationalism, ethnicity, religion, race and gender, and the relationship of such forms of identity politics to democracy, tolerance, pluralism, violence, socio-economic change and equality.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The field is Comparative Politics.
厂测濒濒补产耻蝉:听
POLI 643 Winter 2024
POLI 645
Adv Contemporary ChinesePoltcs
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: China in the broad literature of comparative politics, including the state-building, the political economy of growth, contentious politics, and authoritarian rule.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The field is Comparative Politics
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Syllabus:
Poli 645 Winter 2021听
POLI 646
Themes in Comparative Pol 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: A specific problem area in comparative politics.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The field is Comparative Politics.
Syllabus:
Poli 646 Winter 2020听
POLI 648
Latin American Politics
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: This course explores changing patterns of social, economic and political relations in Latin America, especially at the level of civil society. It examines such topics as state formation, institutional development, regime transformation and the insertion of Latin American countries in both the international capitalist economy and the inter-state system.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The field is Comparative Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Syllabus:
Poli 648 Winter 2018听
POLI 650
Seminar in Peacebuilding
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: 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.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The field is Comparative Politics; and also International Politics.
Syllabus:
Poli 650 Winter 2022听
POLI 659
The European Union and Europe
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: Political developments in European states as well as the European Union (EU) from a
comparative politics perspective. Exploration of political institutions, political economy, state building, identity and nationalism, civil society and social movements, party politics, EU enlargement, and EU-level political processes.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The field is Comparative Politics.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Juliet E Johnson, Maria D Popova
Syllabus:
Poli 659 Winter 2021听
POLI 660
Fieldwork: Challenges&Strats
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: This course provides an examination of the theoretical questions regarding the epistemology and ontology in fieldwork-based research, debates about research ethics, and discussions about what constitutes 鈥渢he field.鈥� The aim is to give students the critical tools that are necessary to prepare them to conduct different types of field research, which can include participant-observation, nterviewing, and archival research. The course will also engage with critical perspectives on issues such as positionality, reflexivity, transparency, representation, and embodiment.
Offered by: Political Science
Syllabus: not available at this time
POLI 661
Interpretation and Research
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: Examination of a range of interpretive theories andmethods, which include: semiotics, hermeneutics,discourse analysis, and ordinary language analysis. Toolsto analyze 鈥渢exts鈥� broadly defined, which includes:documents, films, media content, including people鈥檚enunciations and actions.
Offered by: Political Science
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
厂测濒濒补产耻蝉:听not available at this time
POLI 666
Causal Inference for Poli Sci
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: Methods for causal inference using a potential outcomes framework. Topics will include instrumental variables, difference-in-difference estimation, regression discontinuity designs, and matching. Examples will be drawn from across Political Science subfields.
Offered by: Political Science
Syllabus:
Poli 666 Winter 2022听
POLI 670
Adv Topics:Intl Relations
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: A specific problem area in International Relations.
Offered by: Political Science
- Terms
- Instructors
- Mounir Katul, Megan Bradley
厂测濒濒补产耻蝉:听
POLI 670-001 Fall 2024
厂测濒濒补产耻蝉:听POLI 670-002 Fall 2024
POLI 671
International Relations Theory
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: This course is designed to give students a thorough background in the basic theories and models used in International Relations. It emphasizes breadth, in order to ground students in the variety of approaches employed in the field of international politics.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The field is International Politics.
厂测濒濒补产耻蝉:听
POLI 671 Winter 2025
POLI 672
Intl Political Economy
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: For students in international and comparative politics, a course in IPE in two senses: 1) the use of the economic model of purposive behaviour to examine international phenomena; 2) the politics of global economic issues such as production, trade, finance, debt, technology transfer, economic coordination. Connections between domestic political economies and the IPE, alternative strategies of state adjustment to a changing IPE.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The field is International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Syllabus:
Poli 672 Winter 2021听
POLI 676
Sociological Issues in IR
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: The main theories and issues in international political sociology as an approach to international relations. Focus is on the political constitution of international social artefacts such as institutions, norms, identities, practices and communities.
Offered by: Political Science
- Prerequisites: No previous course work in psychology is required. In addition to political science graduate students who are specializing in international relations and, subject to limitations of class size, this seminar is open to other interested political science graduate students and third year honours undergraduates in political science, history and psychology.
- Note: The field is International Politics.
厂测濒濒补产耻蝉:听
POLI 676 Fall 2023
POLI 678
Res Seminar-Int'l Politics
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: A workshop intended to help M.A. and Ph.D. students prepare their thesis proposals and chapters. Writing techniques and methodology will be covered. Students critique seminar presentations by leading scholars on their new works.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The field is International Politics.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken POLI 778.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Syllabus:
Poli 678 Fall 2017
POLI 679
Int.Sec:Conflict&Co-operation
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: Covers theoretical and historical literature on international security, strategy, war, and cooperation. Includes systemic, societal and normative explanations or war, peace, security, and change.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The field is International Politics.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
厂测濒濒补产耻蝉:听听Poli_679 Fall 2023听
POLI 680
Social Change/Adv. Ind. Demo.
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: Introduction to the theories, concepts and empirical work on advanced democracies with a focus on issues of social change. Theories of the welfare states, social capital, postmaterialism, political participation, social movements and issues of diversity are studied from a variety of methodological perspectives.
Offered by: Political Science
- Note: The field is Comparative Politics
Syllabus:
Poli 680 Winter 2018听
POLI 700
PhD Research Seminar
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Political Science: Departmental-wide research seminar, mandatory for all PhD students resident in Montreal who have completed their comprehensive exams. Students present their current research and receive critical feedback.
Offered by: Political Science
- Terms
- Instructors
- Eric Belanger
- Eric Belanger