Please visit the Academic Timetable to see which courses are presently being offered and in which location(s). Not all courses listed below run every term or in all locations. For specific details about program requirements and degree regulations, please refer to the Academic Calendar.
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POST-1001H: Politics and Power in the Global Age: Introduction
Offered:
- Peterborough
- Durham GTA
An introduction to the basic ideas in politics focusing on power and why consent to be governed is forthcoming in historical and contemporary contexts. Topics may include consumerism, inequality, the environment, and gender. Topics are discussed within the context of consent in an era of intensifying twenty-first-century globalization.
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POST-1002H: Issues in Contemporary Politics: Thinking About Participation, Power, and Justice
Offered:
- Peterborough
- Durham GTA
Explores pressing issues and challenges students to think about how to address them. Using the Canadian experience as a point of departure, examines questions such as how to improve participation, how have social media affected politics, should taxes be lower/higher, and can oil sands development be balanced with environmental protection.
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POST-2001H: Indigenous Peoples and State Relationships
Offered:
- Online
Examines the nature of Indigenous relationships with Canada and the impact those relationships have had upon Indigenous peoples and communities. The course engages with different understandings of self-government and sovereignty. Prerequisite: 0.5 INDG, CAST, or POST credit. Not open to students with credit for INDG-POST 2000Y.
Cross-listed: INDG-2001H, CAST-2001H
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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POST-2002H: Indigenous Peoples and Resurgence
Offered:
- Online
Examines the nature of Indigenous resurgence and contemporary struggles within the state. By understanding the different ways in which Indigenous peoples are reclaiming and revisioning their current relationships, students become aware of the impact Indigenous resurgence is having on Indigenous communities. Prerequisite: 0.5 INDG, CAST, or POST credit. Not open to students with credit for INDG-POST 2000Y.
Cross-listed: INDG-2002H, CAST-2002H
This course meets the Indigenous Course Requirement.
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POST-2003H: Black Experience in Canada
Offered:
- Durham GTA
Explores the Black Canadian experience from the first recorded moment that a Black body arrived in Canada to the present. Discussion moves the conversation from victimhood to the vitality inherent in the Black experience particularly as represented by activities and contributions made by Black communities to cultural diversity. Prerequisite: 3.0 university credits.
Cross-listed: CAST-2003H, SOCI-2003H
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POST-2011H: Governing Canada: Issues and Challenges
Offered:
- Peterborough
- Durham GTA
Provides a systematic introduction to the core institutions and processes of Canadian government such as the Canadian constitution, Parliament, the civil service, the electoral system, policy-making, political parties, interest groups, and social movements. Examines how well these institutions and processes function to promote democratic governance. Prerequisite: 4.0 university credits or permission of instructor.
Cross-listed: CAST-2011H
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POST-2012H: Democratizing Canada: Contemporary Issues
Offered:
- Peterborough
Provides a systematic introduction to Canadian democracy, examining political relationships between citizens and state, and in turn, relating these to broader patterns and politics for democratic change in Canadian society. Examines the demands for democratic change made by key groups and the politics of those demands. Prerequisite: 4.0 university credits or permission of instructor.
Cross-listed: CAST-2012H
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POST-2100H: Environmental Science and Politics
Offered:
- Online
- Peterborough
- Durham GTA
The roles of science in current environmental controversies. Topics examine science and environmental ethics, the application of science to natural resource management, the contribution of science to action on international environmental problems such as climate change, and the role of science in making decisions about environmental risks. Prerequisite: 4.0 university credits including 0.5 ERSC or POST credit at the 1000 level.
Cross-listed: ERST-2100H
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POST-2150H: Philosophy of Law
Offered:
- Peterborough
- Durham GTA
A study of philosophical theories concerning the nature of law, legal systems, and legal reasoning. Prerequisite: 4.0 university credits or permission of department chair.
Cross-listed: PHIL-2150H
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POST-2231H: World Politics
Offered:
- Peterborough
Explores diverse theoretical explanations of inter-state relations, including realism, neo-liberalism, neo-Marxism, and feminism. Also surveys the transition to American hegemony and the Cold War, and the Post-Cold War era. Topics include the functioning of international organizations, Western states' attempt to export democracy, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the rise of China. Prerequisite: 4.0 university credits or permission of department chair. Not open to students with credit for POST 2200Y or 2230Y.
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POST-2232H: Globalization: an Introduction
Offered:
- Peterborough
This course contextualizes globalization as an historical and multi-dimensional process. Global challenges such as human and indigenous rights, the climate emergency, financialization of everyday life, as well as prospects for peace and reconciliation are examined. Students are tasked with thinking about the prospects and creation of alternative global futures. Prerequisite: 4.0 university credits or permission of department chair. Not open to students with credit for POST 2200Y or 2230Y.
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POST-2282H: Foreign Policy Analysis: an Introduction
Offered:
- Online
Introduces students to foreign policy analysis. Drawing from multiple disciplines such as political studies, psychology, and sociology, attention is paid to domestic and international factors shaping a state's foreign policy. By the end of the course, students should be able to carry out their own foreign policy analysis of states.
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POST-2285H: Canada in the 1960S
Offered:
- Peterborough
Explores the 1960s, a decade of shifting meanings of "Canadian." Topics may include fiscal policy, youth cultures, the women's movement, racial identity, sex scandals and politics, upheavals, nationalism in Quebec, and Indigenous rights. Prerequisite: 3.0 university credits.
Cross-listed: CAST-2285H, HIST-2285H
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POST-2351H: The Political Imagination: Ancient and Modern
Offered:
- Peterborough
Drawing on texts in political theory and other media (e.g. literature, film, theatre), explores core themes in the political imagination of the ancient and modern worlds. Through an exploration of different perspectives on politics and its possibilities, the course opens a particular route of access to political thought. Prerequisite: 4.0 university credits or permission of instructor.
Cross-listed: PHIL-2351H
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POST-2352H: The Contemporary Political Imagination
Offered:
- Peterborough
Drawing on texts in political theory and other media (e.g. literature, film, theatre), explores core themes in the political imagination of the contemporary world. Through an exploration of different perspectives on politics and its possibilities, the course opens a particular route of access to political thought. Prerequisite: 4.0 university credits or permission of instructor.
Cross-listed: PHIL-2352H
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POST-3030H: Eco-Anxiety to Eco-Hope: (Re)Imagining Green Futures Through Dialogue With Diversity
Offered:
- Peterborough
An interdisciplinary examination of the power of ideas, activating political, economic, sociocultural, gender, justice, and creative lenses to bridge diverse ways of knowing and inspire hope for a better future. Topics include eco-anxiety, environmental justice, attitudes toward nature, ecofeminism, radical environmentalism, sustainability, limits to growth, and perceptions of environmental risk. Prerequisite: 1.0 POST and/or ERST credit or permission of instructor.
Cross-listed: ERST-3030H
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POST-3091H: Law and Constitutional Issues
Offered:
- Peterborough
Examines the way the Canadian constitution both constrains and opens up possibilities for political change. Includes consideration of formal constitutional interpretation and the politics of the judicial process. Looks at important issues such as the federal-provincial division of powers, secession, Senate reform, and Indigenous self-determination. Prerequisite: 7.0 university credits. Recommended: POST-CAST 2011H, 2012H, or PHIL-POST 2150H.
Cross-listed: CAST-3091H, CRIM-3091H
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POST-3092H: Law and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms Freedoms (test) Freedoms Freedoms
Offered:
- Peterborough
Examines key Supreme Court decisions on the Charter of Rights and Freedoms pertaining to fundamental freedoms, democratic rights, legal rights, and equality rights. Assesses the role of the Charter in advancing the struggles of groups such as women, racialized communities, LGBTQ persons, and people with disabilities. Prerequisite: 7.0 university credits. Recommended: POST-CAST 2011H, 2012H, or PHIL-POST 2150H.
Cross-listed: CAST-3092H, CRIM-3092H
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POST-3115H: Citizenship Rights and Development
Offered:
- Peterborough
An analysis of the concept of citizenship and rights and their role in social and political transformation. Includes social justice and citizenship struggles; critical perspectives on power; and various citizenship regimes and their implementation on national and global levels. Prerequisite: 7.0 university credits including 1.0 GDST/IDST, POST, and/or SOCI credit at the 1000 level and 1.0 GDST/IDST, POST, and/or SOCI credit at the 2000 level, or permission of instructor. Equivalent to IDST-CRIM-SOCI 3120H.
Cross-listed: GDST-3115H, SOCI-3115H, CRIM-3115H
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POST-3120H: Canadian Environmental Policy
Offered:
- Peterborough
An interdisciplinary inquiry into how environmental policies in Canada are developed, implemented, and improved, applying political, economic, legal, scientific, Indigenous, and moral perspectives. Focus is on federal, provincial, and municipal contexts, recognizing that the environment does not respect jurisdictions. Topics include energy and materials use, biodiversity, toxic substances, waste management, and land use. Prerequisite: 1.0 ERST, CAST, POST, and/or ADMN credit at the 2000 level or beyond.
Cross-listed: ERST-3120H, CAST-3120H, FRSC-3120H
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POST-3123H: The Politics of Global Finance
Offered:
- Peterborough
Explores the economic, political, and social impacts of global finance while surveying the tight linkages between finance and state power. Examined are tensions between American and Chinese-led finance. Topics include the causes and implications of the 2008 financial crisis along with the interconnectedness of states, finance, pandemics, and climate change. Prerequisite: 5.0 university credits.
Cross-listed: ADMN-3123H, ECON-3123H
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POST-3140H: Justice and Rights
Offered:
- Peterborough
A study of the nature and value of rights in relation to competing theories of justice. Attention is given to the nature of power and oppression in relation to social change; topics may include class, ability, age, gender, and race. Prerequisite: 7.0 university credits or permission of department chair.
Cross-listed: PHIL-3140H
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POST-3150H: Global Migration
Offered:
- Peterborough
An examination of the theoretical and conceptual debates that centre on the causes and consequences of international migration. Forced migration, citizenship, gender and racial exclusion, and migrant solidarity are explored to investigate current developments in global migration. Prerequisite: 7.0 university credits including 1.0 GDST/IDST, POST, and/or SOCI credit at the 1000 level and 1.0 GDST/IDST, POST and/or SOCI credit at the 2000 level or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for IDST 4120H. Equivalent to IDST 3150H.
Cross-listed: GDST-3150H, SOCI-3150H
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POST-3161H: Extremism in the Twenty-First Century
Offered:
- Peterborough
Examines (violent) extremism as ideology and political strategy with linkages to assassinations, militias, political parties, rebellions, or acts of terrorism. Scrutinizes their proliferation on social media along with their domestic and foreign policy expressions. Larger goal is to understand the sources of political violence as well as potential solutions. Prerequisite: 4.0 university credits.
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POST-3180H: Social and Political Philosophy
Offered:
- Peterborough
An examination of philosophical theories related to political institutions and practices. Topics may include the foundations of the state, justified use of force, and limits to freedom. Prerequisite: 7.0 university credits or permission of department chair.
Cross-listed: PHIL-3180H
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POST-3230Y: Nationalism and Political Order in Global Perspective
Offered:
- Peterborough
Global Power & Politics (GP) course. Why nationalism has survived and revived under globalization; how ethnicity is politicized and national identities constructed; nationalism's positive and negative forms and its relationship with democratic values. Incorporates philosophical, historical, sociological, anthropological, and economic approaches to explain and assess varieties of nationalism. Prerequisite: 2.0 POST credits at the 2000 level or permission of instructor. Recommended: POST 2200Y.
Cross-listed: SOCI-3230Y
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POST-3285H: Global Threats in a World At Risk: Heading for Dystopia?
Offered:
- Peterborough
Our world is seemingly moving from crisis to crisis with extinction no longer a fictional scenario but a distinct possibility. This course examines these crises by putting the categories of risk and security centre stage. Discussed are key social theories and practical skills of risk assessment and management. Prerequisite: 7.0 university credits or permission of instructor.
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POST-3290H: Causes of War
Offered:
- Peterborough
Familiarizes students with a variety of theories on the causes of war. Is war human nature? Is war "the continuation of politics by other means," as Clausewitz stated? Is war linked to race, class, and gender? The course also scrutinizes the power of propaganda through war films and news coverage. Prerequisite: 7.0 university credits or permission of instructor.
Cross-listed: GDST-3290H
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POST-3420H: Poverty, Politics, and Protest: A Comparative Perspective
Offered:
- Peterborough
Explores poor people's movements in the context of globalization, neoliberalism, and urban restructuring through an examination of key theoretical texts and case studies of collective action in North America, Europe, Latin America, and Asia. Prerequisite: 7.0 university credits including 1.0 POST, ADMN, ANTH, CHYS, ECON, GDST/IDST, IESS, INDG, PLCW, SOCI, and/or SWRK credit at the 2000 level, or permission of instructor.
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POST-3422H: Dimensions of Poverty
Offered:
- Peterborough
Poverty is a persistent social problem. In this course students are introduced to the dynamics of poverty in Canada, the USA, and Britain, learn how poverty affects people's lives, and become familiar with the dominant sociological perspectives that inform people's opinions about poverty and poverty-related policies and programs. Prerequisite: 7.0 university credits including 1.0 POST, CAST, and/or SOCI credit at the 2000 level, or permission of instructor.
Cross-listed: CAST-3422H, SOCI-3422H, CRIM-3422H
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POST-3465H: Realities and Futurities in Film
Offered:
- Peterborough
What makes a film "political" and how can we understand the realities and futurities presented in film? We consider the various ways in which political life and action are portrayed in and through film, addressing--in relation to a variety of film genres--such topics as publics/counterpublics, visual politics, political senses. Prerequisite: 7.0 university credits including 1.0 POST, CUST, and/or SOCI credit, or permission of instructor. Recommended: POST 2351H, 2352H; CUST-MDST 2581H, 2582H, SOCI 2110H, or 2220H.
Cross-listed: MDST-3465H, CUST-3465H, SOCI-3465H
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POST-3475H: Media of Politics
Offered:
- Online
Examines the decline of the traditional model of journalism and the explosive growth of internet and social media as citizens' main source of news. The ethical, political, and social implications of the nexus between the media and political accountability in a democratic society will be the focus of the course. Prerequisite: 7.0 university credits including 1.0 POST and/or CUST credit at the 2000 level, or permission of instructor. Recommended: POST 2351H and 2352H or CUST-MDST 2581H or 2582H.
Cross-listed: CUST-3475H, MDST-3475H
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POST-3571H: Arts and Culture Enacting Social and Political Change
Offered:
- Peterborough
Political questions are always posed in a cultural context, but culture itself is a socio-political question and enactment. This course examines the importance of culture through the arts for political change. Vibrant examples of intersectional (race, queer, trans, etc.) Black, Indigenous, Persons of Colour (BIPOC) and Disability arts are considered. Prerequisite: 7.0 university credits including 1.0 POST and/or CUST credit, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for POST-CUST 3570Y.
Cross-listed: CUST-3571H
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POST-3600H: Designing and Doing Qualitative Research in Political Studies
Offered:
- Peterborough
Introduces students to qualitative research methods in political studies. Designed to engage students in questions about how we collect and analyze data to explain political phenomena and to give students hands-on experience using qualitative research methods. Prerequisite: 7.0 university credits including 1.0 POST credit at the 2000 level, or permission of instructor.
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POST-3602H: Environment and Development
Offered:
- Peterborough
Examines environmental issues and conflicts in developing countries, applying a critical political ecology perspective to a range of current topics, including oil production, biodiversity conservation, and resource conflicts. There is also a special focus on agriculture and food systems. Prerequisite: ERST-POST 2100H, ERST-CAST 2520H, GDST 2000Y (IDST 2000Y), or POST 2200Y. Equivalent to IDST 3602H.
Cross-listed: ERST-3602H, SAFS-3602H, GDST-3602H
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POST-3605H: Developing and Communicating Public Policy
Offered:
- Peterborough
Introduces students to the practice of developing public policy. Examines key aspects of the policy process: defining problems, choosing policy instruments, weighing alternatives, consulting the public, communicating policy, and evaluating performance. Emphasis throughout is on constructing persuasive and practical responses to important policy problems. Prerequisite: 7.0 university credits.
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POST-3615H: Intro to Black Politics in Canada
Offered:
- Durham GTA
An introduction to the political experiences and guiding ideologies of the Black population in Canada. Decidedly contemporary in nature and approach, the course critically examines the contributions of Blacks to the politics of Canada and how these contributions continue to shape and reshape Canadian Identity. Prerequisite: 3.0 university credits.
Cross-listed: SOCI-3615H, CAST-3615H
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POST-3661H: Race, Ethnicities, and Multiculturalism
Offered:
- Peterborough
- Durham GTA
Explores ethnicities with a focus on contemporary Canada. Topics include settler colonialism, immigration, multicultural policies and practices, and contemporary political conflicts involving ethnicities. The course also covers theories and concepts of "race" and ethnicity as social categories, the social basis of racism, and the critique of multiculturalism. Prerequisite: 5.0 university credits including at least 1.0 credit in SOCI, CAST, and/or POST at the 2000 level.
Cross-listed: SOCI-3661H, CAST-3661H
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POST-3665H: Canada: State, Society, Power
Offered:
- Peterborough
Interrogates the political economy tradition in Canada from its roots to more contemporary approaches, examining the dynamics of Canadian economic, political, and social development. Addresses issues associated with the development of a resource-based and branch-plant economy, globalization and continental integration, and inequality, discrimination, and social justice. Prerequisite: 6.0 university credits.
Cross-listed: CAST-3665H, SOCI-3665H
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POST-3672H: Gender, Diversity, and Intersectionalities
Offered:
- Peterborough
Examines issues of diverse intersectional gender identities and gender experiences, including Indigeneity, (dis)ability, race, class, LBTQ, and fat, and provides socio-political perspectives to understand activism, community building, and possibilities for socio-political and policy change. Prerequisite: 7.0 university credits including 1.0 POST, CAST, GESO, and/or SOCI credit at the 2000 level, or permission of instructor. Recommended: POST-CAST 2011H and/or 2012H. Not open to students with credit for POST-CAST-WMST 3670Y.
Cross-listed: CAST-3672H, GESO-3672H, SOCI-3672H
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POST-3850H: Leadership Lab: Research and Practice
Offered:
- Peterborough
The Leadership Lab offers students the opportunity to experience team-based research within a think-tank environment. Alongside formal learning about contemporary challenges concerning leadership in democratic contexts, student teams work together to design and execute a major research project that is published via the web. Prerequisite: 7.0 university credits.
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POST-3881H: Gender, Globalization, and Resistance
Offered:
- Peterborough
Focuses on how globalization is transforming intersectional gender dynamics that underpin relationships between and within states, markets, civil society, and households. Introduces students to feminist perspectives on the global political economy, focusing on specific issues such as international trade agreements, labour, security, migration, health, environment, and human rights. Prerequisite: 1.0 HURI, GDST, IDST, GESO, WMST, POST, and/or SOCI credit at the 2000 level or beyond, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for GESO-POST 4881H or WMST-POST 3880Y. Equivalent to IDST 3881H.
Cross-listed: GDST-3881H, GESO-3881H, SOCI-3881H, HURI-3881H
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POST-3962H: Gender, Sexualities, and the Law
Offered:
- Peterborough
- Durham GTA
Explores key issues, theories, and debates concerning gender, feminism, and the law, primarily in Canada. Approaching law as a site of regulation and constraint and drawing upon restorative justice pedagogies and decolonial methodologies, the course examines issues such as family, sexuality, violence, pornography, prostitution, poverty, employment, and immigration. Prerequisite: 1.0 GESO, WMST, CAST, CRIM, and/or POST credit, or permission of instructor. Equivalent to WMST 3962H.
Cross-listed: GESO-3962H, CAST-3962H, SOCI-3962H, CRIM-3962H
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POST-4081H: Canadian Politics and Public Policy
Offered:
- Peterborough
Explores Canadian process of developing public policy. Examines key institutions and actors in Canadian politics, including the public policy roles of the prime minister, cabinet, the opposition, political parties, the bureaucracy, business, the mass media, social movements, and the public. Prerequisite: 12.0 university credits including 1.0 POST credit that includes at least one of POST-CAST 2011H or 2012H; or permission of instructor.
Cross-listed: CAST-4081H
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POST-4200H: Politics of Globalization 1: Thinking Critically, Thinking Globally
Offered:
- Peterborough
Global Power & Politics (GP) course. "Thinking globally" has become a watchword of living in an era of globalization. Drawing on current theories of world politics, as well as insights afforded by social and political theory, this course explores the issue of how to think critically in global terms. Prerequisite: 15.0 university credits, including 5.0 POST credits that include POST 2200Y and one of POST-PHIL 2350Y or POST 3335H, or permission of instructor.
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POST-4210Y: Advanced Seminar - Option in Global Power & Politics
Offered:
- Peterborough
Global Power & Politics (GP) course. A special course reviewing major approaches to the study of global power and politics designed for senior students in the social sciences interested in acquiring tools for exploring multidisciplinary literature in the globalization field. Prerequisite: 2.0 POST (GP) credits; or 10.0 university credits including SOCI 2110H and 3151H and 2.0 additional credits at the 3000 level; or permission of instructor.
Cross-listed: SOCI-4210Y
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POST-4230H: Global Social Movements
Offered:
- Peterborough
An examination of global social movements and their impact on the process of globalization, such as Occupy Wall Street, the Anti-Globalization movement, the Zapatista Uprising, and Via Campesina, among others. Prerequisite: 14.0 university credits including 1.0 GDST/IDST, POST, and/or SOCI credit at the 2000 level or permission of instructor. Equivalent to IDST 4230H.
Cross-listed: GDST-4230H, SOCI-4230H
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POST-4240Y: Canada, Globalization, and Development
Offered:
- Peterborough
Canada's place within twentieth- and twenty-first-century globalization, along with its North-South policies and practices, are examined. Topics include Fordism and post-Fordism, global production and social reproduction, environment, inequality, dissent, development assistance, and the roles of Canadian business and civil society in international development. Prerequisite: 14.0 university credits including 1.0 GDST/IDST, CAST, and/or POST credit at the 2000 level or permission of instructor. Equivalent to IDST 4240Y.
Cross-listed: GDST-4240Y, CAST-4240Y
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POST-4252H: Refugees, Forced Migration, and Experience in the Canadian Context
Offered:
- Peterborough
This course focuses on the ethical and moral complexities raised by displacement and forced migration. Students examine the social, economic, and political factors associated with Canada's refugee sponsorship programs. Attention is given to media representations of refugees. Topics include resilience, parenting in a war context, and refugee education. Prerequisite: 10.0 university credits including 1.0 POST, CAST, GDST/IDST, and/or SOCI credit at the 2000 level, and an additional 2.0 credits at the 3000 level of which at least 1.0 must be from POST, GDST/IDST, CAST, or SOCI, or permission of instructor. Recommended: POST 2011H, 2012H, CAST 2245H, GDST 3150H, SOCI 3661H.
Cross-listed: CAST-4252H, SOCI-4252H, GDST-4252H
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POST-4255H: Globalization Politics of Work
Offered:
- Peterborough
Work is a central feature of everyday lives, structuring not only who we are but also our life chances. But what do we mean by work (e.g., paid, unpaid, care, part-time, gigs)? How does globalization and technological change work? Topics include work generation theories, power, production, and social reproduction. Prerequisite: 12.0 university credits including 1.0 POST, IDST and/or ADMN credit at the 2000 level; or permission of instructor.
Cross-listed: ADMN-4255H, SOCI-4255H, GDST-4255H
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POST-4260H: Global Governance and Social Justice
Offered:
- Peterborough
Work is a central feature of everyday lives, structuring not only who we are but also our life chances. But what do we mean by work (e.g., paid, unpaid, care, part-time, gigs)? How does globalization and technological change work? Topics include work generation theories, power, production, and social reproduction. Prerequisite: 12.0 university credits including 1.0 POST, ADMN, GDST/IDST, and/or SOCI credit at the 2000 level; or permission of instructor.
Cross-listed: GDST-4260H
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POST-4272H: Liberal Democracy At the Crossroads: Imagining Alternatives
Offered:
- Peterborough
Liberal democracies are at a crossroads. Challenged by authoritarian regimes, eroded from within by far-right populists and seemingly incapable of delivering on key concerns more and more people are disillusioned. This course seeks to counter this by building on already existing alternatives including indigenous governance and Chile's new plurinational constitution. Prerequisite: 12.0 university credits including 1.0 POST credit, or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for POST-IDST 4270Y.
Cross-listed: GDST-4272H
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POST-4331H: Power, Resistance, and Hope
Offered:
- Peterborough
Drawing on political theory, the course explores the relationship between power, forms of resistance, and the hope for and potential practices of alternative forms of politics. In doing so, it focuses on concepts such as oppression and domination, subjectivity, democracy, utopia, and prefigurative politics. Prerequisite: 12.0 university credits including 1.0 credit from POST-PHIL 2351H and 2352H or POST 3335H; or permission of instructor.
Cross-listed: PHIL-4331H
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POST-4340H: Colonial and Post-Colonial Theory
Offered:
- Peterborough
Global Power & Politics (GP) course. Analyzes the relationship between Western political thought and the project of imperialism. Engages the work of key figures in post-colonial theory (e.g., Said, Spivak) as well as precursors (e.g., Fanon, Gramsci) as a way of understanding forms of domination in the contemporary global order. Prerequisite: 2.0 POST (GP) credits. Strongly recommended: POST 4200H.
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POST-4341H: Explorations in the Politics of Race in Global Perspective
Offered:
- Peterborough
Global Power & Politics (GP) course. Extends the discussion of race theory, introduced in POST 4340H, with a focus on contemporary race-focussed social movements (e.g., Black Lives Matter; Idle No More) and recent treatments of those movements and the issues they raise by select scholars and commentators, in global perspective. Prerequisite: POST 4340H.
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POST-4452H: Trust and Leadership in Parliament: The Prime Minister and the House of Commons
Offered:
- Peterborough
Explores the role of trust in the exercise of leadership with respect to Canada's Prime Minister and the House of Commons. Concentrating on legislative leadership the course examines how and why, in the face of declining trust and rising distrust, the political executive aims to exercise leadership. Prerequisite: 10.0 university credits including 1.0 POST and/or CAST credit at the 2000 level, and 2.0 credits at the 3000 level of which at least 1.0 must be POST and/or CAST; or enrolment in the Certificate in Political Leadership.
Cross-listed: CAST-4452H
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POST-4505H: Futurities: Centring Difference and Worldmaking(s) of Possibilities
Offered:
- Peterborough
This course explores the interdisciplinary practice and knowledges of political theory, an intellectual project that grasps the age or contemporary context and desires alternative more democratic futurities for human flourishing. Contemporary critical thinkers and theoretical trajectories will be selected, providing insight into crises of our time and (re)imagined possibilities. Prerequisite: 12.0 university credits including POST 2351H and 2352H or permission of instructor.
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POST-4538H: Media Ecologies
Offered:
- Durham GTA
Examines some theories and practices for the analysis of media ecologies. "Media ecologies" refers to the worlds, sensibilities, and perceptibilities that our interactions with media enable. Detailed attention is given to media objects, the role of the culture-maker, and the critical political analysis of human/non-human entanglement(s). May include a course fee: 50. Prerequisite: 10.0 university credits including 3.0 CUST credits; or CUST-MDST 1535H, COIS-MDST 1010H, and either CUST-MDST 2035Y or 2535H; or permission of instructor.
Cross-listed: CUST-4538H, MDST-4538H
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POST-4555H: City, Economy, and Society: Urban Restructuring and the Global Economy
Offered:
- Peterborough
Focuses on contemporary issues facing Canadian cities in comparative perspective. It locates cities within the global circuit of capital, examines the ways in which cities are being reordered to enhance their global competitiveness and standing, and analyzes the effects of restructuring on communities and the struggles for social justice. Prerequisite: 14.0 university credits.
Cross-listed: CAST-4555H, GEOG-4555H
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POST-4610H: Global Environmental Policy
Offered:
- Peterborough
Focuses on perspectives, actors, institutions, and economic relationships as they relate to global environmental policy and instruments. The aim is to provide students with a solid understanding of linkages between the global political system and the natural environment. Prerequisite: 10.0 university credits. Recommended: One of ERST-GDST-POST 3602H or 3603H or POST 2200Y.
Cross-listed: ERST-4610H, SAFS-4610H, GDST-4610H
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POST-4800Y: Research Practicum
Offered:
- Peterborough
Open to Honours students in Political Studies. Under the direct supervision of a departmental faculty member, research activities are undertaken within the faculty member's ongoing research program. Prerequisite: 14.0 university credits, a minimum 80% average in POST courses, permission of instructor, and permission of department chair.
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POST-4801H: Research Practicum
Offered:
- Peterborough
Open to Honours students in Political Studies. Under the direct supervision of a departmental faculty member, research activities are undertaken within the faculty member's ongoing research program. Prerequisite: 14.0 university credits, a minimum 80% average in POST courses, permission of instructor, and permission of department chair.
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POST-4850H: Public Policy Field Placement
Offered:
- Peterborough
An opportunity for students to apply policy analysis ideas and skills in a practical setting. Students work part-time for a non-profit organization or government office engaged in public policy, attend periodic class meetings, and complete public policy assignments relevant to their placement. Enrolment is limited by the number of available work placements. Prerequisite: 12.0 university credits with a minimum cumulative average of 75% and permission of instructor.
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POST-4870Y: Community-Based Research Project
Offered:
- Peterborough
Students are placed in research projects with community organizations in the Peterborough area. Each placement is supervised jointly by a faculty member and a representative of a community organization. For details, see Community-Based Research program. Prerequisite: At least 10.0 university credits, with an overall cumulative average of at least 75%. Students may take POST 4870Y or both 4871H and 4872H for credit.
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POST-4873H: Community-Based Research With Immigrants
Offered:
- Peterborough
Students engage in community-based research with a local immigrant focused agency to research, create, recommendation policies and ultimately solutions to challenges faced by immigrants in the community. Students learn the basics of conducting action-oriented research that advances social justice and creates social change. Prerequisite: 10.0 university credits including 1.0 POST and/or GDST/IDST credit at the 2000 level, and 2.0 credits at the 3000 level of which at least 1.0 must be from POST and/or GDST/IDST. Not open to students with credit for POST 4872H (2023-2024).
Cross-listed: GDST-4873H