Emphasis in Global Power & Politics
The Emphasis in Global Power and Politics (GP) is available to students in any Honours or General program. It is intended for students interested in developing a critical understanding of the formal and informal, visible and hidden structures of power in the global age. A critical approach starts from the premise that the most urgent political problems of our time from imperialism and resource wars to the corruption of both liberal democracy and socialism, as well as the ubiquitous rise of inequality, pose fundamental moral problems that require not only good will and commitment but a deep understanding of the mechanisms of global power and politics, especially on the part of actors who want to make a difference. While housed in the social sciences, the Emphasis in Global Power and Politics also seeks to appeal to politically minded students in the sciences and the humanities.
The Emphasis Program in Global Power and Politics is closely tied to the work done in the Centre for the Critical Study of Global Power and Politics.
The transcripts of students graduating with an Honours or General degree, who have successfully completed the requirements of the Emphasis, will contain the notation “with an Emphasis in Global Power and Politics.”
Please note:
- Courses in the Emphasis in Global Power and Politics may have prerequisites. In planning their Emphasis, students should carefully take this into account.
- The same courses may simultaneously satisfy the requirements of both a major and the Emphasis.
The Emphasis in Global Power and Politics consists of five credits:
- POST220 (GP) or POST223
- 2 credits from 300-level POST (GP) courses
- 2 credits from 400-level POST (GP) courses.
Program Coordinator
Mark Neufeld
Phone: (705) 748-1011 Ext. 7854
Email: mneufeld@trentu.ca