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. Excludes POST 1000Y.
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POST-1002H: Participation, Power, and Justice Issues
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 &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. Excludes 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. Excludes 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. Excludes POST-CAST 2010Y.
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. Excludes POST-CAST 2010Y.
Cross-listed: CAST-2012H
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POST-2100H: Environmental Science & Politics
Offered:
- Online
- Peterborough
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: 1.0 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. Excludes PHIL-POST 2032Y.
Cross-listed: PHIL-2150H
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POST-2225H: Ontario Since 1945 "the Common Good" to "common Sense"
Offered:
- Peterborough
Explores transformations in Ontario politics, culture, and social and economic life from the Second World War to the present. Themes may include immigration, human rights, Toronto's growth, the Ontario north, economic restructuring from the Autopact to NAFTA, health, education and social policy, and the impact of the common sense revolution. Prerequisite: 3.0 university credits.
Cross-listed: CAST-2225H, HIST-2225H
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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. Excludes POST 2200Y, 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. Excludes POST 2200Y, 2230Y.
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POST-2280H: Introduction to International Security
Offered:
- Online
An introduction to the various forms of security in the international system-past, present, and those that are emerging to address new and future threats to the increased digitalization and interconnectedness of the global order.
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POST-2285H: Canada in the 1960'S- Irony and Identity
Offered:
- Peterborough
Explores the 1960s, a decade of shifting meanings of "Canadian." The accent is on the ironies of Canadian identity. Topics may include fiscal policy, youth cultures, the women's movement, racial identity and the Chuvalo-Ali fight, sex scandals and politics, working-class revolt, upheavals in Quebec, and the challenge of Aboriginal rights. Prerequisite: 3.0 university credits.
Cross-listed: CAST-2285H, HIST-2285H
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POST-2351H: Political Imagination: Ancient & 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: 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: Green Politics
Offered:
- Peterborough
Changes and tensions in green politics from the environmentalism of the 1960s to the advent of "many environmentalisms." What does it mean to be "green," what kind of political stance do green concerns call for, and indeed, what does green politics say about the very meaning of "politics"? Prerequisite: 1.0 POST 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, POST-CAST 2012H, or PHIL-POST 2150H.
Cross-listed: CAST-3091H
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POST-3092H: Law and the Charter of Rights
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, POST-CAST 2012H, or PHIL-POST 2150H.
Cross-listed: CAST-3092H
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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, or ADMN credit at the 2000 level or beyond. Excludes ERST-CAST-POST 3100Y.
Cross-listed: ERST-3120H, CAST-3120H, FRSC-3120H
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POST-3123H: The Politics of Global Finance
Offered:
- Peterborough
The features of global finance-why it exists, how it impacts our lives economically, politically, and socially-are investigated. Attention is paid to linkages between finance and state power. Topics include rising (personal) debt, the 2008 financial crisis, the Eurozone crisis, and the rise of China and its growing financial influence. Prerequisite: 5.0 university credits.
Cross-listed: ADMN-3123H, ECON-3123H
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POST-3140H: Justice & 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. Excludes PHIL-POST 2032Y.
Cross-listed: PHIL-3140H
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POST-3161H: Populism, Power, and Governance
Offered:
- Peterborough
Examines the phenomenon of populism in North America, Europe, and Latin America. Major questions include the causes of populism and whether it is democratic or authoritarian. Much of the course focuses on actual populist movements and governments, and what their successes and failures tell us about the future of democratic politics. Prerequisite: 4.0 university credits.
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POST-3170H: U S Politics
Offered:
- Peterborough
A critical introduction to US government and politics, situating political behaviour within the larger context of political, economic, and social power. Covers the workings of the main political institutions (the presidency, Congress, and the courts), elections, political parties, social movements, and the media. Prerequisite: 7.0 university credits or permission of instructor. Recommended: POST 2230Y.
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POST-3180H: Social & 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. Excludes PHIL 3390Y.
Cross-listed: PHIL-3180H
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POST-3230Y: Nationalism & Political Order Global Pe
Offered:
- Peterborough
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-3281H: Government and Politics in Middle East
Offered:
- Peterborough
Examines the main issues and state and non-state actors of the contemporary Middle East, with a focus on political, social, economic, and ideological factors. Prerequisite: 10.0 university credits including 1.0 IDST or POST credit at the 2000 level, or permission of the instructor. Excludes IDST-POST 4280Y, 4281H.
Cross-listed: IDST-3281H
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POST-3285H: Global Threats in a World At Risk
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
Explores hegemonic war, which is characterized with major shifts in the international distribution of power. Focusing on select cases from antiquity to the present, the aim is to garner insight on whether a hegemonic war between China and the US will occur and, if so, what the consequences might be. Prerequisite: 7.0 university credits or permission of instructor.
Cross-listed: IDST-3290H
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POST-3335H: The Meaning of Politics Today
Offered:
- Peterborough
Explores political theory in the context of contemporary political events and issues. In doing so, it examines the uses and limitations of political theory in relation to themes such as democracy, justice, equality, diversity, and reconciliation. Prerequisite: 7.0 university credits or permission of instructor. Not open to students with credit for POST 3330Y.
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POST-3420H: Poverty Politics & Protest
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: 2.0 POST cresits 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 or CAST credit at the 2000 level, or permission of instructor.
Cross-listed: CAST-3422H, SOCI-3422H, CRIM-3422H
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POST-3431H: Growing Gap:gender (in)justice in Canada
Offered:
- Peterborough
- Durham GTA
An intersectional feminist analysis of social welfare issues and policies in Canada. Focusing on topics including poverty, homelessness, childcare, and employment, we examine historical roots and contemporary contexts shaping the lives of women and marginalized groups bearing the brunt of the growing income gap and neoliberal threats to equality. Prerequisite: 6.0 university credits including 1.0 GESO or WMST credit at the 2000 level or beyond, or permission of instructor. Excludes GESO-CAST-POST 4431H, WMST 3431H, WMST-CAST-POST 4430Y.
Cross-listed: GESO-3431H, CAST-3431H
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POST-3465H: Realities and Futurities in Film
Offered:
- Peterborough
What makes a film "political"? We will 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 and publicity, visual politics, political senses, media manipulation, film bodies, and political bodies. Prerequisite: POST 2351H and 2352H (or 2350Y); or CUST 2081Y; or permission of the instructor.
Cross-listed: MDST-3465H, CUST-3465H
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POST-3475H: The 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 are the focus of the course. Prerequisite: 7.0 university credits including 1.0 POST 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: Cultural Politics
Offered:
- Peterborough
Political questions are always posed in a cultural context, but culture itself is now a political question. This course examines the importance of culture through the arts for political change, for example through the avant-garde of different movements. Vibrant examples of Black, Indigenous, Persons of Colour (BIPOC) and Disability arts are considered. Prerequisite: 2.0 POST credits at the 2000-level or permission of instructor. Excludes POST - CUST 357.
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: 1.0 POST credits 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: IDST 2000Y or ERST-POST 2100H or ERST-CAST 2520H or POST 2200Y. Excludes ERST-IDST-POST 3601Y.
Cross-listed: ERST-3602H, SAFS-3602H, IDST-3602H
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POST-3604H: Quantitative Research Methods
Offered:
- Peterborough
This course introduces students to some of the fundamental principles that underlie empirical research. By the end of the course students should be able to recognize the value of different methodological approaches, understand the fundamental steps necessary for undertaking a research plan, and critically evaluate key aspects of empirical research. Prerequisite: 7.0 university credits.
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POST-3605H: Developing & 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-3661H: Ethnicities, Racism, 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, or POST at the 2000 level. Excludes SOCI 3660Y.
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, 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, SOCI or GESO credit at the 2000 level, or permission of instructor. Recommended: POST-CAST 2011H and/or 2012H. Excludes 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 & 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 IDST, POST, GESO or WMST credit at the 2000 level or beyond, or permission of instructor. Excludes WMST-POST 3880Y, 4881H.
Cross-listed: IDST-3881H, GESO-3881H, SOCI-3881H
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POST-3900Y: Reading Course
Offered:
- Peterborough
Designed to provide an opportunity for more intensive examination of material studied in other Political Studies courses. Prerequisite: Open only to Political Studies majors with a minimum 80% average over all POST courses completed or permission of the chair.
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POST-3962H: Gender, Sexualities & 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, or POST credit, or permission of instructor. Excludes WMST 3962H.
Cross-listed: GESO-3962H, SOCI-3962H, CAST-3962H
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POST-4020D: Honours Thesis
Offered:
- Peterborough
A double credit. A scholarly project on a specific topic to be developed and carried out under the supervision of a member of the department. Prerequisite: 15.0 university credits, including 5.0 POST credits that include either both POST-PHIL 2351H and 2352H (or 2350Y) or POST 3330Y and a minimum 80% average on all POST courses completed; or permission of the chair.
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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
Offered:
- Peterborough
"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 3330Y, or permission of instructor.
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POST-4210Y: Emphasis Global Power & Politics
Offered:
- Peterborough
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 either SOCI 2110H or 2100Y and 2150Y, and 2.0 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 IDST or POST or SOCI credit at the 2000 level or permission of instructor.
Cross-listed: IDST-4230H, SOCI-4230H
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POST-4240Y: Canada Globalization & Int 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 IDST or CAST or POST credit at the 2000 level or permission of instructor.
Cross-listed: IDST-4240Y, CAST-4240Y
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POST-4252H: Refugees, Forced Migration Cdn 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, 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, IDST, CAST, or SOCI, or permission of instructor. Recommended: POST 2011H, 2012H, CAST 2245H, IDST 3150H, SOCI 3661H.
Cross-listed: CAST-4252H, IDST-4252H, SOCI-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: IDST-4255H, ADMN-4255H, SOCI-4255H
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POST-4260H: Global Governance Social Justice
Offered:
- Peterborough
Provides an in-depth discussion of the relationship between global governance and social justice. Particular attention is paid to global institutions such as the UN and the World Bank to highlight issues of social justice on a global scale. Prerequisite: 14.0 university credits including 1.0 IDST or POST credit at the 2000 level or permission of instructor.
Cross-listed: IDST-4260H
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POST-4272H: Liberal Democracy At the Crossroads
Offered:
- Peterborough
Examines the question of whether the international order can be democratized and be accountable to the people impacted by them. It begins with an analysis of how inter-state hierarchies operate. Global governance institutions are examined focusing on whether they exacerbate or attenuate domination and submission. Prerequisite: 12.0 university credits including 1.0 POST credit, or permission of instructor. Excludes POST-IDST 4270Y.
Cross-listed: IDST-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.
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POST-4340H: Colonial & Postcolonial Theory
Offered:
- Peterborough
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: Politics of Race in Global Perspective
Offered:
- Peterborough
Extends the discussion of race theory, introduced in POST 4340H, with a focus on contemporary race-focused 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-4431H: Growing Gap:gender (in)justice in Canada
Offered:
- Peterborough
- Durham GTA
An intersectional feminist analysis of social welfare issues and policies in Canada. Focusing on topics including poverty, homelessness, childcare, and employment, we examine historical roots and contemporary contexts shaping the lives of women and marginalized groups bearing the brunt of the growing income gap and neoliberal threats to equality. Prerequisite: 6.0 university credits including 1.0 GESO or WMST credit at the 2000 level or beyond, or permission of instructor. Excludes GESO-CAST-POST 3431H, WMST-CAST-POST 4430Y, WMST 4431H.
Cross-listed: GESO-4431H, CAST-4431H
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POST-4505H: Futurities: Centring Difference
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). Prerequisite: 10.0 university credits including 3.0 CUST credits; or CUST 1535H (1035Y), COIS 1010H, and either CUST 2035Y or 2535H; or permission of instructor.
Cross-listed: CUST-4538H, MDST-4538H
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POST-4555H: City Economy & Society
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-IDST-POST 3602H or 3603H (or 3601Y) or POST 2200Y.
Cross-listed: ERST-4610H, SAFS-4610H, IDST-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-4802H: 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
Provides students an opportunity to apply policy analysis ideas and skills in a practical setting. Students will be placed in a non-profit organization or government office engaged in public policy. Enrolment in the course is limited to the number of available placements. Students interested in this course must notify the instructor by the end of September for placements starting in January. Prerequisite: 12.0 university credits, a minimum cumulative average of 77%, and permission of the instructor.
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POST-4870Y: Community Based Program
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 (p. 265). 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-4900Y: Reading Course
Offered:
- Peterborough
Open only to students in the fourth year of a Political Studies major program. Alternatively a student may do an internship, involving field and written work in an area related to politics. For further details, see the department website. Prerequisite: 80% average in all POST courses completed or permission of the chair.
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POST-4906H: Reading Course
Offered:
- Peterborough
Allows students to pursue a specialized topic under the supervision of a Global Power & Politics faculty member. Students wishing to pursue this option must complete arrangements for the course by April 30 of the preceding academic year (October 31 for Winter term courses). Prerequisite: POST 2200Y or 2230Y, 2.0 POST (GP) credits at the 3000 level, and permission of instructor.