Public Policy - Programs Content

Curious about careers creating, analyzing, and adapting innovative new policies?

Strike a balance between the social, environmental, and economic needs of people today, with this ideal specialization for students looking to succeed in public service, think tanks, non-profit, and intergovernmental organizations.

Courses

Students who have fulfilled the requirements for a single- or joint-major Honours degree in Political Studies may graduate with a Specialization in Public Policy if they have also successfully completed the following 4.0 credits:

0.5 POST credit consisting of:
- POST 3605H: Developing and Communicating Public Policy
3.5 POST credits from Group A and Group B, with at least 1.0 credit from Group A
- Group A
  - POST-CAST 4055H: Contemporary Canadian Problems
  - POST-CAST 4081H (or 4080Y): Canadian Politics and Public Policy
  - POST-CAST 4082H: Multilevel Governance in Canada: Contemporary Issues and Dynamics
  - POST-ADMN-IDST-SOCI 4255H: Globalization and the Politics of Work
  - POST-CAST-GEOG 4555H: City, Economy, and Society: Urban Restructuring and the Global Economy
  - POST 4850H: Public Policy Field Placement
- Group B
  - POST-CAST-SOCI 3000Y: Reading the Social: Space, Difference, and Power in Canada
  - POST-CAST-INDG 3015H: Urban Governance in Canada
  - POST-CAST-CRIM 3091H: Law and Constitutional Issues
  - POST-CAST-CRIM 3092H: Law and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms
  - POST-CAST-ERST-FRSC 3120H: Canadian Environmental Policy
  - POST 3200H: Ordering World Politics I: US Foreign Policy in the Twentieth Century and Beyond
  - POST-CAST 3210H: Ordering World Politics II: Canadian Foreign Policy in the Twentieth Century and Beyond
  - POST 3420H: Poverty, Politics, and Protest: A Comparative Perspective
  - POST-CAST-GESO 3431H: Growing Gap: Gender (In)Justice in Canada
  - POST-ERST-GDST-SAFS 3602H: Environment and Development
  - POST 3604H: Quantitative Research Methods and Design: Getting Research Done
  - POST-CAST-GEOG 3621H: The Critical Place of Law in Canadian Society
  - POST-CAST-SOCI 3661H: Race, Ethnicities, and Multiculturalism
  - POST-CAST-SOCI 3665H: Canada: State, Society, Power
  - POST-CAST-GESO 3671H: Gender and Politics in Canada: Cultural and Media Interventions
  - POST-CAST-GESO-SOCI 3672H: Gender, Diversity, and Intersectionalities
  - POST 3850H: Leadership Lab: Research and Practice
  - POST-GESO-GDST-SOCI 3881H: Gender, Globalization, and Resistance
  - POST-CAST-GDST 4240Y: Canada, Globalization, and International Development
  - POST-CAST-GDST-SOCI 4252H: Refugees, Forced Migration, and Experience in the Canadian Context
  - POST-GDST 4260H: Global Governance and Social Justice
  - POST-CAST-GESO 4431H: Growing Gap: Gender (In)Justice in Canada
  - POST 4450H
  - POST-ERST-GDST-SAFS 4610H: Global Environmental Policy
  - POST-CAST-GEOG 4621H: The Critical Place of Law in Canadian Society
  - POST-CAST- HIST 4772H: Canadian Social Policy 1951–2014
  - POST-GDST 4873H: Community-Based Research with Immigrants

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OUAC Codes

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Specialization Advantage

Learn to make a positive impact through shaping and influencing social politics in Canada and around the world

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