Complementary Courses (36 credits):
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36 credits of courses selected from the four main fields of political science (Canadian Politics, Comparative Politics (Developed Areas and Developing Areas), International Relations, and Political Theory) with the following specifications.
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No more than one-half of the credits (18 credits) may be taken in a single field of political science, unless the field is Comparative Politics in which case the maximum is 21 credits, provided courses are taken in both Developed Areas and Developing Areas.
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No more than 12 of the 36 credits may be at the 200 level. No more than 3 credits at the 200 level may be in any given group.
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3 credits should be taken at the 400 level at McGill rather than as transfer credits.
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In the final year, no course used toward the program requirements may be below the 300 level.
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No more than 12 POLI transfer credits can be used toward the program requirements.
Canadian Politics:
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POLI 221 Government of Canada (3 credits)
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POLI 222 Political Process and Behaviour in Canada (3 credits)
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POLI 226 La vie politique québécoise (3 credits)
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POLI 318 Comparative Local Government (3 credits)
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POLI 320 Issues in Canadian Democracy (3 credits)
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POLI 321 Issues: Canadian Public Policy (3 credits)
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POLI 326 Provincial Politics (3 credits)
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POLI 336 Le Québec et le Canada (3 credits)
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POLI 342 Canadian Foreign Policy (3 credits)
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POLI 348 Gender and Canadian Politics (3 credits)
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POLI 371 Challenge of Canadian Federalism (3 credits)
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POLI 372 Indigenous Peoples and the Canadian State (3 credits)
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POLI 378 The Canadian Judicial Process (3 credits)
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POLI 379 Topics in Canadian Politics (3 credits)
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POLI 410 Canadian Political Parties (3 credits)
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POLI 412 Canadian Voting/Public Opinion (3 credits)
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POLI 417 Health Care in Canada (3 credits)
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POLI 424 Media and Politics (3 credits)
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POLI 426 Partis politiques et comportements électoraux au Québec (3 credits)
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POLI 427 Selected Topics: Canadian Politics (3 credits)
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POLI 436 Aboriginal Rights in the Canadian Constitution (3 credits)
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POLI 478 The Canadian Constitution (3 credits)
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POLI 521 Seminar: Canadian Politics and Government (3 credits)
Comparative Politics - Developed Areas:
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GEOG 420 Memory, Place, and Power (3 credits) *
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POLI 212 Government and Politics - Developed World (3 credits)
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POLI 318 Comparative Local Government (3 credits)
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POLI 325 U.S. Politics (3 credits)
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POLI 328 Comparing European Democracies (3 credits)
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POLI 329 Russian and Soviet Politics (3 credits)
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POLI 330 Law and Courts in Europe (3 credits)
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POLI 331 Politics in East Central Europe (3 credits)
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POLI 339 Comparative Developed: Topics 1 (3 credits)
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POLI 357 Politics: Contemporary Europe (3 credits)
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POLI 361 Political Participation in Comparative Perspective (3 credits)
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POLI 419 Transitions from Communism (3 credits)
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POLI 420 Memory, Place, and Power (3 credits) *
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POLI 424 Media and Politics (3 credits)
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POLI 425 Topics in American Politics (3 credits)
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POLI 430 Politics of Art (3 credits)
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POLI 431 Nations and States/Developed World (3 credits)
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POLI 432 Selected Topics: Comparative Politics (3 credits)
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POLI 451 The European Union (3 credits)
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POLI 452 Conflict Simulation (3 credits)
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POLI 475 Social Capital in Comparative Perspective (3 credits)
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POLI 476 Religion and Politics (3 credits)
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POLI 524 Seminar: Developed Areas (3 credits)
* Either POLI 420 or GEOG 420 but not both.
Comparative Politics - Developing Areas:
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POLI 227 Developing Areas/Introduction (3 credits)
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POLI 319 Politics of Latin America (3 credits)
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POLI 322 Political Change in South Asia (3 credits)
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POLI 324 Developing Areas/Africa (3 credits)
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POLI 338 Developing Areas/Topics 1 (3 credits)
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POLI 340 Developing Areas/Middle East (3 credits)
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POLI 369 Politics of Southeast Asia (3 credits)
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POLI 380 Contemporary Chinese Politics (3 credits)
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POLI 381 Politics in Japan and South Korea (3 credits)
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POLI 422 Developing Areas/Topics 2 (3 credits)
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POLI 423 Politics of Ethno-Nationalism (3 credits)
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POLI 435 Identity and Inequality (3 credits)
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POLI 450 Peacebuilding (3 credits)
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POLI 473 Democracy and the Market (3 credits)
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POLI 474 Inequality and Development (3 credits)
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POLI 476 Religion and Politics (3 credits)
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POLI 480 Contentious Politics (3 credits)
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POLI 522 Seminar: Developing Areas (3 credits)
International Relations:
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POLI 243 International Politics of Economic Relations (3 credits)
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POLI 244 International Politics: State Behaviour (3 credits)
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POLI 341 Foreign Policy: The Middle East (3 credits)
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POLI 342 Canadian Foreign Policy (3 credits)
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POLI 345 International Organizations (3 credits)
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POLI 346 American Foreign Policy (3 credits)
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POLI 347 Arab-Israel Conflict, Crisis, Peace (3 credits)
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POLI 349 Foreign Policy: Asia (3 credits)
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POLI 350 Global Environmental Politics (3 credits)
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POLI 352 International Policy/Foreign Policy: Africa (3 credits)
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POLI 353 Politics of the International Refugee Regime (3 credits)
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POLI 354 Approaches to International Political Economy (3 credits)
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POLI 355 The Politics of International Law (3 credits)
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POLI 358 Political Economy of International Organizations (3 credits)
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POLI 359 Topics in International Politics 1 (3 credits)
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POLI 360 Security: War and Peace (3 credits)
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POLI 362 Political Theory and International Relations (3 credits)
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POLI 441 IPE: Trade (3 credits)
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POLI 442 International Relations of Ethnic Conflict (3 credits)
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POLI 443 Intervention in World Politics (3 credits)
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POLI 444 Topics in International Politics 2 (3 credits)
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POLI 445 International Political Economy: Monetary Relations (3 credits)
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POLI 446 International Law and Politics of Human Rights (3 credits)
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POLI 447 Political Economy of Multinationals (3 credits)
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POLI 448 Gender and International Relations (3 credits)
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POLI 449 Diplomacy in Practice (3 credits)
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POLI 450 Peacebuilding (3 credits)
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POLI 451 The European Union (3 credits)
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POLI 452 Conflict Simulation (3 credits)
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POLI 575 Seminar: International Politics (3 credits)
Political Theory:
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POLI 231 Introduction to Political Theory (3 credits)
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POLI 333 Western Political Theory 1 (3 credits)
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POLI 334 Western Political Theory 2 (3 credits)
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POLI 362 Political Theory and International Relations (3 credits)
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POLI 363 Contemporary Political Theory (3 credits)
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POLI 364 Radical Political Thought (3 credits)
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POLI 365 Democratic Theory (3 credits)
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POLI 366 Topics in Political Theory 1 (3 credits)
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POLI 367 Liberal Political Theory (3 credits)
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POLI 433 History of Political/Social Theory 3 (3 credits)
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POLI 434 History of Political/Social Theory 4 (3 credits)
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POLI 459 Topics in Political Theory 2 (3 credits)
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POLI 470 Philosophy, Economy and Society (3 credits)
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POLI 561 Seminar: Political Theory (3 credits)
Methods:
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POLI 210 Political Science Research Methods (3 credits)
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POLI 311 Introduction to Quantitative Political Science (3 credits)
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POLI 312 Intermediate Quantitative Political Science (3 credits)
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POLI 313 Introduction to Qualitative Methods in Political Science (3 credits)
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POLI 461 Advanced Quantitative Political Science (3 credits)