POSC 1000U – Introduction to Political Science

This course introduces students to the central concepts of political science. The course deals with the scope, concerns, orienting concepts, leading approaches and methodologies of political inquiry, the major political ideologies, formal and informal institutions in the political process, problems of political and social change and Canadian and international politics. The emphasis is on how individuals participate in politics and on how politics may be changed through mobilization, social movements and globalization. This course cultivates an understanding of municipal, provincial, national and international levels of politics.
Credit hours: 3
Lecture hours: 3