Curriculum & Courses

Bachelor of Arts - Policy Studies Major

 

For full course descriptions, use the online Academic Calendar.

All students must meet the general graduation requirements for the Bachelor of Arts, in addition to the graduation requirements for the Psychology major.


Required courses

  • ECON 1101 - Principles of Microeconomics
  • ECON 1103 - Principles of Macroeconomics
  • ECON 2213 - Intermediate Economic Theory Macroeconomics I

  • ECON 2244 - Managerial Economics or
  • ECON 2211 - Intermediate Economic Theory - Microeconomics I

  • ECON 2255 - Economics of the Public Sector
  • PLSC 1101 - Introduction to Government and Politics
  • PLSC 2231 - The Canadian State
  • PLSC 2259 - Comparative Government and Politics
  • PLSC 2287 - Introduction to International Relations
  • POST 2201 - Introduction to Public Policy
  • POST 2208 - Qualitative Research Methods
  • POST 2209 - Methodology and Statistics
  • POST 3303 - Federalism
  • POST 3305 - Interest Groups and Group Behaviour
  • POST 3030 - Internship
  • POST 4421 - International Economic Policy
  • POST 4431 - Managing and Implementing Public Policy
  • POST 4443 - Survey of Public and Private Law Principles
  • POST 5010 - Selected Topics in Policy Studies
  • POST 5020 - Integrative Professional Practice


One of

  • HIST 2221 - Indigenous Settler Relations: 1497-1877
  • HIST 2234 - The Canadian State and Indigenous Peoples from Treaty 7 to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
  • HIST 3343 - Resistance and Resilience: Indigenous Peoples and Colonialism in Context
  • HIST 3345 - Indigenous Histories of Canada: Settler Colonialism and Indigenous Nationhood in Northern North America
  • INST 1101 - Introduction to Indigenous Studies: the Canadian Context
 

Electives

  • Five elective courses


General Education Requirements

Ten courses must be completed to meet the General Education requirements to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts - Policy Studies.

  1. Four courses will be taken at the foundational level: one from each of the thematic clusters. 
  2. Three courses will be taken at the second tier: no more than one from each of the thematic clusters. One of these courses must be from the Numeracy and Scientific Literacy cluster.
  3. Three courses must be taken at the third tier, selected from at least two of the thematic clusters.

Note

Policy Studies Major students must obtain a minimum grade of 2.00 (C) in all core courses.