2005/2006 - Registrar - McMaster University

5. Students should be alerted to those Level II and III, courses that arerequired to qualify for a 'number of Level IV courses. Students who, wish, to enter courses hut who lack the necessary prerequisites'must obtain the permission of the instructor. ,S. Level III courses identified as Enrolment is limited have a limit of 50students. Although priority is given to students registered in Level IIIor above of a Pplitical Science program, many Level III courses havespaces ·for other students. '7. Some Level III courses do not have course prerequisites. However,students without related Level II courses sh,ould cont?ct one of the ,Department's undergraduate advisors or the,course inst'ruciortb determinewhether'they have the appropriate academic background forany specific Level III course.,'8. With the exception of POL SCI 4Z06, enrolment in all ~evel IV coursesis limited. In courses cross-listed.in the Graduate Calendar (POL SCI4BB6, 4E06, 4006), the limit is 14 undergraduate students; in all others,the limit is18. Admission to Level IV limited enrolment courses isby preregistration preferential ballot.'Permission from the Department of, Political Science is required beforestudents can .register in any Level IV Political Science course. 'POL SCI 4Z06 requires written permission from the faculty membersupervising the Honours Essay. Permission to take all other Level IVcourses will be granted based pn a preferential ballot which all fullandpart-time students are required to fill out and sl,lbmit to the' Departmentof Political Science (Kenneth Taylor Hall, Room 527) no laterthan 7 May, 2005. Priority for all Level IV courses will be given tostudents registered in Level IV of any Honours Political Science pro~, gram. Bailots may be picked up from the Department of Political Sciencein mid-April, orwill be available on the Department'sweb site.CoursesIf no ,prerequisite is listed, the course is open.'POL SCI 1 GOS POLITICS, AND GOVERNMENTAn introduction to the study of politics, emphasizing critical discussion ofissues such as: social conflict, prospects for democracy, citizens' rightsand rel)ponsibilities and Can'ada's future as a state and its role in the world.Antirequisite: POL SCI 1 A06, 1 B03, 1 C03, 2G06POL SCI 2AOS . COMPARATIVE POLITICSAn introduction to .comparative p'olitics with' emphasis' on the differentforms of government in a number of selected countries including Canada.Three ,hours (lectures and tutorials); two termsPOL SCI 2BOS U.S. POLITICSA study of the development, nature;c;tnd functioning of the political systemof the U.S.A. "Three hours (lectures and tutorials); two termsPOL SCI 2C03 FORCE AND FEAR .This course' examines the use' of state force as a means of addressingand instilling fear in North,America and the United Kingdom.Three hours (lectures and tutQrials); one term"POL SCI2DD3 PARTICIPATION AND ELITISTPOLITICS IN CANADAAn examination of the changing impact of citizen participation and ofelitist politics on major Canadian political institutions and on the overallperformance. of the Canadian political system.Three hours (lectures and tutorials); one termAntirequisite: POll SCI 3DD3, 3DD6, POL SCI2H03 GLOBALIZATION AND THE STATEAn oveNiew of the impact' that globalization has had on the powers of ,the state and an assessment of how states have tried to perserve theirauthority in the face of globalization.Three hours (lectures and tutorials); one termPOL SCI 2103 GLOBAL POLITICSA study of institutions and processes of the international political system.Three hours (lectures and tutorials); one term'Antirequisite: POL SCI 2E06POL SCI 2J03 GLOBAL POLITICAL ECONOMYAstudy of institutions and processes of the international political economy.Three hours (lectures and tutorials); one term' 'Antirequisite: POL SCI 2E06POL SCI' 2K03 INTRODUCTION TOCANA~ANPUBLlCPOLICYAn introduction to the study of public policy in Canada with particularattention to ho.w formal political institutions and patterns of social inequalityshape policy-making processes and outcomes.Three hours (lectures and tutorials); one termPOLITICAL SCIENCE' 283POL SCI 200S, POLITICAL THEORY ,An introduction, to political theory that includes Classical Greek thought,early modern natural right theory and contemporary political theory.Three 'hours ,(lectures and tutorials);- two terms(See Note 4 above.) "POL SCI 2XX3 POLITICS OF THE THIRD WORLDAn examination of major theoreti~al approa,ches to the study of developmentand underdevelopment, such as modernization, politics of order,dependency and moqes of productionThree hours (lectures and tutorials); one termAntirequisite: POL SCI 3XX3, POL SCI 2Z03 POLITICS 'AND THE MEDIATheories and practices of the reciprocal relationship between th~communictions media and the political system.Thre,e hours (lectures and tutorials); one termPrerequisite: CMST 1 A03 and 1 B03; or POL SCI 1 G06Cross-list: CMST2Z03POL SCI 3AOS HISTORY OF POLITICAL IDEASA study of the political ideas of some eminent thinkers from 'classical'times to the 19th century.'Three hours; two termsPrerequisite: Registration in Level III or aboveEnrolment is limited. Priority will be given to students registered in a \Political Science program. (See Notes ,6 and 7 above.)POL SCI3AA3 INTERNATIONAL POLITICSIN THE POSTWAR PERIODA survey. of internatidnal relations from 1945 focusing on the variousapproaches to international politics.Three hours; one term' 'Prerequisite: Registration in Level III or aboveEnrolment is limited. Priority will be given to students registered in aPolitical Science program. (See Notes 6 and 7 above.)POL SCI3BB3 'POLITICAL COMMUNICATION,The relationship between politics and the media is analysed in terms of,issues such as political news coverage, electioneering, political market­, ing, policy formation and publicity, and agenda setting and public opinionThree hours; one termPrerequisite: Registration in a Communication Studies or Political Science,p-rog'ramCross~list: CMST 3D03POL SCI 3C03 GOVERNMENT AND POLlTIC~O'F INDIGENOUS PEOPLESAn historical examination of the leadership and politics in Canada'sindigenous communities, with a particular focus on pre-contact political 'structures, the Indian Act and its consequences, and contemporarysocial questions., Three hours; one termCross-list,INDIG ST 3J03 ' ,Prerequisite: Registration in Level III or above,. (See Note 7 above.), POL SCI 3CC3' POLITICAL AUTHORITY:20TH CENTURY POLITICAL THEORYAn examination of major themes in political theory in the twentieth centuryfocusing on tonc~rns' about legitimate political authority and thenature of power and human relations in modern society.Three lectures;. one ter.m'Prequisite: Registration in Level III or above.Prerequisite (Beginning 2006-2007): POL SCI 2006 and registration in ,Level III or above. (See Note 7 above.)POL SCI 3D03 'POLITICS OF RESTRUCTURING:THE STATE AND THE ECONOMYAn examination of the',politics of economic restructuring in selected industrializedcountries' ,during the past decad~; majorissues include privatization, labour policies, and trade agreements.Three hours; one termPrerequisite: Registration in Level ill or above. (See Note 7 above.) ,POL SCI3E03 THE POLITICS OF INTERNATIONAL, . ECONOMIC ORGANIZATIONSAn analysis of the structure, function and politics 'of the principal multilateralorganizati'ons governing the postwar international ecoriomy~Three lectures; one term' ,Prerequisite: Registration in Level III or aboveEnrolment is limited. Priority will be given to students registered in aPolitical Science program. '(See Notes 6 and 7 above.) ,