Bachelor of Arts - Policy Studies Major
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.
- Four courses will be taken at the foundational level: one from each of the thematic clusters.
- 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.
- 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.