This section specifies the major discipline requirements only. Information on additional Bachelor of Arts requirements begins in
this section and includes the requirements for declaring a major. Please check the Bachelor of Arts residency section of the calendar for how many upper-level credits must be completed at UFV in order to graduate with this program.
Lower-level requirements: 18–19 credits
Course
Title
Credits
POSC 110
Introduction to Canadian Politics
3
POSC 120
Ideology and Politics
3
POSC 230
Democracies and Authoritarian Regimes
3
POSC 260
International Relations and Global Politics
3
One of:
3–4
STAT 104
Introductory Statistics
STAT 106
Statistics I
PSYC 110
Applied Statistical Analysis in Psychology
Plus:
Three additional credits of lower-level POSC
3
Upper-level requirements: 30 credits
Course
Title
Credits
POSC 300
Research Design and Methods
3
POSC 311
Justice and the Good Life: Early Western Political Thought
3
POSC 312
Freedom and Equality: Modern Political Thought
3
One of:
3
POSC 410
Seminar in Canadian Politics
POSC 420
Seminar in Political Theory
POSC 430
Seminar in Comparative Politics
POSC 460
Seminar in International Relations
Plus:
18 additional credits of upper-level POSC
18
Note 1: Students can apply a maximum of one Directed Studies course (POSC 490, POSC 491, POSC 492, POSC 493, or POSC 494; all discontinued) towards the Political Science major.
Note 2: Students may substitute up to three upper-level Political Science credits with one of CRIM 335, PSYC 368, or PHIL 310 (discontinued).
Political Science extended minor
This section specifies the extended minor discipline requirements only. Information on additional Bachelor of Arts requirements begins in this section and includes the requirements for declaring an extended minor. Please check the Bachelor of Arts residency section of the calendar for how many upper-level credits must be completed at UFV in order to graduate with this program.
Lower-level requirements: 15 credits
Course
Title
Credits
POSC 110
Introduction to Canadian Politics
3
POSC 120
Ideology and Politics
3
POSC 230
Democracies and Authoritarian Regimes
3
POSC 260
International Relations and Global Politics
3
Plus:
An additional lower-level POSC course
3
Upper-level requirements: 15 credits
Course
Title
Credits
15 credits of upper-level POSC
15
Note: Students can apply a maximum of one Directed Studies course (POSC 490, POSC 491, POSC 492, POSC 493, or POSC 494; all discontinued) towards the Political Science extended minor.
Political Science minor
This section specifies the minor discipline requirements only. Information on additional Bachelor of Arts requirements begins in this section and includes the requirements for declaring a minor.
Lower-level requirements: 9 credits
Course
Title
Credits
POSC 110
Introduction to Canadian Politics
3
Two of:
6
POSC 100
Introduction to Politics
POSC 120
Ideology and Politics
POSC 230
Democracies and Authoritarian Regimes
POSC 260
International Relations and Global Politics
Upper-level requirements: 15 credits
Course
Title
Credits
15 credits of upper-level POSC
15
Note: Students can apply a maximum of one Directed Studies course (POSC 490, POSC 491, POSC 492, POSC 493, or POSC 494; all discontinued) towards the Political Science minor.
