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
Comparative Politics
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 lower-level credits in Political Science
3
Upper-level requirements: 30 credits
Course
Title
Credits
POSC 300
Research Methods and Approaches in Political Science
3
POSC 311
Power, Knowledge, and Order: Early Western Political Thought
3
POSC 312
Order, Liberty, and Equality: Western Political Thought from the 17th Century to 1900
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 upper-level credits in Political Science
18
Note 1: Students can apply a maximum of one Directed Studies course (three credits from POSC 490, 491, 492, 493, or 494) towards the Political Science major.
Note 2: Students may substitute up to three upper-level Political Science credits with the following courses: PHIL 310, PSYC 368, or CRIM 335.
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
15 credits from 100/200-level Political Science courses, including POSC 110, 120, 230, and 260.
Upper-level requirements: 15 credits
At least 15 credits from 300/400-level Political Science courses.
Note: Students can apply a maximum of one Directed Studies course (three credits from POSC 490, 491, 492, 493, or 494) 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
POSC 110 and six 100/200-level Political Science credits from POSC 100, 120, 230, or 260.
Upper-level requirements: 15 credits
At least 15 credits from 300/400-level Political Science courses.
Note: Students can apply a maximum of one Directed Studies course (three credits from POSC 490, 491, 492, 493, or 494) towards the Political Science minor.
