An interdisciplinary study of best practice, politics, and ethics associated with technical solutions to humanitarian assistance within Canada and abroad; examines policies used in aid and development contexts with emphasis on the application of engineering. Restricted to students with a Major, Combined Major, Honours, Honours with, or Minor specialization in Political Science or International Relations, or at least third-year standing in any BASc program. Credit will be granted for only one of POLI 371 or APSC 367. Equivalency: APSC 367

The contemporary international security context: reorientation of the study of security, patterns of inter- and intrastate conflict and communal violence, dilemmas of international response and conflict management. Prerequisite: All of POLI 100, POLI 101, POLI 240. Or third-year standing or higher.

An introduction to public policy: rationales for government intervention, the influence of interest groups and political institutions on policy outcomes, and the various stages in the policy process. Prerequisite: All of POLI 100, POLI 101, POLI 240. Or third-year standing or higher.

Topics may include freedom, colonialism, capitalism, Critical Theory and ideology, power and knowledge, social justice, rationalism, gender and identity politics, and the political. Prerequisite: All of POLI 100, POLI 101, POLI 240. Or third-year standing or higher.

An examination of a major issue in comparative politics (e.g., the media, gender, nationalism, ethnic conflict). Topics will vary from year to year. Prerequisite: All of POLI 100, POLI 101, POLI 240. Or third-year standing or higher.