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What

is Political Science?

What is Political Science?

Political science is the study Political science is the study governments, laws, and polic governments, laws, and polic helps us understand how decis helps us understand how decis made, how power is shared, and how made, how power is shared, and how societies function. societies function.

Studying political science opens up a world of possibilities for

Studying political science opens up a world of possibilities for your future career. your future career.

Whether you're interested in law, public service, journalism, or Whether you're interested in law, public service, journalism, or al science can help you reach your al science can help you reach your

Graduatewith Graduatewith ttheknowledgeand heknowledgeand skills skills

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What you will study

Power and authority Power and authority

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Canadian Canadian politics politics

Comparative politics

Comparative politics

Justice and legitimacy

Justice and legitimacy

Citizenship and governance Citizenship and governance Conflict and cooperation Conflict and cooperation

International relations International relations

Political theory Political theory

Public Policy Public Policy

Public Law Public Law

Choose from 80+ courses taught by our award-

Choose from 80+ courses taught by our awardwinning faculty winning faculty

Have experience with teamwork and consultation

Have experience with teamwork and consultation through hands-on interactive projects, simulations, through hands-on interactive projects, simulations, and debates and debates

What do you bring to your career?

You understand politics, governance, law, You understand politics, governance, law, and contemporary legal questions from and contemporary legal questions from multiple perspectives multiple perspectives

You think critically, flexibly, and You think critically, flexibly, and systematically to find evidence-based systematically to find evidence-based solutions to complicated social and solutions to complicated social and political challenges political challenges

Turn ideas into actions! Turn ideas into actions!

What is Public Policy?

What is Public Policy?

Public Policy focuses on understanding how governments act. It involves Public Policy focuses on understanding how governments act. It involves analyzing the development, implementation, and impact of government analyzing the development, implementation, and impact of government policies in areas like healthcare, immigration, social assistance, and policies in areas like healthcare, immigration, social assistance, and budgeting. budgeting.

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Take applied courses in Public Policy

Take applied courses in Public Policy the development, implementation, an the development, implementation, an of policy from multiple disciplines su of policy from multiple disciplines su

Political Science Political Science

City Studies

City Studies

Health Studies

Health Studies

Environmental Science

Environmental Science

Economics Economics

Management and Public Adminis

Management and Public Adminis

Co-Op Learn throug

Public Policy combines academic studies

Public Policy combines academic studies blic, private, and non-profit sectors blic, private, and non-profit sectors.

do you bring to your career?

analytical, teamwork, and analytical, teamwork, and nication skills to design and nication skills to design and ent evidence-based solutions to ent evidence-based solutions to policy challenges. policy challenges.

PublicLaw

Discover the rule of law and its impact!

What is Public Law?

What is Public Law?

Public Law examines the legal system as it applies to the relationship

Public Law examines the legal system as it applies to the relationship between governments and between governments and the people. between governments and between governments and the people. Students learn about the principles of justice and human rights, how Students learn about the principles of justice and human rights, how constitutions and courts uphold the rule of law, and how laws shape constitutions and courts uphold the rule of law, and how laws shape democratic policymaking. Students also learn about the impact of democratic policymaking. Students also learn about the impact of international law on state sovereignty and international relations. international law on state sovereignty and international relations.

Major

What you will study

Rule of law Rule of law

Human rights Human rights

Systemic Bias Systemic Bias Treaty and Treaty and Indigenous Rights Indigenous Rights Legal reasoning Legal reasoning

Minor

Learn through experience

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What do you bring to your career?

You understand law and contemporary legal

You understand law and contemporary legal questions in their social and political contexts questions in their social and political contexts and from different perspectives. and from different perspectives.

CareersforGraduates CareersforGraduates

Policy Advisor/ Researcher

Policy Advisor/ Researcher

Law School and Legal Careers

Law School and Legal Careers

Legal Aid Worker Legal Aid Worker

Legislative Aide/Assistant Legislative Aide/Assistant Labour Relations Specialist

Labour Relations Specialist

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Join our vibrant student groups for academics, Join our vibrant student groups for academics, socials, networking, and more! socials, networking, and more!

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Develop your academic, research, and Develop your academic, research, and communication skills communication skills

Conduct a research project under faculty

Conduct a research project under faculty supervision and publish it in ResPublica, supervision and publish it in ResPublica, the student-run journal the student-run journal Bring theory to practice in Bring theory to practice in Model Model Parliament, Model United Nations, policy Parliament, Model United Nations, policy simulations, simulations, and mock trials and mock trials

Meet new friends by joining the Political Meet new friends by joining the Political Science Students’ Association (PSSA), the Science Students’ Association (PSSA), the Law Society of UTSC Student Group Law Society of UTSC Student Group (LSOU), the UTSC Model Parliament Group, (LSOU), the UTSC Model Parliament Group, or one of the many other vibrant student or one of the many other vibrant student groups in the Department and University groups in the Department and University

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