http://www.socsci.mcmaster.ca/polisci/
Faculty as of January 15, 2014

CHAIR

Ahmed Shafiqul Huque

PROFESSORS

Ahmed Shafiqul Huque/B.A., M.A. (Dhaka), M.A. (Manitoba), Ph.D. (British Columbia)
Henry J. Jacek/B.S.S. (Fairfield), M.A., Ph.D. (Georgetown)
Stephen McBride, B.Sc. (London), M.A., Ph.D. (McMaster)/Canada Research Chair in Public Policy and Globalization
Robert J. O’Brien/B.A. (Carleton), M.Sc. (London), Ph.D. (York)
Tony Porter/B.A. (McGill), M.A., Ph.D. (Carleton)
Richard W. Stubbs/B.Sc. (Wales), M.A. (Lancaster), Ph.D. (Alberta)
Donald M. Wells/(Labour Studies) B.A. (Western Ontario), M.A. (British Columbia), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Charlotte A. B. Yates/(Labour Studies) B.A. (Winnipeg), M.A. (Queen’s), Ph.D. (Carleton)

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS

J. Marshall Beier/B.A., M.A., Ph.D. (York)
Karen Bird/B.A. (Wilfrid Laurier), Ph.D. (Minnesota)
Michelle L. Dion/B.A. (Texas-Austin). M.A., Ph.D. (North Carolina-Chapel Hill)
Catherine Frost/B.A. (Lakehead), M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto)
Nibaldo H. Galleguillos/B.A. (Chile), M.A., Ph.D. (Toronto)
Peter Graefe/B.A. (McGill), M.A. (York), Ph.D. (Montreal)
Peter Nyers/B.A., M.A. (Victoria), Ph.D. (York)
Lana Wylie/B.A. (McMaster), M.A. (Calgary), Ph.D. (Massachusetts)

ASSISTANT PROFESSORS

Todd Alway, B.A. (McMaster), M.A. (York), Ph.D. (Carleton)
Katherine Boothe, B.A. (Alberta), M.A., Ph.D. (British Columbia)
Dustin Garrick, (Engineering and Public Policy) B.A., (Texas-Austin), M.P.A. (Columbia), Ph.D. (Arizona)
James D. Ingram/B.A. (Alberta), M.A. (Queen’s), Ph.D. (New School)
Alina Sajed, B.A., M.A. (Al. I. Cuza), M.A., Ph.D. (McMaster)
Netina Tan, B.A., M.A. SE Asian Stud. (Nat. Univ. of Singapore), M.A. (Regina), Ph.D. (British Columbia)

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

Julia Abelson/(C.E.P.A.) B.A., B.Sc. (McMaster), M.Sc. (Harvard), Ph.D. (Bath)
Scott Davies/(Sociology) B.A. (Toronto), M.A. (McMaster), Ph.D. (Toronto)
John Lavis/(C.E.P.A.) M.D. (Queen’s), M.Sc. (LSE), Ph.D. (Harvard)

Fields of Study

Fields of Study
Students are responsible for ensuring that course prerequisites are fulfilled.

1. Canadian Politics
   POL SCI 2D03 , 2DD3, 2F03 , 2L03, 3BB3 , 3C03 , 3FF3 , 3FG3 , 3GG3 , 3HH3, 3J03 , 3JJ3 , 3K03 , 3NN6 A/B , 3S03, 3SP3, 3Z03 , 4O06 A/B , 4RR3 , 4T06 A/B 
2. Comparative Politics
   POL SCI 2A06, 2B03, 2C03, 2M03 , 2N03, 2XX3 , 2Z03, 3BB3 , 3D03 , 3EE3 , 3F03 , 3G03 , 3GG3 , 3H03 , 3HP3 , 3I03 , 3K03 , 3KK3 , 3LC3 , 3LL3 , 3M03, 3MM3, 3T03, 3U03 , 3V03 , 3VV3 , 3Y03 , 3YY3, 4A03 , 4AA6 A/B , 4D06 A/B , 4G06 A/B , 4KC3 , 4L03, 4Q06 A/B , 4R06 , 4RR3 , 4SS3 
3. International Relations
   POL SCI 2BB3, 2C03, 2H03 , 2I03 , 2J03 , 2XX3 , 3AA3 , 3B03 , 3E03 , 3EE3 , 3FF3 , 3K03 , 3KK3 , 3LB3 , 3P03, 3Q03 , 3QQ3, 3X03 , 3Y03 , 4D06 A/B , 4GG3 , 4KB3 , 4KD3 , 4KK3 , 4LL3 , 4M06, 4MM6, 4NN3 , 4PP3 , 4QQ3 
4. Political Theory
   POL SCI 2O06 A/B , 3CC3 , 3FR3 , 3LA3 , 3VV3 , 4C06 A/B , 4DD3 , 4E06 A/B , 4FF3 , 4HH3 , 4JJ3 , 4KA3 , 4P06
5. Public Policy
   POL SCI 2L03, 3B03 , 3D03 , 3E03 , 3FF3 , 3HP3 , 3J03 , 3LL3 , 3M03, 3S03, 3SP3, 3U03 , 3YY3, 3Z03 , 4A03 , 4EP3 , 4G06 A/B , 4L03, 4O06 A/B , 4R06 , 4RR3 , 4SS3 

The following courses while satisfying the requirements of the program are not specific to any field of study:
POL SCI 1G06 A/B , 3N06 A/B , 3PR3 , 3UU3 , 4FG3, 4Z06 A/B , 4ZZ6 A/B 

Programs

• Combined Honours in Political Science and Another Subject (B.A.)
• Honours Political Science (B.A.)

• Political Sciences (B.A.)

• Minor in Political Science