Political Science Courses at UBC
Every Political Science course at University of British Columbia, with difficulty, workload, and ratings. 149 courses · 2K ratings across the web
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Students give POLI courses 3.9 out of 5, and 67% would take one again.
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Easiest course
POLI385A
54/100 difficulty
Most challenging
POLI351
Environmental Politics and Policy · 78/100 difficulty
All Political Science Courses (149)
POLI100Introduction to Politics
3.9 out of 5 stars3.9· 343 ratings
POLI101Introduction to Canadian Politics
3.6 out of 5 stars3.6· 256 ratings
POLI240Currents of Political Thought
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 196 ratings
POLI260Introduction to Global Politics
3.9 out of 5 stars3.9· 189 ratings
POLI110Investigating Politics: An Introduction to Scientific Political Analysis
3.5 out of 5 stars3.5· 129 ratings
POLI380Quantitative Methods in Political Science
3.8 out of 5 stars3.8· 68 ratings
POLI360Security Studies
3.9 out of 5 stars3.9· 62 ratings
POLI220Introduction to Political Systems Around the World
3.7 out of 5 stars3.7· 51 ratings
POLI378The Politics of Terrorism
3.0 out of 5 stars3.0· 39 ratings
POLI351Environmental Politics and Policy
2.4 out of 5 stars2.4· 37 ratings
POLI369C
4.5 out of 5 stars4.5· 37 ratings
POLI340History of Political Ideas
4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 36 ratings
ARTS001Arts One
4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 33 ratings
POLI303Federalism in Canada
3.5 out of 5 stars3.5· 29 ratings
POLI375Global Environmental Politics
5.0 out of 5 stars5.0· 26 ratings
POLI367B
4.2 out of 5 stars4.2· 22 ratings
POLI320Government and Politics of the United States of America
3.1 out of 5 stars3.1· 21 ratings
POLI320B
3.5 out of 5 stars3.5· 21 ratings
POLI347Law and Political Theory
3.8 out of 5 stars3.8· 20 ratings
POLI369Topics in International Security
4.0 out of 5 stars4.0· 20 ratings
POLI373Ethics in World Politics
4.7 out of 5 stars4.7· 17 ratings
POLI370Topics in International Conflict Management
2.5 out of 5 stars2.5· 16 ratings
POLI309Canadian Perspectives on Human Rights
2.0 out of 5 stars2.0· 15 ratings
POLI367International Relations Theory and the International System
4.2 out of 5 stars4.2· 15 ratings
POLI369B
3.9 out of 5 stars3.9· 15 ratings
POLI322Japanese Government and Politics
4.8 out of 5 stars4.8· 14 ratings
POLI304British Columbia Government and Politics
3.3 out of 5 stars3.3· 13 ratings
POLI306Local Government and Politics in Canada
3.9 out of 5 stars3.9· 13 ratings
POLI308Topics in Canadian Politics
3.9 out of 5 stars3.9· 13 ratings
POLI310The Strategy of Politics
3.8 out of 5 stars3.8· 13 ratings
POLI328Topics in Comparative Politics
3.3 out of 5 stars3.3· 13 ratings
POLI363Canadian Foreign Policy
2.7 out of 5 stars2.7· 13 ratings
POLI369A
4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 12 ratings
POLI341Contemporary Political Theory
2.8 out of 5 stars2.8· 11 ratings
POLI345Gender and Politics: Political Thought and Practice
3.6 out of 5 stars3.6· 11 ratings
POLI390Honours Seminar
5.0 out of 5 stars5.0· 11 ratings
POLI464Advanced Topics in International Relations
4.9 out of 5 stars4.9· 11 ratings
POLI374International Peacekeeping
4.5 out of 5 stars4.5· 10 ratings
POLI385Public Opinion and Elections
4.2 out of 5 stars4.2· 10 ratings
POLI344Social and Political Thought
4.1 out of 5 stars4.1· 9 ratings
POLI328C
4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 8 ratings
POLI364International Organizations
4.8 out of 5 stars4.8· 8 ratings
POLI375A
5.0 out of 5 stars5.0· 8 ratings
POLI341A
2.5 out of 5 stars2.5· 7 ratings
POLI352Comparative Politics of Public Policy
3.1 out of 5 stars3.1· 7 ratings
POLI352A
4.2 out of 5 stars4.2· 7 ratings
POLI376International Law
4.2 out of 5 stars4.2· 7 ratings
POLI321Chinese Politics and Development
4.8 out of 5 stars4.8· 6 ratings
POLI333C
3.5 out of 5 stars3.5· 6 ratings
POLI346Democratic Theory
3.9 out of 5 stars3.9· 6 ratings
POLI347A
2.6 out of 5 stars2.6· 6 ratings
POLI350B
3.9 out of 5 stars3.9· 6 ratings
POLI377Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control
4.2 out of 5 stars4.2· 6 ratings
POLI402Law and Politics of the Canadian Constitution
4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 6 ratings
POLI405Advanced Topics in Canadian Politics
4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 6 ratings
POLI440Contemporary Political Theory
4.8 out of 5 stars4.8· 6 ratings
ASIC200Global Issues in the Arts and Sciences
3.4 out of 5 stars3.4· 5 ratings
POL1100
4.8 out of 5 stars4.8· 5 ratings
POLI320A
2.6 out of 5 stars2.6· 5 ratings
POLI350Public Policy
5.0 out of 5 stars5.0· 5 ratings
POLI360A
3.8 out of 5 stars3.8· 5 ratings
POLI366International Political Economy
3.2 out of 5 stars3.2· 5 ratings
POLI370A
2.0 out of 5 stars2.0· 5 ratings
POLI370D
3.8 out of 5 stars3.8· 5 ratings
POLI372A
4.4 out of 5 stars4.4· 5 ratings
POLI385A
3.0 out of 5 stars3.0· 5 ratings
POLI308D
5.0 out of 5 stars5.0· 4 ratings
POLI311Political Psychology
4.5 out of 5 stars4.5· 4 ratings
POLI363A
4.5 out of 5 stars4.5· 4 ratings
POLI364A
2.8 out of 5 stars2.8· 4 ratings
POLI369J
3.8 out of 5 stars3.8· 4 ratings
POLI402A
5.0 out of 5 stars5.0· 4 ratings
POLI420Advanced Topics in Comparative Politics
3.3 out of 5 stars3.3· 4 ratings
POLI307Quebec Government and Politics
3.4 out of 5 stars3.4· 3 ratings
POLI321A
4.7 out of 5 stars4.7· 3 ratings
POLI327European Integration
5.0 out of 5 stars5.0· 3 ratings
POLI333B
4.3 out of 5 stars4.3· 3 ratings
POLI342Modern Political Theory: Analysis of a Selected Theorist
3.6 out of 5 stars3.6· 3 ratings
POLI361International Violence and Its Control
1.6 out of 5 stars1.6· 3 ratings
POLI369K
4.7 out of 5 stars4.7· 3 ratings
POLI460A
4.7 out of 5 stars4.7· 3 ratings
POLI1101
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POLI2202
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POLI26036
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POLI300Current Issues in Politics
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POLI301Canadian Political Parties
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POLI302Public Administration
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POLI305Canadian Political Ideas
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POLI312Threats to Contemporary Democracies
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POLI316Global Indigenous Politics
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POLI317Queer Politics
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POLI320US
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POLI323South Asian Government and Politics
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POLI324Southeast Asian Government and Politics
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POLI325Communist and Post-Communist Politics
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POLI326European Politics: Selected Cases
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POLI328B
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POLI329Gender and Politics
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POLI330Japanese Political Economy
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POLI331Korean Government and Politics
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POLI332Politics and Government of Latin America
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POLI333Issues in Comparative Politics
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POLI334Comparative Democratization
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POLI335Comparative Federalism
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POLI336Associations and the State in Comparative Perspective
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POLI337The U.S. Presidency in Comparative Perspective
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POLI338Politics and Development
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POLI343Theories of State and Society
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POLI348Political Theory and Public Policy
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POLI353Public Opinion and Public Policy
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POLI361A
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POLI362The Great Powers and International Politics
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POLI365Asian International Relations
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POLI368Topics in International Relations
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POLI369E
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POLI370C
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POLI371Humanitarian Engineering: Politics and Practice
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POLI372Multinational Corporations and Globalization
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POLI379China in World Politics
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POLI381Managing Quantitative Data in Political Science
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POLI395Political Science in Practice
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POLI401Canadian Provincial and Regional Politics
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POLI403The Political Economy of Canada
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POLI404Public Policy and Its Administration
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POLI406Indigenous Peoples and Canadian Politics
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POLI422Selected Problems in Comparative Politics
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POLI423Issues in Comparative Politics
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POLI424Ethics in Democratic Politics
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POLI426Seminar on Comparative Parties and Party Systems
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POLI427Advanced Topics in Chinese Politics and Development
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POLI428Comparative Public Management
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POLI429Seminar in Issues in Gender and Politics
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POLI439Politics and Economic Growth
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POLI441Interpretation and Criticism in Political Theory
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POLI442Contemporary Political Theorists: Analysis of a Selected Theorist
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POLI443Modern Western Political Thought
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POLI445Critical Theory: Political Theory and the Problems of Race
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POLI446Multiculturalism and Identity Politics
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POLI448Democratic Theory
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POLI449Topics in Political Theory
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POLI450Policy Analysis
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POLI460Foreign Policy Analysis
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POLI461Peace and Conflict Studies
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POLI462International Relations Theory
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POLI463International Interdependence
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POLI466The Politics of International Law
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POLI482Data and Models Capstone
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POLI500Professional Development in Political Science
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POLI501Core Seminar in Canadian Government and Politics
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