Staff

Department Head: J. Rayner, Ph.D.

Professors: S. Drury, Ph.D.; J.A. Green, Ph.D; K. Rasmussen, Ph.D; J. Rayner, Ph.D..

Associate Professors: T.A. McIntosh, Ph.D.; J. Praud, Ph.D.; A. Ward, Ph.D.; L. Ward, Ph.D.; Y. Zhu, Ph.D.

Assistant Professors: K. McNutt, Ph.D.; N. Onder, Ph.D.

Lecturers: J. Webber, Ph.D.

Department Description

The Department of Political Science covers a wide spectrum of interests at the graduate level. There are currently four streams of political study that a student can pursue in the department; Canadian politics, International politics, Comparative politics, and Political Theory. The department also offers a Public Policy stream that involves both the Saskatchewan Institute of Public Policy and the Institut Francais.

Master of Arts Program

This Master's program is made up of the following requirements:

Upon approval of the student's advisor, one of the courses in a student's program may come from a related discipline. All students are required to take PSCI 800.

Master of Arts (Public Policy Emphasis)

This degree is offered by the Department in association with the Institut français and the Saskatchewan Institute of Public Policy (SIPP). It concentrates on the development of contemporary public policy in Canada and includes an internship supervised by faculty at SIPP. Those who select the bilingual option will take at least two of their courses in French (from among PSCI 803, 804, 833, and 843), and may present their theses in French. The program is especially suitable for federal and provincial civil servants working in designated bilingual positions in Saskatchewan who wish to do a part-time MA degree in Political Science.

The Master of Arts (Public Policy Emphasis) program is made up of the following requirements:

All students are required to take PSCI 800. All students are required to complete a thesis. The thesis supervisor will be an accredited member of the Department of Political Science, while committee members may be drawn from accredited faculty appointed to SIPP and the Institut français.

Course Descriptions

PSCI 800 Seminar (3)
Advanced Study of Selected Theoretical Approaches in Political Science.

PSCI 803 Advanced Seminar on Structures and Process in the Canadian Political System (3)

PSCI 804 Advanced Seminar on Political Issues in Canada (3)

PSCI 812 Advanecd Seminar on Modern Political Theory - continental tradition (3)
This seminar examines the major theoretical concepts and philosophical foundations of the Continental Tradition of Modern Political Theory. The figures examined may include Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, Marx, Kierkegaard and Nietzsche.

PSCI 813 Advanced Seminar in Political Theory I (3)

PSCI 814 (412) Advanced Seminar in Political Theory II (3)

PSCI 823 Advanced Seminar in the Theory of International Policy (3)

PSCI 824 Advanced Seminar in Foreign Policy (3)

PSCI 825 Advanced Seminar on Selected Topics in Comparative Politics (3)
This seminar examines the main theories in comparative politics as well as compares different approaches to the study of political systems, institutions, policies, cultures and ideologies in different regional and national contexts.

PSCI 833 Advanced Seminar in Public Policy in Selected Regions or States (3)

PSCI 842 Advanced Seminar on Theories of International Relations (3)
This course is a study of the most important theories, approaches, concepts, and debates within the field of International Relations. The course examines the connections between IR Theory and the actual events, both historical and contemporary, of world politics.

PSCI 843 Advanced Seminar on Public Policy Making (3)

PSCI 844 Politics of Health Care (3)
Public health insurance politicized healthcare. The increased conflict between the state and the medical professions and forced political parties to deal with health issues. Healthcare is the focus of ongoing federal-provincial antagonisms, constitutional wrangling and national public debate. The course will examine how the constellation of political forces involved in each of the above areas converged to produce the unique healthcare system which exists in Canada today.

PSCI 845 The Politics of Healthcare Labour Relations (3)
This course covers the evolution of Saskatchewan’s legislative framework for healthcare labour relations in the post World War II period. It will describe the emergence of various employee, employer, and professional associations and assess their relationships to both the government and one another.

PSCI 846 SIPP Internship (3)
This course is offered at the Saskatchewan Institute of Public Policy in conjunction with the Department of Political Science. Students will be supervised by an accredited faculty member appointed to SIPP. They will be asked to participate in the work of the Institute, write policy papers as required, and complete a research paper by the end of the term.

PSCI 852 Advanced Seminar on Political Issues in Canada (3)
This course examines various political issues in Canadian political system. Policy areas that will be addressed may include: social, economic, fiscal, environmental, aboriginal people, and labor. Different instructors may choose to concentrate on different policy areas as well as at provincial or federal levels.

PSCI 890AA-ZZ Directed Reading (3)

PSCI 901 Research (Variable credit 1-15)