Algoma University

Course Description

• This program focuses on three areas of study: Canadian politics, public policy and government; comparative politics and international relations; and political theory, philosophy, and economy

• Students will learn to understand and identify important institutions, forces, and ideas that shape society and permit change to occur or not occur

• This program works to incorporate Indigenous content, ideas, and methodology in its approach

• Students will learn how to systematically, rigorously, and analytically evaluate competing explanations of the same event or phenomenon, and gain an understanding of who or what exerts power

• Upon graduation, students will have developed a wide range of skills that are in high demand in the public and private workforce