BA/BS in Political Studies

Trent University's Political Studies program (BA.POST) leads to a Bachelor of Arts, General, requiring 15.0 credits including a core sequence of introductory, second-year, and 3000-level Political Studies courses plus university-wide degree requirements. The program supports general study or concentration in one or more of three fields — world politics, Canadian politics, and political theory — organized around four overlapping thematic clusters: institutions, law, and policy; political economy; political culture and identity; and alternative politics. The Department also offers a joint-major Honours program in International Political Economy, undergraduate certificates in Democratic Leadership and Political Leadership, and an Option in Leadership. Its Global Power & Politics Section offers a dedicated Option and is linked to the Centre for the Critical Study of Global Power & Politics, a campus research centre. With departmental consultation, students may register for reading courses, a research practicum, an internship, or an honours-style thesis course.