Minor in Security Studies
This minor is available to students registered in a 120 credit hour Bachelor of Applied Computer Science, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Community Design, Bachelor of Computer Science, Bachelor of Informatics, Bachelor of Management, Bachelor of Music, Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Science (Medical Sciences) program.
Students need 18 credit hours, 6 hours of which must be drawn from list A. The remaining 12 credit hours must be chosen from list B or C. Credits must come from at least 2 different departments or programs.
List A
Political Science Courses (POLI)
POLI 2520 – WORLD POLITICS
POLI 2530 – FOREIGN POLICY IN THEORY AND PRACTICE
POLI 3440 – THE POLITICS OF FEAR
POLI 3505 – HUMAN RIGHTS: FOUNDATIONS
POLI 3560 – HUMAN DEVELOPMENT/SECURITY AT THE START OF THE 21ST CEN.
POLI 3565 – CONTEMPORARY SECURITY STUDIES
POLI 3576 – DEFENSE POLICY IN CANADA
POLI 3577 – CIVIL MILITARY RELATIONS IN CONTEMPORARY WESTERN SOCIETY
POLI 3591 – PIRATES, PROFITEERS AND PROTECTORS OF THE SEA
POLI 3596 – EXPLAINING GLOBAL CONFLICT AND VIOLENCE
POLI 4481 – THEORIES OF VIOLENCE, PERSECUTION AND GENOCIDE
POLI 4521 – THEORIES OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS I: SECURITY STUDIES
POLI 3520 – BUILDING DEMOCRACY AND PEACE
POLI 3532 – MODEL UN
POLI 3535 – WEALTH, POWER, POVERTY IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH
POLI 3569 – CANADIAN FOREIGN POLICY
POLI 3574 – AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY
POLI 3581 – DIPLOMACY & NEGOTIATION
POLI 4561 – SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT NEXUS
POLI 4590 – POLITICS OF THE SEA II
List B
Sociology and Anthropology Courses (SOSA)
SOSA 2181 – EXPLAINING CRIME AND CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR
SOSA 2400 – HEALTH AND ILLNESS
SOSA 3215 – MIGRATION AND IDENTITY
SOSA 3120 – SOCIAL CONFLICT
SOSA 3148 – SOCIOLOGY OF ADDICTION: DRUGS, HEALTH AND SOCIETY
SOSA 3206 – ETHNICITY, RACE AND NATIONALISM
SOSA 3225 – CULTURE, RIGHTS AND POWER
SOSA 3260 – DEVIANCE & SOCIETY – MAKING NORMS
SOSA 3275 – CRIME AND PUBLIC POLICY
SOSA 3281 – YOUTH CRIME
SOSA 3283 – GLOBALIZED SECURITY AND JUSTICE
SOSA 3295 – SOCIETY AND THE POLICE
SOSA 4205 – MORAL PANICS AS A SOCIAL PHENOMENON
SOSA 4005 – ISSUES IN SOCIAL JUSTICE AND INEQUALITY
HIST 3292 - WEALTH & POWER IN NORTH AMERICA
History (HIST)
HIST 3475: Conflict and Security in Africa
List C
Contemporary Studies Courses (CTMP)
CTMP 2101 – APOCALYPSE: THE REVOLUTIONARY TRANSFORMATION OF POLITICS AND CULTURE
CTMP 2203 – BIO-POLITICS: HUMAN NATURE IN CONTEMPORARY THOUGHT
CTMP 3321 – REPRESENTATIONS OF THE HOLOCAUST: BEARING WITNESS
CTMP 4125 – HANNAH ARENDT: TERROR, POLITICS, THOUGHT
History Courses (HIST)
HIST 2015 – WAR AND SOCIETY IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE, 1550-1750
HIST 2055 – WAR AND SOCIETY SINCE 1945
HIST 2340 – THE COLD WAR
HIST 2504 – HISTORY OF MODERN MIDDLE EAST
HIST 2712 – FREEDOM FIGHTERS OR TERRORISTS?
HIST 2750 – THE PIRATE AND PIRACY
HIST 3045 – THE FRENCH REVOLUTION
HIST 3049 – THE FIRST WORLD WAR
HIST 3050 – EUROPE AND WORLD WAR TWO
HIST 3053 – FASCIST & NAT. SOCIALIST EUROPE
HIST 3056 – THE HOLOCAUST
HIST 3059 – CONFRONTING FASCISM
HIST 3373 – SPYING ON THE WORLD: THE CIA IN AMERICAN HISTORY
HIST 3335 – THE COLD WAR
HIST 3341 – REVOLUTIONARY AMERICA 1760-1820
HIST 3365 – THE VIETNAM WAR
HIST 3452 – SOUTH AFRICA SINCE 1860
HIST 3470 – WARS/REVOLT 19TH CENTURY AFRICA
HIST 3471 – WARS AND REVOL. 20TH CENTURY AFRICA
HIST 3512 – MODERN HISTORY OF IRAN
HIST 4004 – CRIME AND SOCIETY IN POST-CONQUEST ENGLAND
HIST 4401 – STATE VIOLENCE, COMMUNAL CONFLICT AND CRIMINALITY IN MODERN SOUTH AFRICA
HIST 4404 – CRIME AND PUNISHMENT IN MODERN AFRICA
HIST 4987 – THE HISTIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN FOREIGN RELATIONS, 1776-1945
HIST 4639 – BRITAIN, APPEASEMENT, AND THE ORIGINS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
International Development Studies Courses
INTD 4006 – GLOBAL POVERTY AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Sustainability Courses
SUST 4125 – CONFLICT NEGOTIATION AND SUSTAINABILITY
Contact Political Science for more information.
HIST 3292, Wealth & Power in North America