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Undergraduate Program

Undergraduate Advisor - Professor Bill Moul
Hagey Hall 310 - Phone (519) 888-4567, Ext. 36569
Email: wbmoul@uwaterloo.ca

Co-op Advisor- Professor R. Peter Woolstencroft
Hagey Hall 304 - Phone (519) 888-4567, Ext. 32190
Email: pwool @ uwaterloo.ca

Undergraduate Secretary:  Karen Walo
Hagey Hall 313, ext. 33396
k2walo @ artsmail.uwaterloo.ca

You can earn a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science through the following plans:

  • Students whose major average at the end of their second or third year is slightly under 75% may be permitted to proceed in the Honours program on a conditional basis. They will be required to bring their PSCI average up to Honours standing by the end of their fourth year.
  • Honours students considering post-graduate studies should take PSCI 214, PSCI 315, plus courses in normative political theory. This is sound advice, not a degree requirement.

  • Courses designated as Administrative Studies Specialization Courses by the Department of Political Science:
    • Four courses in Political Science beyond the 100-level which have been designated as Administrative Studies courses by the Department of Political Science: PSCI 214, 231, 333, 428, 431, 433, 434, 438, 439, 472
    • Four courses not in Political Science, selected from courses which have been designated as Administrative Studies courses by the Department of Political Science: AFM 101, 102, 123, 131, 231, BUS 352W, CS 100, ECON 341, 351, 355, 361, 363, 403, HRM 200, MSCI 211, 311, PACS 201, 202, PHIL 215, 216, 243, PLAN 100, PSYCH 338, 339, SOC 242, 243, 340


  • the following will also count towards the first PSCI three of list (Comparative Politics)
    • PSCI 359
  • the following will also count towards the second PSCI three of list (Global Governance)
    • PSCI 389 or 390 001 S06 or 390 001 W07
    • PSCI 428
    • PSCI 489 or 490 001 F06
    • PSCI 490 002 W2010


Other ways to study Political Science in the Faculty of Arts:

  • Approved Combinations where PSCI is the first major: Anthropology, Classical Studies, Drama, Economics, English, Environment & Resource Studies, Fine Arts, French, Geography, German, History, Mathematics, Music, Peace and Conflict Studies, Philosophy, Psychology, Recreation and Leisure Studies, Religious Studies, Russian, Social Development Studies, Sociology, Spanish, Speech Communication

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