Here is the list of all the approved elective graduate courses available for the 2025/2026 academic year. Please note that this list will be updated through the summer.
Advanced Seminar - Mobilities/(Im)mobilities
ANTH 540I
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| Section | Term | Delivery Mode | Format | Day(s) | Time(s) | Instructor(s) | Syllabus | Details Data | Details |
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| I_001 | 1 | In-Person | Seminar | M | 14:00 - 17:00 | Bloch, Alexia |
Special Course in Curriculum and Pedagogy - Special Course in Curriculum and Pedagogy
EDCP 585E
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| Section | Term | Delivery Mode | Format | Day(s) | Time(s) | Instructor(s) | Syllabus | Details Data | Details |
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| E_031 | 1 | In-Person | Seminar | W | 16:30 - 19:30 | Noori, Sofia | Public NotesContemporary research in critical Refugee Education |
Studies in French Language and Linguistics - Studies in French Language and Linguistics
FREN 556B
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| Section | Term | Delivery Mode | Format | Day(s) | Time(s) | Instructor(s) | Syllabus | Details Data | Details |
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| B_101 | 1 | In-Person | Seminar | T | 15:00 - 18:00 | Bouchard, Marie-eve | Public NotesExplore how racial and ethnic ideologies and boundaries are produced, reproduced, perpetuated, and resisted through language. View full description. |
Oceanic Geographies: Movement, Materiality, and Mobility
GEOG 492
keyboard_arrow_downMoves beyond continental landmasses to consider global oceanic connections, mobility and materiality, and seascape epistemologies or ways of knowing through a cultural, social and historical geographies perspective. Restricted to students with third-year standing or above.
| Section | Term | Delivery Mode | Format | Day(s) | Time(s) | Instructor(s) | Syllabus | Details Data | Details |
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| 201 | 2 | In-Person | Seminar | F | 11:00 - 14:00 | Valadares, Desiree |
Topics in Human Geography - Topics in Human Geography
GEOG 545A
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| A_102 | 1 | In-Person | Seminar | T | 11:00 - 14:00 | Klein, Naomi | Public NotesTopic: The Long Arc of Fascism From colonial genocides to eco-fascist futures, this seminar will engage with the expanding anticolonial literature about the ways that European imperialisms and settler colonialism shaped European fascism in the interwar period and continues to shape our present, from Palestine to fortressed borders. Drawing on texts from scholars including Aimé Césaire and Michael Rothberg, it will explore contemporary debates over the ethics of holocaust comparisons and national memory cultures. | ||
| A_101 | 1 | In-Person | Seminar | W | 11:00 - 14:00 | Baada, Jemima | Public NotesThis interdisciplinary graduate seminar examines global and public health issues as influenced by climate change and im/mobilities, and vice versa. The ongoing climate crisis affects every facet of planetary life, and human and non-human population im/mobilities are major responses to some of the negative effects brought on by climate change. Climate change, migration and health are interdependent processes, and human health cannot be understood outside of planetary health. This course therefore examines the intersections of all three, and how they affect everyday lived experiences. Please note that this course is cross-listed for both grads and undergrads, but assessment modes and expectations will differ for the respective levels. |
Immigration Law
LAW 577
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| Section | Term | Delivery Mode | Format | Day(s) | Time(s) | Instructor(s) | Syllabus | Details Data | Details |
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| 001 | 2 | In-Person | Lecture | T, Th | 14:00 - 15:30 | Dauvergne, Catherine | Public NotesCross-listed with LAW 377.001. |
Issues in Comparative Politics - Issues in Comparative Politics
POLI 516A
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| A_001 | 2 | In-Person | Seminar | W | 09:00 - 12:00 | Givens, Terri Elizabeth | Public NotesCounts as Comparative course requirement In the last few decades, North and South American as well as European countries have been reckoning with their past histories of slavery and genocide. Formal apologies have been made for the treatment of Indigenous peoples, Africans and others who were murdered, killed by disease, enslaved, and pushed off their land in the name of capitalism and empire. Colonialism and slavery were the beginnings of social and political processes that still have global impact. These are the foundations upon which nation-states were formed and are a critical component to understanding the politics of race and immigration policy today. The study of the politics of race often focuses on the national level, particularly in the United States. This class will take a historical and transnational approach to understanding the origins of structural discrimination in North America, Latin America, and Europe, examining the connections to settler colonialism, enslavement, immigration and racial capitalism. Course materials and a focus on current events will allow students to examine current issues related to the conflation of immigration and race, including the impact on indigenous peoples, civil rights movements, reconciliation, and reparations. We will draw on works from political theory and critical race theory to provide background on the politics that have led to the current politics of race and immigration. |
Issues in Comparative Politics - Issues in Comparative Politics
POLI 516D
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| D_002 | 1 | In-Person | Seminar | T | 14:00 - 17:00 | Bloemraad, Irene | Public NotesCounts as Comparative Field Requirement This graduate seminar focuses on the policies that structure migration and migrants’ lives. We consider two sets of policies. The first concerns the rules, procedures, and barriers to entry into a state’s territory, spanning a host of legal statuses, including permanent admission, temporary visas and asylum. The politics of entry always entails policies of exclusion. Why do many advanced capitalist countries favor the free movement of goods, services, and capital, but balk at the free movement of people? Who is excluded, and why? What determines entry policy? A second set of policies encompasses programs and laws related to integration. Integration involves membership, and thus we consider the laws and procedures to access citizenship. Citizenship generally ensures the fullest set of rights, the greatest security of residence, and clearest path to political voice. Beyond citizenship, integration policies can also include initiatives like refugee settlement programs or policies of multiculturalism. Comparatively, across both entry and integration policies, scholars debate whether countries are converging toward a common policy stance, and what drives convergence, or whether instead we find variation. How do ideas, institutions and interests drive entry and integration policy? This class is open to students outside of political science, and will draw on a range of interdisciplinary scholarship. |
Special Topics Seminar - Special Topics Seminar
SOCI 599D
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| Section | Term | Delivery Mode | Format | Day(s) | Time(s) | Instructor(s) | Syllabus | Details Data | Details |
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| D_101 | 1 | In-Person | Seminar | T | 14:00 - 17:00 | Bloemraad, Irene | Public NotesThis graduate seminar focuses on the policies that structure migration and migrants’ lives. We consider two sets of policies. The first concerns the rules, procedures, and barriers to entry into a state’s territory, spanning a host of legal statuses, including permanent admission, temporary visas and asylum. The politics of entry always entails policies of exclusion. Why do many advanced capitalist countries favor the free movement of goods, services, and capital, but balk at the free movement of people? Who is excluded, and why? What determines entry policy? A second set of policies encompasses programs and laws related to integration. Integration involves membership, and thus we consider the laws and procedures to access citizenship. Citizenship generally ensures the fullest set of rights, the greatest security of residence, and clearest path to political voice. Beyond citizenship, integration policies can also include initiatives like refugee settlement programs or policies of multiculturalism. Comparatively, across both entry and integration policies, scholars debate whether countries are converging toward a common policy stance, and what drives convergence, or whether instead we find variation. How do ideas, institutions and interests drive entry and integration policy? This class is open to students outside of political science, and will draw on a range of interdisciplinary scholarship. |
Hispanic Languages, Literatures and Cultures - HISP LANG LIT
SPAN 550A
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| Section | Term | Delivery Mode | Format | Day(s) | Time(s) | Instructor(s) | Syllabus | Details Data | Details |
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| A_101 | 1 | In-Person | Seminar | T | 15:00 - 18:00 | Beauchesne, Kim | Public NotesEste curso examina relatos de viaje de autores hispanoamericanos y españoles desde la conquista hasta hoy. Estos textos nos guiarán por mundos a veces exotizados o amenazantes, misteriosos o distópicos, y abordarán temas como la movilidad, el exilio y la globalización. View full description. |