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Politics & Law
Politics & Law
Turn your passion for justice into action. At York University, study political systems, legal principles, and public policy preparing for careers in law, politics and public service. Through debates, research and real-world experience, you’ll learn how to advocate for the issues that matter most.
Political Science
Prepare to make change—globally and locally—as you study the major issues of our time alongside leading researchers and innovative teachers. Analyze social and political trends through courses in global politics, political economy and power, international development and inequality, social justice, democracy and security. Develop skills for a successful career in international relations, law, politics and government, human rights, journalism, trade and more.
Political Science
Prepare to make change, globally and locally, as you study the major issues of our time alongside leading researchers and innovative professors. Develop highly valued skills for a successful career in international relations, law, politics and government, human rights, journalism, trade and more.
Law & Society
Drawing from fields like philosophy, anthropology and criminology, you’ll focus on critical thinking, research and analysis. Gain a more profound knowledge of the law, how it has impacted the course of history and its role in society today.
Criminology
Explore crime, criminality and the criminal justice system. Build skills to analyze its complexities and how social, political, economic, cultural and historical contexts shape it. Prepare for careers in law enforcement, courts, conflict mediation, immigration, journalism, human rights, social services, public policy, research, civil society and private security.
Global Political Studies
Studying with internationally renowned instructors, explore diverse ways of thinking about ‘the global’ and globalization, as well as political community; diversity and inequality; and transformations in global, regional and domestic politics. Learn how people act politically to create change.
Philosophy of Law
Gain philosophical skills in argumentation and reasoning, and apply these skills to important questions about law, legal reasoning, constitutions, punishment, individual liberty and international law. Examine what it means to live in a society governed by law and investigate the moral and political values that underlie legal institutions. This program is unique to York and ideal if you wish to pursue a career in law or a law-related profession.
International Studies
The first of its kind in Canada, our International Studies program arms you with a deeper understanding of how governments, law, politics, business, culture, science and the environment relate on the international stage. Prepare for a global career by learning from internationally renowned professors in small classes.
International Development Studies
Explore the foundations of international development theory. Study the realities facing communities throughout the world, the challenges and opportunities for the Global South in the face of existing inequalities, and contributing factors of inequalities between the rich and the poor. Understand the political, institutional, cultural, socio-economic and ecological causes affecting international development. Career paths include: international development professional, officer in a non-governmental, governmental or international agency, teacher.
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