Current Timetable

Graduate Timetable 2025-2026

Students will be asked to complete the electronic registration for first term in early August. This will be considered a preliminary registration. Final registration for first term courses must be completed at the end of the second week of classes in September. The electronic registration for second term courses will open in December.  Final registration for second term courses must be completed at the end of the second week of classes in January.  Changes will not be permitted beyond the second week of classes in either term.  

Fall Term Graduate Courses 2025

Course

 Title

Instructor
9501A Research Design (MA) L. Stephenson
9502A Advanced Research Design (PhD) Z. Taylor
9503A Political Theory (core course) C. Jones
9507A Canadian Legal Justice C. Dick
9512A Terrorism and Counter Terrorism B. Welsh
9590A Intro to Quantitative Methods (Methods 1) M. Lebo
9592A Maximum Likelihood Estimation (Methods 3) (core course) D. Armstrong
9755A (4210F) (Special Topics) Globalization and Urban Politics M. Horak

 

Winter Term Graduate Courses 2026

Course

 Title

Instructor
9504B Critical Political Theory N. Biswas Mellamphy
9531B Canadian Politics (core course) C. Alcantara
9534B Public Opinion C. Anderson
9566B Comparative Politics (core course) M. Turgeon
9591B Regression and Causal Inference (Methods 2) S. Vallejo Vera
9599B Text Analysis S. Vallejo Vera
9762B (4206G) (Special Topics) Theories of Global Justice C. Jones

 

Summer Term Graduate Courses 2025

Course

 Title

Instructor
9536L Gender and Politics A. Friesen

 

A = Fall Term, First Term (September - December)
B = Winter Term, Second Term (January - April)
L =  Summer Term, Third Term (May - August)

Methods courses must be taken in order - Methods 1, Methods 2, Methods 3.

For information on course outlines click here.

First term graduate courses are not prerequisites for second term graduate courses.

Accessibility at Western

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Scholastic Offences

Scholastic offences are taken seriously and students are directed to read the appropriate policy, specifically, the definition of what constitutes a Scholastic Offence. Scholastic Discipline Regulations for Graduate students can be found here.

Outlines

Students are expected to download and bring a copy of the course outline to the first class.

Support Services

Students who are in emotional/mental distress should refer to Health/Wellness Services for a complete list of options on how to obtain help.

Student Accessibility Services

Western is committed to achieving barrier-free accessibility for all its members, including graduate students. As part of this commitment, Western provides a variety of services devoted to promoting, advocating, and accommodating persons with disabilities in their respective graduate program. Graduate students with disabilities (for example, chronic illnesses, mental health conditions, mobility impairments) are encouraged to register with Student Accessibility Services, a confidential service designed to support graduate and undergraduate students through their academic prgram.  With the appropriate documents, the student will work with both SAS and their graduate programs (normally their Graduate Chair and/or Course instructor) to ensure that appropriate academic accommodations to program requirements are arranged.  These accommodations include individual counselling, alternatirve formatted literature, accessible campus transportation, learning strategy instruction, writing exams and assistive technology instruction. For assistance, visit http://www.sdc.uwo.ca/ssd/.

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