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Full	Windsor Political Science OUAC NKG ☆ Add to planRemove	BU Brock Political Science OUAC BPO ☆ Add to planRemove	Saint Paul Études de Conflits (Baccalauréat ès arts spécialisé) (4 ans) OUAC OAZ ☆ Add to planRemove	York (Glendon) Ethics and Political Philosophy (BA, iBA) OUAC YYQ ☆ Add to planRemove
Your average, their wayrequired courses forced in
Published rangetheir exact wording	70–80%“70% minimum average; 80% minimum average for Law and Politics”	73–77%“Mid 70s”	70%“70% min.”	73–80%“Mid to high 70s”
Required coursesforced into your top 6 — options are the row below	ENG4U	ENG4U	No course codes parsed — see prerequisites	ENG4UFRA4U
Choose one ofany of these satisfies it	—	—	one of ENG4U, FRA4U	—
Prerequisitesas published	Political Science 70% minimum average ENG4U with a minimum average of 70% Political Science with French Specialization 70% minimum average +7 more on the program page	ENG4U Alternative Offers You will receive an offer of admission to only 1 program. Your highest listed choice is considered first when you indicate more than 1 Brock program on your application. If you are not eligible for your first choice, your subsequent choices will be considered in your indicated order of preference. In most cases: If you apply to only 1 Brock program but do not qualify, you will be considered for an alternative or related program. If you apply but are not admitted to a co-op program you will automatically be considered for the regular, non-co-op program.	OSSD or equivalent Minimum of six 4U/M courses, including ENG4U or FRA4U	Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) ENG4U (FRA4U for Francophone applicants) 5 additional +7 more on the program page
More than marks?supplementary application	Marks only	Marks only	Marks only	Marks only
Co-op	Available	Available	No	No
Degree	—	—	—	Bachelor of Arts, BA, International Bachelor of Arts, iBA
First-year intakewhere published	—	—	—	—
What you study	International DevelopmentPoliticsSocial Policy	Aboriginal StudiesAfrican StudiesEuropean StudiesInternational Development	Human GeographyInternational DevelopmentPoliticsSocial Policy	Law & CriminologyPhilosophyPoliticsSocial Policy
What it is	Political Science is the study of government systems, political behaviour, and public policy. At Windsor, you can focus on international development, domestic politics, or social policy, and you have the option to add a French specialization or a law and politics focus. The program includes a co-op work term, letting you apply what you learn in a real workplace before graduating. It suits people interested in understanding how societies are governed and who want hands-on experience in government, advocacy, or policy roles.	Political Science is the study of how governments work, why people hold different political beliefs, and how societies make decisions about laws and power. This program lets you combine politics with related areas like international development, criminology, philosophy, or regional studies depending on your interests. It suits students curious about current events, policy-making, and understanding conflict and social change who want practical work experience alongside classroom learning.	You study the causes, effects, and solutions to conflict at local, national, and global scales, drawing on geography, politics, development, and social policy. This program emphasizes understanding conflict through multiple disciplines rather than focusing narrowly on one field. It suits students interested in humanitarian work, policy analysis, diplomacy, or activism who want a broad foundation in how societies experience and resolve disputes.	You study how societies should be organized and governed, combining philosophy, law, politics, and social policy to explore questions about justice, rights, and ethical decision-making. Unlike a straight philosophy or political science program, this one deliberately weaves together multiple disciplines to help you see how abstract moral principles connect to real laws and policies. It suits people who want to think deeply about how the world should work and aren't content with single-subject answers.
The door tomajors you reach through it	political science	political science	Applied to directly	Applied to directly
Entrance awardsat this campus, by average	None published by average	4 published, 1 with no applicationfrom 80%See them	None published by average	13 published, 4 with no applicationfrom 75%See them
Source	University of Windsor on OUInfo	Brock University on OUInfo	Saint Paul University on OUInfo	York University — Glendon on OUInfo

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