Graduate Diploma in Political Science

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Memorial University's Department of Political Science offers graduate courses, a graduate diploma, and supervises MA students in all the major subfields of the discipline: Global Politics, Comparative Politics, Canadian Politics, Public Policy, and Political Theory.Our faculty’s research interests cover an incredibly wide range: election campaigns and voting behaviour climate change and environmental politics ethnic conflict and migration Indigenous self-governance deliberative and participatory democracy international organizations human rights foreign policy gender and politics public policy and administration the politics of financial regulation municipal politics provincial politics protest and social movements the history of international thought democratic theory and political theories of identity, law, and justice.Our Graduate Diploma in Political Science provides an opportunity to acquire additional academic credentials at the graduate level without committing to a full master’s program. The program provides students with an opportunity to broaden their knowledge of politics and may also be used for professional career development (e.g. public servants individuals in the private sector with links to policy and politics and individuals in non-governmental or voluntary organizations). Students can take classes in any of the four major subfields of political science (Canadian Politics, Public Policy, Political Theory, Global Politics, Comparative Politics).Duration (Full-time students): Graduate diploma: 1 year

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences