Political Science

Program Overview

Offered by: Political Science (Faculty of Arts) Degree: Bachelor of Arts; Bachelor of Arts and Science Program credit weight: 36 The Major Concentration in Political Science is a 36-credit program in four fields: comparative politics, international relations, Canadian politics, and political theory, including empirical methods. Degree Requirements — B.A. students To be eligible for a B.A. degree, a student must fulfil all Faculty and program requirements as indicated in Degree Requirements for the Faculty of Arts. We recommend that students consult an Arts OASIS advisor for degree planning. How competitive: McGill admits on grades, and the lowest grades it accepts change from year to year with the applicants. For this program they have typically fallen between 33 and 36 points from the six subjects (out of 42: the core points do not count), so 33 does not guarantee a place.