Undergraduate Students

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Sample Lecture Slides
What Can I do with my BA in Political Science?
Last Years Political Science Movie Night
Game Theory Slideshow
Student Presentation on Iran
Mark Konrad: How can you defend human rights?
Dialogue about Peace and War in the Middle East

Professor Simpson teaches the following Undergraduate Courses at the University of Western Ontario:

International Relations, 231E large lecture course.
This two-term class had only 25 students in 1997 and, eleven years later, it had 240 students. Professor Simpson co-teaches this course with Professor Nigmendra Narain. If you want to take this course, take a look at last years course outline and sample lectures. This course does not teach you to be an international businessperson or diplomat but we will teach you a lot about International Politics in a fun and fascinating way! Course Outline

International Security: Problems and Approaches, 414G/716b.
I have taught this course for over a decade. It is a combined 4th year and graduate level course that is open to 3rd, 4th, and graduate students. Although this is a fun course, it is also more demanding than a 3rd year course. It fills up the moment it goes on-line so you need to register right away. The course content changes every year depending on the students' different interests and the topics they choose to specialize in. Course Outline

Erika has taught Undergraduate Reading Courses at the University of Western Ontario for A level students that had already taken 2231E. This option is no longer available for any of my students—unless you are planning to write and defend an undergraduate thesis on a topic related to International Relations.
More Information on Thesis

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