I'm glad the post helped. To me the course load has been about the same.The fourth year seminars are a lot of work, but you do get to interact more closely with faculty members and I'm writing a thesis, which also allows you to work with a faculty member.
Also with the four year program. You have to take 3N06, which is a stats and research methods course for poli sci majors. There is very little math involved with this course, just analyzing statistics and data. However, most poli sci majors are nervous about taking this required course because they assume math is involved. I was nervous about taking the course because me and math don't do well together lol, but I did really well in it and it's an important course to take and it's required. You also have to take Poli Sci 2O06, which is a Political Theory course.
The fourth year seminars have prerequisties where you have to take the right 2nd and 3rd year courses to get into the 4th year seminars so I'm not sure if that answers your question with taking specific 2nd and 3rd year courses?
For me, fourth year is a lot more work just because of the seminars and I'm doing a thesis. If you do decide to do a thesis, you only take one seminar course; the thesis acts as your second seminar. However, I find that I did incredibly well in my third and currently in my fourth year compared to my first and second year, but that's just me and each person majoring in poli sci will find the course load heavier or lighter, easier or harder compared to previous years depending on their circumstances. I know that for me, I have been really invovled in extra curriculars, volunteering, working a job over my undergraduate career and getting research experience and I am pulling awesome grades so you can handle the course load and academic work over the years while doing other things in your life.
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