Political Economy Concentration (POEC)
The study of political economy involves issues that range from the analysis of American Public Policy, globalization, comparative national economic policies, the relationship of micro-level to macro-level activity, and the ways that public and private choices affect one another.
Requirements for the Concentration:
Since the study of politics and economics are closely and intimately related, we ask students (1) get a grounding in political science and economics, and perhaps a third discipline, sociology; (2) to specialize in either American Public Policy or World Trade and Development; and (3) to integrate their studies in a final senior seminar that cuts across the different fields of specialization.
Students who double major in Economics and Political Science/IR are not permitted to declare a concentration in Political Economy.
Lower Level Course Requirements (four courses required):
All three of the following:
ECON 110 Principles of Macroeconomics
ECON 111 Principles of Microeconomics
POSC 265 Capitalist Crises, Power and Policy
or
POSC 263 European Political Economy (Not offered in 2015-2016)
plus one course from:
ECON 250 History of Economic Ideas
HIST 141 Europe in the Twentieth Century
POSC 170 International Relations and World Politics
Middle-Division Requirement (one course required):
The selected course must correspond with area of specialization.
American Public Policy:
ECON 270 Economics of the Public Sector (not offered in 2015-2016)
POSC 201 Lobbyists, Wonks and Social Media: Public Policy Making in Democracy
SOAN 220 Class, Power, and Inequality in America (not offered in 2015-2016)
or World Trade and Development
ECON 240 Microeconomics of Development
ECON 241 Growth and Development
ECON 271 Economics of Natural Resources and the Environment
ECON 280 International Trade
ECON 281 International Finance
POSC 266 Urban Political Economy
POSC 366 Urban Political Economy* (not offered in 2015-2016)
Upper Level Course Electives (three courses required):
Each student will select at least three courses from the two areas of specialization listed below in consultation with the concentration coordinator. These courses must come from at least two different departments. Two of these courses will be in the same area of specialization with the third coming from the other area. Courses listed under Middle-Division Requirement (above) may also count as upper level course electives if they are not being used to satisfy the Middle-Division Requirement. Political Science 263 may be used to satisfy one upper level elective requirement in the area of World Trade and Development if Political Science 265 was used to satisfy the lower level course requirement. It may not satisfy both requirements simultaneously.
American Public Policy:
ECON 232 American Economic History: A Cliometric Approach (not offered in 2015-2016)
ECON 246 Economics of Welfare (not offered in 2015-2016)
ECON 262 The Economics of Sports (not offered in 2015-2016)
ECON 264 Health Care Economics
ECON 273 Water and Western Economic Development
ECON 274 Labor Economics
ECON 275 Law and Economics
ECON 276 Money and Banking
ECON 278 Industrial Organization and Firm Behavior
ECON 282 The Theory of Investment Finance
POSC 231 American Foreign Policy
POSC 266 Urban Political Economy
POSC 288 Washington D.C.: A Global Conversation Part I
POSC 289 Washington D.C. Seminar: A Global Conversation Part II
POSC 366 Urban Political Economy* (not offered in 2015-2016)
SOAN 221 Law and Society
World Trade and Development:
ECON 221 Cambridge Program: Contemporary British Economy
ECON 222 Cambridge Program: The Industrial Revolution in Britain
ECON 233 European Economic History
ECON 269 Economics of Climate Change
ECON 271 Economics of Natural Resources and the Environment
ECON 281 International Finance
ECON 284 Inequality in an Interconnected World
HIST 257 Urban History in Beijing and Beyond Program: History of Urban China and Korea (not offered in 2015-2016)
HIST 347 The Global Cold War (not offered in 2015-2016)
POSC 244 The Politics of the Celtic Fringe (not offered in 2015-2016)
POSC 264 Politics of Contemporary China
POSC 267 Comparative Foreign Policy
POSC 268 Global Environmental Politics and Policy
POSC 322 Neoliberalism and the New Left in Latin America* (not offered in 2015-2016)
POSC 333 Global Social Changes and Sustainability*
POSC 334 Global Public Health* (not offered in 2015-2016)
POSC 337 Political Economy of Happiness* (not offered in 2015-2016)
POSC 338 Politics of Inequality and Poverty*
POSC 361 Approaches to Development*
POSC 364 Capitalism and Its Critics*
POSC 365 Political Economy of Global Tourism* (not offered in 2015-2016)
POSC 378 Political Economy & Ecology of Southeast Asia: Social Changes in Southeast Asia (not offered in 2015-2016)
POSC 379 Political Econ & Ecology of S.E. Asia: Diversity of Social Ecological Systems in Southeast Asia (not offered in 2015-2016)
POSC 383 Identity and Belonging in the New Europe: Politics of the European Union (not offered in 2015-2016)
SOAN 234 Ecology, Economy, and Culture (not offered in 2015-2016)
SOAN 239 Social Statistics (not offered in 2015-2016)
Upper Level Seminar Requirement: (one course)
POSC 322 Neoliberalism and the New Left in Latin America* (not offered in 2015-2016)
POSC 334 Global Public Health* (not offered in 2015-2016)
POSC 337 Political Economy of Happiness* (not offered in 2015-2016)
POSC 338 Politics of Inequality and Poverty*
POSC 361 Approaches to Development*
POSC 364 Capitalism and Its Critics*
POSC 365 Political Economy of Global Tourism* (not offered in 2015-2016)
POSC 366 Urban Political Economy* (not offered in 2015-2016)