Political Economy Concentration
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:
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or World Trade and Development
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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:
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World Trade and Development:
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Upper Level Seminar Requirement: (one course)
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