35 credits (Total does not include prerequisite courses)
Major Requirements
Introductory Core
| POE-120 | International Politics | 3 credits |
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| POE-250 | Introduction to Political Philosophy | 3 credits |
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| POE-255 | Introduction to Political Philosophy
Through Plato | 3 credits |
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| POE-260 | Comparative Politics | 3 credits |
| POE-263 | Introduction to Political Economy | 3 credits |
| POE-299 | Evidence, Proof, and Knowledge | 3 credits |
Additional Requirements
| POE-351 | Political Economy of Development | 3 credits |
| POE-380 | International Political Economy | 3 credits |
| POE-499 | Senior Seminar: International PoliticalEconomy | 3 credits |
| POE- | Political Economy elective credits | 12 |
| MFL- | Foreign Language Requirement | |
Students who have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.7 in POE courses taken at The College of Idaho are eligible to apply for departmental honors. Eligible students will meet individually with the professor leading the senior seminar to discuss departmental expectations regarding an honors paper to be written during the senior seminar. The standards for achieving honors are high. In addition to high-quality composition, papers must demonstrate intellectual rigor and creativity, excellent expression of the student's voice, and an exceptional literature review and bibliography appropriate to the paper. Students who seek honors will have the final draft of their senior papers evaluated by all faculty members of the Political Economy Department. Upon consensus by all departmental faculty that the student's paper is deserving of such recognition, the student will graduate with departmental honors.
Foreign Language Requirement
Students pursuing an International Political Economy major can satisfy this requirement through one of following options: (1) successful completion of two intermediate-level college semester courses in a foreign language or a PEAK minor from the Modern Foreign Languages Department; (2) passing a standardized intermediate-level foreign language examination; (3) successful completion of multiple foreign language courses from an approved study abroad program as determined by the Department of Political Economy; or (4) successful completion of the IPE major as an international student whose home language is not English.