Political Economy Major

SSH PEAK

35 credits (Total does not include prerequisite courses)

Major Requirements

Introductory Core

POE-100	Essentials of American Government	3 credits
-	or
POE-241	Introduction to Public Policy	3 credits
-
POE-120	International Politics	3 credits
-	or
POE-260	Comparative Politics	3 credits
-
POE-250	Introduction to Political Philosophy	3 credits
-	or
POE-255	Introduction to Political Philosophy Through Plato	3 credits
-
POE-263	Introduction to Political Economy	3 credits
POE-299	Evidence, Proof, and Knowledge	3 credits

Additional Requirements

POE-498	Senior Seminar: Political Economy	3 credits
POE ELEC -	Political Economy elective credits	17 credits

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.