Political Economy Major

SSH PEAK

Major Requirements

35 credits (Total does not include prerequisite courses)

Introductory Core

POE-110	United States Political Economy	3 credits
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-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-	Elective POE coursework, any level	17 credits

Students selecting a major in Political Economy are strongly encouraged to learn a modern foreign language, study abroad, complete an internship, complete departmental honors (for those who qualify, see below), or otherwise enhance their educational experience.

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 who earn an A in the Senior Seminar will receive departmental honors. 

Outcomes

Students who graduate with a major in Political Economy demonstrate the following outcomes:

1)  The ability to apply major philosophies and established theories of domestic political economy sufficient to analyze U.S. issues of political economy;

2)  The ability to critically assess social science perspectives and analytical methods aimed at understanding issues in U.S. domestic political economy;

3)  The ability to articulate complex personal positions regarding public policies and normative questions central to U.S. political economy; and

4)  The ability to write reasoned arguments positioned within U.S. political economy scholarship and formatted in Chicago/Turabian style.