Political Economy Major (B.A.)

Major Requirements

40 credits

Introductory Core (20 credits)

POEC-1100	United States Political Economy	4 credits
POEC-1200	International Politics	4 credits
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POEC-2500	Introduction to Political Philosophy	4 credits
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POEC-2550	Intro Political Philosophy Through Plato	4 credits
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POEC-2630	Introduction to Political Economy	4 credits
POEC-2990	Evidence, Proof and Knowledge	4 credits

Political Economy Electives (16 credits)

Complete an additional 16 credits of POEC coursework, any level.

POEC-

Elective POEC coursework, any level

16 credits

Senior Seminar (4 credits)

POEC-4980

Senior Seminar: Political Economy

4 credits

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this major, students will be able to:

1. Apply major philosophies and established theories of domestic political economy sufficient to analyze U.S. issues of political economy;
2. Critically assess social science perspectives and analytical methods aimed at understanding issues in U.S. domestic political economy;
3. Articulate complex personal positions regarding public policies and normative questions central to U.S. political economy; and
4. Write reasoned arguments positioned within U.S. political economy scholarship and formatted in Chicago/Turabian style.