2024-2025 Catalog

PPE-H401 Honors Political Economy

This interdisciplinary class for students in PPE and the Honors Program brings together the fields of politics, philosophy, and economics at a high academic level. You will be confronted with hard questions about the sources, ends, and limits of government; the usefulness and troubles of free markets; the proper distribution of economic advantages in society; and what works best for building a just and efficient system of economic institutions.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

Student has satisfied all of the following Student has satisfied all of the following Student has completed any 2 of the following course(s) EC 101 - Applied Microeconomics, EC 102 - Global Macroeconomics, GVT 110 - Intro to American Politics, GVT 201 - Data Analysis & Politics, GVT 225 - U.S. Con Law & Civil Liberties, PHIL 212 - Formal Logic, PHIL 250 - Social & Political Philosophy, STATS 240 - Introduction to Statistics, STATS 250 - Applied Statistics Student has completed any of the following course(s) PHIL 119 - Global Ethics, PHIL 120 - Ethics and Civic Life, PHIL 123 - Social Ethics The Good Life, PHIL 127 - Contemporary Moral Issues And Student has satisfied all of the following Students who specified one or more of these Programs of Study or Program Foci Philosophy Politics and Economics Major BA, Philosophy Politics and Economics Major BS And Student has satisfied all of the following Student has completed or is in process of completing 84 Credits And Student has satisfied all of the following Student has satisfied all of the following Academic Unit (Computed) in the selection list Advertising Public Relations and Social Media, Art and Design, Biology, Biology and Radiation Sciences, Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, Communication Journalism and Media, Economics, English, Environmental Science and Studies, History Language and Global Culture, INTO College of Arts and Sciences, Math and Computer Science, Medical Dosimetry, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science and Legal Studies, Psychology, Radiation Sciences, Sociology and Criminal Justice ... And Student has satisfied all of the following Student is a member of the Honors Summary All Student Cohort