Courses in this concentration explore the institutional foundations and historical development of political economy from a normative standpoint. The guiding purpose of the concentration is to develop a morally-informed grounding for evaluating public policy on economic issues.
Two of the following:
Economics
- 3330 Environment & Natural Resources
- 3420 Economic History of the United States
- 3540 Development Economics
- 4500 Health Economics & Policy
- 3970/3980 Special Studies in Economics
Three of the following:
History
- 4580 Slavery & Freedom in the Antebellum South
- 6270 American Disasters
- 6911 Special Topics in History
Philosophy
- 3560 Social and Political Ethics
- 3640 Philosophy of Law
- 6040 Philosophy of Law
- 6510 Theories of Economic Justice
- 6740 Contemporary Political Philosophy
Political Economy
- 4010 Constitutionalism: Ancient Athens to Present
- 4040 Democracy, Capitalism, & Free Speech
- 4300 Behavioral Economics & Public Policy
- 4970/4980 Special Topics in Political Economy
Political Science
- 3820 Contemporary Political Ideas
- 4270 Constitutional Law
- 4860 American Political Thought
