A 50 credit core provides a shared inter-disciplinary experience for all students in the program while offering a common knowledge base for additional upper division course work. Thirty lower division core credits provide a basic understanding of the political, economic, and legal systems in the United States; an introduction to the normative questions that concern contemporary American society; and, an introduction to logical reasoning.  Twenty upper division core credits provide a common, advanced-level application of the analytic, empirical, and normative tools within each discipline.

 

Lower Division Core

Econ 201 — Principles of Microeconomics (5 credits)

Econ 202 — Principles of Macroeconomics (5 credits)

Pols 101 — American National Government (5 credits)

Pols 200 — Comparative Government (5 credits) or Pols 221 — International Relations (5 credits)

Phil 102 — Ethics, Politics and Law (5 credits)

Phil 203 — Critical Thinking (5 credits) or Phil 101 — Self, World, and God (5 credits)

 

Upper Division Core

Pols 340 — Politics and Media (5 credits)

Pols 350 — Public Policy (5 credits)

Phil 420 — Philosophy of Law (5 credits)

Econ 334 — U. S. Economic History (5 credits)

Econ 407/Phil 407/Pols 407 — Capstone (5 credits)

 

Upper Division Electives

The upper division elective component offers students the opportunity to emphasize particular disciplines. All students will complete 20 additional upper division credit hours, of which a minimum of 5 credit hours must be completed in each of the three disciplines. No more than 5 credit hours of practicum 409 credit may be applied to the 20 upper-division elective credits.

 

Statistics Requirement

All students must complete a college level statistics course (which includes regression), with a minimum of 4 credits. This satisfies the University Math requirement.

 

Minor in Public Administration

Students majoring in Philosophy, Politics and Economics may choose to complete a minor in Public Administration, which will allow students to focus their elective work on the operations and processes of the public sector. To do so, in place of the 20 upper division elective credits for the degree, students must complete the following coursework:

ECON 201 — Principles of Micro-Economics (5 credits) (included in the Core)

POLS 101 — American National Government (5 credits) (included in the Core)

POLS 314 — State and Local Government (5 credits)

POLS 350 — Public Policy (5 credits) (included in the Core)

POLS 351 — Public Administration (5 credits)

ECON 435 — Public Finance (5 credits)

PHIL 490 — Ethics and Public Affairs (5 credits)