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Curriculum

The concentration encompasses 3 1/2 units in economics and political science. All students are required to take the three foundation courses and the capstone course. The foundation courses are ECON 101 (Principles of Microeconomics and Public Policy), ECON 102 (Principles of Macroeconomics and International Trade), and PSCI 310 (Public Policy). The remaining 1 1/2 units will be selected from the electives designated as appropriate for the concentration. Economics majors must take at least 2 units in political science, and political science majors must take at least 2 units in economics, excluding the capstone course. Other majors must take at least 1 1/2 units in each department.

Required Courses

  • ECON 101 Principles of Micro-economics and Public Policy
  • ECON 102 Principles of Macro-economics and International Trade
  • ECON 440/PSCI 440 Capstone Seminar in Public Policy
  • PSCI 310 Public Policy

Economics electives

  • ECON 331 Economics of Development (offered fall 2004)
  • ECON 335 Economics of Immigration (offered fall 2004)
  • ECON 336 Environmental Economics (offered spring 2005)
  • ECON 342 Economics of Regulation
  • ECON 345 Economic Analysis of Politics and Law
  • ECON 347 Economics of the Public Sector
  • ECON 348 Comparative Economic Systems
  • ECON 372 Macroeconomic Policy
  • ECON 378 Economics of Women and Work
  • ECON 383 American Economic History (offered fall 2004)
  • ECON 386 Economics of Health (offered spring 2005)

Political Science Electives

  • PSCI 241 State and Economy
  • PSCI 300 Congress and Public Policy-Making
  • PSCI 305 Urban Politics
  • PSCI 311 American Public Policy: School Reform (offered fall 2004)
  • PSCI 313 Making American Foreign Policy
  • PSCI 342 Politics of Development
  • PSCI 363 Global Environmental Politics (offered fall 2004)
  • PSCI 372 U.S. Foreign Policy Since World War II
  • PSCI 450 From State to Market: Deregulation and Retrenchment in Advanced Industrial Democracies
  • PSCI 461 U.S. Defense Strategy in the Twenty-First Century (offered spring 2005)
  • PSCI 462 U.S. Foreign Policy after the Cold War
  • PSCI 470 Power, States, and Markets (offered spring 2005)
  • PSCI 480 Science and Politics (offered fall 2004)

The codirectors from the two departments, economics and political science, will certify when students have completed the concentration. Courses taken for the concentration may also count for the major.