The PPE Certificate requires SIX courses. The Gateway (POLSCI 331) is taken early on, though you are welcome to take some electives first. The Capstone (POLSCI 449) is a SENIOR level course, to be taken in your fourth year.
The other FOUR courses are electives. You take two courses in one discipline (your “concentration” in the Certificate) and one in each of the others. For example, if you concentrate in Philosophy, you would take the Gateway, two Philosophy courses, one Economics course, and one Political Science class. If you concentrate in Economics, then you would take two Economics courses, and one in each Philosophy and Political Science, and so on.
Required Courses - Gateway & Capstone
| Number | Title | Codes | Cross-Lists |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLSCI 331 | What Rules Do We Need? | EI, SB, SS | ECON 236 ECON 361 PHIL 246 RIGHTS 331 |
Philosophy Electives
| Number | Title | Codes | Cross-Lists |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHIL 103S | Introduction to Philosophy | W, HI, CZ | |
| PHIL 201 | History of Modern Philosophy | CCI, HI, WR, CZ | |
| PHIL 205 | World Philosophy | CCI, EI, HI, CZ, SS | |
| PHIL 206 | Philosophy of Law | EI, IJ, CZ | |
| PHIL 214 | The Good Life: Religion, Philosophy, and Life's Ultimate Concerns | CCI, R, HI, CZ | CLST 210 ETHICS 210 HISTORY 266 JEWISHST 210 PUBPOL 229 RELIGION 210 |
| PHIL 216 | Problems in Ethical Theory | EI, HI, CZ | |
| PHIL 220 | Philosophical Perspectives on Disability | EI, HI, SS | |
| PHIL 242 | Problems in Philosophy of Science | STS, HI, CZ | |
| PHIL 312S | The Economics and Philosophy of Adam Smith | STS, SB, SS | ECON 312S HISTORY 308S |
| PHIL 335 | Moral Psychology | EI, HI, CZ, SS | |
| PHIL 345 | The Philosophy and Methodology of Economics | EI, W, SS | ECON 319 |
| PHIL 355S | Visual Perception and the Brain | W, NS | NEUROSCI 355S PSY 355S |
Political Science Electives
| Number | Title | Codes | Cross-Lists |
|---|---|---|---|
| POLSCI 116D | Introduction to American Politics | SS | |
| POLSCI 120 | The Challenges of Living an Ethical Life | EI, HI, CZ | ETHICS 101 PHIL 120 |
| POLSCI 125D | Introduction to Global Development: Politics, Policy and Practice | CCI, SB, SS | |
| POLSCI 146 | Politics and Economics | SB, SS | |
| POLSCI 175 | Introduction to Political Philosophy | EI, SB, SS | |
| POLSCI 232 | Politics of Terrorism | CCI, SS | PUBPOL 244 |
| POLSCI 257 | Latin American Wars of Independence | CCI, IJ, CZ, SS | AAAS 264 HISTORY 264 ICS 232 |
| POLSCI 262 | The Holocaust | CCI, EI, STS, IJ, CZ | HISTORY 297 JEWISHST 342 RIGHTS 297 |
| POLSCI 305S | Black Politics | SS | AAAS 304S |
| POLSCI 333S | Democracy and Social Choice | CCI, QC, SB, QS, SS | |
| POLSCI 341S | Business and Human Rights Advocacy Lab | EI, R, W | ETHICS 301S ICS 317S PUBPOL 311S RIGHTS 301S |
| POLSCI 346 | Business, Politics, and Economic Growth | CCI, SS | |
| POLSCI 353 | Globalization of Democracy | CCI, SS | ICS 334 |
| POLSCI 364 | Political Violence, Repression, and Organized Crime | CCI, SS | |
| POLSCI 365D | Foreign Policy of the United States | CCI, SS | PUBPOL 376D |
| POLSCI 371 | Marxism and Society | EI, HI, CZ, SS | CULANTH 203 EDUC 239 LIT 380 SOCIOL 339 |
Economics Electives
| Number | Title | Codes | Cross-Lists |
|---|---|---|---|
| ECON 101D | Economic Principles | SB, SS | |
| ECON 201D | Intermediate Microeconomics I | SB, SS | |
| ECON 210D | Intermediate Macroeconomics | STS, SB, QS, SS | |
| ECON 306 | Economic History and Modernization of the Islamic Middle East | CCI, W, SB, CZ, SS | POLSCI 351 |
| ECON 311 | History of Economic Thought | CCI, R, W, SB, SS | HISTORY 307 |
| ECON 312S | The Economics and Philosophy of Adam Smith | STS, SB, SS | HISTORY 308S PHIL 312S |
| ECON 313 | The Uses of Economics | R, STS, W, SB, WR, CZ, SS | |
| ECON 319 | The Philosophy and Methodology of Economics | EI, W, SS | PHIL 345 |
| ECON 337S | Social Inequalities and Low-Wage Work | EI, SB, SS | |
| ECON 338 | Economics of the Public Sector | SB, SS | PUBPOL 304 |
| ECON 371 | Labor and Family Economics | R, SB, QS, SS |