PPE CLASSES
The PPE Certificate requires SIX courses. The Gateway (PS 106CN OR PS 331) is taken early on, though you are welcome to take some electives first. The Capstone (PS 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.
Please note that, per Trinity College policy, only two classes that count towards a PPE certificate can also count towards your major.
What follows is a list of courses that count towards the PPE certificate. If you think additional courses should be added to this list--let us know.
Core Courses
- Gateway Courses: PS 106CN or PS 331 What Rules Do We Need
- Capstone Course (Econ 386 | Phil 465 | Poli Sci 449) listed as “PPE Capstone”
Economics
Economic Principles | ECON 101D
Statistical Foundations of Econometrics and Data Science | ECON 104D
Introduction to Political Economy | ECON 119
Intermediate Microeconomics I | ECON 201D
Intermediate Microeconomics II | ECON 205D
Intermediate Macroeconomics | ECON 210D
Arts Policy, Leadership, and Engagement | ECON 246
Shakespeare & Financial Markets: Why This Time is Never Different | ECON 255S
Life Within Capitalism | ECON 270
Intermediate Microeconomics II | ECON 301D
Anthropology of Money | ECON 309
History of Economic Thought | ECON 311
Adam Smith and Natural Liberty | ECON 312s
The Uses of Economics | ECON 313
Argument Across the Disciplines | ECON 315S
History of Economic Thought | ECON 311
Econ Analysis of Energy Issues | ECON 325S
Slavery and Capitalism | ECON 330S
Social Inequalities and Low-Wage Work | ECON 337S
Economics of the Public Sector | ECON 338
History of Art Markets | ECON 344
Gender in the Economy | ECON 348
The Economic and Political Performance of Civilizations | ECON 351S
International Trade | ECON 355
Discovering Game Theory: Social Complexity/Strategic Interdependence | ECON 362
The Economics of Entrepreneurship | ECON 375
Global Inequality Research | ECON 436
Development Economics: Theory, Evidence and Policy | ECON 442
Gender and Family Economics | ECON 443
Equality of Opportunity: Theory, Evidence, and Policy | ECON 444
Economics of Crime | ECON 445
Economics of Global Health | ECON 446
Economic Growth | ECON 452
Economics of Gun Violence | ECON 458
Behavioral Economics | ECON 462
Market Power and Public Policy | ECON 465
Philosophy
Introduction to Philosophy | PHIL 101
Introduction to Philosophy | PHIL 103S
The Challenges of Living an Ethical Life | PHIL 120
Logic | PHIL 150
History of Modern Philosophy | PHIL 201
Aesthetics: Phil of Art | PHIL 202
History of Ancient Philosophy | PHIL 203
Philosophy of Law | PHIL 206
Poltcl & Soc Phil | PHIL 207
Philosophy of Language | PHIL 209
Knowledge and Certainty | PHIL 210
Appearance and Reality | PHIL 211
Philosophy of Mind | PHIL 212
Exploring Science and Religion | PHIL 213
The Good Life: Religion, Philosophy, and Life's Ultimate Concerns | PHIL 214
Problems in Ethical Theory | PHIL 216
Introduction to Ethical Theory | PHIL 217
Medical Ethics | PHIL 218
Philosophy of Disability | PHIL 220
Virtue Theory | PHIL 230
Problems in Phil of Science | PHIL 242
Philosophy and Neuroscience | PHIL 252
Chinese Philosophy | PHIL 263
Business Ethics: The Debate Over Corporate Social Responsibility | PHIL 270
Existentialism | PHIL 285S
Marx, Nietzsche, Freud | PHIL 286
Adam Smith & Natural Liberty | PHIL 312S
Philosophy of Biology | PHIL 314
Kant | PHIL 331
Moral Psychology | PHIL 335
Neuroethics | PHIL 353
Philosophy of Time & Space | PHIL 411
Eastern & Western Conceptions of Human Nature, Ethics, & Politics | PHIL 463S
Political Science
Capitalism: For and Against | POLSCI 104CN
Intro to Comparative Politics | POLSCI 107
Intro to African Studies | POLSCI 108
Critical Appr Global Issues | POLSCI 110
From Voting to Protests: Introduction to Political Attitudes, Groups and Behaviors | POLSCI 114
Introduction to American Politics | POLSCI 116D
The Challenges of Living an Ethical Life | POLSCI 120
Climate Change: A Political Economy Perspective | POLSCI 128
The Morality of Exchange and Commercial Systems | POLSCI 141CN
Introduction to Political Economy | POLSCI 145
Politics and Economics | POLSCI 146
Israel/Palestine | POLSCI 159
Introduction to Political Philosophy | POLSCI 175
Hierarchy and Spontaneous Order | POLSCI 186
9/11 & Its Aftermath | POLSCI 204
Introduction to Racial and Ethnic Minorities in American Politics | POLSCI 205
American Values, Inst, Culture | POLSCI 206
How to Think in an Age of Political Polarization | POLSCI 208
Discovering Game Theory: Social Complexity and Strategic Interdependence | POLSCI 217
Institutions & Self Governanc | POLSCI 229
Nuclear Weapons | POLSCI 233
Campaigns and Elections | POLSCI 242
Life Within Capitalism | POLSCI 252
US Intelligence Enterprise | POLSCI 254S
The Holocaust | POLSCI 262
Religion and US Politics | POLSCI 267
The Middle East Through Film | POLSCI 273
Left, Right, and Center | POLSCI 275
Contemporary Documentary Films | POLSCI 276
Illiberal Nondemocracies: Focus on Eastern Europe and Asia | POLSCI 301S
Black Politics | POLSCI 305S
The Economic and Political Performance of Civilizations | POLSCI 327S
Statecraft and Strategy | POLSCI 328
Democracy and Social Choice | POLSCI 333S
he Modern Regulatory State | POLSCI 340D
Business, Politics, and Economic Growth | POLSCI 346
International Political Economy | POLSCI 350
U.S. Policy in the Middle East | POLSCI 352S
Compar Health Care Sys | POLSCI 356
Social Engineering & Movements | POLSCI 359S
International Security | POLSCI 362
Violence, Repression, Crime | POLSCI 364
Foreign Policy of the US | POLSCI 365D
Contemporary South Africa | POLSCI 368S
Environment and Conflict: The Role of the Environment in Conflict and Peacebuilding | POLSCI 367S
Marxism and Society | POLSCI 371
News as a Moral Battleground | POLSCI 375
Marx, Nietzsche, Freud | POLSCI 378
Religion and Politics in Post-Revolutionary Iran | POLSCI 379S
Athenian Law | POLSCI 380
Inequality in Western Political Thought| POLSCI 384
Origins of WWI & WWII | POLSCI 402S
Political Risk Analysis | POLSCI 403D
Global Inequality Research | POLSCI 425
Reason & Passion in Politics | POLSCI 431S
Chinese Media and Popular Culture: Politics, Ideology, and Social Change | POLSCI 435S
Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Prosperity and Distribution in the Long Run | POLSCI 468S