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Concentration in Political Economy
| Students Admitted Prior to Autumn 2007 |
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| Students Admitted Autumn 2007 and Later |
Overview
Concentration Coordinator: Turan Kayaoglu
The concentration provides a solid foundation for understanding how economics and politics shape our everyday lives and how we may shape them. Particular emphasis is placed on analytical and critical thinking skills, exposing students to how and why markets and businesses work the way they do, and how institutions, politics, technologies and social structures interact with the functioning of markets. Experiences that led to economic problems in the United States and internationally are examined to analyze the sources and identify policies for international development.
Career Options
This concentration prepares students for careers in government, public agencies, business and nonprofit management, or advanced studies in law, journalism, international relations, international development and other social sciences.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Students will have a theoretical understanding of economic and political forces in the world, and as such will be better equipped to make sense of current and historical events and current policy debates.
- Students will develop analytical frameworks so that they will be able to identify and evaluate the tradeoffs associated with current policy debates, such as free trade or social security reform, and will be able to develop reasoned and informed opinions about these issues.
- Students will have an historical appreciation of economic changes and the factors that lead to economic and social changes around the world.
- Students will develop a facility with graphical and statistical analysis.
- Students will develop a theoretical and empirical understanding of the world that is valuable for careers in government, public agencies, business and nonprofit organizations; or for graduate studies in law, journalism, international relations, international development and other social sciences.
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