6 Courses Required
PPEL 250:
PPEL Gateway
The purpose of this course will be to introduce students to basic methods and canonical texts/authors (both historical and contemporary) in PPEL. The course will be open to all students. Students in the PPEL Certificate need not take this course prior to taking other PPEL courses, but should aim to take it at the first opportunity to provide a foundation for further PPEL coursework.
PPEL 490:
PPEL Capstone
Research Seminar
Students will take this course after, or if need be concurrently with, completing all other Certificate requirements. The purpose of the course is for students to complete a capstone research project on a topic within PPEL. Course content to be determined based on student interest and proposed research topics. The course will focus on reading and discussion of books and articles relevant to students’ projects, as well as student presentations and discussions of their research papers in progress. The PPEL Director will run the seminar, but other faculty advisors will consult with individual students on research projects within their areas of expertise. Non-PPEL students may petition the Director to be admitted into the course on a case-by-case basis.
Distribution Requirements: One Course in each of Philosophy, Political Science, and Economics
Philosophy
One course from the following list:
PHIL 350: Ethical Theory
PHIL 351: Well-Being and Happiness
PHIL 355: Political Philosophy
PHIL 356: Philosophy of Law
PHIL 357: Philosophy and Human Rights
PHIL 430: Decision Theory
PHIL 451: Consequentialism and its Critics
PHIL 453: The Ethics of Aggregation
PHIL 456: Justice and Climate Change
PHIL 457: Harm in Morality and Law
PHIL 482: Aristotle’s Ethics
PHIL 486: Kant’s Moral and Political Philosophy
PHIL 487: Hegel and Marx
Political Science
One course from the following list:
POLI 315: Political Theories of Justice
POLI 360: Comparative Political Analysis
POLI 380: International Relations Theory
POLI 383: Global Citizenship
POLI 386: The Politics of Development
POLI 387: The Basics of Political Economy
POLI 388: International Conflict and Cooperation
POLI 431: Civil Rights
POLI 433: First Amendment Freedoms
POLI 443: Urban Problems and Policy Analysis
POLI 460: Comparative Institutional Development
POLI 480: World Order
POLI 487: International Political Economy
Economics
One course from the following list:
Econ 311 Intermediate Microeconomics
Econ 312 Intermediate Macroeconomics
Econ 382 Asian Economic History
Econ 385 Economic Development
Econ 387 Economic Development of Latin America
Econ 416 Economics of Law
Econ 417 Economics of Strategic Interaction
Econ 441 American Economic History
Econ 442 European Economic History
Econ 443 History of Economic Thought
Econ 463 Public Finance
Econ 465 Economics of Discrimination
One Further Elective
In addition to the three distribution requirements, PPEL students must complete one more 400-level course in Philosophy, Political Science, or Economics. This elective course should be chosen in consultation with the PPEL Program Director in light of the student’s particular interests. Students may also petition the PPEL Director to count a relevant upper-division course from another department toward this requirement.
Minimum Cumulative GPA within the Certificate courses: 3.0
Interested in getting your PPEL certificate?
To receive the certificate, declare your intention to pursue the certificate with the Registrar’s Office.
Declaration of Certificate Form