Overview

Theories of justice, rights, freedoms, individual liberty and property are among the avenues explored. Coursework offers an understanding of the political context and the human condition and is designed to enrich the students' experience of each discipline while offering a breadth of study not available in any one disciplinary major. 

The program facilitates the development of a better perspective of the boundaries and scope of these disciplinary approaches. For example, in economics coursework a student will learn the principles of markets and how they display the effects of various incentive structures. The same student, in her political science coursework may begin to understand the political context in which such markets operate. And, from philosophy, the PPE student would learn some of the long, rich tradition of theories that ground both political and economic approaches to understanding the human condition, as well as explore the ethical implications of political and economic action.

The Concentration requires 39 credit hours with a nine-course PPE core and three electives taken in any one of the PPE disciplines. A Senior Thesis is also required.