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2025-2026 Edgewood University Catalog
Political Science, Political Economy Concentration, BS
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Political Science majors learn how to analyze and evaluate political behavior, power, conflict, ideologies, laws, policies and institutions. Many of our Political Science majors go on to engage in public service and serve as community and political leaders.
The Political Economy Concentration examines the interaction of political institutions, economic systems, and public policy at both the domestic and global levels. Students study how power, markets, and governance shape outcomes such as inequality, development, trade, and regulation. This concentration is well suited for students interested in public policy, law, economics, international affairs, or graduate study in the social sciences.
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Political Science Major, Political Economy Concentration, Requirements
This concentration requires a selection of core requirements including courses from Economics, Social Sciences, and Political Science. In addition, students take an interdisciplinary Social Science sequence, fourteen additional credits from Economics, and another four credits of Political Science selected from the list below Core Courses from Political Science, Economics, and Social Science
Students must take the following courses: Social Science Interdisciplinary Sequence
The following 3 courses are required: Economics Electives
Select an additional fourteen credits from Economics (ECON) course to fulfill elective requirements. Political Science Electives
Select four credits from the following list: |
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