| POLEC200 | Foundations of Political Economy | An introduction to the fundamental alternative ways of thinking about the relation between government and economic life and to the main concepts necessary for thinking about this relation. |
| POLEC310 | The Political Economuy of a Free Society | Examines the fundamental change that occurred in political economy in the 17th and 18th centuries. Emphasis will fall on the Enlightenment impetus towards freedom and the rise of classical liberalism. An examination of the original arguments for clas... |
| POLEC320 | 20th Century Political Economy: The Welfare State and Beyond | Examines the most important and influential thinkers on political economy in the 19th and 20th centuries such as Marx, von Mises, Keynes, Hayek, and Friedman. |
| POLEC410 | American Political Economy I: Founding Through Civil War | Examines the theory and practice of government's role in the American economy through the Civil War. May include the arguments of Jefferson, Madison, Hamilton, Clay, and Lincoln as well as topics such as assumption of Revolutionary debt, slavery, the... |
| POLEC420 | American Political Economy II: Reconstruction Through the Great Society | Examines the theory, practice, and consequences of government's role in the American economy from Reconstruction through the Great Society. May include the arguments of Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Calvin Coolidge, FDR, Dwight Eisenhower, and LBJ... |
| POLEC430 | International Political Economy and Globalization | Examines the attempts to develop, preserve, and regulate an international economy based on the principle of free trade. Considers questions such as what political institutions are required for free trade as well as specific issues such as the World B... |
| POLEC440 | Topics in Political Economy | An intensive examination of an important topic, text, or controversy in political economy. Topics will change from year to year. May be taken twice with department approval. |
| POLEC498 | Independent Study | No Description Set |
| POLECELCT | Political Economy Elective | No Description Set |