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Nov 21, 2024
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Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025
Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, B.A
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120 Credit Hours
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Graduation Requirements
Conferral of a Baccalaureate degree in this program of study is determined by successful completion of the Baccalaureate Graduation Requirements outlined here .
NOTE: Students must earn 39 upper level (3000-4000) credit hours in order to graduate. A total of at least 21 of these upper level credit hours must be completed in the selected major.
Visit this program’s information page for additional program-specific requirements.
Faith, Roots, and Reason (General Education) - 43 Credit Hours
PPE majors must meet the Baccalaureate Degree Requirements (Bachelor’s Degrees) as set out in the Faith, Roots, and Reason Program . A grade of at least C- is required for Faith, Roots, and Reason (General Education) coursework in this program. For this program, neither the Global Studies requirement nor the Social Science requirement may be fulfilled by other courses in this major.
Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, B.A. Program - 47 Credit Hours
PPE Major - 30 Credit Hours
Philosophy Courses - 12 Credit Hours
Politics Courses - 9 Credit Hours
Select any three (3) PLS courses at the 3000-level or above.
Economics Courses - 9 Credit Hours
Select any THREE from the following list:
Modern Language Requirement - 12 Credit Hours
PPE majors are required to take four semesters of a modern language in one or more modern languages.
No CLEP, AP, IB or transient study credits may be used to fulfill this requirement. Students may take elementary or intermediate language courses or a combination of both.
School of Liberal Arts and Sciences Additional Natural Science Requirements - 5 Credit Hours
Five additional hours of natural science: 1 lab to accompany the course taken for general education [BIO 1043 , BIO 1023 , ESC 1043 OCY 1043 , PHY 1033 or PHY 1063 ], and one additional natural science course and accompanying lab. The two natural sciences must be in different areas: one must be a life science (biology) and the other must be a physical science (chemistry, physics, oceanography, earth science, or forensic science). In sum, students are required to take a minimum of 8 hours of natural science courses (one life science and one physical science, with their associated labs).
Additional Required Credit Hours - 30 Credit Hours
This program must include a minor or an additional major.
Note:
Undergraduates who major in Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE) are required to take multiple philosophy courses. PPE majors may count the courses taken for the satisfaction of the Philosophy component of the PPE undergraduate degree as satisfying the requirements for the undergraduate minor in Philosophy.
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