Lewis & ClarkCollege of Arts & Sciences

Political Economy

Minoring

Requirements (effective Fall 2011)
A minimum of 20 semester credits (five courses) distributed as follows:


Core Classes
Two required core classes:

IA 340: International Political Economy
Econ 250: Radical Political Economics 

Elective Classes
Three electives, one from each of the following three concentrations:

Global Dynamics concentration
Econ 232: Economic Development
IA 238: Political Economy of Development
SoAn: 249 The Political Economy of Food
SoAn: 270 Cultural Politics in East Asia
SoAn: 350 Global Inequality

National Structures and Power concentration
Econ 220: Money and Banking
Econ 295: Political Economy of Korea
Hist 142: Modern Latin American History
Hist 347: Modern Mexico—Culture, Politics, and Economic Crisis
RHMS 360: Digital Media and Society
SoAn 353: Popular Culture/Public Protest: China

Cultural Forces and Social Movements concentration
SoAn 214: Social Change
SoAn 221: Sociology of Work, Leisure, and Consumption
SoAn 228: Class, Power and Society
SoAn 254: Social Life of Money and Exchange
SoAn 274: Chinese Culture Through Film
SoAn 285: Culture and Power in the Middle East
SoAn 300: Social Theory
SoAn 342: Power and Resistance

 

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Requirements (prior to Fall 2011)

A minimum of 20 semester credits (five courses) distributed as follows:


Core Classes
(Two required core classes)

Econ 250: Radical Political Economics
IA 340: International Political Economy

Elective Classes
(Three electives, no more than two may be taken from any one concentration)

Global Concentration
Econ 232: Economic Development
Econ 260: Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
Econ 430: History of Economic Thought
IA 257: Global Resource Dilemmas
IA 318: Multinational Corporations
IA 341: Advanced Industrial Economies
SoAn 225: Race and Ethnicity in Global Perspective
SoAn 350: Global Inequality
SoAn 352: Women in Developing Countries

National-Regional Concentration
Econ 280: Political Economy of Japan
Econ 295: Political Economy of Korea
Hist 142: Modern Latin American History
Hist 330: Race and Ethnicity in American History
Hist 347: Modern Mexico—Culture, Politics, and Economic Crisis
SoAn 285: Culture and Power in the Middle East

Social and Cultural Concentration
Gend 440: Feminist Theory
Pols 311: Pillars of Western Political Thought
SoAn 214: Social Change
SoAn 221: Sociology of Work, Leisure, and Consumption
SoAn 227: Radical Social Movements
SoAn 228: Class, Power, and Society
SoAn 249: The Political Economy of Food
SoAn 254: The Social Life of Money and Exchange
SoAn 300: Social Theory
SoAn 340: Politics and Society

Contact Us

The Political Economy Program is located in John R. Howard Hall.

email marty@lclark.edu

voice 503-768-7624

Coordinator Martin Hart-Landsberg

Political Economy Program
0615 S.W. Palatine Hill Road, MSC 40
Portland, Oregon 97219