INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Sophomore standing and ( POLI SCI 140 or INTL ST 101 ) or graduate standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science Breadth - Social Science Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Apply basic knowledge of historical events in international political economy. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Understand how international economic flows affect and constrain domestic policymakers. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Discuss international trade, monetary, and financial relations in both developed and developing economies. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Assess the state of a body of scholarly literature related to course themes, identify gaps in that literature, and formulate an original research question in the context of those gaps. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Apply basic knowledge of historical events in international political economy. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Understand how international economic flows affect and constrain domestic policymakers. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Discuss international trade, monetary, and financial relations in both developed and developing economies. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Assess the state of a body of scholarly literature related to course themes, identify gaps in that literature, and formulate an original research question in the context of those gaps. Audience: Graduate