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Politics, Philosophy, and Economics
Professor Brennan, Director
A certificate, but not a major, is available in this program.
The Politics, Philosophy, and Economics interdisciplinary certificate program at Duke is designed to enable
students to secure an understanding of the common foundations and the intersection of methods employed in
normative inquiry by the three disciplines that make up the program. Political philosophy and political economy face
similar questions and exploit common resources, and the alternative answers they provide to these questions are
grounded in competing philosophical theories. Students intending to major in any of the three disciplines, or for that
matter in any other discipline with an impact on public institutions and civil society, national and international
governance, and economic development, will find the certificate’s program of studies valuable.
The Politics, Philosophy, and Economics certificate program is composed of eight courses, including: two
cross-listed courses, one that functions as a gateway to the certificate program, a second that figures as its capstone,
and six other classes in economics, philosophy, and political science.
PROGRAM PREPARATION
Preparation for participation in the gateway course should normally include the following prerequisites: a)
Economics 22, Introductory Macroeconomics, or Economics 101, Economic Principles, and b) Philosophy 207,
Political and Social Philosophy, or Political Science 223, Introduction to Political Philosophy. However, students
without this previous preparation may enroll in the gateway course with the permission of the instructor.
PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
Eight specified courses distributed across the three disciplines in accordance with the table below, including
gateway and capstone courses.
Gateway Course
All students in the certificate program must take the Politics, Philosophy, and Economics introductory course:
Political Science 351. Prisoner’s Dilemma and Distributive Justice (C-L: Economics 361, Philosophy 246)
Capstone Course
In the spring semester of their senior year, students must take the Politics, Philosophy, and Economics capstone
course:
Political Science 482(C-L: Economics 389, Philosophy 465)
Core Courses
Beyond the gateway course, and prior to or concurrent with the capstone course, students must take a common
core of microeconomics, rational choice, ethical theory/political philosophy, and the history of economic thought.
The six courses will be chosen from three groups:
Two economics courses: 201D. Intermediate Microeconomics; 312. Adam Smith and the System of Natural
Liberty, or 311. History of Economic Thought, or 316S. The Development of Modern Economic Thought
Two political science courses: 352. Conflict, Collusion, and Cooperation, or 266. Analysis of Political Decision
Making, or 671S. Introduction to Positive Political Theory
Two philosophy courses: 216. Problems in Ethical Theory and 217. Ancient and Modern Ethical Theory
Economics
119. Introduction to Political Economy
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Political Science
177. Introduction to Political Economy
513S. Thucydides and the Realist Tradition (D)