Common Foundations
The student needs to take 7 classes, two each in Philosophy, Politics and Economics and one in Psychology. These requirements should be completed by the end of the sophomore year.
Philosophy Foundation
1. PHIL/PPE 8 (The Social Contract).
2. Philosophy Foundation Elective (any one from the following list):
Phil 2 (Ethics)
Phil 72 (Biomedical Ethics), PPE 272 (Ethics and the Professions)
Phil 77 (Philosophy of Law), LGST 226 (Markets,Morality and Capitalism), Phil 277 (Justice,Law and Morality), PPE 271 (Global Justice)
Political Science Foundation
1. PSCI Theory Elective (any one from the following list):
PSCI 180: Ancient Political Thought; PSCI 181: Modern Political Thought; PSCI 182: Contemporary Political Theory; and PSCI 183: American Political Thought, PSCI 281: Intro to Democratic Theory.
2. PSCI Foundation elective (any one from the following list):
PSCI 110 (Intro to Comparative Politics), PSCI 116 (Political Change in the Third World), PSCI 130 (Intro to American Politics), PSCI 150 (International Relations Theory and Practice), PSCI 152 (International Political Economy), PSCI 234 (Civil Rights, Civil Liberties), PSCI 271 (American Constitutional Law), PSCI 280 (Feminist Political Thought).
Economics Foundation
1. ECON 1 (Introductory Microeconomics)
2. ECON 2 (Introductory Macroeconomics)
If the student has AP waivers for Econ 1 and 2, any two other Econ classes may be used to fulfill the requirements of the Economics Foundation. If the student is in Wharton, and plans to take Econ 10, then this class may be used in lieu of Econ 1 and any second class in the Econ department may be used for Econ 2.
Psychology Foundation
Any one from the following list:
PPE/Psych 153 (Judgments and Decisions) or Psych 170 (Social Psychology).
Other courses may be approved on a semester by semester basis: if an additional course is approved for the psychology requirement, it will be mentioned here.