Philosophy, Politics & Economics
Bachelor Degree (B.A.) in Philosophy, Politics & Economics
A PATH FOR FUTURE LEADERS
The Philosophy, Politics & Economics (PPE) degree at Belmont Abbey College is based on the University of Oxford’s PPE program that has produced many presidents, prime ministers, and other world leaders. In small classes with dedicated professors, you will cultivate knowledge across these three disciplines, specialize in one of them, and focus on a skill such as language, mathematics, or international relations. Courses on logic and ethics, constitutional law, micro- and macroeconomics, and more will teach you how to reason at a high level about political and economic decisions. Our program is ideal for future political leaders and lawyers, and for anyone to develop skills to succeed in graduate school and to climb organizational ladders.
Possible career paths:
Politics, government, diplomacy, law, business and finance, teaching, consulting
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$57k
Average Salary For Philosophy, Politics & Economics Majors
Curriculum
In addition to the specific requirements listed in the section below, all students at the Abbey are required to earn credits in our core liberal arts curriculum.
Major Requirements:
PE 300W PPE Seminar in Contemporary Problems
Apply your philosophical, political, and economic tools to a current policy issue such as immigration, guns and crime, healthcare policy, environmental policy, and so on. This seminar is taught by a philosopher, political scientist, and an economist, and we examine a different topic each year.
PH 301 The Good Life
How should humans live? Explore the main approaches to ethics as represented by Aristotle, Aquinas, Kant, Mill, and Nietzsche, and apply these approaches to contemporary issues.
PO 361 American Political Thought I
Study the political ideas of American statesmen and thinkers such as Jefferson, Franklin, Madison, Hamilton, and Calhoun.
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