Students entering the University of San Diego and/or declaring a major during 2023-24, should follow information contained in the printed course catalog (also known as the "catalog of record") published on April 1, 2023. Access the catalog of record at https://catalogs.sandiego.edu.

1st Pathway - Students majoring in Philosophy (18 units)

Course List
Code	Title	Units
Foundational Courses (9 units)
PPE 101	Morality, Markets, and Government	3
ECON 101	Principles of Microeconomics	3-4
POLS 150	Introduction to Comparative Politics	3
or POLS 100	Power and Justice
or POLS 120	Introduction to American Politics
or POLS 170	Introduction to International Relations
PPE Capstone
PPE 495	PPE Capstone	3
Elective Courses (6 upper-division units from the lists of Economics and Political Science electives provided below. At least 3 units must be from Political Science.)		6

Total Units		18-19

2nd Pathway - Students majoring in Political Science (18 units)

Course List
Code	Title	Units
Foundational Courses (9 Units)
PPE 101	Morality, Markets, and Government	3
ECON 101	Principles of Microeconomics	3-4
PHIL 116	Morality and Justice	3
or PHIL 110	Introduction to Philosophy
or PHIL 111	Philosophy of Human Nature
or PHIL 112	Philosophy and Literature
or PHIL 114	Philosophy and Technology
or PHIL 115	Faith and Reason
or PHIL 118	Philosophy Through Food
or PHIL 171	Medieval Philosophy
PPE Capstone
PPE 495	PPE Capstone	3
Elective Courses (6 upper-division units from the lists of Economics and Philosophy electives provided below. At least 3 units must be from Philosophy.)		6
Total Units		18-19

3rd Pathway - Students majoring in Economics or Business Economics (18 units)

Course List
Code	Title	Units
Foundational Courses (9 Units)
PPE 101	Morality, Markets, and Government	3
PHIL 116	Morality and Justice	3
or PHIL 110	Introduction to Philosophy
or PHIL 111	Philosophy of Human Nature
or PHIL 112	Philosophy and Literature
or PHIL 114	Philosophy and Technology
or PHIL 115	Faith and Reason
or PHIL 118	Philosophy Through Food
or PHIL 171	Medieval Philosophy
POLS 150	Introduction to Comparative Politics	3
or POLS 100	Power and Justice
or POLS 120	Introduction to American Politics
or POLS 170	Introduction to International Relations
PPE Capstone
PPE 495	PPE Capstone	3
Elective Courses (3 upper-division units from Philosophy, and 3 upper-division units from Political Science, from the lists of electives provided below.)		6

Total Units		18

4th Pathway - Students not majoring in Philosophy, Political Science, Business Economics or Economics (21 units)

Course List
Code	Title	Units
Foundational Courses (12 units)
PPE 101	Morality, Markets, and Government	3
ECON 101	Principles of Microeconomics	3-4
PHIL 116	Morality and Justice	3
or PHIL 110	Introduction to Philosophy
or PHIL 111	Philosophy of Human Nature
or PHIL 112	Philosophy and Literature
or PHIL 114	Philosophy and Technology
or PHIL 115	Faith and Reason
or PHIL 118	Philosophy Through Food
or PHIL 171	Medieval Philosophy
POLS 150	Introduction to Comparative Politics	3
or POLS 100	Power and Justice
or POLS 120	Introduction to American Politics
or POLS 170	Introduction to International Relations
PPE Capstone
PPE 495	PPE Capstone	3
Elective Courses (3 upper-division units from Philosophy, and 3 upper-division units from Political Science, from the lists of electives provided below.)		6

Total Units		21-22

PPE Elective Courses*

Course List
Code	Title	Units
ECONOMICS
ECON 302	Public Finance	3
ECON 304	Urban Economics	3
ECON 308	Environmental and Natural Resource Economics	3
ECON 309	LGBTQ in Business and Economics	3
ECON 310	Money and Banking	3
ECON 322	Labor Economics	3
ECON 327	Law and Economics	3
ECON 333	International Economics	3
ECON 335	Economic Development of Latin America	3
ECON 337	Economic Development of Asia	3
ECON 339	Latin America Business Environment	3
ECON 340	Behavioral Economics	3
ECON 353	Sports Economics	3
ECON 370	Applied Econometrics	3
ECON 375	Game Theory	3
ECON 376	GIS Applications in Business	3
ECON 381	Predictive Analytics & Big Data	3
ECON 390	Business Analytics Strategy	3
ECON 414	Investment Economics	3
ECON 424	Industrial Organization	3
ECON 471	Business Cycles and Forecasting	3
ECON 473	Managerial Economics	3
ECON 480	Mathematical Economics	3
ECON 494	Special Topics in Economics	1-4
PHILOSOPHY
PHIL 321	Social Ethics	3-4
PHIL 330	Ethics	3
PHIL 331	Biomedical Ethics	3
PHIL 332	Business Ethics	3
PHIL 333	Legal Ethics	3
PHIL 337	Mass Media Ethics	3-4
PHIL 338	Environmental Ethics	3-4
PHIL 340	Ethics of War and Peace	3
PHIL 341	Ethics and Education	3
PHIL 342	Engineering Ethics	3
PHIL 343	Gender and Economic Justice	3
PHIL 344	Environmental Justice	3
PHIL 346	Public Health Ethics	3
PHIL 360	Ethical Theory	3
PHIL 405	Games & Choices: The Tools of Philosophy, Politics, & Economics	3
PHIL 420	Philosophy of Race	3
PHIL 423	African American Philosophy	3
PHIL 460	Legal Reasoning	3
PHIL 461	Philosophy of Law	3
PHIL 462	Political Philosophy	3
PHIL 483	Philosophy of Social Sciences	3
POLITICAL SCIENCE
POLS 300	Democratic Theory	3
POLS 301	Political Thought:Ancient to Modern	3
POLS 302	Political Thought:Modern and Contemporary	3-4
POLS 303	Liberal Political Thought	3
POLS 304	American Political Thought	3
POLS 305	Black Political Thought	3
POLS 306	Conservative Political Thought	3
POLS 307	Feminist Political Theories	3
POLS 308	Politics and Literature	3
POLS 309	Sex, Power, and Politics	3
POLS 310	The Presidency	3
POLS 312	Congress	3
POLS 313	Parties and Interest Groups	3
POLS 314	Campaigns and Elections	3
POLS 316	State and Local Government	3
POLS 317	Asian American Politics	3
POLS 318	Black Politics	3
POLS 319	Politics of Race and Ethnicity	3
POLS 320	War Powers in the American Constitutional System	3
POLS 321	Constitutional Law and American Government:Federalism and Separation of Powers	3
POLS 322	Constitutional Law: Civil Rights and Liberties	3
POLS 323	Judicial Behavior	3
POLS 326	Comparative Law	3
POLS 327	International Law	3
POLS 329	Law of the Sea	3
POLS 330	Thinking Like a Political Scientist	3
POLS 340	Public Administration	3
POLS 342	Public Policy	3-4
POLS 343	Education, Citizenship and Politics in South Africa	3
POLS 344	Politics of U.S. Citizenship and Migration	3
POLS 346	Food and Politics	3
POLS 347	Culture & Environmental Politics	3
POLS 348	Indigenous Peoples and the Environment	3
POLS 349	Politics and the Environment	3
POLS 350	Theories of Comparative Politics	3
POLS 352	Comparative Politics of Developing Countries	3
POLS 353	Politics and Religion	3
POLS 355	Politics in Europe	3
POLS 357	Politics in Latin America	3
POLS 358	Politics in South Asia	3
POLS 359	Politics in the Middle East	3
POLS 360	Politics in Sub-Saharan Africa	3
POLS 361	Politics in South Africa	3
POLS 362		3-4
POLS 363	Politics in France	3
POLS 365	Politics in Russia	3
POLS 366	Politics in Mexico	3
POLS 368	Politics in China	3
POLS 370	Theories of International Relations	3
POLS 371	American Foreign Policy	3-4
POLS 374	U.S.-Latin American Relations	3
POLS 376	U.S. National Security	3
POLS 377	Regional Security	3
POLS 378	Transnational Crime and Terrorism	3-4
POLS 379	International Political Boundaries and Border Policies	3
POLS 380	Theories of International Political Economy	3
POLS 381	Migration & Immigration Politics and Policy	3
POLS 382	International Human Rights	3
POLS 383	International Organizations	3
POLS 400	Political Ideas & Ideologies	1-3

*Additional courses may be accepted as PPE electives, with approval of the program director. Note: Some elective courses have individual prerequisites.