APPLICATION
Class of 2009

Due: Tuesday, September 25, 2007
(Submit to Susan Nichols, 005 Fisher Hall)
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Student's Name                                   Date               Phone #                   E-mail

To enter the Program in Political Economy, students must satisfy the prerequisites for concentration in both the Department of Economics and the Department of Politics.

Indicate when you fulfilled the economics prerequisites:

ECO 100 _______________ ECO 101 _______________ ECO 202 _______________
                Semester/Yr.                              Semester/Yr.                              Semester/Yr.

MAT 103 _______________
                Semester/Yr.

Indicate when you fulfilled the Politics prerequisites (any two politics courses):

POL ____ _______________ POL ____ _______________
                    Semester/Yr.                                      Semester/Yr.

In addition to these prerequisites, students in the Program must take Econometrics (ECO 302 or 312), Macroeconomics (ECO 301 or 311), and Microeconomics (ECO 300 or 310), five other 300- or 400-level economics courses and three 300-level politics courses. For our information and to help you plan ahead, please indicate how you have fulfilled or intend to fulfill these requirements. This is not a binding contract and you do not need to seek approval from the advisor of the Program in Political Economy if any changes are necessary in subsequent semesters.

Indicate when you fulfilled, or plan to fulfill, the economics core courses (circle one in each case):

ECO 202 ________________ ECO 302 or 312 _________________
(Statistics - required) Semester/Yr.     (Econometrics) Semester/Yr.

ECO 301 or 311 _________________ ECO 300 or 310 _________________
(Macroeconomics) Semester/Yr.      (Microeconomics) Semester/Yr.

 List five other economics courses or cognates to count as departmentals.

Course # Course Title Semester/Yr.

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List the other three 300-level politics courses or cognates to fulfill the PPE politics requirement.

Course # Course Title Semester/Yr.

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Please write one or more paragraphs to discuss the substantive area of interest which you intend to investigate through your course of study in political economy and to indicate a possible topic for your junior independent work. The purpose of this is to ensure that you have carefully considered why you want to be in the Program in Political Economy.

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Student's Signature                               Date                    PPE Advisor's Signature Date