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Regulations
effective September 1, 2006
As a graduate of Athabasca University's political economy program, you will gain a diverse knowledge of the interplay between politics, society and economics. Students may focus their studies in either Global Political Economy or Canadian Political Economy. For more information visit the program's website.
Athabasca University has developed program learning outcomes that describe the career options that may be available to you upon graduating. Students complete the program regulations in effect at the time of their enrolment.
 Bachelor
of Arts (3-year) General regulations.
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| Requirements
within the general program requirements for the 3-year
BA with concentration. |
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A minimum of 15 credits in designated
Political Economy concentration
courses. It is strongly recommended
that students complete these courses at
the beginning of the program. |
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| ECON 247 |
Microeconomics |
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| ECON 248 |
Macroeconomics |
(3) |
| MATH 215 |
Introduction to Statistics
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| MATH 216 |
Computer-Oriented Approach
to Statistics
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| MGSC 301 |
Statistics for Business and
Economics I |
(3) |
| POEC/GLST 230 |
Globalization and World
Politics |
(3) |
| POEC 302 |
Introduction to Political
Economy |
(3) |
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A minimum of 15 credits in one of the
two areas of focus. Students must take
at least one course from each of the
following areas: Economics, Political
Economy, and Political Science. |
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Area of Focus I: Global
Political Economy |
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| ECON 401 |
The Changing Global Economy*
*Students who have taken ECON 301 may not take ECON 401. |
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| ECON 376 |
Economic Development in
the Third World |
(6) |
| ECON 475 |
International Trade |
(3) |
| ECON 476 |
International Finance |
(3) |
| ENVS/GLST 243 |
Environmental Change in a Global Context |
(3) |
| GLST/HIST 307 |
The Pacific Century |
(3) |
| GLST 308 |
Americas: An Introduction
to Latin America and the
Caribbean |
(3) |
| GLST/HIST 377 |
Twentieth-Century
China |
(3) |
| HIST 486 |
The Industrial Revolution |
(3) |
| POEC/GLST 395 |
Global Development
Strategies |
(3) |
| POEC/GLST 483 |
International Political Economy:
Power,
Production and Global
Order |
(3) |
| POLI 330 |
International and
Global Politics |
(3) |
| POLI 340 |
Comparative Politics in the
Industrial and Post- Industrial Countries |
(3) |
| POLI 341 |
Comparative Politics in Developing/Industrializing
Countries |
(3) |
| SOCI 435 |
Theories of Social Change
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Area of
Focus II: Canadian Political Economy |
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| CMNS 401 |
Cultural Policy in Canada |
(3) |
| ECON 385 |
Money, Banking and Canadian Financial
Institutions |
(3) |
| GEOG 310 |
Canadian Urban Development |
(3) |
| GOVN 450 |
Public Budgeting and Financial Management |
(3) |
| HIST 326 |
Contemporary Canada: Canada
after 1945 |
(3) |
| IDRL 307 |
Public Sector Labour Relations |
(3) |
| IDRL 320 |
Labour
Law in Canada |
(3) |
| LBST 332 |
Women and Unions |
(3) |
| LGST 310 |
The Impact of the Canadian
Charter on Labour
Relations |
(3) |
| POEC 393 |
Canada and the Global Political Economy |
(3) |
| POLI 309 |
Canadian Government and Politics |
(3) |
| POLI 311 |
Aboriginal Politics and Government |
(3) |
| POLI 325 |
Canadian Environmental Policy
and Politics |
(3) |
| POLI 383 |
Introduction to Canadian Political Economy |
(3) |
| SOCI 321 |
The Sociology of Work and
Industry |
(3) |
| SOCI 445 |
Selected Topics in Canadian Society |
(3) |
| TAXX 301 |
Introduction to Income Taxation |
(3) |
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Select a minimum of 12 credits from
the following designated political
economy general elective courses (or
from Area of Focus I or II (provided you have not been used the courses already to fulfill the Area of Focus
requirement).
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| ANTH 307 |
The Inuit Way |
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| ANTH 362 |
First Nations of Canada |
(3) |
| ANTH 375 |
The Anthropology of
Gender |
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| ANTH 394 |
Urban Anthropology |
(3) |
CMNS 385/
SOCI 378 |
Media Constructions of Social
Movements and
Issues |
(3) |
| CMNS 402 |
International
Media
Systems I–The Americas |
(3) |
| CMNS 423 |
The Television Age |
(3) |
| ECON 321 |
Economics of Health
Care |
(3) |
| ENTP 212 |
Starting a Small
Business |
(3) |
| ENVS 435 |
Case Studies in Environmental
Protection:
Popular Education,
Community Sustainability,
and Global Connections |
(3) |
| FREN 100 |
French for Beginners I |
(3) |
| FREN 101 |
French for Beginners II |
(3) |
| GEOG/GLST 200 |
World Regional
Geography
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| GEOG 201 |
Introductory Human Geography |
(3) |
| GEOG 302 |
The Canadian North |
(3) |
| HADM 336 |
Community Health Planning |
(3) |
| HADM 339 |
The Organization of the
Canadian Health Care
System |
(3) |
| HIST 336 |
History of Canadian
Labour |
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| HIST/LBST 470 |
Pre-Industrial Origins of
Labour and Socialist
Thought |
(3) |
| HIST/LBST 471 |
Labour and Socialist
Thought in the Early Industrial Revolution,
1800-1850 |
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| INST 111 |
Introductory Cree I |
(3) |
| INST 112 |
Introductory Cree II |
(3) |
| MATH 244 |
Business Math |
(3) |
| MATH 265 |
Introduction to Calculus
I |
(3) |
| PHIL 371 |
Ethics, Science, Technology, and the Environment |
(3) |
| SOCI 345 |
Women and Work in Canada |
(3) |
| SOCI 381 |
The Sociology of Power
and Inequality |
(3) |
| SOCI 450 |
Social Theory and the Environment |
(3) |
| SPAN 200 |
First Year Spanish I |
(3) |
| SPAN 201 |
First Year Spanish II |
(3) |
| WMST 400 |
Feminism in the Western
Tradition |
(3) |
| WMST 401 |
Contemporary Feminist Theory |
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18 remaining elective
credits selected from the following disciplines:
History (HIST) (6)
Labour
Studies (LBST) and/or
Industrial
Relations (IDRL) (6)
Women's Studies (WMST) and/or
Indigenous
Studies (INST) (6)
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The remaining 30 credits are options.
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Recommendations |
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It is strongly recommended
that
students who want to pursue
graduate work in Political Economy or
international affairs include among their
options, POEC
499. |
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Language proficiency:
It is strongly
recommended that students in Canadian
Study areas who want to pursue
employment in the federal civil service
or foreign affairs, take French as an
elective or option. Students interested in North American integration should
take Spanish. Likewise, students
interested in governance capacity
building for First Nations communities
should take First Nations language
courses. Students are advised that “language proficiency” usually
means one of the following:
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the ability to
read French or Spanish at a level consistent with the usual
requirements of a junior French
language course. This ability may be
proven by one of the following: either
by completing 6 junior credits in
French (for example French 200 and French 201) or by passing a reading
proficiency examination in French
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speak fluently one of
Canada's
First
Nations languages (for example,
Cree or Inuktitut);
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read one of Canada's
First Nations
languages (for example, Cree or
Inuktitut), at a level consistent with
the usual requirements of a second-year
university language course. |
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Writing proficiency:
Given the
importance of good writing skills for
success in post-secondary studies and the workplace, it is strongly
recommended that students take ENGL
255 as an elective or option course. Students for whom English is a second language should also take
ENGL 177. |
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