Political Economy Minor
Regulations effective September 1, 2011.
The Political Economy Minor at Athabasca University is designed for both beginning students and professionals to understand and engage with Canadian and global political and economic issues. The course selection provides students the opportunity to develop a greater appreciation and understanding of diverse polities, economies, cultures, and regions of the world. Additionally, it offers to professionals the retooling skills and the academic credential necessary for successful employment in an era of globalization.
Minor (30 credits, or which at least 15 must be in senior courses)
Core Courses (12 credits)
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GLST/POEC 230 Globalization and World Politics (3) POEC 302 Introduction to Political Economy (3) GLST/POEC 395 Global Development Strategies (3) -
CMNS 308 Understanding Statistical Evidence
orECON 247 Microeconomics
orECON 248 Macroeconomics
orMATH 215 Introduction to Statistics
orMGSC 301 Statistics for Business and Economics I (3)
Focus Areas (12 credits in one of the two Political Economy focus areas):
- Focus Area 1: Global Political Economy
- Focus Area 2: Canadian Political Economy
Focus Area 1: Global Political Economy
ECON 366 | Economic Development | (3) |
ECON 475 | International Trade | (3) |
ECON 476 | International Finance | (3) |
ENVS/GLST 243 | Environmental Change in a Global Context | (3) |
ENVS 435 | Case Studies in Environmental Protection: Popular Education, Community Sustainability, and Global Connections |
(3) |
FNCE 370 | Overview of Corporate Finance | (3) |
GEOL 313 | Our Physical Resources | (3) |
GLST/GOVN/POLI 403 | Public Policy in a Global Era | (3) |
GLST/GOVN 450 | Public Budgeting and Financial Management in a Globalized World | (3) |
LBST/ECON 330 | Workers and the Economy | (3) |
LBST/SOCI/WGST 332 | Women and Unions | (3) |
MKTG 414 | International Marketing and Exporting | (3) |
GLST/POEC 483 | International Political Economy: The Politics of Globalization | (3) |
POLI 307 | Political Ideologies | (3) |
POLI 330 | International and Global Politics | (3) |
POLI 342 | Introduction to Comparative Politics | (3) |
POLI 480 | The Politics of Cyberspace | (3) |
SOCI 381 | The Sociology of Power and Inequality | (3) |
SOCI 435 | Theories of Social Change |
(3) |
Focus Area 2: Canadian Political Economy
Electives (6 credits from Political Economy designated courses in any field in Humanities or Social Sciences)
Information effective Sept. 1, 2011 to Aug. 31, 2012.
Updated March 07, 2012