Regulations effective September 1, 2016.
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.
POEC/GLST/INTR 230 | Globalization and World Politics | (3) |
POEC 302 | Introduction to Political Economy | (3) |
POEC/GLST/INTR 395 | Political Economy of Development: People, Processes, and Policies | (3) |
CMNS 308 | Understanding Statistical Evidence or |
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ECON 247 | Microeconomics or |
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ECON 248 | Macroeconomics or |
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MATH 215 | Introduction to Statistics or |
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MGSC 301 | Statistics for Business and Economics I | (3) |
Focus Area 1: Global Political Economy
ECON 366 | Economic Development | (3) |
ECON 475 | International Trade | (3) |
ECON 476 | International Finance | (3) |
ECON/LBST 330 | Workers and the Economy | (3) |
ENVS 435 | Transformative Change in Building Sustainable Communities |
(3) |
ENVS/GLST 243 | Environmental Change in a Global Context | (3) |
FNCE 370 | Overview of Corporate Finance | (3) |
GEOL 313 | Our Physical Resources | (3) |
GLST/GOVN 450 | Public Budgeting and Financial Management in a Globalized World | (3) |
GLST/GOVN/POLI 403 | Public Policy in a Global Era | (3) |
LBST/SOCI/WGST 332 | Women and Unions | (3) |
MKTG 414 | International Marketing and Exporting | (3) |
POEC/GLST/INTR 483 | International Political Economy: The Politics of Globalization | (3) |
POLI 307 | Political Ideologies | (3) |
POLI/INTR 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
Information effective Sept. 1, 2016 to Aug. 31, 2017.
Updated January 09 2018 by laurab
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