政治，经济学和法律学士学位

政治，经济学和法律课程的目标是多种多样的：向学生介绍政治学，政治经济学和经济学学科，并研究这些不同领域如何相交以塑造美国和国际法律，制度和政策。这样的学习课程为学生提供了公司，社会福利政策，劳工组织，公民自由和民权运动的历史发展的强大背景，该课程还为学生提供了发展研究国际视野的机会政治和经济学领域-在新的全球市场中至关重要的有利位置。。该系采用比较方法研究不同社会及其之间的关系，特别侧重于发展中国家和全球化。全球部分着重于诸如国际贸易，外债，经济不平等，跨国政治和社会运动，环境问题和国际机构等问题。
The Politics, Economics and Law curriculum has various objectives: to introduce students to the disciplines of political science, political economy and economics and to examine how these different areas intersect to shape U.S. and international law, institutions, and policies. Such a course of study provides the student with a strong background in the historical development of corporations, social welfare policies, labor organizations, and civil liberties and civil rights movements.The program also provides students with an opportunity to develop an international perspective in the study of politics and economics - a vantage point vital in the new global marketplace. . The department takes a comparative approach to the study of different societies and to the relations among them, with particular emphasis on the developing nations and globalization. The global component focuses on issues such as international trade, foreign debt, economic inequality, transnational political and social movements, environmental concerns and international institutions.