The Interfield degree program combines courses from both departments in SPE for an interdisciplinary political economy degree. Students must be accepted into the interfield by both the Department of Politics and Policy and the Department of Economics. The interfield also has a modified qualifying exam structure based on the requirements in both departments. The econ qual requirements combine testing on ECON 302  or ECON 313  and a field of application.

This program requires 72-80 units composed of a core, a methods minor field, a political science major field, and an economics major field. One of the Interfield major fields listed below will count toward one of these areas.

Students in the Interfield PhD program must pass qualifying examinations in both major fields of study, and defend a dissertation proposal and dissertation that meets rigorous methodological standards and draws from both major fields.