International Politics and Political Science and Economics, PhD (Interfield Degree)

This PhD degree program combines courses from the Department of International Studies and the Department of Economic Sciences in the Division of Politics and Economics for an interdisciplinary political economy degree. Students must be accepted into the PhD interfield by both the Department of Economic Sciences and the department of International Studies and complete an Interfield Coursework Proposal form that is signed and approved by each department.

Admission requirements are detailed in the Admission section of the Bulletin.

Degree Requirements

Coursework. A minimum of 80 units are required for the doctoral degree. In addition to the tools requirements, students are required to complete six-course sequences in two of the program’s field offerings.

Research Tools. Satisfactory completion of research tool requirements through our core methods courses.

Transdisciplinary Requirement. Doctoral students are required to complete a Transdisciplinary course (T-Course) within the first two years of their program or by the completion of 48 units in their program. The course will count as 4 units towards the doctoral degree requirement. It will not add any additional units to the student’s degree requirements nor count against the total number of transfer units from previous graduate coursework.

Qualifying Exams. A modified qualifying exam structure takes into account requirements of the two programs. There are three qualifying exams in total:

Economics: Successful completion of the Interfield Microeconomics qualifying exam and a qualifying exam in the major field of study.
Political Science: Successful completion of a qualifying exam in the chosen concentration

Dissertation. Campus policies and procedures are detailed in the Doctoral Degree Regulations section of the Bulletin and on the registrar’s Completion of Degree webpage.

University Policies. University policies detailed in the Academic Policies section of the Bulletin apply.

Practical Experience Milestone

Coursework Requirements

Transdisciplinary Requirement

One class (4 units).

Doctoral students are required to complete a Transdisciplinary (TNDY) course (T-Course) within the first two years of their program or by the completion of 48 units in their program. The course will count as 4 units towards the doctoral degree requirement. It will not add any additional units to the student’s degree requirements nor count against the total number of transfer units from previous graduate coursework. See the class schedule for TNDY classes.

Microeconomics & Macroeconomics (12 units)

Econ 302 Macroeconomic Analysis
Econ 313 Microeconomic Analysis

One of the following, with approval of the field advisor:

Econ 316 Consumer Theory and General Equilibrium
Econ 317 Game Theory and Asymmetric Information or (prerequisite-Econ316)
SP&E 317 Advanced Formal Modeling
Econ 303 Advanced Macroeconomics

Political Economy (8 units)

SP&E 352 Comparative Political Economy
SP&E 411 International Political Economy

Research Tools (16 units)

If your primary department is the Department of International Studies, take the following sequence (16 units):

INST 400 - Math Preparations Workshop (0 units) for those who need basic calculus, linear algebra and probability theory
INST 481 - Statistical Methods for Social Sciences
INST 483 - Multivariate Analysis in International Studies Using SAS
INST 487 - Advanced Topics in Applied Econometrics
INST 489 - Advanced Research Design

If your primary department is the Department of Economic Sciences, take the following sequence (16 units):

ECON 300 Math Brush-Up Workshop (0 units)*
ECON 381 Probability and Statistic for Econometrics
ECON 382 Econometrics II
ECON 383 Econometrics III
INST 489 Advanced Research Design

Transdisciplinary Requirement

One class (4 units).

Fields

Choose one area of study in Economics, and one concentration in International Studies:

International Studies (20 units)

Comparative Politics
Computational Analytics
International Political Economy*
World Politics

Economics (20 units)

Applied Microeconomics
Behavioral Economics & Neuroeconomics
Health & Labor Economics
Micro Policy Evaluation
International Money & Finance
International Economic & Development Policy

* This field is only available to students completing the interfield between International Politics and Political Science and Economics Ph.D.

Divistion of Politics and Economics Practical Experience Milestone

Doctoral students in the Division of Politics and Economics must meet the Practical Experience Milestone through:

A Teaching Assistantship
A Research Assistantship
An external teaching opportunity
A research project with CGU or 5C faculty
One or more articles submitted for publication
Completion of one or more semesters in Doctoral Study that includes relevant work experience and/or progress on the doctoral dissertation

Students must have their milestone approved by the department prior to the submission of their Final Approval Form. This milestone is to be completed during the time to degree at CGU (7 years for doctoral students). Extensions of Time to Degree citing the need to complete this milestone will not be approved. Students can have a maximum of 4 years of experience for the Practical Experience Milestone.