Economic Policy

The Economic Policy pathway examines domestic and international economic policies and their impact on social issues such as health, education, science & technology, and the environment.  Other courses in the stream focus on the role of business in society, as well as issues related to its regulation.  A sampling of past internships in these areas is included – for a full listing, visit the Undergraduate Internship Office.

Economic Policy

Courses:

PUBPOL 128	Microeconomic Policy Tools
PUBPOL 156	Health Economics
PUBPOL 159s	State & Local Public Policy
PUBPOL 165	American International Economic Policy
PUBPOL 186	Public Finance
PUBPOL 189	Business and Government
PUBPOL195/6	Special Topics:
	Economics of Education
	Racial and Ethnic Economic Inequality
PUBPOL 209S	Global Issues Population/Development
PUBPOL 218	Macroeconomic Policy
PUBPOL 238	Public Budgeting
PUBPOL 259s	State and Local Public Finance
PUBPOL 260s	Science/Technology Policy
PUBPOL 261	Evaluation of Government Expenditure
PUBPOL 266s	Risk and Regulation
PUBPOL 264/264s	Special Topics:
	Businesses' Social Compact
	Economics of Reparations
	Getting Value for Money in Health Care
	Trade and Finance
	Urban Policy
PUBPOL 268	Media Policy and Economics
PUBPOL 269s	The Regulatory Process
PUBPOL 272	Resource/Environmental Economics
PUBPOL 286s	Economic Growth & Development Policy
PUBPOL 287	Public Finance
PUBPOL 290s	Glasgow Seminar
ECON 122D	American Business History
ECON 155	Labor Economics
ECON 187	Public Finance
ECON 197S	Economic Science Studies
ECON 208S	Economics of the Family
POLSCI 113	International Political Economy
SOCIOL 142D	Organizations and Global Competition

Representative Internships:

Merrill Lynch & Co., Office of Government Relations	Washington, DC
National Forest Protection Alliance	Chapel Hill, NC
One Economy	Washington, DC
Penn Environment: Citizen Outreach	Philadelphia, PA
US Department of Commerce	Washington, DC

Please contact the Undergraduate Office with questions.