Advising alert for Spring Term

Please note the following changes to the Spring Term schedule that may be of interest to students:

• Political Science 314 State and Local Government will be offered both on-line and in the classroom in the Spring Term.
• Dr. Ambrus Price has been given the go-ahead to offer two 2-credit weekend college courses in Portland in Spring Term.  These classes are:  1). African American Political Thought 2) Federalism and the Role of Government in Natural Disasters. 
• We will add Critical Thinking (PHIL 103 (written mistakenly as PHIL 203 in some places) on campus.  This class will be taught by Marian Mustoe to allow for an on-campus philosophy class.
• We have added and ECON 310 class titled “ECON334 Am Economic Hist”  This is formerly “ECON 334:  US Economic History”.  This is the teach out of a required class for PPE students on the “old” PPE.  This course has otherwise been cancelled. 
• For students needing POLS 435, a suitable substitution will be ECON 302, Macroeconomic Principles, taught by Scott McConnell online over Spring Term.
• For students needing PHIL 409 an acceptable substitute for this course is BUS 411 Business Ethics.  There is currently space in the on-campus section, and there may be an additional section opened for online students. 

PPE Meeting:

TOPIC:    An open discussion on the scheduled course offerings and options for the future. Please come  ready to share your thoughts!

PLACE:   Library conference room upstairs right next to the coffee shop. 
TIME:     Thursday the 21st at 4PM.
WHO:     PPE students and faculty.

Scheduling update:

The is a quick note to let people know we are looking at our on-campus offerings for PPE and PA over the Winter and Spring Term. Among the possibilities are Dr. Marian Mustoe offering a course in critical thinking in the Spring. This would be structured to meet the PPE requirement that currently can only be met online via PHIL 103. Secondly, we are looking at the possibility of switching a class of Dr. Price's from on-line to on campus for the Spring. We will update this post and send out advisor alerts as soon as we have new information.

PPE News

Program Dinner:
On Thursday, October 10, the PPE program held its second "not-so-annual" program dinner! Held at Peter Maille's home, PPE faculty and several students were in attendance. The main course was a decadent plethora of pizzas, and for dessert a s'more pizza was offered. Several interesting discussions were had, including one centering on PPE graduate Paul Lubeck's research into the relationship between demographics and interest rates. I personally had a nice conversation with Dave Komito about whether or not I exist. Although I left early, I believe a bonfire was held and have no doubt that it was very enjoyable. A big thanks to Peter and Robin for hosting us, and I hope everyone had fun!

PPE Degree Changes:
Going into effect fall 2013, the requirements for a PPE degree at EOU have changed. There will now be a required thirty-five lower-division credits: Instead of being able to choose between PHIL101 (Self, World, and God) and PHIL203 (Critical Thinking; now PHIL103), and POLS200 (Comparative Politics) or POLS221 (International Relations), both PHIL101 and POLS200 have been removed. POLS251 (Social Science Research Methods) has been added.

Only twenty-five upper-division credits are still required; however, ECON334 (US Economic History) and PHIL420 (Philosophy of Law) have been removed, ECON370 (History of Economic Thought) has been added, and one must now choose between and economics and political science field placement. There are fifteen credits of upper-division electives, five in each of the three disciplines.

Please note that if you were admitted to EOU before the new requirements went into effect, you may choose either to receive your degree under either the new or old requirements. To view the current PPE and PA checksheets, please click here.

Have some news that you want to see hosted here? Send me an email at mchatham@eou.edu and I'll make you an author of the blog or write it up myself.

Introduction

What is the PPE Blog?

The PPE Blog is intended as a general source of news and discussion for students majoring or minoring in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics or Public Administration at Eastern Oregon University. If a study group or club for PPE/PA students materializes on campus, it can function as the group's blog. Generally the blog will host any content that is relevant or useful for PPE/PA students, especially news about the programs, student papers, and so on. Ideally, it will become a site of open and lively discussion among students and faculty. I would be open to hearing any suggestions about the blog or its content, and I will add as an author anyone who is interested in publishing on the blog.

Who are you?

My name is Matt Chatham, and I am a transfer PPE student beginning in the fall of 2013. After several years of ignoring extracurriculars I am actively trying to get involved on my new campus, and this seemed like a great way to do that while meeting my peers and making friends.