Economics, Politics, and History

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The mission of the Center for Economics, Politics, and History (CEPH) is to produce an integrative and historically informed understanding of politics and economics (what is sometimes referred to as the single discipline of “political economy”).

We study history with the intent to apply it to understand practical problems that arise in economics and politics. Technical ability and analytical knowledge are also integrated in the curriculum.

The Center for Economics, Politics, and History (CEPH) at the University of Austin equips students to understand how governments and businesses deal with core challenges, and empowers them to learn how to deal with challenges they face as students, employees, and citizens. That is why the curriculum must be integrated across three disciplines—economics, history, and political science.

A graduate from this program will:

program design:

180 credit hours

Total Program Requirement

54 Credits

Intellectual Foundations

Explore a four-year path designed to awaken the intellect, deepen inquiry, and turn knowledge into action.

18 Credits

Center Foundations

Explore a four-year path designed to awaken the intellect, deepen inquiry, and turn knowledge into action.

36 Credits

Center Core

Explore a four-year path designed to awaken the intellect, deepen inquiry, and turn knowledge into action.

27 Credits

Concentration Area

Explore a four-year path designed to awaken the intellect, deepen inquiry, and turn knowledge into action.

21 Credits

Polaris

Build, create, or discover something that serves humanity.

Center
Faculty

Selected
Readings

A curated collection of foundational texts in economics, politics, philosophy, and history that shape the intellectual framework of the program.

Available
Courses

Explore the range of courses offered through the Center, from analytical tools and economic theory to political philosophy and historical inquiry.

Number	Course Title	Element	CR
EPH 1110	Analytical Tools for Economics and Political Science	Foundations	3
EPH1610	Introduction to World Economics and Political History	Foundations	4.5
EPH 1120	Introduction to Applied Econometrics	Center Core	3
EPH 1210	Foundations of Microeconomics I	Center Core, Center Foundations	3
EPH 1220	Foundations of Microeconomics II	Center Core, Center Foundations	3
EPH 1310	Foundations of Macroeconomics I	Center Core, Center Foundations	3
EPH 1410	Foundations of Political Science I	Center Foundations	3
EPH 2620	Capitalism, Its Critics, and the History of Growth, Poverty, and Inequality	Center Core	3
EPH 1320	Foundations of Macroeconomics II	Center Core, Center Foundations	3
EPH 1420	Foundations of Political Science II	Center Core	3
EPH 1510	Corporate Finance, Accounting, and Business Planning	Center Core	3
EPH 1710	Philosophers of Political Economy	Center Core	3
EPH 1810	History, Historiography, and the Philosophy of History	Center Core	3
EPH 1910	Public Choice	Center Core	3
EPH 2110	Advanced Topics in Panel Data Analysis	Center Core	5
EPH 2640	Advanced Topics in American Economic History	Center Core	3
EPH 3320	Finance and Economic Development	Center Core	4.5
EPH 2120	Advanced Topics in Time Series Analysis	Center Core	3
EPH 2130	Advanced Topics in Data Science for Social Sciences	Center Core	3
EPH 1130	Data Science for Social Scientists	Center Core	3
EPH 2310	Advanced Macroeconomics, Public Finance, and Growth Theory	Electives	3
EPH 2210	Advanced Microeconomics	Electives	3
EPH 2650	Advanced Topics in World Economic History	Electives	3
EPH 2510	Business Structures and Governance	Electives	3
EPH 2620	Capitalism, Its Critics, and the History of Growth, Poverty, and Inequality	Electives	3
EPH 3510	Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurial Finance	Electives	3
EPH 2630	How Political Revolutions Happen…	Electives	3
EPH 3220	International Finance	Electives	3
EPH 3410	International Relations	Electives	3
EPH 3210	International Trade	Electives	3
EPH 3310	Money, Banking, and the Financial System	Electives	3
EPH 2910	Property Rights and their Economic and Political Consequences	Electives	3
EPH 3215	Rationality and its Limits: From Becker to Thaler and Beyond	Electives	3
EPH 2610	The Changing Structure of Civilization: Tribes, City States, Empires, & Nations	Electives	3
EPH 2420	Voting, Political Parties, and Electoral Politics	Electives	3

Begin Your
Pursuit

An independent university dedicated to free inquiry, civil discourse, and the relentless search for what is real and what is right.

From day one to graduation, the Polaris Project guides you in conceiving, pitching, building, and presenting a signature project that serves the human good under faculty mentorship and a structured, cumulative curriculum.