JINS 370 - Economic Growth and Political Instability

This course will expose students to some economic and political policies that countries can utilize to promote economic growth. The economic aspects of growth consist mainly of changes in per capita ADP largely from changes in employment, capital, and technology. The political science aspect of the course will make forays into such institutional political structures as democracy and non-democratic arrangements that inform political stability and corruption, and how they intersect with economic variables that promote growth. Students will prepare a written work that will integrate conceptions related to growth performance from models drawn from political science and economics. The final five weeks of the course will review the political and economic discussions that impact the growth process.

Prerequisite: Junior status.
Credits: 3 hours
NOTE: This course fulfills the Junior Interdisciplinary Writing-Enhanced Seminar Interconnecting Perspective of the Liberal Studies Program.
NOTE: This course counts toward the 63-hour Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) graduation requirement.
NOTE: This course is writing-enhanced.