Bachelor of Arts in Joint International Relations and Economics

Lehigh University

This major brings together the studies of international economics and political economy, allowing students to understand the theory and institutional arrangements of business, markets and the interactions of states. Students will also learn about consequences created from the tradeoffs of economic goals and the considerations of power, national security and citizen welfare. This major combines international economics, which is the study of markets and economic policy, with international political economy, which studies international institutions and the interactions of states with those institutions and each other motivated by tradeoffs among economic goals and considerations of power, national security, and citizen welfare. Students study economic theory as well as institutional arrangements that allows students to understand consequences for the world economy including political and distributional consequences.

College of Arts and Sciences