<p>If I wanted to study international economics, would Columbia not be the place for me because of their lack of an IR major? Is there anything comparable to Yale's 'Ethics, Politics, and Economics' major?</p>
<p>1) EPE is an apply for major that you are not guaranteed to be admitted to. i had a friend of mine, 1600 SAT, was the fed chair for high school, went to yale and worked for the microlending group, but was denied from EPE. so just cause school has something, read the fine print.</p>
<p>2) Columbia has an Econ-Polisci and an Econ-Phil joint majors that anyone can enter into without application.</p>
<p>3) CU is one of the best unis for IR. it has ken waltz, robert jervis, who are titans in the field. you major in IR as a subfield of political science.</p>
<p>of note - columbia, chicago and harvard are probably the three most influential departments in polisci of the 20th and now 21st Century. if studying with folks who are pretty much defining the field is something of interest to you, cu is right up there. </p>
<p>and if you want ethics - you have the core.</p>
<p>Thanks, that was great.</p>
<p>Yeah there isn’t a better environment to study undergrad international relations than at Columbia. It is the school most in touch with and affected by international politics, it houses one of the best IR departments in the world, and is situated in the international relations capital of the world. The university brings in heavy weights and country leaders to campus all the time. Check the world leader’s forum at Columbia, in the next 2 weeks we’re going to have 6 heads of state and other equivalent speakers like Kofi Annan speaking to students and faculty, no university can match Columbia for this.</p>
<p>As an undergrad you can major in econ-polisci and double in philosophy. But econ-polisci works well for IR.</p>