<p>I am a sophomore at Trinity College in Connecticut, and I'm planning to apply as a transfer student for next fall. I am writing to inquire into whether there is a long term advantage to applying as International Political Economy major in the SFS versus a Political Economy major in the College. There seem to be some overlaps in course requirements, and I am not sure whether the prestige of being accepted to the SFS outweighs the likelihood of acceptance being more difficult in comparison to the College. Any information that anyone has to help clear this up for me would be greatly appreciated!</p>
<p>the two don’t really differ too much anymore. it’s more so a question of whether you would benefit more from the sfs core curriculum or the college general ed course. the sfs requires four econ courses in its core curriculum alone–something the college does not. those course are micro principles, macro principles, i trade, and i finance. </p>
<p>this along with the rest of the sfs core curriculum goes along better with the peco/ipec program that anything in the college. if you want to get into the foreign service, government, banking–the SFS name carries significant weight</p>
<p>I think you will find these helpful.</p>
<p>[International</a> Political Economy - IPEC Major - Georgetown University](<a href=“http://bsfs.georgetown.edu/majors/ipec/]International”>http://bsfs.georgetown.edu/majors/ipec/)</p>
<p>[Core</a> Curriculum - Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service (BSFS) - Georgetown University](<a href=“http://bsfs.georgetown.edu/academics/core/]Core”>http://bsfs.georgetown.edu/academics/core/)</p>
<p>[Major</a> in Political Economy - Department of Economics - Georgetown College](<a href=“http://econ.georgetown.edu/programs/undergraduate/5753.html]Major”>http://econ.georgetown.edu/programs/undergraduate/5753.html)</p>
<p>Thanks for your help! I’m leaning toward applying as Political Economy major in the college so that I can continue on a liberal arts track while still studying P.Eco. I’ve also heard that the acceptance rates are somewhat higher in the College than the SFS. Is this still likely to be true for this sort of major?</p>