<p>What are the key differences between the two majors? Obviously ppe stands for philosophy politics and economics, but is ppe geared more toward a career in law or is it equal to getting a degree in economics and going into business with?</p>
<p>IMO, I’ve researched the core major courses of PPE and I’ve found it quite liberal arts. If you ask me then I’d say that PPE is equal to a minor in Economics (and Philosophy and Politics) so it’s like triple minor transforming into a major. I don’t think it is equal to a degree in economics or else who will study Economics if they can get a “3 for 1” deal?</p>
<p>I have a good friend at Penn who is majoring in PPE with the intention of heading to law school. From what she’s told me, only two economics classes are necessary to graduate with a PPE major; the other 12 or so classes can be taken in philosophy or politics subject areas. Based on that, I would think that a student who is interested mostly in business would want to stick with an entirely-econ major. This is a link to the PPE website:</p>
<p>[School</a> of Arts & Sciences - University of Pennsylvania](<a href=“http://www.sas.upenn.edu/ppe/index.html]School”>http://www.sas.upenn.edu/ppe/index.html)</p>
<p>Also, mickt13, I really don’t think I would equate PPE to triple-minoring. A normal minor at Penn consists of around 8 classes, and a normal major (in CAS, at least) consists of around 14. As a PPE major, you’d be taking fewer classes in each of the three subject areas than if you were to minor in all three (which I don’t think is possible).</p>
<p>I see. Thanks for the info. But i thought a minor at Penn consists of 6 c.u.? My thinking was that if you (somehow) can triple minor without major then it would be 18 c.u. in total and you can double-count some courses thus a 14 c.u. PPE major might be (somewhat) similar to triple minoring in the 3 areas. Regardless, i think you are right. Considering that PPE is not equally distributed and it’s impossible to triple minor :)</p>
<p>PPE is NOT like a triple minor, and those who tell you it is are severely misguided!</p>
<p>PPE is an inter-disciplinary course of study which combines aspects of philosophy, politics, psychology and economics in order to give you a strong foundation in the social sciences. Every PPE major must declare a concentration to focus their studies, and they must also do a capstone seminar, resulting in a significant paper on a topic of their choice.</p>
<p>PPE is a major that MANY people interested in the social sciences enter Penn with the intention of completing, only to find that they actually enjoy one of Philosophy, Politics OR Economics, and so they declare that as their major instead.</p>
<p>Also, it is certainly possible to do a triple minor. You must declare a major, but you can declare as many majors and minors as your heart desires as long as you maintain a GPA, have a general idea of when you will graduate and have the means to attend Penn financially.</p>