<p>Hi, I'm new to the site. I'm going into my senior year and I am trying to figure out what schools to apply to. On Princeton's web site, it says that students cannot double major. So if I'm interested in econ, politics, and the Woodrew Wilson school, there would be no way to study more than one of those areas? thanks for your time.</p>
<p>You can major in only one, but you can minor in the others</p>
<p>thanks MOREthanLuck. just curious, why do they not allow double majors? I feel as if Princeton is the only school i’ve seen that does that. It’s really a bummer for someone who loves alot of subjects equally.</p>
<p>Given Princeton’s independent work requirements, it would be next to impossible to complete the requirements for two different departments. Writing two senior theses in one year on top of regular coursework is entirely impractical. I know someone who designed his own concentration (which is possible but rare) in order to thoroughly cover two really different disciplines like philosophy and computer science, so that could be an option. But if Econ/Pol/WWS is your focus, you can probably get everything you want with a Woody Woo concentration that focuses heavily on economics and politics - maybe the political economy certificate might interest you as an addition. The WWS curriculum is extremely malleable and fits very well with the other social sciences.</p>
<p>thanks alot Tide, that really answered the lingering questions I had about the curriculum. I was just nervous because I love gov’t and IR, but also want to perhaps learn serious econ with all the quant stuff. But it looks like if i was lucky enough to get in to Princeton, WWS would have me covered. Do you know anything about the class sizes in WWS and Econ classes past the intro ones?</p>
<p>If you look at the course offerings for past semesters here ([Course</a> Offerings « Office of the Registrar](<a href=“http://registrar.princeton.edu/course-offerings/]Course”>Course Offerings | Office of the Registrar)), class sizes are listed as well.</p>
<p>Woody Woo has a bit of an econ requirement, and politics/Woody Woo courses are often able to count towards either major’s requirements. Majoring in Woody Woo should allow you to study all three of these subjects nearly equally.</p>
<p>thanks alot everyone. def gonna keep princeton on my short list! does anybody know if paul krugman bothers to teach undergraduate classes? he is one of my favorites</p>
<p>He taught one class last spring: [Course</a> Details « Office of the Registrar](<a href=“Course Details | Office of the Registrar”>Course Details | Office of the Registrar)</p>
<p>It doesn’t look like he’s teaching anything this fall; in the spring he’ll be teaching a graduate trade course in WWS.</p>
<p>i would have thought he would teach more courses given Princeton’s emphasis on undergraduate education</p>
<p>Paul Krugman is devoting more time to influencing public policy and less time to scholarly research. He writes an economic column for the NYT, appears regularly on the Sunday talk shows, and gives many interviews. While Princeton continues to emphasize undergraduate education Krugman is seeking to influence a wider audience. </p>
<p>Here are links to recent PBS interviews:
[Economist</a> Paul Krugman on Germany’s ‘Whips and Scourges’ | PBS NewsHour](<a href=“http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2012/06/paul-krugman-on-germanys-whips-and-scourges.html]Economist”>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2012/06/paul-krugman-on-germanys-whips-and-scourges.html)
[Paul</a> Krugman’s Solution to Getting Fiscal Stimulus? It Involves Aliens | PBS NewsHour | June 18, 2012 | PBS](<a href=“http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/jan-june12/krugman_06-18.html]Paul”>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/jan-june12/krugman_06-18.html) </p>
<p>The News hour will have more Krugman interviews this week. </p>
<p>Here is a recent NYT article: <a href=“Opinion | Greece as Victim - The New York Times”>Opinion | Greece as Victim - The New York Times; </p>
<p>Other Nobel Prize winners teaching at Princeton include:
Christopher Sims the 2011 Nobel Prize winner in Economics
Thomas Sargent the 2011 Nobel Prize winner in Economics
Daniel Kahneman the 2002 Nobel Prize winner in Economics
Eric S. Maskin the 2007 Nobel Prize winner in Economics</p>
<p>While John Nash *50 the 1994 Nobel Prize winner in Economics recently taught Economics 308 with Professor Harold Kuhn Professor Nash may have recently retired.</p>
<p>Take the time to learn about other economic professors and you may gain additional favorites.</p>
<p>Nash hasn’t taught in the econ department recently (nothing after 2009 that I can find), Maskin is going back to Harvard (and on the few occasions he has taught, they’ve been graduate courses in mechanism design), and Kahneman hasn’t taught in the econ department recently. Sims is taking a sabbatical this coming year (though he does still teach undergrads, as he taught Money and Banking last fall), and Sargent won’t be visiting again next year, though maybe in fall 2012 (but Sargent has taught the graduate macro sequence exclusively). If you want to take an econ class with someone who could (and I think should) win the Nobel, Nobu Kiyotaki teaches intermediate macro (and he is possibly the nicest person you will ever meet).</p>
<p>(I speak as a grad student in the econ department).</p>
<p>wow i never realized how strong the department was at Princeton’s, how does it compare to Yale’s? I am deciding between these two for early action right now.</p>
<p>The Dept. of Politics does offer a program in Political Economy that combines coursework in politics and economics.
<a href=“https://www.princeton.edu/ua/departmentsprograms/pol/[/url]”>https://www.princeton.edu/ua/departmentsprograms/pol/</a></p>
<p>leftyice, as an undergraduate the differences are basically meaningless (Princeton is usually regarded as the stronger department but the reasons are relevant only if you’re a grad student or faculty member). Apply to whichever school you like more. Obviously both schools place emphasis on the undergrads, but I don’t know how Yale operates.</p>
<p>if you can take a class with Russell K. Nieli</p>