This course is open to students of all backgrounds and levels of understanding. The course is centered around a communal learning process, and we want everyone to have a say in what we learn together.

Our first lecture will be Tuesday, September 10th from 6-8 pm in the Dwinelle 215. We will meet every Tuesday from 6-8.

This course seeks to develop a comprehensive understanding of the economic system of capitalism, the contradictions within it, and the way in which economic systems have contributed to and play a role in many socio-political issues in both the United States and the world. We discuss historical socio-economic conflicts to acquire a historical understanding and analytic lens on present-day issues. By the end of the class students will have skills in synthesizing and analyzing economic, social, and political systems. Students will gain critical thinking skills they can apply to their studies and real life. Communal discussion will be important in this course, and we hope to encourage students to consider positive changes that can be made to the systems at hand. Please think of topics/readings you would like to study over the semester so we can discuss them as a group.

The course will have a brief weekly reflection assignment to make space for peers to ask questions or reflect on topics discussed on class. We will have one open-ended final project (visual or physical art project, writing, podcast/video, zine...) to creatively reflect on a favorite topic/reading discussed in class. The final project can be submitted at any point after the 3rd week of our course.

Feel free to email us with any questions!

If any problems arise with enrollment, please email us. Enrollment is completely open. We have an enrollment cap of 20 (as decided by the political economy department), but we will do our best to make sure that everybody can be a part of the course. Please email if the course is full and you still want to join! The course is also open to audit/bring friends!