关键词: 中级政治经济学, 价值判断, 教学目标, 教材, 研讨式授课

Abstract: This paper introduces the course "Intermediate Political Economy" offered by Research Institute of Economics,Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences of Tsinghua University,covering the background of this course,its teaching objectives,teaching materials,methods of instruction and assessment,student reflection,and the core ideas of the course.The core ideas include the following:(1) providing a useful perspective to understand political economy,that is,an understanding of this course as a cross-disciplinary study of economics and politics;(2) bringing to light the ideological nature and value-related characters of political economy;(3) advocating a multi-dimensional and inclusive perspective for studies of this discipline;(4) introducing themes and major divergence usually untouched by scholars at home to indicate that controversies exist in all the major fundamental theoretical issues of political economy,and that this is a renewable discipline not yet fully developed and expecting new vitality.

Key words: Intermediate Political Economy, value judgment, teaching objectives, teaching materials, seminar-style instruction