Courses

• GRS PH 819: Ethics
  An advanced study of ethics.
• GRS PH 820: Contemporary Philosophy
  An advanced study of contemporary philosophy.
• GRS PH 827: Heidegger
  An advanced study of the works of Heidegger.
• GRS PH 828: Seminar in Philosophy of Religion
  An introduction to the philosophical and theological approaches to the study of religion(s) as distinct from other humanities-based and social-scientific approaches. Provides a common vocabulary for students pursuing historical, constructive, or interdisciplinary projects related to religions thought.
• GRS PH 850: Ethics
  Examines the origins of two familiar distinctions (1. the good versus the right; 2. sentiment versus reason). Tries to make sense of the eighteenth century approaches to these issues, as well as the continuity of those approaches with related twentieth and twenty-first century ethical theory.
• GRS PH 854: Seminar in Political Philosophy
  Topic for Spring 2016: Anarchism.
• GRS PH 871: Philosophy of Science
  The aim of the course is to clarify the credentials and implications of each position (thus provide students a solid ground for participating in wider cultural debates on rationality and relativism), and to have a better understanding of the recent history and current status of philosophy of science (which is part of necessary training for professional philosophers), through a careful examination of the structure of the arguments adopted by each position in dealing with various issues.
• GRS PH 880: Topics in Philosophy I
  This is a doctoral seminar on the philosophy of ultimacy and the conditions for finite existence. The main texts are in the genre of philosophical theology, and they include explorations of the concepts of persons, primordial consciousness, and spontaneous emergence, based on cross cultural comparative studies. The course deals in detail with Christian symbols and theories of God, in comparison with other traditions. Seminar presentations and a term paper required.
• GRS PH 881: Proseminar for First-Year Graduate Students
  This seminar is open only to first-year PhD students in philosophy, all of whom are required to enroll. The seminar is designed to help incoming graduate students hone several invaluable philosophical skills, including those needed for effective presentation and defense of one's ideas. Topics vary by semester.
• GRS PH 883: Topics in Philosophy
  Topic for Spring 2016: Philosophy of Cosmology.
• GRS PH 901: Directed Research on Thesis
  
• GRS PH 902: Directed Research on Thesis
  
• GRS PH 905: Directed Study in Problems in Philosophy
  
• GRS PH 906: Directed Study in Problems in Philosophy
  
• GRS PH 991: Directed Research on Dissertation
  
• GRS PH 993: Philosophy Proseminar 1
  A workshop seminar offering advanced graduate students the opportunity to present and discuss work-in- progress (dissertation chapters, papers for job applications, journal submissions). A serious commitment to regular and continuing attendance is expected.
• GRS PH 994: Philosophy Proseminar 2
  A continuation of GRS PH 993. A workshop seminar offering advanced graduate students the opportunity to present and discuss work-in-progress (dissertation chapters, papers for job applications, journal submissions). A serious commitment to regular and continuing attendance is expected.
• GRS PO 699: Teaching College Political Science I
  The goals, contents, and methods of instruction in Political Science. General teaching-learning issues. Required of all teaching fellows.
• GRS PO 702: Professional Development for PhD Candidates in Political Science
  For political science PhD students in their second or third year of study and who are preparing for comprehensive exams or are working on a PhD prospectus. Addresses core issues in numerous fields and is taught by members of the GFPS.
• GRS PO 711: Approaches to the Study of American Politics
  Graduate core course. Introduces students to major theoretical, substantive, and methodological problems in the study of American politics by examining two sets of literature: scholarly debates and discussion of theory and research, and the concrete research of leading Americanists.

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