Courses

• GRS PH 803: Medieval Philosophy
  An advanced study of Medieval Philosophy. Topics vary.
• GRS PH 810: Topics in Modern Philosophy
  Topics vary.
• GRS PH 819: Ethics
  An advanced study of ethics.
• GRS PH 820: Contemporary Philosophy
  An advanced study of contemporary philosophy.
• 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 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 PO 608: Higher Education and American Political Development
  The history of American higher education and its relationship to the development of American society and state and critical problems in the larger U.S. context.
• GRS PO 609: The Political Psychology of Group-Based Politics
  The study of political psychology, integrating political science and social and cognitive psychology as it informs the dynamics of group-based politics, including especially race, gender, class, and political party affiliation.
• 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.
• GRS PO 741: The Politics of Public Policy
  Seminar in analytical concepts and rational policymaking models applied to each of several issue areas: education, welfare, health care, economy, and the environment in the United States and Europe.
• GRS PO 742: Comparative Public Policy
  Analyzes the policy problems facing industrial countries, identifies clusters of national solutions, and investigates the institutional structures contributing to cross-national variations in policy experiments. Relevant to students interested in public policy and/or comparative politics.
• GRS PO 751: Approaches to the Study of Comparative Politics
  Graduate Core Seminar. In this intensive reading seminar on the political approaches to the study of comparative politics, students get acquainted with the key epistemological and methodological writings that have formed the basic inquiry known today as comparative politics.
• GRS PO 760: Problems and Issues of Contemporary Africa
  Topics vary. Topic for Fall 2016: Religion and Politics in Africa. Explores the politics of indigenous African religions, Islam, and Christianity. Topics include Islamist and Christian fundamentalist movements, religion and social conflict, and religious engagement on democracy, women's rights, and gay rights.
• GRS PO 768: Contemporary Issues in Latin America
  Meets with GRS IR 766. Review and analysis of contemporary developments in Latin America from major print and on-line news sources and journals. Focuses on breaking issues and develops capacity for critical analysis. Required for LASMA students.
• GRS PO 771: Approaches to the Study of International Relations
  Graduate core course. Focuses on approaches and theories of international relations rather than international events. Compares historical, descriptive, normative, and scientific approaches. Surveys a variety of theories of international conflict (e.g., war, arms races), and theories of international integration (e.g., alliances, trade).

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