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Constitutional Studies Fall 2025 Courses

1. Ancient Foundations of Law and Justice

NumberTitleDaysTimeProfessor
Cl C 2603Rise and Fall of GreeceMWF1:00 p.m.Morgan
Cl C 3283RomaOnline Chambers
Cl C 3403Law and JusticeTR10:30 a.m.Harper

2. The Philosophical Background of American Constitutionalism

NumberTitleDaysTimeProfessor
LTRS 3263Drama, Society, PoliticsMWF11:00 a.m.Anderson

3. The American Founding

NumberTitleDaysTimeProfessor
LTRS 3223RevolutionsTR1:30 p.m.Garofalo
LTRS 3623First Freedoms 12:00 p.m.TBD

4. The Constitutional Legacy in Modern America

NumberTitleDaysTimeProfessor
HIST 3553Slavery and the Civil War EraTR9:00 a.m.Malka
HIST 3663US Presidency Washington-TrumpMWF11:00 a.m.Chappell
P SC 3020Problems-First AmendmentMWF10:00 a.m.Wert
P SC 3023Law, Courts, and Social ChangeTR9:00 a.m.Szymanski
P SC 3063Religion and the ConstitutionTR1:30 p.m.Symanski
PSC 4263American Constitutional Law ITR12:00 p.m.Tipler

Constitutional Studies Spring 2025 Courses

1. Ancient Foundations of Law and Justice

NumberTitleDaysTimeProfessor
Cl C 2613Rise and Fall of RomeMWF12:00 p.m.Watson
Cl C 3183HellasOnline Chambers
Phil 3900The Peloponnesian WarMWF11:00 a.m.Jones

2. The Philosophical Background of American Constitutionalism

NumberTitleDaysTimeProfessor
Cl C 3613Classical Influence-Modern LitMWF2:00 p.m.Huskey
LTRS 3043Poetry, Society, PoliticsTR10:30 a.m.Anderson
LTRS 3323ViolenceMWF2:00 p.m.Garofalo/Selinger
LTRS 3803Fate and Individual in LitTR3:00 p.m.Anderson
PSC 3713The Idea of a Liberal SocietyMSF9:00 a.m.Selinger

3. The American Founding

NumberTitleDaysTimeProfessor
LTRS 2103Intro to Constitutional StudiesTR12:00 p.m.Bailey

4. The Constitutional Legacy in Modern America

NumberTitleDaysTimeProfessor
HIST 3433United States in the Cold War EraTR4:30 p.m.Browning
HIST 3663US Presidency Washington-TrumpTR9:00 a.m.Chappell
PSC 2703Justice-Liberty and Good SocietyTR1:30 p.m.Tipler
PSC 3023Law, Courts, and Social ChangeTR9:00 a.m.Szymanski
PSC 3163The American PresidencyTR12:00 p.m.Symanski
PSC 4283Civil Rights and Civil LibertiesTR1:30 p.m.Wert

Constitutional Studies Fall 2024 Courses

1. Ancient Foundations of Law and Justice

NumberTitleDaysTimeProfessor
Cl C 3103State of Crisis in Greece and RomeMWF1:00 p.m.Huskey
Cl C 3103Gods and Heroes in Ancient EpicMWF1:00 p.m.Watson
Cl C 3283RomaOnline Chambers
Cl C 3403Law and JusticeT/T10:30 a.m.Harper
Phil 3313History of Ancient PhilosophyMWF1:00 p.m.TBD

2. The Philosophical Background of American Constitutionalism

NumberTitleDaysTimeProfessor
Cl C 3133Plato and Platonic TraditionT/T3:00 p.m.Johnson
PSC 3703Plato to MachiavelliT/T10:30 a.m.Selinger
LTRS 3263Drama, Society, and PoliticsMWF11:00 a.m.Anderson

3. The American Founding

NumberTitleDaysTimeProfessor
LTRS 3203RevolutionsT/T1:30 p.m.Selinger
LTRS 3623First FreedomsT/T12:00 p.m.Bailey

4. The Constitutional Legacy in Modern America

NumberTitleDaysTimeProfessor
PSC 3020Race and American Pol. Develop.T/T6:30 p.m.Wert
PSC 3063Religion and the ConstitutionT/T1:30 p.m.Szymanski
PSC 3203Sexuality, Gender, and the LawT/T12:00 p.m.Tipler
PSC 4263Constitutional Law 1T/T3:00 p.m.Tipler
HIST 3663US PresidencyT/T4:30 p.m.Chappel

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Complete Course List

A number in parentheses means the course can count for either the unit where it is located or the unit number indicated in the parentheses

1. Ancient Foundations of Law and Justice

  • CL C  2603 The Rise and Fall of Greece
  • CL C  3173 Freedom in Greece
  • CL C  3183 Hellas: The Civilization of Ancient Greece
  • CL C  3193 Freedom in Rome
  • CL C  3283 Roma: The Civilization of Ancient Rome
  • CL C  3403 Law and Justice (2)
  • HON  3993 Roots of Democracy (2)
  • HON  3993 Roots of Democracy II: Modern Democracy and Its Critics (2, 3, 4)
  • LTRS 2103 Introduction to Constitutional Studies (2, 3, 4)
  • LTRS 4503 Letters Capstone (2) [as relevant]
  • P SC 2703 Justice/Liberty/Good (2)
  • P SC 3643 Democracies and Democratization: A Comparative Inquiry (2)
  • P SC 3703 From Plato to Machiavelli (2) 

2. THE PHILOSOPHICAL BACKGROUND OF AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONALISM

  • HIST 3363 Legal and Constitutional History of England 1
  • HIST 3373 Legal and Constitutional History of England 2
  • HIST 3463 Life of the Mind in America to 1815 (3)
  • HIST 4353 Origins of American Foreign Policy (3)
  • LTRS 3303 Origins of Rights in Early America (3)
  • LTRS 3510 Thomas Jefferson and the Constitution
  • LTRS 3510 Thomas Jefferson's Reading List
  • LTRS 3613 Constitutional Narratives (3, 4)
  • LTRS 3970 American Legal Philosophy (4)
  • LTRS 4970 The Federalist and Its Critics (3)
  • PHIL 3713 History of Social and Political Philosophy
  • PHIL 3763 Law and Society
  • PHIL 4763 Philosophy of Law
  • P SC 2703 Justice, Liberty, and the Good Society
  • P SC 3603 Government of England
  • P SC 3713 The Idea of a Liberal Society
  • P SC 3723 Foundations of American Politics (3)
  • P SC 3743/HIST 3430 Crisis in the Republic: Hannah Arendt
  • P SC 3970 The Roots of Democracy from Ancient Greece to the American Founding
  • P SC 4730 Princes, Tyrants, and Statesmen

3. THE AMERICAN FOUNDING

  • HIST 3083 The American Colonies
  • HIST 3093 The U.S.: Revolution and New Nation to 1815
  • HIST 3430 U.S. Constitution 1776-1791
  • HIST 3463 Life of the Mind in America: to 1815
  • HIST 3593 Women in the American West (4)
  • HIST 3663 The American Presidency & the Presidents, Washington-Trump (4)
  • HON 3993 Politics of Conservatism (4)
  • HON 3993 Constitutional Theory (4)
  • LTRS 3313 Secret Societies in American Culture (4)
  • LTRS 3353 Interpreting the American Founding
  • LTRS 3510 Law in American Life, 1776-2000 (4)
  • LTRS 3510 After Philadelphia: Constitutional Controversies before 1801
  • LTRS 3713 Gender and the Constitution (4)
  • LTRS 3903 First Freedoms
  • LTRS 4970 Tocqueville's America (4)
  • NAS  5970 Comparative Indigenous Peoples' Law
  • P SC 3203 Sexuality, Gender and the Law (4)
  • P SC 3213 Law, Politics, and Society (4)
  • P SC 4263 American Constitutional Law I: Governance (4)
  • P SC 4273 Constitutional Interpretation (4)
  • P SC 4293 American Constitutionalism (4)

4. THE CONSTITUTIONAL LEGACY IN MODERN AMERICA

  • AFAM 4733 Civil Rights Law: Employment and Education
  • HIST 3423 War, Prosperity and Depression
  • HIST 3430 U.S. Constitutional History 1900-present
  • HIST 3430-001 US Queer History [MW 3:00-4:15 p.m. | Holland]
  • HIST 3473 Life of the Mind in America, 1815-1877
  • HIST 3553 The Civil War
  • HIST 3573 The Constitution vs. the Corporation
  • HIST 3623 Conformity and Dissent in the 1950s and 1960s
  • HIST 3763 Arguing Over America, 1917-2001
  • HIST 4313 American Foreign Policy, 1900-1945
  • HIST 4343 The Vietnam War
  • HON 2973 Civil Rights/Liberties
  • HON 2973 Atom in American History
  • HON 3993 The Constitution and the Economy
  • L S 3003 Introduction to Law and Legal Reasoning
  • LTRS 1203 America’s Constitution II: The Modern Constitution
  • LTRS 3510 Lincoln’s Constitution/P SC 4020 Lincoln & the Constitution
  • LTRS 3510 Supreme Court and the U.S. Constitution
  • LTRS 3510 Famous Trials
  • LTRS 3510 Law and Social Movements
  • LTRS 3603 Debating Constitutional Controversies
  • LTRS 3923 Oklahoma and the U.S. Constitution
  • LTRS 4970 Famous Trials in American History
  • P SC 3020 Religion and the American Constitution
  • P SC 3020 Congress and the Constitution
  • P SC 3023 Law and Courts
  • P SC 3113 Bureaucracy and Citizenship
  • P SC 3733 Modernity and its Discontents
  • P SC 4020 1937: Roosevelt versus the Supreme Court
  • P SC 4283 American Constitutional Law II: Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
  • WGS 3953 Women and the Law