Subject Course Section Course Title Course Description Instructor Files Term
PHIL 120J 001 The Meaning of Life

We may have distinct ideas about the reason why we do this or that, but is there a point to our existence as a whole? What do or should we live for? Or is life essentially meaningless or even absurd? What do such questions mean and how can we best answer them? The views of different philosophers will be explored and compared.

 Nikolaj Zunic PDF icon PHIL 120J_N.Zunic_Fall 2018.pdf Fall 2018
PHIL 100J 001, 002, 003 Introduction to Philosophy

This course seeks to introduce students to the nature of philosophy. This is done through the examination of core texts and figures in the history of philosophy as well as in the discussion of perennial philosophical questions.

 Nikolaj Zunic, Andrew Stumpf PDF icon PHIL 100J-001_N.Zunic_Fall 2018.pdfPDF icon PHIL 100J-003_N.Zunic_Fall 2018.pdf Fall 2018
MEDVL 304 001 Heresy and Religious Crisis in Late Medieval Europe

An exploration of the impact of social crises on late medieval religious modes of expression. Topics will include the Great Famine, the Black Death, the Avignon Papacy and Western Schism, the development of heretical movements, and the eventual disintegration of European religious unity.

Cross-listed with HIST 304, RS 342

 PDF icon HIST-MEDVL 304-RS 342_J.Komornicka_Fall 2018.pdf Fall 2018
MEDVL 115 001 Crusading in the Middle Ages

This course examines the historical events and cultural assumptions that led to the European phenomenon of crusading, or holy war, between 1095 and 1453.

Cross-listed with HIST 115

 Andrew Moore PDF icon HIST-MEDVL 115_A.Moore_Fall 2018.pdf Fall 2018
LS 402 001, 002, 003 Perspectives on Legal Authority and Subjectivity

This seminar explores the relation between those who make or administer law and select legal subjects whose lives and identities are shaped by law. Students will debate and assess selected perspectives while touching on various disciplines spanning the social sciences and humanities.

 PDF icon LS 402-001_A.Purkey_Fall 2018.pdfPDF icon LS 402-003_K.Burrows_Fall 2018.pdf Fall 2018
LS 401 001, 002, 003 Law, Culture, and Rights

This seminar explores the intersection of culture and rights from a legal studies perspective in order to better understand the diversity of ways that law shapes our society, and vice versa. Students will debate and assess selected topics from the perspective of various disciplines spanning the social sciences and humanities.

 Susan Dianne Brophy, Carlie Leroux-Demir PDF icon LS 401-001_S.Brophy_Fall 2018.pdfPDF icon LS 401-002_S.Brophy_Fall 2018.pdfPDF icon LS 401-003_C.Leroux-Demir_Fall 2018.pdf Fall 2018
LS 386 001 Law and Violence

Discussions about law's coercive power raise important questions about the legitimacy of state-sanctioned violence. This course uncovers the roots and limits of law's power as it relates to questions of violence, obedience, and dissent.

 Fall 2018
LS 351 001 Philosophy of Law

Basic themes in the philosophy of law. Issues include the nature of law and its relation to morality and politics, legal reasoning, the justification of punishment, and theories of rights, responsibility and liability.

Cross-listed with PHIL 327

 Stéphanie Grégoire PDF icon PHIL 327-LS 351_S.Gregoire_Fall 2018.pdf Fall 2018
LS 327 001 Policing in a Democratic Society

A critical examination of the police as social control agents in contemporary democratic societies. Topics include the historical evolution of policing; police recruitment, training, and education; police/community relations; the occupational subculture of the police; police authority and discretion; private policing; and police deviance and criminality.

Cross-listed with SOC 327

 Frederick Desroches PDF icon SOC-LS 327_F.Desroches_Fall 2018.pdf Fall 2018
LS 291 001 Legal Writing

A study of the principles, processes, and various forms of writing used in the practice of law and drafting of legislation. The history and structure of legal writing, including current debates about plain language, will be examined.

Cross-listed with ENGL 210I

 Ryan Devitt PDF icon ENGL 210I-LS 291_R.Devitt_Fall 2018.pdf Fall 2018