Courses
Fall 2016
This honors course will involve an in‐depth study of politics and government in Texas. It meets one portion of the CORE state requirement in government.
(Mon/Wed: 8:30am – 9:45am)
SYLLABUS COURSEBOOKThis honors readings course will involve a close reading of a select group of texts related to medicine, politics, and philosophy.
(Mon: 12:00pm – 12:50pm)
SYLLABUS COURSEBOOKFUTURE COURSES
(OFFERED ON 2–YEAR ROTATION)
This honors readings course will involve a close reading of a select group of texts related to medicine, politics, and philosophy.
PAST SYLLABUSThis honors readings course will involve a close reading of a select group of texts related to medicine, politics, and philosophy.
PAST SYLLABUSThis course provides students with an introduction to the study of western political thought. Through a critical reading of the works of five seminal thinkers, students will investigate some of the most important perspectives that have emerged over the past 2000 years for discussing political issues.
PAST SYLLABUSThe course will be structured around three great debates that have shaped our understanding of capitalism over the past 300 years: the debate over morality, markets, and freedom in the eighteenth century, the debate over technology and socialism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and the debate over the economic crisis of 2008‐2010.
PAST SYLLABUSThe Bible is arguably the single most influential book in the history of western political thought. Its themes and ideas continue today to shape the ways that we understand the world, our political communities, and our place in them. The purpose of this course will be to provide students with an interdisciplinary understanding of the Bible as a political text. It will draw heavily upon the literatures of theology, archaeology, history, literature, political science, political theory, and philosophy. By bringing the perspectives found in these literatures together, students will gain a deeper appreciation of what the Bible has meant to people at different points in time and why the Bible has a complex political message for people today.
PAST SYLLABUSThis course will be a seminar organized to investigate the development and criticism of the modern conception of the individual in political philosophy. Among the issues to be considered are the relationship between the mind and the body in the individual, the nature of reason, passions, and instincts, the origins of morality and justice, the nature of political obligation, and the relationship between the individual and society.
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