ISS

2025-2026

74 courses

ISS 1020Who Am I? The Self from Antiquity to 1700
ISS 1104Wisdom and Heroism
ISS 1110The American Idea
ISS 1123The End of Empires: Imperialism to Decolonization
ISS 1163Comedy and Citizenship
ISS 1165The Politics of Nature
ISS 1202Freedom and Equality: Great Books from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment
ISS 1203Conflict and Character: Great Books in the Ancient World
ISS 1260Faith and Reason in Jewish Thought
ISS 1262God and Science in the Western World
ISS 1295Religious Freedom in Historical Perspective
ISS 1296Romanticism: The Storm of Feel
ISS 1297Ancients and Moderns
ISS 1340Rhetoric and Leadership
ISS 1443Life, Liberty, and Happiness
ISS 1681What is the Common Good?
ISS 1684What is Democracy?
ISS 1691Immortality
ISS 1700Why Spy?
ISS 1711Why Fight?
ISS 1712Just War
ISS 1715The Art of War
ISS 1716War and the Human Condition
ISS 1810The Search for Meaning in a Secular Age
ISS 1811Religion, Revolution and the Person
ISS 1812The Crisis of Liberalism
ISS 1884Capitalism and Its Critics
ISS 1885Utopias and Dystopias
ISS 2100What's Love Got to Do with It? How stories and science shape our love lives
ISS 2105The Origins of the Contemporary West: I (Ancients to the Scientific Revolution)
ISS 2106The Origins of the Contemporary West: II (Enlightenment to Modernity)
ISS 2160Cultural Diversity in the United States
ISS 2290Great Books of the Ancient World
ISS 2291Great Books of the Medieval World
ISS 2292Great Books of Early Modern World: Renaissance to Enlightenment
ISS 2293Great Books of Modern World
ISS 2294Theories and Structures
ISS 2400The Rule of Law
ISS 2440Introduction to Philosophy, Politics, Economics and Law
ISS 2683What is Statecraft?
ISS 2710Grand Strategy I: Athens to American Revolution
ISS 2921History of Ideas Colloquium
ISS 3146The History of Political Economy
ISS 3441Liberty and Order: Philosophical, Political, Economic and Legal Perspectives
ISS 3442Human Flourishing: Philosophical, Political, Economic and Legal Perspectives
ISS 3446Legal Reasoning: How to Think Like a Lawyer
ISS 4680Contemporary Challenges
ISS 4682Statecraft and Strategy
ISS 4713War
ISS 4910PPEL Research Seminar
ISS 4911War, Statecraft, and Strategy Research Seminar
ISS 4920Great Books and Ideas Thesis Writing Workshop
ISS 4931Big Problems in Philosophy, Politics, Economics, and Law
ISS 4932Philosophical and Literary Traditions and Ideas
ISS 4934Political and Historical Traditions and Ideas
ISS 4940PPEL Internship
ISS 4970Great Books and Ideas Senior Thesis
ISS 5620Great Books of the Western Medieval World Transcript Title
ISS 5621Great Books of the Western Modern World
ISS 5622Great Books of the Western Early Modern World
ISS 5623Great Books of the Western Ancient World
ISS 5631Theory and Structure in WSS
ISS 5717Principles of Grand Strategy and Statecraft I
ISS 5718Principles of Grand Strategy and Statecraft II
ISS 5805The Liberal Arts in Theory & Practice
ISS 6293Topics in Theories and Structures 3 Credits, Max
ISS 6685Topics in Statecraft and Strategy 3 Credits, Max
ISS 6932Topics in Philosophical and Literary Traditions and Ideas 3 Credits, Max
ISS 6934Topics in Political and Historical Traditions and Ideas 3 Credits, Max
ISS 6936Topics in War 3 Credits, Max
ISS 6971Research for Master’s Thesis 3-15 Credits, Max
ISS 7979Advanced Research 3-15 Credits, Max
ISS 7980Research for Doctoral Dissertation 3-15 Credits, Max
ISS 7982Prospectus Writing Seminar