Graduate Curriculum 

In addition to a core course on Statesmanship, both doctoral and master’s students are required to take a certain number of courses in each of two fields: Political Philosophy and American Politics. Beyond this, the doctoral program has a set of required core courses in each field.

Core Political Philosophy Courses

• Plato
• Aristotle
• Medieval Political Philosophy
• Early Modern Political Philosophy
• Late Modern Political Philosophy
  
  

Core American Politics Courses 

• The American Founding
• The Federalist
• The American Republic: Early Challenges and Assessments
• American Progressivism
• Contemporary Institutions and Policy
  
  

Sample Elective Courses 

• The Natural Law
• Politics and Religion
• The American Congress
• The American Presidency
• Parties and Elections
• Constitutional Law I and II
• Administrative Law
• Liberalism After Progressivism
• American Foreign Policy
• Specialized political philosophy courses, such as Xenophon, Thucydides, Locke, Tocqueville

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