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Constitutional Studies Fall 2026 Courses

1. Ancient Foundations of Law and Justice

Number	Title	Days	Time	Professor
Cl C 3283	Roma		Online	Chambers
Cl C 3403	Law and Justice	TR	10:30 a.m.	Harper
LTRS 2103	Intro to Constitutional Studies	TR	1:30 p.m.	Harpham

2. The Philosophical Background of American Constitutionalism

Number	Title	Days	Time	Professor
LTRS 2103	Intro to Constitutional Studies	TR	1:30 p.m.	Harpham
LTRS 3133	Examined Life III: Enlightenment	MWF	1:00 p.m.	R. Huskey
LTRS 3323	Violence	MWF	2:00 p.m.	Selinger
HIST 4973	The Bible Since Enlightenment	TR	1:30 p.m.	Levenson

3. The American Founding

Number	Title	Days	Time	Professor
LTRS 2103	Intro to Constitutional Studies	TR	1:30 p.m.	Harpham
LTRS 3223	Revolutions	TR	4:30 p.m.	Harpham/Garofalo
LTRS 3353	Interpreting American Founding	MWF	11:00 a.m.	Selinger
HIST 3663	US Presidency Washington-Trump	MWF	9:00 a.m.	Chappell
HIST 3723	Foundations-American Politics	TR	12:00 p.m.	Tipler
HIST 4973	American Founding Era	F	1:00 p.m.	Duval

4. The Constitutional Legacy in Modern America

Number	Title	Days	Time	Professor
HIST 3403	Interest Groups and Social Movements	TR	1:30 p.m.	Szymanski
HIST 3493	Politics, Policy, Constitution	TR	10:30 a.m.	Finocchiaro
HIST 3553	Slavery and the Civil War Era	TR	10:30 a.m.	Malka
HIST 4263	American Constitutional Law I	TR	10:30 a.m.	Tipler
HIST 4283	Civil Rights and Civil Liberties	TR	12:00 p.m.	Wert
LTRS 2103	Intro to Constitutional Studies	TR	1:30 p.m.	Harpham
LTRS 3323	Violence	MWF	2:00 p.m.	Selinger

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Complete Course List

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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