Current Students

  • Please check schedule periodically for changes and updates. For course descriptions and listings by curricular fields, click here. Syllabi will be posted as they become available.
  • For those students who wish to take additional courses in Medieval Studies, click here.
  • An * indicates courses originating in The Prince Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding. Only Graduate students may take these courses. The Center's courses are scheduled during the day, follow the main campus calendar and exam schedule, and will appear as available.
  • We cannot accept registrations that show an overlap between two courses, even if it is only five minutes. (Note that several courses meet both during the week and on selected Saturdays.)
  • To take more than 6 credits or to take courses outside of the Liberal Studies Department, please contact Assistant Dean Anne Ridder riddera@georgetown.edu.
Course Course No./
Room
Instructor Dates and Times
DLS / MALS

*Islam and the West

Syllabus

HIST-363-01
ICC 270
Haddad, Y.

Mondays
4:15 - 6:05 PM
See Registrar’s Schedule for exact course dates. Please note: first class meeting is on a Wednesday.


Bioethics: Current Debates in
Science and Health Care

Syllabus

LSHV-452-01
WGR 202
White, G.

Mondays
6:15 - 9:15 PM
Sept. 8 - Nov. 10
No Class Oct. 13.


Religions of the Ancient Near-East

Syllabus

LSHV-432-01
MAG 103
Al Faruqi, M.

Mondays
6:30 - 8:30 PM
Sept. 8 - Dec. 8.
No Class Oct. 13.


The Gospels: Society and Ethics

Syllabus

**Cancelled**
LSHV-418-01
MAG 104
Tambasco, A.

Mondays
6:15 - 9:00 PM
Aug. 27; Sept. 8, 15, 22, 29; Oct. 6, 20; Nov. 3, 17; Dec. 1.
Please note: first class meeting is on a Wednesday.


Path to the Present: The U.S. in the 20th Century

Syllabus

LSHV-391-01
ICC 104
Wall, M.

Tuesday
6:30 - 8:30 PM
Sept. 2 - Nov. 25.


Managerial and Organizational Ethics

Syllabus

LSHV-445-01
MAG 104
McCabe, D.

Tuesdays
6:15 - 9:00 PM
Sept. 2 - Nov. 4.


*Images of Eve, Mary and Fatima

Syllabus
INAF-399-01
ICC 270
Apostolos-Cappadona, D.

Tuesdays
4:15 - 6:05 PM
See Registrar’s Schedule for exact course dates.


*Islam and Global Terrorism

INAF-407-01
ICC 270
Esposito, J.

Tuesdays
2:15 - 4:05 PM
See Registrar’s Schedule for exact course dates.


*Revolutionary Thought in Islam

Syllabus

HIST-364-01
ICC 270
Haddad, Y.

Tuesdays
12:15 - 2:05 PM
See Registrar’s Schedule for exact course dates.


Contemporary Theories of Mind
and Their Implications on Humanism

Syllabus

LSHV-516-01
WGR 204
Reuscher, J.

Tuesdays
6:30 - 9:30 PM
Sept. 2 - Dec. 2.


Art and Terrorism

Syllabus

LSHV-573-01
ICC 270
Apostolos-Cappadona, D.

Tuesdays
6:45 - 9:45 PM
Sept. 9 - Nov. 4.


Alienation and Self-Identity

Syllabus

LSHV-367-01
MAG 103
Ruf, F.

Tuesdays
6:30 - 8:30 PM
Sept. 2 - Nov. 25.


Sex, Lies, and Theology: Theology After Freud

Syllabus

LSHV-412-01
ICC 205B
Reynolds, T.

Tuesdays
6:15 - 8:45 PM
Sept. 2 - Nov. 18.


U.S.-Vietnam Relations: Five Themes

Syllabus

LSHS-429-01
ICC 106
Sodhy, P.

Tuesdays
6:15 - 8:45 PM
Sept. 2 - Dec. 2
No Class Nov. 25.


Detective Fiction and Cultural Values

Syllabus

LSHV-475-01
ICC 113
Johnson, A.

Wednesdays
6:15 - 8:15 PM
Sept. 3 - Dec. 3
No Class Nov. 26.


Evolution of the Nation-State in the 21st Century

Syllabus

LSHV-368-01
WGR 204
Douglas, W.

Wednesdays
6:30 - 8:30 PM
Sept. 3 - Dec. 3.
No Class Nov. 26.


Social Inequality

Syllabus

LSHV-447-01
WGR 201B
McDonald, W.

Wednesdays
6:30 - 8:40 PM
Sept. 3 - Dec. 3
No Class Nov. 12, 26.


Understanding Terrorism and Terrorists

Syllabus

LSHV-386-01
WGR 211
Palarino, R.

Wednesdays
6:30 - 8:30 PM
Sept. 3 - Dec. 3
No Class Nov. 26.


Ethics, Intelligence and National Security

Syllabus

LSHV-708-01
ICC 103
Goldman, J.

Wednesdays
6:15 - 8:15 PM
Sept. 3 - Dec. 3
No Class Nov. 26.


Buddhism through Literature and Art

Syllabus

LSHV-518-01
ICC 101
Bogin, B.

Wednesdays
6:30 - 8:30 PM
Sept. 3 - Dec. 3
& Saturdays
10:30 AM-12:30 PM
Oct. 4; Nov. 22.
No Class Oct. 1; Nov. 19, 26.


*Religion and Modern Politics of Iran

INAF-421-01
ICC 270
Hunter, S.

Thursdays
4:15 - 6:05 PM
See Registrar’s Schedule for exact course dates.


*Religion and International Affairs

INAF-350-01
ICC 202
Hunter, S.

Thursdays
12:15 - 2:05 PM
See Registrar’s Schedule for exact course dates.


Issues and Values in International Business

Syllabus

LSHS-392-01
ICC 108
Ronkainen, I.

Thursdays
6:15 - 9:00 PM
Aug. 28 - Oct. 30.


The Artist in the Community

Syllabus

LSHV-390-01
WGR 208
Bradford, A.

Thursdays
6:30 - 9:00 PM
Sept. 4 - Dec. 4
No Class Sept. 25, Oct. 30, Nov. 27.


MALS / BALS

The Problem of War

Syllabus

LSHV-350-01
ICC 118
Smaldone, J.

Mondays
6:15 - 9:15 PM
Sept. 8, 15; Oct. 6,
20, 27; Nov. 3, 10,
24; Dec. 1.


Classics in the Catholic Tradition

Syllabus

LSHV-455-01
ICC 202
O’Brien, W.

Mondays
6:15 - 9:00 PM
Sept. 22 - Dec. 1
No Class Oct. 13.


Budget, Finance, and Public Policy

Syllabus

LSHS-458-01
ICC 104
McCann, S.

Mondays
6:30 - 9:00 PM
Sept. 8 - Dec. 1
No Class Oct. 13.


The Plays of William Shakespeare:
Text and Performance

Syllabus

LSHS-385-01
ICC 118
Collins, M.

Wednesdays
6:15 - 9:00 PM
Sept. 3 - Nov. 19,
No Class Sept. 17, Oct. 8.
Please note: No Class on Oct. 8th and Nov 5th.


Scorpions in the Constitutional Bottle:
Uncivil Speech, Civil Society

Syllabus

LSHV-444-01
MAG 102
Quirk, R.

Saturdays
9:30 AM - 12:15 PM
Sept. 13 - Dec. 13
No Class Sept. 20; Oct. 11; Nov. 15, 29.


MALS THESIS

Thesis Proposal Workshop

Syllabus

LSHV-497-01
ICC 231
Duggan, M.

Mondays
6:30 - 8:30 PM
Sept. 8, 22; Oct. 20; Nov. 10.
Students must attend all 4 sessions.


Thesis Proposal Workshop

Syllabus

LSHV-497-02
ICC 234
Sablosky, J.

Tuesdays
6:30 - 8:30 PM
Sept. 9; Oct. 7; Nov. 4; Dec. 2.
Students must attend all 4 sessions.


Thesis Proposal Workshop

Syllabus

LSHV-497-04
REI 281
Duke, E.

Thursdays
6:30 - 8:30 PM
Sept. 11; Oct. 16; Nov. 6; Dec. 4.
Students must attend all 4 sessions.


Thesis Proposal Workshop

Syllabus

LSHV-497-06
REI 281
Duke, E.

Thursdays
6:30 - 8:30 PM
Sept. 18; Oct. 2, 23; Nov. 20.
Students must attend all 4 sessions.


Thesis Research/Thesis Writing

LSHV-498-01
LSHV-499-01
Ridder, A.

No Class Meetings
Note: Both courses must be entered into online registration.


Continuous Registration

LSHV-991-02 Ridder, A.

No Class Meetings
Note: MALS thesis students who do not complete their degree by May 1, 2008 must register for this course.

Georgetown University
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Washington, DC 20057
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