Courses

Each semester, the CSLD and affiliated faculty offer a variety of courses related to our mission. See below for a list of upcoming and recently-offered courses of particular interest to CSLD students:

Fall 2026

CSLD-Sponsored Courses:

• New! ILS 110: Reason and Revelation in the Western Tradition (Instructor: Tony Bolos)
• New! ILS 110: Modern Responses to the Western Tradition (Instructor: Jordan Wessling)

Civics & Democracy Collective Courses:

• Communication Arts 269: “We the People”: Voices of Democracy (Instructor: Allison Prasch)
• Political Science 206: Divided We Stand (Instructor: Amy Gangl)
• Public Affairs 230: Advancing Public Policy in a Divided America (Instructor: Amber Wichowsky)
• Political Science 360: Foundations of American Liberal Democracy (Instructor: Daniel Kapust)

Spring 2026

• New! Law 940/Legal Studies 600: Foundations of Liberal Democracy (Instructor: Signe Janoska-Bedi)
• New! Law 940/Legal Studies 600: Catholic Legal Thought (Instructor: Cecelia Klingele)
• New! Political Science 400: Left, Right, and Center (Instructor: Jeffrey Church)

Fall 2025

• New! Law & Humanities (Instructor: Signe Janoska-Bedi)

Spring 2025

• ILS 472: The Social Encyclicals (Instructor: Cecelia Klingele)