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Dec 18, 2024
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2021-2022 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Graduate Liberal Studies
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www.smu.edu/gls
Professor Bruce Levy, Faculty/Program Chair, ad interim
Graduate Liberal Studies Academic Council, 2020-2021 Professor: Robert Hunt (Theology)
Associate Professors: Bill Barnard (Religious Studies), Crista DeLuzio (History), Sara Romersberger (Theater)
Senior Lecturer: Bruce Levy (English)
Professor of Practice: Rick Halperin (History)
Ex Officio: Candice Bledsoe (Global Education), Jennifer Parvin (Education)
Department Information
Graduate Liberal Studies education allows each student the intellectual and personal freedom to chart their own self-directed curriculum to a master’s degree, advanced certificate, or doctoral degree without the typical constraints or requirements of a traditional graduate program. Students are encouraged to cultivate their own passions with the opportunity to distinguish themselves personally and professionally and to make greater contributions to society.
ProgramsDoctoral
Master
Certificate
CoursesHumanities- HUMN 7300 - Dissertation Research and Writing
- HUMN 7301 - Greek Mythology and Literature
- HUMN 7303 - The Cultural Politics of Pop, Rock, and Rap
- HUMN 7311 - Capstone: Liberal Studies
- HUMN 7312 - Islam in State and Society
- HUMN 7315 - Religions of Asia
- HUMN 7330 - Law and Literature
- HUMN 7331 - Getting Organized: Personhood in the Age of Corporate Enterprise
- HUMN 7336 - Creativity: Historical and Personal
- HUMN 7350 - Special Topics in Humanities
- HUMN 7351 - War and Literature: Soldiers’ Tales
- HUMN 7356 - Darwin in His Time and Ours
- HUMN 7357 - Intercultural Communication
- HUMN 7359 - Just Between Sisters: Relationships of Mixed-Race Women and Girls
- HUMN 7361 - Spiritual and Mystical Paths of Today: A Multifaith Exploration
- HUMN 7362 - The Art of Persuasive Writing: From Cicero to Churchill to Tweets
- HUMN 7376 - Latin American Literature and Culture: Revolution, Feminine Writing, Dictatorship, and Immigration
- HUMN 7379 - Plants of the Gods: Religion and Psychedelics
- HUMN 7380 - Waking Up: The Philosophy of Yoga and the Practice of Meditation
- HUMN 7381 - Organizational Communications
- HUMN 7382 - Cultures of Displacement: The Writing of Race, Migration, and Diaspora
- HUMN 7385 - Transforming Our Educational DNA
- HUMN 7386 - Social Science Research Design for Liberal Studies
- HUMN 7387 - Liberal Studies Research-Based Writing
- HUMN 7388 - Seminar in Critical Methods and Cultural Theory
- HUMN 7391 - To Be Human: Perspectives on Common Historical Experience
- HUMN 7392 - To Be Human: The Transformation of the Psyche
- HUMN 7393 - To Be Human: The Art of Creativity and Expression
- HUMN 7394 - To Be Human: East Meets West - Intelligence, History, Culture, and Society
- HUMN 7395 - To Be Human: The Struggle for Human Rights
- HUMN 7396 - To Be Human: Science and Society
- HUMN 7397 - Under the Influence: Discourses of Intoxication, Addiction, and Recovery
- HUMN 7399 - The Literature of Atrocity: Literary Representations of the Struggle for Human Rights
Science and CultureSocial Science- SOSC 6100 - Independent Study
- SOSC 6200 - Independent Study
- SOSC 6300 - Independent Study
- SOSC 6301 - Terrorism, Torture, and International Law
- SOSC 6309 - The Struggle for Human Rights
- SOSC 6314 - Living Through the American Revolution
- SOSC 6332 - Ideas Shaping the American Character I: 1607-1876
- SOSC 6333 - Ideas Shaping the American Character II: 1877-Present
- SOSC 6342 - America’s Defining Moment: The American Civil War and Reconstruction
- SOSC 6344 - Contemporary Economics
- SOSC 6353 - Women in U.S. History
- SOSC 6355 - America Enraged: From Integration to Watergate, 1954-1974
- SOSC 6367 - Comparative Revolutions: A Historical Perspective
- SOSC 6376 - Cultural and Intellectual History of Modern Europe: Renaissance to Enlightenment
- SOSC 6377 - Cultural and Intellectual History of Modern Europe: Romanticism to the Present
- SOSC 6378 - Mobilization and Movements in Nondemocracies
- SOSC 6382 - Women in American History, 1865 to the Present
- SOSC 6392 - The Objectives and Principles of Islamic Law
- SOSC 6395 - The Great Debates of the American Civil Rights Movement
- SOSC 6397 - The Civil Rights Movement: An Unfinished Revolution
- SOSC 7305 - Special Topics in Human Rights
- SOSC 7324 - The Impact of the Arab Spring on Israel and the Middle East
- SOSC 7330 - Modernity and Crises of Identity: The Reorientation of Western Culture 1872-1917
- SOSC 7331 - Warfare in the Modern World
- SOSC 7334 - Bollywood/Hollywood: Cinema in India and the West
- SOSC 7335 - Wrestling With God: The Triumph and Tragedy of Zionism in Israel
- SOSC 7336 - Mexican History Through Film
- SOSC 7340 - The Human Condition in Africa
- SOSC 7341 - The African Diaspora in France
- SOSC 7350 - Special Topics in Social Science
- SOSC 7353 - The World in the Twenty-First Century
- SOSC 7354 - The Intellectual History of Capitalism
- SOSC 7358 - Refugees and Displaced People: Victims of War, Genocide, and Ethnic Conflict
- SOSC 7359 - International Human Rights Courts Post-Nuremberg
- SOSC 7363 - The Historian’s Craft and the Novelist’s Art: Race in Early America
- SOSC 7364 - Communication to Reduce Human Injustice: Genocide
- SOSC 7366 - Contemporary Jihad in A Globalizing World: Isis, Al-Qaeda, and the Taliban
- SOSC 7367 - Global and Transnational Feminism: The Struggle for Global Justice
- SOSC 7368 - Education, Equality, and Human Rights
- SOSC 7369 - India Today: Religion, Environment, and Culture
- SOSC 7370 - Religion and Politics in 20th-Century India
- SOSC 7371 - The Languages of Advertising
- SOSC 7372 - Advertising Unplugged: Messages, Myths, and Manipulation
- SOSC 7375 - The Ethics of Human Rights in Islamic Legal Theory
- SOSC 7376 - Islamic Law: Premodernity to Modernity
- SOSC 7377 - Slavery and the American Republic
- SOSC 7378 - Religion and Politics: Intersections in the U.S. and the Muslim World
- SOSC 7379 - Ethics and Human Rights
- SOSC 7380 - The Islamic Civilization
- SOSC 7381 - The Black Struggle for Freedom
- SOSC 7382 - Modern Islamic Movements
- SOSC 7383 - Islam and the American Civil Rights Movement
- SOSC 7384 - Engaging Difference: An Interdisciplinary Critique of American Diversity and Inclusion
- SOSC 7385 - Poverty and Wealth in America: An Interdisciplinary Critique of Economic Justice
- SOSC 7390 - Critical Thinking: Immigration, Race and Human Rights
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