Fall 2026

Political Philosophy

PHILOS 555 (Political Philosophy) examines philosophical doctrines for justifying political decisions and analyzes concepts like justice, authority, and natural rights.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Elizabeth Brake

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2023: 3.94 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=39 letter grades); Fall 2023: 3.98 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=27 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.87 GPA, 90.4% A/AB (n=52 letter grades).

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Prerequisites

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Professors

Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2025: 3.76 GPA, 84.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

ELIZABETH BRAKE is recorded teaching in Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Fall 2026

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2023: 3.94 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=39 letter grades); Fall 2023: 3.98 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=27 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.87 GPA, 90.4% A/AB (n=52 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Justification of political decisions
  • Fundamental concepts: common good, authority, justice, natural law, natural rights

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About this comparison

1320 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

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UW–Madison

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PHILOS 555 · Fall 2026

Political Philosophy

Recorded 2026-09-07
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-09-07

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nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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