Courses

1101. Greek Civilization

3.00 credits

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Grading Basis: Graded

A survey of classical Greece, with emphasis on literature, thought, and influence on contemporary culture. Taught in English. CA 1.

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1102. Roman Civilization

3.00 credits

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Grading Basis: Graded

A survey of classical Rome, with emphasis on literature, thought, and influence on contemporary culture. Taught in English. CA 1.

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1103. Classical Mythology

3.00 credits

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Grading Basis: Graded

Origin, nature, and function of myth in the literature and art of Greece and Rome and the re-interpretation of classical myth in modern art forms. Taught in English. CA 1.

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1121. Elementary Latin I

4.00 credits

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Grading Basis: Graded

A study of the essentials of Latin grammar designed to prepare the student to read simple classical Latin prose.

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1122. Elementary Latin II

4.00 credits

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Grading Basis: Graded

Further study of the essentials of Latin grammar designed to prepare the student to read simple classical Latin prose.

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1123. Intermediate Latin I

3.00 credits

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Grading Basis: Graded

Review of the essentials of grammar. Reading of classical Latin prose and poetry with emphasis on Cicero and Ovid or Vergil.

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1124. Intermediate Latin II

3.00 credits

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Grading Basis: Graded

Introduction to the reading of classical Latin prose and poetry with emphasis on Cicero, Ovid or Virgil, with particular attention given to a review of the essentials of grammar.

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1171. Intensive Elementary Ancient Greek

4.00 credits

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Grading Basis: Graded

Intensive introduction to ancient Greek. Basic morphology, syntax, and vocabulary through simple readings from the New Testament.

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1172. Intensive Intermediate Ancient Greek

4.00 credits

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Transition to classical Greek through selections from Xenophon, reading of Plato's Apology complete.

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1193. Foreign Study

1.00 - 6.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.

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Grading Basis: Graded

Special topics taken in a foreign study program.

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2020. Pyramids, Pirates, and the Polis: The Ancient Mediterranean

Also offered as: HIST 2020

3.00 credits

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Grading Basis: Graded

Political and intellectual history of the civilizations that emerged around the ancient Mediterranean, including the Near East, Egypt, Greece, and Rome, with emphasis on their interactions and influences. CA 1. CA 4-INT.

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3101. Topics in Advanced Greek

1.00 - 6.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.

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Reading of Ancient Greek texts in the original. With a change in content, may be repeated for credit. Involves reading in Greek.

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3102. Topics in Advanced Latin

3.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.

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Reading of Latin texts in the original. With a change in content, may be repeated for credit. Involves reading in Latin.

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3207. Greek Philosophical Writings

3.00 credits

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Grading Basis: Graded

Selections from Plato and Aristotle.

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3208. Homer

3.00 credits

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Selections from the Iliad or Odyssey. Taught in English.

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3212. Greek Historical Writings

3.00 credits

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Selections from Herodotus and Thucydides.

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3213. Ovid and Mythology

3.00 credits

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Grading Basis: Graded

Selections from Ovid, mainly from the Metamorphoses, and a study of the myths of Greece and Rome.

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3232. Medieval Latin

3.00 credits

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Grading Basis: Graded

Reading of texts from a number of periods and in a variety of styles, with consideration of morphological, syntactical, and semantic developments. Taught in Latin.

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3241W. Greek and Roman Epic

3.00 credits

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Grading Basis: Graded

A study of classical epic, with special emphasis on Homer's Iliad and Odyssey and Vergil's Aeneid, but including also other examples of the genre. Oral and literary epic, their social and political contexts, and the influence of classical epic on later literature. Taught in English.

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3242W. Greek and Roman Drama

3.00 credits

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Selected plays from the works of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Plautus, Terence, and Seneca. The origin and development of Greek drama, its transformation in the Roman period, and the influence of classical drama on later literature. Taught in English.

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3244. Ancient Fictions

3.00 credits

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Examines a range of novels and other fictions from the Greco-Roman world. Works read will include the Greek sentimental novels, the satirical Roman novels of Petronius and Apeleius, and a variety of other pagan, Jewish, and Christian fictions. Taught in English.

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3245. Ancient World in Cinema

3.00 credits

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Representations of the ancient Mediterranean world in contemporary cinema.

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3251. Greek Art

Also offered as: ARTH 3140

3.00 credits

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Greek art and architecture from the ninth century B.C. to the first-century A.D.

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3252. Roman Art

Also offered as: ARTH 3150

3.00 credits

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History of Roman art and architecture.

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3257. Ancient Greek Philosophy

Also offered as: PHIL 2221

3.00 credits

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Greek philosophy from its origin in the Pre-Socratics through its influence on early Christianity. Readings from the works of Plato and Aristotle. May include related ancient philosophical traditions.

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3257W. Ancient Greek Philosophy

Also offered as: PHIL 2221W

3.00 credits

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Grading Basis: Graded

Greek philosophy from its origin in the Pre-Socratics through its influence on early Christianity. Readings from the works of Plato and Aristotle. May include related ancient philosophical traditions.

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3293. Foreign Study

1.00 - 6.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.

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Grading Basis: Graded

Special topics taken in a foreign study program. May count toward the major with consent of the advisor.

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3295. Special Topics

1.00 - 6.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.

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Grading Basis: Graded

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3298. Variable Topics

3.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.

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3299. Independent Study

1.00 - 6.00 credits | May be repeated for credit.

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3301. Ancient Near East

Also offered as: HIST 3301

3.00 credits

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Grading Basis: Graded

The history of Near Eastern civilization from the Neolithic period to the Persian Empire. The birth of civilization in Mesopotamia and Egypt. The political, economic, social and cultural achievements of ancient Near Eastern peoples. Taught in English.

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3320. Ancient Greece: Troy to Sparta

Also offered as: HIST 3320

3.00 credits

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The history of Greece from Minoan and Mycenaean times until the Hellenistic Period and Alexander the Great, with special emphasis on the Fifth Century and the "Golden Age" of Athens.

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3321. Hellenistic World: Alexander to Cleopatra

Also offered as: HIST 3321

3.00 credits

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The Eastern Mediterranean (the Greek east) from Alexander to Cleopatra (336-30 BCE), including historical, cultural, social, and religious developments.

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3325. Ancient Rome: Aeneas to Augustus

Also offered as: HIST 3325

3.00 credits

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From the beginning of Rome to the growth of the Roman Republic and the onset of Empire. Roman civilization and its influence upon later history.

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3326. Ancient Rome: Emperors and Barbarians

Also offered as: HIST 3326

3.00 credits

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The Roman Empire, from its beginnings until its transformation (or "fall") under the "barbarian" invasions, and its influence on later history. CA 1.

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3330. Palestine Under the Greeks and Romans

Also offered as: HEJS 3330, HIST 3330

3.00 credits

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The political, historical and religious currents in Greco-Roman Palestine. Includes the Jewish Revolts, sectarian developments, the rise of Christianity and the Talmudic academies. May not be used to meet the foreign language requirement. Taught in English.

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3335. The Early Christian Church

Also offered as: HIST 3335

3.00 credits

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The evolution of Christian institutions, leadership and doctrines in the Roman Empire ca. 50-451 CE. Topics may include gnosticism, prophecy, martyrdom, asceticism, pilgrimage, heresy, orthodoxy. Taught in English.

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3340. World of the Later Roman Empire

Also offered as: HIST 3340

3.00 credits

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The profound social and cultural changes that redefined the cities, frontiers, and economies of the classical Mediterranean world and led to the Middle Ages. Developments in the eastern and western Mediterranean between the second and seventh centuries.

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4096W. Senior Thesis in Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies

3.00 credits

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Grading Basis: Graded

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