Courses
Courses primarily for undergraduates:
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Survey of the legends, myths of the classical world with emphasis on the principal gods, and heroes, and their relation to ancient social, psychological, and religious practices; some attention may be given to important modern theories. Meets International Perspectives Requirement.
Credits: 4. Contact Hours: Lecture 3, Discussion 1.
Survey of the legends, myths of the classical world with emphasis on the principal gods, and heroes, and their relation to ancient social, psychological, and religious practices; some attention may be given to important modern theories. Meets International Perspectives Requirement.
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Examination of ancient urban life, including historical context, physical space, material culture, religion, literature, and art; examination of civic identity (the "polis"). Contrast between the concepts of urban and rural. Examples drawn from one or several selected ancient cities; some attention to modern methods of recovering the conditions of ancient urban life and the fundamental concept of the city in European history. Meets International Perspectives Requirement.
(Cross-listed with PHIL 3100).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Prereq: 3 credits in PHIL or Permission of Instructor
Survey of ancient Greek philosophy, focusing on the pre-Socratics, Plato, and Aristotle. Questions concerning being, knowledge, language, and the good life are treated in depth.
(Typically Offered: Fall)
(Cross-listed with ENGL 3500/ SPCM 3500).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Prereq: ENGL 2500
Ideas about the relationship between rhetoric and society in contemporary and historical contexts. An exploration of classical and contemporary rhetorical theories in relation to selected topics that may include politics, gender, race, ethics, education, science, or technology.
(Typically Offered: Spring)
(Cross-listed with ENGL 3530).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Prereq: ENGL 2500
Representative works of drama, poetry, and prose from ancient times through the mid-seventeenth century. Consideration of Western traditions within global contexts. Attention to religious and ethnic diversity; oral, manuscript, and print cultures; political authority; and the impact of translation on form, meaning, and reception of texts. Meets International Perspectives Requirement.
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring)
(Cross-listed with RELIG 3670).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
An historical introduction to the rise of Christianity in the Roman empire, with special attention to the impact of Greco-Roman culture on the thought and practice of Christians and the interaction of early Christians with their contemporaries.
(Cross-listed with RELIG 3680).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Nature, origins and development of religious beliefs and practices in ancient Greece and Rome from earliest times up to the rise of Christianity. Roles of divinities and rituals in lives of individuals and families and the governing of city-states and empires. Emphasis on historical contexts of the Graeco-Roman world and influences of neighboring cultures in Africa and Asia. Meets International Perspectives Requirement.
(Cross-listed with ANTHR 3690).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Archaeology and culture of Ancient Egypt from prehistory to Late Antiquity. Exploration of literature, religion, social history, government, and architecture. Discussion of major archaeological sites and methods; examination of interaction with other ancient near eastern and Mediterranean civilizations. Meets International Perspectives Requirement.
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Repeatable, maximum of 12 credits.
Topics in ancient Greek, Roman, or Egyptian culture vary according to faculty interest. Readings from ancient and modern sources in English. Meets International Perspectives Requirement.
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Greek and Roman drama from the beginnings until today. Readings in English from authors such as Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Menander, Plautus, Terence, Seneca. Course may cover performance, theories of comedy and tragedy, recent and current expressions of the comic and tragic in film and other media. Meets International Perspectives Requirement.
Credits: 4. Contact Hours: Lecture 4.
Greek and Roman drama from the beginnings until today. Readings in English from authors such as Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Menander, Plautus, Terence, Seneca. Course may cover performance, theories of comedy and tragedy, recent and current expressions of the comic and tragic in film and other media. Meets International Perspectives Requirement.
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Cultural and political significance of ancient epic, especially in Greece and Rome. Course may include study of the heroic code in antiquity and its modern expressions including in film. Readings in English from authors such as Homer and Vergil. Meets International Perspectives Requirement.
Credits: 4. Contact Hours: Lecture 3, Discussion 1.
Cultural and political significance of ancient epic, especially in Greece and Rome. Course may include study of the heroic code in antiquity and its modern expressions including in film. Readings in English from authors such as Homer and Vergil. Meets International Perspectives Requirement.
(Cross-listed with HIST 3740/ WGS 3740).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Survey of the roles of women and others on the margins and the issues that impacted them in the ancient Greek and Roman worlds. Evidence from literature, the visual arts, and archaeology. Contemporary approaches to studying women, gender, and sexuality in ancient history. Intersections of gender categories with ideas of slave and free status, citizenship, and ethnicity. Readings from ancient and modern sources. Meets International Perspectives Requirement.
(Cross-listed with ANTHR 3760A).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
An examination of the material culture of Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Greece (ca 3000-700 BCE) and the role of archaeological context in understanding the varied aspects of the cultures that flourished in the region. Primary focus on the urbanized palatial centers that emerged on the island of Crete (Minoan) and in mainland Greece (Mycenaean). Topics include the emergence of social complexity, cultural and technological changes, religious systems, and methods of interpretation. Meets International Perspectives Requirement.
(Cross-listed with ANTHR 3760B).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
An examination of the material culture of ancient Greece from ca. 700-30 BCE and the role of archaeological context in understanding the varied aspects of Greek culture found in cities, rural areas, and sanctuaries during the Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic periods. Topics include urbanization and the rise of the polis, sanctuaries and their offerings, engagement with the wider Mediterranean, and developments in the ways that the Greeks conceptualized and represented their world. Meets International Perspectives Requirement.
(Cross-listed with ANTHR 3760C).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
An examination of major developments in architecture, sculpture, painting, and other arts of the ancient Roman world and the role of archaeological context in understanding various aspects of Roman culture. Topics include art in the service of social ideology and political propaganda; interactions between the Etruscans, Greeks, and Romans; and the relationship between Rome and its provinces. Meets International Perspectives Requirement.
(Cross-listed with ARTH 3830).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Greek art from Neolithic to Hellenistic periods. Roman art from the traditional founding to the end of the empire in the West.
(Cross-listed with ARTH 3830H).
Credits: 3-4. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Greek art from Neolithic to Hellenistic periods. Roman art from the traditional founding to the end of the empire in the West.
(Cross-listed with HIST 3840).
Credits: 2. Contact Hours: Lecture 2.
Repeatable.
Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
Introduction to the topography, history, archaeology, monuments, and art of Rome from the 8th century BCE to the 5th century CE; attention given to the culture of modern Italy, preparatory to study abroad in Rome. Enrollment limited to students participating in CLST 3850/HIST 3850. Meets International Perspectives Requirement.
(Typically Offered: Spring)
(Cross-listed with HIST 3850).
Credits: 3. Repeatable, maximum of 6 credits.
Prereq: CLST 3840/HIST 3840, Instructor Permission Required
Supervised on-site instruction in the history, archaeology, monuments, and art of Rome and environs from the 8th century BCE to the 5th century CE; attention given to the culture of modern Italy. Meets International Perspectives Requirement.
(Typically Offered: Summer)
Credits: 2. Contact Hours: Lecture 2.
Repeatable, maximum of 4 credits.
Prereq: Instructor Permission for Course
Introduction to the topography, history, archaeology, monuments and art of Greece from the Bronze Age through the Ottoman period; attention given to the culture of modern Greece, preparatory to study abroad in Greece (CLST 3950). Enrollment limited to students participating in CLST 3950. Meets International Perspectives Requirement.
(Typically Offered: Spring)
Credits: 2-6. Contact Hours: Lecture 2.
Repeatable, maximum of 9 credits.
Prereq: CLST 3940; Instructor Permission Required
Supervised on-site instruction in the archaeology, monuments, and art of Greece from the Bronze Age through the Ottoman period; attention given to the culture of modern Greece. Meets International Perspectives Requirement.
(Typically Offered: Summer)
(Cross-listed with HIST 4020).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
Ancient Greece from the Bronze Age to the Hellenistic period; evolution of the Greek polis and its cultural contributions, with a particular emphasis on the writings of Herodotus and Thucydides.
(Cross-listed with HIST 4030).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Prereq: Sophomore classification
Ancient Rome from the Regal Period to the fall of the Western Empire; evolution of Roman institutions and Rome's cultural contributions studied through original sources.
(Cross-listed with PHIL 4100).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Prereq: 6 credits in PHIL or CLST, or Permission of Instructor
Prominent theories of soul and mind developed by Greek philosophers in the classical period, roughly 500 BCE-200 CE, and how the philosophers located these theories within their general metaphysical views. Relationship between mind and body and the roles of reason, desire, and emotion. Philosophers to be studied include Plato, Aristotle, and selected others.
(Typically Offered: Spring)
(Dual-listed with POLS 5300/ CLST 5300).
(Cross-listed with POLS 4300).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Prereq: 6 credits in POLS, HIST, or PHIL
Study of original texts in political thought ranging from the classical period to the renaissance. Topics such as justice, freedom, virtue, the allocation of political power, the meaning of democracy, human nature, and natural law.
(Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Repeatable, maximum of 9 credits.
Prereq: Permission of Program Director
Advanced study of a selected topic in Classical Studies. Research paper or project selected by the student.
Credits: 1-6. Repeatable, maximum of 9 credits.
Prereq: 7 credits in CLST at the 2000-level or higher; Permission of the Program Chair
Designed to meet the needs of students who wish to study specific topics in classical civilization in areas where courses are not offered, or to pursue such study beyond the limits of existing courses at the advanced level.
Courses primarily for graduate students, open to qualified undergraduates:
(Cross-listed with HIST 5120A).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Repeatable.
Readings in European history.
(Dual-listed with POLS 4300/ CLST 4300).
(Cross-listed with POLS 5300).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Study of original texts in political thought ranging from the classical period to the renaissance. Topics such as justice, freedom, virtue, the allocation of political power, the meaning of democracy, human nature, and natural law. (Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer)
(Cross-listed with HIST 5940A).
Credits: 3. Contact Hours: Lecture 3.
Repeatable.
Topics vary each time offered.