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CLASSICS |
040.105 |
ELEMENTARY ANCIENT GREEK (4) Webber Limit 20 Cannot be taken Satisfactory / Unsatisfactory This course provides a comprehensive, intensive introduction to the study of ancient Greek. During the first semester, the focus will be on morphology and vocabulary. Credit is given only upon completion of a year’s work. |
Sec. 01 |
MTW 11,
plus 1 hour-TBA |
040.107 |
ELEMENTARY LATIN (3.5) Sec. 01 Stern / Sec. 02 Shelfer Limit 20 per section Year course; must complete 040.108 in order to receive credit. Cannot be taken Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory This course provides a comprehensive, intensive introduction to the study of Latin for new students, as well as a systematic review for those students with a background in Latin. Emphasis during the first semester will be on morphology and vocabulary. Credit is given only upon completion of a year’s work. |
Sec. 01
02 |
MTW 9
MTW 10 |
040.112 (H) |
ROMAN CIVILIZATION (3) Sullivan Limit 20 per section This course examines important social, political, and cultural developments in the ancient Roman world, primarily through a study of literary texts, from Rome’s beginnings as a small city-state to the high empire. |
Lec.
Sec. 01
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F 10:30-12
Th 10:30-12
Th 10:30-12 |
040.205 (H)
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INTERMEDIATE ANCIENT GREEK (3) Shapiro Limit 20 Prereq: 040.105-106 Reading ability in classical Greek is developed through a study of various authors, primarily Plato (fall) and Homer (spring). Course canceled 9/14/07
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MTW 11
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040.207 (H) |
INTERMEDIATE LATIN (3) Shapiro Solez Limit 20 Prereq: 040.107-108 or equivalent Although emphasis is still placed on development of rapid comprehension, readings and discussions introduce student to study of Latin literature, principally through texts of Cicero (fall) and Vergil (spring). |
Sec. 01 |
MTW 10 |
040.305 (H) |
ADVANCED ANCIENT GREEK (3) Yatromanolakis Limit 20 (Same as 040.704) Reading of prose or verse authors, depending on the needs of students. |
Sec. 01 |
TW 6-7:30pm 11-12:30 |
040.308 (H) |
ADVANCED LATIN POETRY (3) Sullivan Limit 20 Prereq: 040.207-208 or equivalent (Same as 040.710) The aim of this course is to increase proficiency and improve comprehension of the Latin language. Intensive reading of Latin texts, with the usual attention to matters of grammar, idiom, translation, etc. Specific offerings vary from year to year. |
Sec. 01 |
MT 4:30-6pm |
040.349 (H) |
THE MORALITY OF WEALTH: ANCIENT TEXTS AND MODERN QUESTIONS(3) Thompson Limit 20 Prereq: Knowledge of Latin or Greek useful but not required. What is the moral purpose of wealth? What values should drive economic decisions? Explore such questions by examining ancient Greek, Roman, and Early Christian sources in light of modern ethics. |
Sec. 01 |
W 2-5pm |
010.300 (H) |
ART IN THE AGE OF AUGUSTUS (3) Koortbojian Limit 60
Cross-listed with History of Art |
Sec. 01 |
MWF 11 |
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ART MUSEUM POLICY AND PRACTICE (3) Maguire, E. Limit 12 Hands-on seminar looks behind the scenes at displays and exhibitions, museum operations and programs, as signs of current thinking about what art, past and present, may be.
Cross-listed with Classics, Museum Studies, and Near Eastern Studies |
Sec. 01 |
Th 2-5 |
360.133 (H)
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GREAT BOOKS: WESTERN TRADITION OR THE HUMANITIES: A TRADITION OF CLASSICS (3) Egginton/Patton/Talle/Valládares
Limit 20 per section
Open to all Undergraduates
Cross-listed with German and Romance Languages & Literatures, the Humanities Center, Interdepartmental, and Music
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Sec. 01
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ThF 10:30-12
ThF 10:30-12
ThF 10:30-12
ThF 10:30-12 |
360.371 (S)(W) |
RELIGION AND SENSUALITY IN THE INDO-EUROPEAN IMAGINATION (3) Singh Limit 15 Are orgies immoral? Is God a sensual being? We study aspects of three distinct but overlapping cultures, Ancient Greece, India and the United States to understand different conceptions of human and divine sensuality, and the interplay of masculine, feminine and androgynous principles in religion and philosophy. Readings include Foucault, Pierre Hadot, Nietzsche, Weber, Gandhi, Thoreau, Emerson, as well as segments on Greek and Hindu myth, and the HBO television show 'Sex and the City'. Cross-listed with Anthropology, Interdepartmental, German & Romance Lang. & Lit. and Study of Women, Gender, & Sexuality Course added 6/07/07 |
Sec. 01 |
Th 1-2:30 |
040.501 |
INDEPENDENT STUDY Staff |
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040.519 |
HONORS RESEARCH Staff |
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040.579 |
MASTER’S RESEARCH Staff |
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040.611 |
CLASSICAL AND HELLENISTIC SCULPTURE IN THE WALTERS ART MUSEUM Shapiro Limit 15 This seminar will explore the functions, genres, and iconography of sculpture in the 5th to 1st centuries BCE on the basis of Greek originals in the Walters collections. Cross-listed with History of Art |
Sec. 01 |
T 2-4:30 |
040.615 |
OVID’S METAMORPHOSES Valládares Limit 15 In this seminar, we will study Ovid’s Metamorphoses, paying special attention to the text’s generic playfulness and the author’s poetics of illusion. We will also survey recent critical trends in Ovidian studies. |
Sec. 01 |
W 3-5:30pm |
040.687 |
PROSEMINAR IN CLASSICAL PHILOLOGY Yatromanolakis Limit 15 An overview of research areas in Classics, including epigraphy, textual transmission, papyrology, critical theory and reception. |
Sec. 01 |
Th 2-4 |
040.704 |
READING ANCIENT GREEK Yatromanolakis Limit 20 Prerequisite: Greek (Same as 040.305) This reading seminar is intended to train graduate students in direct and critical work on primary sources. |
Sec. 01 |
TW 6-7:30pm 11-12:30 |
040.710 |
READING LATIN POETRY Sullivan Limit 20 Prerequisite: Latin (Same as 040.308) This reading seminar is intended to train graduate students in direct and critical work on primary sources. |
Sec. 01 |
MT 4:30-6pm |
010.621 |
ROME’S HISTORICAL TOPOGRAPHY: THE CITY AS SYMBOL Koortbojian Limit 25
Cross-listed with History of Art |
Sec. 01 |
M 4-6pm |
214.693 |
PATONISM IN THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE Celenza Limit 15
Cross-listed with German and Romance Languages, History, the Humanities Center and Philisophy |
Sec. 01 |
Th 3-5pm |
040.801 |
INDEPENDENT STUDY Staff |
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040.814 |
DISSERTATION RESEARCH Staff |
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