Fall 2008 Course Offerings

Latin Language

Classics 111 Beginning Latin (4)
This is the first half of the elementary sequence (111-112). Students study Latin grammar, vocabulary, and morphology.

Classics 150 Latin Transition (4)
This class is designed especially for students with previous experience in Latin who need review before enrolling in Latin 251.  Successful completion of this course and the intermediate sequence (Latin 251-252) will establish intermediate competency. 

Classics 251 Intermediate Latin:  Grammar and Readings (3)
Students review grammar, vocabulary, and morphology as a prelude to reading selections from Latin prose authors.  This course leads to Latin 252, Vergil's Aeneid.

Classics 252 Intermediate Latin:  Ovid (3)
Selections from the Metamorphoses and elegiac works of Ovid. This course is a sequel to Latin 251.  Successful completion of the 251-252 sequence establishes intermediate competency.

Classics 351 Cicero and Sallust (3)
Prereq: 252 or equivalent.

Classics 431 Readings in Latin literature (3)
Prereq.: 351-352 or consent of instructor.

Classics 435 Medieval Latin (3)
Selected readings from the Latin prose and poetry of medieval Europe. Prereq: Consent of instructor.

Classics 472/572 Latin Paleography (3)
Introduction to the Latin hands used in Western Europe from the Roman through the Humanistic period, when most writing in the West was in Latin. The focus is on identifying and dating hands and on transcribing them accurately. Discussions, student presentations, examinations, papers.

Greek Language

Classics 121 Beginning Greek (4)
This course is the first half of the elementary sequence (121-122). Students learn Greek grammar, vocabulary, and morphology.  This sequence prepares students for Classics 261-264, the intermediate sequence.

Classics 261 Intermediate Greek: Grammar Review and Readings (3)
Systematic review of Attic Greek and readings from selected authors. Prereq: 122.

Classics 402 Greek Prose (3)
Herodotus will be the topic.

Also of Interest

Classics 273 Medical and Scientific Terminology (3)
Greek and Latin roots from which medical and scientific terminology is derived. Extensive practice in analysis of terms. This course is self-paced and internet-based.

Greek & Roman Civilization

Classics 221 Early Greek Mythology (3)
Archaic Greek religion through comprehensive study of Greek myths with emphasis on how they reflect the early Greek vision of the universe and humanity's place in it. Origins and development of Greek myths and the rise of organized religion, from Bronze Age to about 450 BC. Readings include Hesiod and Aeschylus. Writing-emphasis course.

Classics 232 Archaeology and Art of Ancient Greece and Rome (3)
Survey from the earliest human presence in the Mediterranean to the end of the Roman Empire (c. 2000,000 B.C. - A.D. 476). For prehistoric times emphasis on material remains and anthropological theory used to recreate the cultures of the Minoans, Mycenaeans, Dark Age Greeks, and Etruscans. For the historical Greek and Roman periods emphasis on developments in architecture, sculpture, vase painting, wall painting, mosaics, and minor arts. Relationship of art to society. Writing-emphasis course.

Classics 253 Greek and Roman Literature in English Translation (3)
Major literature of ancient Greece and Rome from Homer to Tacitus. Writing-emphasis course.

Classics 302 History of Classical Greece (3)
Greek history from the Persian Wars to Alexander the Great, with an emphasis on the 5th-4th centuries BCE. Readings and discussion to include: economy and society in Classical Athens and Sparta; the Peloponnesian War; Socrates, the sophists and intellectual responses to democracy and empire; crises of the Greek city-states; Philip II, Alexander the Great and the rise of Macedon; ancient and modern historiographies of Classical Greece. Writing-emphasis course.

Classics 340 Greek and Roman Athletics (3)
A survey of Greek and Roman athletic festivals and events, and the role of athletes in ancient society; special focus on the Olympic Games. Writing-emphasis course.

Classics 384 Gender and Sexuality in Ancient Rome (3)
Examines the Roman view of gender roles and sexuality. Evidence from literature, epigraphy, and material culture is used to consider what the ideals of behavior were for Roman women and men, what constituted deviation from these ideals, and how "real" Romans may actually have behaved. Writing-emphasis course.

Classics 442 Intensive Survey of the Archaeology of the Prehistoric Aegean (3)
Survey of archaeology and art of the Aegean from the earliest humans to the rise of the Greek polis in the 8th century BC. Highlights include early Cycladic art, Minoan and Mycenaean complex societies, Thera, cultural interconnections with Egypt and the Near East, and the Trojan War. Emphasis on anthropological and modern art-historical approaches. Writing-emphasis course.