CLAS 116B – Word Roots: Science and Medical Terminology

This course will focus on the history and structure of words including the use of Greek and Latin roots in the formation of technical terms in medicine and the sciences. Elements of word formation (prefixes, suffixes, and bases) will be intensively studied so that the words can by systematically analyzed and broken down into their component parts. Excellent preparation for standardized tests such as the GMAT, GRE, LSAT, and MCAT.

CLAS 160B1 – Meet the Ancients: Gateway to Greece and Rome

Tier 1 Traditions and Cultures

CLAS 160D2 – Classical Mythology

Tier 1 Traditions and Cultures

The myths, legends, and folktales of the Greeks and their origins. All readings in English.

CLAS 199 – Independent Study

CLAS 204 – Ancient History: Greek History

Cross Listed

A political, social and cultural history of Greek civilization from the Bronze Age to the death of Alexander the Great.

CLAS 222 – Classics Through the Ages: Ancient Greek and Roman Influences on Western Civilization and Beyond

Tier 2 Humanities

Honors Contract

This course examines Ancient Greek and Roman art, literature, and thought, and the influence of this classical tradition on the artistic, intellectual, and cultural development of subsequent societies from late antiquity to the present day.

CLAS 299 – Independent Study

CLAS 301B – The Literature of the Ancient Romans: Latin Literature in English Translation

Honors Contract

Writing Emphasis Course

Classics 301B provides an introductory survey of Latin literature through English translations. The works to be studied include some of the earliest extant ones of the republican period down to those of the mid-empire: our authors span a period of over 300 years. We will read from a variety of genres, including comedy and tragedy, epic and lyric poetry, didactic literature, satire, historiography, the novel, letters, and philosophy. Latin writers appropriated all these genres- with the exception of satire, which apparently is a Roman innovation (satura quidem tota nostra est, Quintilian 10.1.93)-from the Greeks. In doing so they creatively and self-reflexively (Latin literature is extremely "meta") adapted their Greek source texts with a view to their own audiences and artistic purposes. The study of this literature provides a dynamic point of entry into the rich and diverse cultural world of the ancient Romans-the Roman empire was an extraordinarily complex experiment in multiethnic and polylingual exchange that is only now being rivaled by globalist movements. Latin literature is also critical to appreciation of subsequent European literatures and cultures.

CLAS 303 – Crime and Punishment in the Ancient World

Cross Listed

This course explores the history of criminal justice systems in the ancient Mediterranean through close examination of select primary sources. Its primary focus is Greece and Rome, but it will also cover Pharaonic Egypt and the Ancient Near East. We shall move chronologically, geographically, and topically, treating a broad range of literary and archaeological evidence. Of central importance to the course will be the issue of boundaries: between right and wrong, imprisonment and freedom, individual and state. Law codes from Mesopotamia, tomb robbery in the Egyptian New Kingdom, the trial and execution of Socrates, police in the streets of Rome, execution by gladiator, spiritual and allegorical punishment: the course encompasses it all!

CLAS 305 – Greek and Roman Religion

Cross Listed

Tier 2 Individuals & Societies

Honors Contract

Writing Emphasis Course

CLAS 306 – Christianity in the Greco-Roman World

Tier 2 Individuals & Societies

Honors Contract

Writing Emphasis Course

Investigates the emergence of Christianity in the first four centuries of the Greco-Roman milieu.

CLAS 306 – Christianity in the Greco-Roman World

Tier 2 Individuals & Societies

Honors Contract

Investigates the emergence of Christianity in the first four centuries of the Greco-Roman milieu.

CLAS 310 – Rome in Film: The City as Text

Tier 2 Arts

Honors Contract

A grand tour of Rome in film, beginning with the epic themes of ancient history-the Caesars, Cleopatra, and Mark Anthony-through the modern period . Films in their thematic, stylistic, and narrative range invite students to explore both Rome's unique status in the west as well as Rome's place in the national Italian consciousness.

CLAS 313 – Health and Medicine in Classical Antiquity

Cross Listed

Writing Emphasis Course

The course examines the mythology and practice of medicine in Greek and Roman times from Asclepius to Hippocrates and Galen, medical instruments and procedures, the religious manifestation of healing in Greek and Roman sanctuaries, the votive dedications by patients and cured, midwifery and child care, public hygiene and diseases. The topics cover a large spectrum of the medical practice and public health in the ancient societies of Classical antiquity, as well as how ancient worldviews, including religion and religious practice, shaped health and medicine in Greek and Roman civilization.

CLAS 329 – Art History of the Cinema

Cross Listed

Tier 2 Arts

Tier 2 Humanities

Survey of major artistic movements, including academicism, expressionism, cubism, and surrealism, and their influence on film in Germany, Italy, America, and France.

CLAS 335 – The Roman Empire: Rulers and Ruled

Tier 2 Humanities

Honors Contract

CLAS 335 – The Roman Empire: Rulers and Ruled

Tier 2 Humanities

Honors Contract

Writing Emphasis Course

CLAS 338 – Introduction to Roman Art and Archaeology

Cross Listed

Honors Contract

This course provides an overview of the culture of ancient Rome beginning about 1000 BCE and ending with the so-called "Fall of Rome". It looks at some of the key people who played a role in Rome, from the time of the kings through the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. It will also focus on the city of Rome itself, as well as Rome's expansion through Italy, the Mediterranean, and beyond.

CLAS 342 – The Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Epic Tradition

Tier 2 Humanities

Honors Contract

Writing Emphasis Course

A study of the Homeric poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey. All readings in English.

CLAS 349 – Archaeological Evidence for Daily Life in Ancient Greece and Rome

Cross Listed

Tier 2 Humanities

Honors Contract

This course focuses on the information about aspects of everyday life of the ancient Greeks and Romans that can be gleaned from archaeological evidence, as opposed to or in combination with written sources, and the various methodologies of the discipline of archaeology that allow us to reconstruct so much of the daily lives of ancient peoples. A comparative approach will be used so that students gain a sense of the shared cultural markers of these two civilizations, as well as their differences and the changes that took place in the Roman period. Topics to be considered are: house and home; clothing and body ornament; food and drink; partying and leisure activities; theater and spectacle; sport and competition; music and dance; shopping and money; schooling and children's lives; men's versus women's lives; the lives of slaves; and the worlds of artists and craftsmen.

CLAS 353 – Heroes, Gods, Gore: Roman Epic in its Cultural Context

Tier 2 Humanities

Honors Contract

Writing Emphasis Course

This course provides a survey of ancient Roman epic poetry (heroic, historical, didactic, and Ovidian), both within its unique cultural context and also as it was received by subsequent cultures and epochs.

CLAS 399 – Independent Study

Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.

CLAS 399H – Honors Independent Study

Honors Course

Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.

CLAS 401A – Early Christian Literature: Greek Texts

Cross Listed

Honors Contract

Writing Emphasis Course

This course involves in depth study of early Christian texts together with related contemporary Jewish and Greco-Roman literature. Students will engage in careful analysis of individual texts in the New Testament and from the first four centuries of the Common Era, focusing on questions of genre, authorship, and meaning. Alongside these, students will examine writings by contemporary Jewish, Greek, and Roman authors (e.g., Philo, Josephus, Seneca, and Plutarch) as illustrative of the wider literary and religious culture. For students who have completed GRK 201, an option for readings in ancient Greek will be available as part of the course.

CLAS 403A – History of Greece: Democracy, War, and Empire in the 5th Century BCE

Cross Listed

Beginning with Herodotus¿ history of the Persian Wars and concluding with Thucydides¿ account of the Peloponnesian War, you will read and discuss various types of ancient sources in order to write your own history of the growth of democracy, the spread of empire, and the persistence of war in Classical Greece.

CLAS 404B – History of Rome: The Empire through the Reign of Constantine the Great

Cross Listed

The Empire through the reign of Constantine the Great.

CLAS 420 – Archaic Greek Sanctuaries

Cross Listed

Honors Contract

Writing Emphasis Course

This course therefore concentrates on the evidence for Greek sanctuary sites between 1000 and 600 B.C. We examine the excavated material from numerous sanctuary sites, including architectural remains (temples and/or altars), votive offerings of bronze and clay, and any other evidence revealing religious practices during these formative years. The role the sanctuaries played in society is also considered with a view to their political, social, economic and spiritual implications for Archaic Greek life.

CLAS 446A – Mapping Ancient Cities

Cross Listed

The course will introduce the student to the history, theory and archaeological evidence for city and landscape planning from the Minoan, Etruscan, Greek and Roman periods. In addition the course will consider some of the most modern techniques (digital cartography, remote sensing and GIS) in the study of ancient cities and will offer the student the opportunity to learn and practice a number of these modern techniques, including the use of AutoCAD.

CLAS 465 – Greek Pottery: Craft and Society in Ancient Greece

Cross Listed

Honors Contract

Writing Emphasis Course

This course surveys the development of ancient Greek pottery from c. 3000 to 400 BCE, with a focus on the period 1200-400 BCE (Mycenaean-Late Classical). Topics to be addressed include stylistic and typological developments, uses of ceramics within historical settings, iconography and meaning, materials and manufacturing techniques, organization of ceramic workshops, and potters and their social status. Key goals of the course include gaining an appreciation for the great importance of pottery in establishing and verifying the foundations of chronology in Greek archaeology as well as illuminating fundamental aspects of Greek society and culture. Opportunities for hands-on experiences in UA ceramics labs and museum collections will be available.

CLAS 470 – Greek Philosophy

Cross Listed

Pass/Fail Option

Topics in Greek philosophy. May be selected from the pre-Socratics, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle and post-Aristotelian philosophy.

CLAS 474 – Archaeometry: Scientific Methods in Art and Archaeology

Cross Listed

Critical survey of scientific methods used in archaeology and art history. Emphasis on the potential and limitations of these techniques for reconstructing human behavior.

CLAS 477 – Greek Architecture

Cross Listed

Honors Contract

Writing Emphasis Course

CLAS 498H – Honors Thesis

Honors Course

Writing Emphasis Course

An honors thesis is required of all the students graduating with honors. Students ordinarily sign up for this course as a two-semester sequence. The first semester the student performs research under the supervision of a faculty member; the second semester the student writes an honors thesis.

CLAS 498H – Honors Thesis

Honors Course

An honors thesis is required of all the students graduating with honors. Students ordinarily sign up for this course as a two-semester sequence. The first semester the student performs research under the supervision of a faculty member; the second semester the student writes an honors thesis.

CLAS 499 – Independent Study

Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.

CLAS 499H – Honors Independent Study

Honors Course

GRK 102 – Elementary Classical Greek II

Pass/Fail Option

The second semester of the introduction to the basic morphology, grammar, syntax, and vocabulary of ancient Greek through reading and composition for students of the Bible and of classical authors.

GRK 202 – Intermediate Classical Greek II

GRK 399 – Independent Study

Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.

GRK 402 – Greek Reading Course

Honors Contract

Writing Emphasis Course

Readings in major Greek authors including Homer, Plato, and the historians and dramatists.

GRK 499 – Independent Study

Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.

LAT 102 – Elementary Latin II

LAT 202 – Intermediate Latin II

Tier 2 Humanities

Pass/Fail Option

Review of Latin grammar with readings from the poetry of Virgil's Aeneid.

LAT 299 – Independent Study

Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.

LAT 413 – Augustan Literature

Honors Contract

Writing Emphasis Course

Readings from a major writer or writers of the Augustan age.

LAT 430 – Roman Drama

Honors Contract

Writing Emphasis Course

Close reading and study of select plays of Plautus, Terence, and Seneca, as well as select fragments of Republican Roman tragedy.

LAT 499 – Independent Study

Qualified students working on an individual basis with professors who have agreed to supervise such work.

CLAS 116B – Word Roots: Science and Medical Terminology

This course will focus on the history and structure of words including the use of Greek and Latin roots in the formation of technical terms in medicine and the sciences. Elements of word formation (prefixes, suffixes, and bases) will be intensively studied so that the words can by systematically analyzed and broken down into their component parts. Excellent preparation for standardized tests such as the GMAT, GRE, LSAT, and MCAT.

CLAS 150C1 – Pyramids and Mummies: The Pharaoh and Ancient Egyptian Society

Gen Ed Diversity Emphasis

Tier 1 Individuals & Societies

Honors Contract

Pyramids and Mummies focuses on the person and role of the king in ancient Egypt, exploring questions about individuals and their role(s) within and shaping their society. In ancient Egypt, the pharaoh was simultaneously a religious, political, economic, and legal institution. This course illuminates and critically examines the duties of the pharaoh and the lives of the individual men and women who occupied this exclusive class, which was perhaps the most powerful monarchy in human history. Frequently seen in the popular imagination as the superlative example of the "Oriental despot" stereotype (and often inviting comparisons with modern political figures), the Egyptian kingship was rather laden with responsibility. As a divine son (or, occasionally, daughter), a king was, hypothetically, priest of all the gods. Most important of these royal duties was the perpetuation of order on social and cosmic levels. The wealth of the country flowed both to and from the pharaoh, who was also, in the ideal, responsible for the importation of foreign goods as either tribute or booty. How kings achieved all of this "and what exactly was expected of him or her"; varied through three thousand years of pharaonic history. Within Egypt, society changed. Beyond Egypt, the political and economic fortunes of its neighbors changed. The course will cover kingship in Egypt from its ill-understood beginnings among prehistoric tribal chiefdoms, through the surprisingly early climax of royal power manifested by the construction of the Great Pyramid at Giza, to the development of mummification as a form to preserve the king's body for eternity, into its travails and final usurpation by Greek rulers.

CLAS 160B1 – Meet the Ancients: Gateway to Greece and Rome

Tier 1 Traditions and Cultures

Journey into the past to discover the worlds of the ancient Greeks and Romans. From democracy and republicanism to literature, philosophy and art, the contributions of these two cultures serve as the foundation for much of what has been described as "western" culture. This course explores who these peoples were, how these civilizations developed, what ideas and institutions they created, and why the Greeks and Romans matter today.

CLAS 160D2 – Classical Mythology

Tier 1 Traditions and Cultures

The myths, legends, and folktales of the Greeks and their origins. All readings in English.

CLAS 160D2 – Classical Mythology

The myths, legends, and folktales of the Greeks and their origins. All readings in English.

CLAS 204 – Ancient History: Greek History

Cross Listed

A political, social and cultural history of Greek civilization from the Bronze Age to the death of Alexander the Great.

CLAS 205 – Ancient History: Roman History

Cross Listed

This course offers a survey of Roman History from the prehistoric settlements in the area of the Seven Hills to the deterioration of the western Empire in the fifth century C.E. Special topics of interest include the material culture of the Roman world; the use of images in the pursuit of political agendas; classical notions of the divine; and concepts of gender, power, and identity. Popular representations of ancient Rome, specifically in film, will provide another area of consideration for comparison throughout the semester.

CLAS 240 – Ancient Athletics

Cross Listed

Tier 2 Individuals & Societies

Comparative study of ancient and modern athletics in their cultural contexts. Readings in English translation.

CLAS 305 – Greek and Roman Religion

Cross Listed

Tier 2 Individuals & Societies

Honors Contract

Writing Emphasis Course

Religious beliefs and cult practices in ancient Greece and Rome. All readings in English.

CLAS 338 – Introduction to Roman Art and Archaeology

Cross Listed

Honors Contract

This course provides an overview of the culture of ancient Rome beginning about 1000 BCE and ending with the so-called "Fall of Rome". It looks at some of the key people who played a role in Rome, from the time of the kings through the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire. It will also focus on the city of Rome itself, as well as Rome's expansion through Italy, the Mediterranean, and beyond.

CLAS 472A – Ancient Philosophy

Cross Listed

A philosophical introduction to the major works of Plato.

GRK 112 – Intensive Beginning Classical Greek

Intensive study of basic morphology, grammar, and vocabulary of beginning classical Greek. Greek 112 provides an intensive introduction to Greek and is the equivalent of Greek 101 and 102. There are no prerequisites, though some background in Latin or Romance language may be helpful. As we will cover two semesters of material in fewer than five weeks, the pace is fast and the workload necessarily demanding. Students who successfully complete the course may advance to Greek 212 in Summer term or Greek 201 in the Fall term.

LAT 112 – Intensive Beginning Latin

Intensive study of basic morphology, syntax, and vocabulary of beginning Latin. Latin 112 is the equivalent of Latin 101 and 102 OR Latin 112A and Latin 112B; the pace is fast and the workload necessarily demanding. Students who successfully complete the course may advance to Latin 212 in Summer Session II, or Latin 201 in the fall term.

LAT 212 – Accelerated Latin II

Equivalent of LAT 201 and 202. Reading and composition, prose and poetry.

CLAS 116B – Word Roots: Science and Medical Terminology

This course will focus on the history and structure of words including the use of Greek and Latin roots in the formation of technical terms in medicine and the sciences. Elements of word formation (prefixes, suffixes, and bases) will be intensively studied so that the words can by systematically analyzed and broken down into their component parts. Excellent preparation for standardized tests such as the GMAT, GRE, LSAT, and MCAT.

CLAS 160B1 – Meet the Ancients: Gateway to Greece and Rome

Tier 1 Traditions and Cultures

Journey into the past to discover the worlds of the ancient Greeks and Romans. From democracy and republicanism to literature, philosophy and art, the contributions of these two cultures serve as the foundation for much of what has been described as "western" culture. This course explores who these peoples were, how these civilizations developed, what ideas and institutions they created, and why the Greeks and Romans matter today.

CLAS 160D2 – Classical Mythology

Tier 1 Traditions and Cultures

The myths, legends, and folktales of the Greeks and their origins. All readings in English.

CLAS 205 – Ancient History: Roman History

Cross Listed

This course offers a survey of Roman History from the prehistoric settlements in the area of the Seven Hills to the deterioration of the western Empire in the fifth century C.E. Special topics of interest include the material culture of the Roman world; the use of images in the pursuit of political agendas; classical notions of the divine; and concepts of gender, power, and identity. Popular representations of ancient Rome, specifically in film, will provide another area of consideration for comparison throughout the semester.

CLAS 222 – Classics Through the Ages: Ancient Greek and Roman Influences on Western Civilization and Beyond

Tier 2 Humanities

Honors Contract

This course examines Ancient Greek and Roman art, literature, and thought, and the influence of this classical tradition on the artistic, intellectual, and cultural development of subsequent societies from late antiquity to the present day.

CLAS 300 – The Classical Ideal in 1930's Art

Cross Listed

Tier 2 Humanities

This course highlights art movements which dominated the American culture scene throughout the 1930s, focusing on classical influences from ancient Greece and Rome.

CLAS 301A – The Literature of the Ancient Greeks: From Homer to the Novel

Honors Contract

Writing Emphasis Course

Survey of the major authors and works of ancient Greece: from Homer to the Greek novel. All readings in English.

CLAS 305 – Greek and Roman Religion

Cross Listed

Tier 2 Individuals & Societies

Honors Contract

Writing Emphasis Course

Religious beliefs and cult practices in ancient Greece and Rome. All readings in English.