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CLAS 400 - Grammar for Students of Latin and Greek
Credits:
1.00
A one-semester review in English grammar from a
traditional prespective provides a background in
grammatical concepts for those students who have never
studied a Classical language or who need review. Weekly
meetings introduce topics; readings and assignments
reinforce them. Enrollment is limited to students enrolled
in LATN 401, 402, 501, 502, or GREK 401, 402. Course does
not count toward Classics, Latin, or Greek major or minor
requirements. May be repeated for up to 2 credits. Cr/F.
CLAS 401 - Classical Mythology
Credits:
4.00
Survey of myths and sagas of ancient Greece and Rome. No
classical preparation necessary. Background course for
majors in English, the arts, music, history, modern
languages, classics. Special fee.
CLAS 401H - Honors/Classical Mythology
Credits:
4.00
See description for CLAS 401. Writing intensive.
CLAS #402 - Hellenic and Roman Institutions
Credits:
4.00
Lecture, discussion. Introduction to ancient Greek and
Roman literature. Emphasis on the institutions from the
earliest period to the end of the classical age. Open to
all students.
CLAS 405 - Introduction to Greek Civilization
Credits:
4.00
A broad historical exploration of Greek civilization.
Topics include: architecture, art, law, literature,
philosophy, poetry, politics, religion, society, warfare,
and their legacy to the modern world. Open to all students.
No prior knowledge of the ancient world assumed; all
readings are in English. Ideal background for students of
English, philosophy, history, Latin, Greek, the arts,
music, modern languages. Special fee.
CLAS 406 - Introduction to Roman Civilization
Credits:
4.00
A broad historical exploration of Roman civilization.
Topics include: architecture, art, law, literature,
philosophy, poetry, politics, religion, society, warfare,
and their legacy to the modern world. Open to all students.
No prior knowledge of the ancient world assumed; all
readings are in English. Ideal background for students of
English, philosophy, history, Latin, Greek, the arts,
music, modern languages. Special fee.
CLAS 411 - Elementary Hittite
Credits:
4.00
Elements of grammar, reading of simple prose. Special fee.
CLAS 412 - Elementary Hittite
Credits:
4.00
Elements of grammar, reading of simple prose. Special fee.
CLAS 413 - Elementary Sanskrit
Credits:
4.00
Elements of grammar, reading of simple prose. Special fee.
CLAS 414 - Elementary Sanskrit
Credits:
4.00
Elements of grammar, reading of simple prose. Special fee.
CLAS 421 - Major Greek Authors in English
Credits:
4.00
Major classical authors such as Homer, the Tragedians of
Athens, Herodotus, Thucydides, and Plato in the context of
their civilization, from which so much of our contemporary
culture derives. For students unprepared to read Greek.
Background for majors in English, history, Latin, Greek,
the arts, music, philosophy, modern languages. Open to all
students. Special fee. Writing intensive.
CLAS 422 - Major Roman Authors in English
Credits:
4.00
Major classical authors such as Plautus, Terence, Cicero,
Catallus, Vergil, Ovid, Seneca, Juvenal, and Tacitus in
the context of their civilization, from which so much of
our contemporary culture derives. For students unprepared
to read Latin. Background for majors in English,
philosophy, history, Latin, Greek, the arts, music, modern
languages. Open to all students. Writing intensive.
CLAS 500 - Classical Mythology: Topics in World Literature
Credits:
4.00
Topics are chosen to introduce students to major themes
and genres. (Also offered as FREN 500, GERM 500, ITAL 500,
PORT 500, RUSS 500, SPAN 500.) May be repeated for credit.
Writing intensive.
CLAS #506 - Introduction to Comparative and Historical Linguistics
Credits:
4.00
Major language families (primarily Indo-European) and the
relationships among the languages within a family.
Diachronic studies, methods of writing, linguistic change,
glottochronology, etymological studies. Some language
training and LING 505 desirable. (Also offered as LING 506.)
CLAS 525 - Greek and Latin Origins of Medical Terms
Credits:
4.00
Study of medical terminology. Exercises in etymology and
the development of vocabulary in a context at once
scientific, historical, and cultural. No knowledge of Greek
or Latin is required. Useful to premedical, predental,
preveterinary, nursing, medical technology, and other
students in the biological and physical sciences. Open to
all students. Special fee.
CLAS 550 - Women in Antiquity
Credits:
4.00
The impact of women on society in Greece and Rome
throughout Antiquity. The role of women in public,
religious, and private life as well as their legal status
through law codes. Men's views of women in different
literary texts. Especially concentrating on the few
existing texts written by women. All readings are in
English. No prerequisite. Special fee. Writing intensive.
CLAS 595 - Topics
Credits:
4.00
Introduction and elementary study related to linguistic
study of Latin and Greek or relevant to Greco-Roman
culture and history. Primarily for students unprepared to
read Latin and Greek. Topics: A) Byzantine Heritage; B)
Grammar: Comparative Study of English and the Classical
Languages; C) Greek and Latin Origins of Legal Terms; D)
Greek and Latin Origins within the English Language; E)
Classical Backgrounds of Modern Literature; F) Classical
Archaeology.
CLAS 596 - Topics
Credits:
4.00
See description for CLAS 595.
CLAS #603 - Fall of the Roman Republic
Credits:
4.00
Introduction to the political background of Cicero's
career and study of the role played by the greatest of
Roman orators in the constitutional crisis of the last
century of the Republic. Open to all students. Writing
intensive.
CLAS #604 - Golden Age of Rome
Credits:
4.00
A study of the early Roman Empire as created by Augustus
and his immediate successors; glorified by Vergil, Horace,
and the poets of the Golden Age; and described by Tacitus,
Suetonius, and the prose writers of the Silver Age. Open to
all students. Writing intensive.
CLAS #621 - Masterpieces of Greco-Roman Culture in English
Credits:
4.00
More advanced study of the writings of classical
civilization centered on a single theme and taught in the
Socratic method. For students with some classical
preparation, although no knowledge of the Greek and Latin
languages is required. Background for prelaw students as
well as majors in English, History, Latin, Greek, modern
languages, and political science. Writing intensive.
CLAS #622 - Masterpieces of Greco-Roman Culture in English
Credits:
4.00
See description for CLAS 621. Writing intensive.
CLAS 694 - Supervised Practicum
Credits:
2.00 or 4.00
Participants earn credit for suitable pre-professional
activities, including high school outreach, assisting in
undergraduate courses and work with professional
organizations, museum work. Enrollment limited to juniors
and seniors who are Classics, Latin, or Greek majors or
minors and have above-average G.P.A.s. Writing assignments
are required. Prereq: permission of instructor and program
coordinator. Course does not count toward Classics, Latin,
or Greek major or minor requirements. May be repeated up to
a maximum of 8 credits. Cr/F.
CLAS 695 - Special Studies
Credits:
2.00 or 4.00
Advanced work in classics. Research paper. Not open to
freshmen and sophomores.
CLAS 696 - Special Studies
Credits:
2.00 or 4.00
See description for CLAS 695. Special fee.