This list includes current Breadth of Knowlege (BoK) codes for each applicable course.
CLAS1001 Great Books from Ancient Greece (DC, HP, SCE)
This course will introduce students to the most influential works of ancient Greek literature written by authors such as Homer, Sappho, Sophocles, and Plato. Why do modern authors from Friedrich Nietzsche to Toni Morrison continue to be fascinated by these old books? What did they mean in their own time and what do they mean to us today? This course will answer these questions and more by taking students on a journey back through time to the theaters, law courts, and drinking parties of ancient Greece. Reading and discussing a broad survey of different authors and genres students will consider the influence that ancient Greek thought continues to have on modern society as well as the differences that separate us from the ancient world.
CLAS1002 Great Books from Ancient Rome (DC, HP, SCE)
This course will introduce students to the most influential works of ancient Roman literature written by authors such as Caesar Cicero Vergil and Ovid. Why do modern authors from Shakespeare to Ursula K. Le Guin continue to be fascinated by these old books? What did they mean in their own time and what do they mean to us today? This course will answer these questions and more by taking students on a journey back through time to the theaters law courts and dinner parties of ancient Rome. Reading and discussing a broad survey of different authors and genres students will consider the influence that ancient thought continues to have on modern society as well as the differences that separate us from the ancient world.
CLAS1003 Freshmen Seminar (DC, HP)
The Freshman Seminar in Classical Civilization course is designed to introduce first-year students to key topics of the Greek and Roman world in an engaging, yet rigorous manner. The focus of the topics will change from year to year. Enrollment is limited to a small number of students. Instruction is based on the seminar format, emphasizing discussion and direct student-professor interaction. The course is part of the university's First Year Experience program.
CLAS1011 Greek History (DC, HP)
Survey of Greek history from the Bronze Age to the Roman conquest. The course will focus on the political, social, and economic history of Greece and the Greek settlements around the Mediterranean, from the rise of Sparta in the archaic period and of Athens in the classical period to the extraordinary exploits of Alexander the Great that took the Greeks as far east as India in the Hellenistic period.
CLAS1012 Roman History (DC, HP)
Survey of Roman history from the origins of the Roman state in the Iron Age until the mid-fourth century CE. The course will focus on the political, social, and economic history of Rome in its development from an Italian community into an empire that included the entire Mediterranean world and much beyond.
CLAS1015 Egyptian History (DC, HP)
Introductory survey of the history of ancient Egypt from the Predynastic to the Late Period and beyond. Highlighted periods include the Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms and the roles of Egypt in the Hellenistic World and the Roman Empire.
CLAS1021 Greek and Roman Mythology (DC, HU)
A survey of the mythology of the ancient Greeks and Romans. Topics addressed will include stories of the creation and genealogy of the gods, the nature of the Olympian deities and the principal accounts of their interaction with humans, stories of the heroes and heroines, and the Roman adaptation of the Greek pantheon and heroic narratives. The literary and visual evidence for the myths will be analyzed as reflections of ancient cult, cultural values, and concerns; modern interpretations of myths will be analyzed for the multiplicity of approaches to understanding myths and their meaning.
CLAS2001 Sports and Entertainment in the Ancient World (DC, HP)
Historical overview of ancient Greek and Roman sports and entertainment from the foundation of the Olympic Games (776 BCE) to Late Antiquity. The focus will be on the distinctive characteristics of Greek sports and Roman entertainment. Subjects include: Greek athletics and other forms of entertainment, shaping local and generic "Greek" identity; Roman combat sports, shaping Roman and generic "imperial" identity; the "venues" where all this took place; amateurism versus professionalism; the demise of Greek athletics and Roman combat sports in Late Antiquity.
CLAS2002/3004 Theater of Ancient Greece and Rome (FA, HU)
This course introduces students to the early history of theater with special focus on the dramatic works of Ancient Greece and Rome. Students will read a broad survey of comedies and tragedies exploring the formal elements of ancient performance and the ways that different societies are reflected in dramatic art – and potentially changed by it. In seeking to understand the ancient plays we will combine close reading of the texts with exercises related to their production: What does mask-acting look like? How does the theatrical environment frame our interpretation of a text? How could a play be adapted to address modern social issues just as it addresses ancient ones? Our readings will focus on antiquity’s most famous playwrights – Aeschylus Sophocles Euripides Aristophanes Menander Plautus Terence Seneca – and will include excerpts from ancient literary theory including Aristotle’s Poetics. At the end of the course we will also consider how these early genres developed into later forms of drama including opera and Elizabethan drama. (All readings will be in English translation.) CLAS3004 is the same course intended for students majoring or minoring in CLAS or CLCV.
CLAS2005/3005 Archaeology of the Holy Land: From the Destruction of the 1st Temple (FA, HP, SR)
The land of the Bible is full of ancient remains that can tell us much about the people who inhabited it. This course will explore the archaeology of that terrain beginning with the early history of Jerusalem through the times of Solomon the Maccabees and Jesus the Jewish Revolts and the benefactions of the emperor Constantine up to the Muslim conquest. We will use the material culture and monuments as well as ancient texts and inscriptions to understand the societies that grew up here the kingdoms and empires that fought over it and how it continues to preoccupy us today. CLAS3005 is the same course intended for students majoring or minoring in CLAS or CLCV.
CLAS2011 Classics and Cinema (FA, HU)
The course investigates the use of classical themes in modern cinematography. Its focal point is the artistic appropriation of classical themes in service of a fresh literary and cinematic vision. Films with classical themes are viewed as a part of the process of creative imitation and reinvention of "a classic." Each segment of the course is based on interpretation of a classical text; this experience is then used to shed light on cinematic adaptations of classical texts and themes for our age. Reading assignments may include selections from Greek and Roman epic, tragedy, historiography, lyric poetry, philosophy, and novel. Each reading is connected with a film. The course will involve lecture, discussion, and writing assignments based on critical appraisal of the texts and films.
CLAS2012/3112 Pompeii: The Life and Death of an Ancient City (FA, HP)
The eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in AD 79 completely buried the Roman city of Pompeii. We will rediscover Pompeii's temples, theaters, baths, streets, and her many houses, humble and haughty, to understand the development and operation of this ancient city. The course includes surveys of nearby archaeological sites to help contextualize Pompeii within its regional and cultural landscape. Material and information will also be drawn from the UC Classics Department's excavations at Pompeii. CLAS3112 is the same course intended for students majoring or minoring in CLAS or CLCV.
CLAS2013 Daily Life in Ancient Greece (DC, HP)
This course will explore ancient Greek society (900-300 BCE) and culture though a perspective that focuses on the everyday life of a pre-industrial society: public and private life, male vs. female roles, city life vs. countryside, the life of citizens, non-citizens, and slaves, religion, festivals, and sports, education, burial customs, clothes, and personal objects, food and drink, cooking and dining, and farming and pastoralism. The course will include a discussion and evaluation of modern views of what ancient Greek life was with particular reference to perspectives gained through 20th century films.
CLAS2014 The Etruscans (FA, HP)
The "mysterious" Etruscans were an advanced people who dominated northern Italy from the tenth to the first centuries BCE. They spoke a language unrelated to any other. Though often compared with the Greeks (whose goods they imported) and the Romans (who adopted their religious practices), they had a unique culture that included fortified cities, elaborate tombs, wide-ranging trade, incomparable metalwork, and unusual practices (like dining with women, or divining the future from animal livers) that made them the talk of the ancient world. This course will survey Etruscan civilization from its origins to its absorption by Rome in the first century BCE.
CLAS2021 Art and Archaeology of Ancient Egypt (FA, HP)
This is a survey of ancient Egyptian culture through the study of its history, religion, society, art, literature, scripts, and the private life and death of the ancient Egyptians. We will learn how the pyramids were built and see how temples, sculptures and wall paintings were created. We will also review how the Egyptian culture was discovered and examine its impact on later cultures including the Greek, Roman, and European. We will meet looters, travelers, journalists, and scholars and compare changing attitudes toward Egyptian culture.
CLAS2022 Art and Archaeology of Ancient Greece (FA, HP)
An introduction to the material culture of ancient Greece using archaeological evidence: from the Neolithic and Bronze Age through the Classical Greek period (7000-300 BCE). The art and architecture of ancient Greece has inspired nearly every subsequent Western culture; we will therefore investigate the significance of the Greek tradition and evaluate, assess, and compare the meaning of its impact on contemporary culture.
CLAS2023 Art and Archaeology of Ancient Rome (FA, HP)
A survey of ancient Roman culture (circa 800 BC - AD 400) through a study of its history, art, and architecture. Topics include the development of the Roman empire, urban and rural communities, changes in customs and lifestyles over time and place, and the ways by which archaeologists and historians interpret the physical remains of Roman life.
CLAS2024/3024 The Archaeology of Greek Mythology (HP, HU)
This course examines ancient Greek myths that are directly associated with some of the most famous archaeological sites in the ancient Greek world, including several places where UC classics faculty has excavated (Troy, Pylos, and Knossos). The course will juxtapose the archaeology of key sites in the Bronze Age Aegean (3000-1100 BCE) and the mythological stories of heroes and heroines associated with these sites: Troy and the Trojan War; Mycenae and the mask of Agamemnon; Pylos and the palace of Nestor; Knossos and king Minos; Thebes and Oedipus; and Thera and Atlantis. The birth and development of prehistoric archaeology will be explained with reference to these sites. The literary (Homer's Iliad and Odyssey) and artistic evidence for the myths will also be analyzed as reflections of past societies. Modern interpretations and myth reception will also be part of the reflection that takes place in the course. CLAS3024 is the same course intended for students majoring or minoring in CLAS or CLCV.
CLAS2031 Greek and Latin Elements in Medical Terminology (HU)
Introduction to the Greek and Latin elements such as roots, prefixes, and suffixes that are used in modern medical terminology. About 1,000 key medical terms will be analyzed, all in common use in medicine, nursing, dentistry, microbiology, psychology, and medical technology.
CLAS2040/3040 Field Methods in Mediterranean Archaeology (HP, HU)
This course teaches students the methods and practice of archaeological excavation with a focus on Mediterranean archaeology. In developing skills in archaeological research students will explore a range of approaches from archival research to excavation publication conservation and public outreach. As part of the course students will apply some of the methods on the UC campus. CLAS3040 is the same course intended for students majoring or minoring in CLAS or CLCV.
CLAS2058/3001 Ancient Warfare (HP, DC, TI)
Survey of warfare in Greece and Rome from its origins until the fourth century CE. The course will begin with the sources for ancient military history and how to use them to reconstruct Greek and Roman warfare before turning to examine the broader role of the military and warfare in ancient societies such as the connection between military service and citizenship the role of the military in the ancient economy and the function of the military as a cultural institution. CLAS3001 is the same course intended for students majoring or minoring in CLAS or CLCV.
CLAS2113 Roman History II (HP, SCE, SR)
Survey of Roman history from the reign of Constantine to the death of Konstantinos IV in 685 CE. The course will focus on the political religious social and economic history of Rome as it adapted to the spread of its new state religion Christianity the fall of the western empire the reconquests of Justinian and the Islamic conquests.
CLAS3002 Greek and Roman Religion (DC, HP)
Historical overview of ancient Greek and Roman religion from the Iron Age to Late Antiquity. The focus will be on the distinctive characteristics of Greek religion and its myths and Roman religion and its rituals, but also on common characteristics such as gods and temples. Subjects include: the absence or presence of religious professionals; state religion versus private religiosity; the philosophical underpinning or undermining of religion; the interaction of paganism with Judaism and Christianity and the transformation of ancient religious ideas and practices in Late Antiquity.
CLAS3003 Egyptian Papyri as Windows to the Distant Past (HP)
We will explore Egypt under Greek and Roman rule (from Alexander the Great to Mohammed) as revealedthrough papyrus texts (read in English translation). We will tease out knowledge about the past from original documents (as opposed to fake papyri such as the "Jesus' Wife Papyrus") theway historians of the ancient world do and trace the changes that occurred during this millennium examining how these changes affected the lives of ordinary people including Egyptians Greeks Jews and Romans women and children and freedmenand slaves. Texts used as "case studies" include loans leases and sales; marriage and divorce documents; wet-nursing apprenticeship and other labor contracts; tax receipts and accounts; and decrees petitions and letters.
CLAS3006 Race and Ethnicity in Antiquity and Today (HP)
This course examines the binary oppositions between ethnic groups constructed in texts and implied in material remains from the ancient Greek and Roman societies modern accounts of these (from nineteenth-century Germany and Britain through the present) and the alleged associations between the field of "classics" and white supremacy. Do the Greek and Roman attitudes to ethnicity identity and difference imply a concept of “race?” How were ideas from and about classical antiquity implicated in the first modern constructions of "race " in the fifteenth-century CE justifications of the European slave trade? How have they developed over time? How do they persist in the concept today? We will use primary sources to investigate Greek and Roman understandings of ethnic difference and attitudes to “foreign” peoples (e.g. Persians Egyptians Ethiopians Gauls and other Northern Europeans). We will use examples from both classical scholarship and non-academic public discourse to examine and assess the ongoing usage of "the Greeks " "the Romans " and "Classics" in discussions of race and the attempts of scholars of the last few decades to resist this practice.
CLAS3008 Athenian Democracy (DC, HP)
This course traces the emergence of democratic institutions and practices in the ancient world paying special attention to Athenian democracy from the time of Cleisthenes’ reforms to the death of Alexander the Great. Students will build the skillset necessary to successfully evaluate and integrate a variety of relevant evidence to construct a historical narrative. Central to this narrative are the paradoxes of inclusion and exclusion liberty and oppression within democratic societies. Targeting the core issues of citizenship and citizens’ rights this course examines the circumstances which gave rise to the mass enfranchisement of new socio-economic classes yet deprived women foreign-born residents and over-seas subjects of key forms of political legal and bodily sovereignty. So too we address Athenian slave-holding practices not only to understand the hierarchies of power upon which Athenian “egalitarianism” rested but in order to compare productively the democracies of the ancient past with the American present.
CLAS3011 Palaces of the Bronze Age Aegean (DC, HP)
This course examines the emergence, development, and collapse of complex societies in Crete and Mainland Greece (2000-1200 BCE) based on archaeological evidence. This course puts special emphasis on discussing material culture in context: the design, uses, and meaning of artifacts (and ecofacts) produced, distributed, and consumed in the Aegean region of the East Mediterranean during the Bronze Age (3000-1200 BCE).
CLAS3012 The Acropolis of Athens: An Ancient City's Sacred Heart (FA, HP)
This course is an intensive exploration of the most important religious site of ancient Athens from the Neolithic period to the modern period. We will use archaeological, epigraphic, and literary evidence to explore ancient Greek religious practice, art and architecture, and the Acropolis's historical significance in antiquity and today. Divergent theories, interpretations, and ethical debates within the field of archaeology will be presented.
CLAS3013 Roman Cities (DC, HP)
This course is an intensive survey of the fabulously rich archaeological remains of various Roman cities from across the Roman world. We will use archaeological, epigraphic, and literary evidence to explore topics such as the development of Rome and Roman colonies; urban planning and zoning; domestic, commercial, industrial, and religious activities; entertainment, spectacle, and art in the urban sphere; and death and burial.
CLAS3021 Sex and Gender in the Ancient World (HU, SCE, SE)
An exploration of the sex and gender systems of Greece and Rome. This class demands a greater degree of involvement and participation than an introductory course. The primary methods of instruction are guided readings in primary and secondary sources, lectures, student presentations, and a variety of visual materials. CLAS 1001 and 1002 are recommended as a foundation for this course.
CLAS3022 Sages and Scientists Scholars and Slaves: Greek and Roman Thinkers in Their Cultural Contexts (HU, SE)
A thematic and chronological overview of the broad movements in ancient thought, from the distinction of reason from myth in archaic Greece to the differentiation of the three main areas of Hellenistic and Roman philosophy: physics, logic, and ethics. Detailed study of selected thinkers (such as Heraclitus, Protagoras, Aristotle, Epicurus, Cicero, and Marcus Aurelius), and of what is known of their lives and motivations, within these traditions. Primary readings will be from Greek and Roman literature in English translation. Emphasis will be placed on the intellectual innovations of the Greeks and Romans in their historical situations, both those that were formative for western history and those that did not survive the end of classical antiquity.
CLAS3031 History of Medicine (DC, HU)
A history of the western medical tradition from ancient Egypt to the modern age, with an emphasis on the relation of medicine to society. Topics include definitions of disease; theories of the body, society, and the cosmos; images of the normal and abnormal; analogical thinking, model making, paradigm breaking; the roles of curers; the experiences of patients. The primary methods of instruction are guided readings in primary and secondary sources, lectures, and the use of visual materials.
CLAS4001 Bread and Butter: Food in the Ancient World
Historical overview of food and food production in ancient Greece and Rome from the Iron Age to Late Antiquity. The focus will be on food as sustenance and symbol. Subjects include: the "Mediterranean triad" (grain, wine, oil); eating in versus eating out; the distinctive characteristics of Greek and Italian agriculture; the role of public and private consumption in shaping Greek identity (male citizens versus women, foreigners, and slaves); the role of food in public religion and sacrifice; the food supply of the city of Rome; the role of food in shaping Roman identity in the provinces (pork and wine versus beer).
CLAS4002 Nuts and Bolts: Technology in the Ancient World
Historical overview of technology in ancient Greece and Rome from the Archaic Period to Late Antiquity. The focus will be on technologies as practical skills and as social constructs. Subjects include: the definition of technology in ancient Greek and Latin ("techne" and "ars" include art); surviving "technical" handbooks in Greek and Latin on such "technologies" as agriculture, architecture, law, medicine, and rhetoric; the development of Greek writing as a technology; Greek pottery and metal working in the Classical period; the view of such "banausic arts" among contemporary Greek philosophers; military technology in the Hellenistic period; Roman land surveying and hydraulic engineering; the social status of craftsmen, engineers, and architects in the Roman world; the role of women and slavery in ancient production; technological progress and its limits in Antiquity; and the role of technology in the ancient economy.
CLAS4011 Ancient Literary and Rhetorical Theory
This course traces the development of ancient literary and rhetorical theory through reading and analysis of major Greek and Roman texts in translation, such as Plato's Republic, Aristotle's Poetics and Rhetoric, Cicero's rhetorical works, and Horace's Art of Poetry. From their early ideas about the uses and effects of poetry and public speech, the Greeks developed sophisticated theories of literature and rhetoric that were adapted by the Romans and became foundational for modern critical thinking about these subjects. Students will discuss ancient thought and controversy about the uses of literary and rhetorical speech in society, its connection to the formation of ethical behavior, and the value of critical judgment about it, and will analyze theoretical texts and apply the ideas in them to surviving works of ancient literature.
CLAS4012 Roman Law
Introduction to Roman law through the discussion of "cases" preserved in Latin and presented in English translation. The "cases" include striking parallels and contrasts to Anglo-American law. The discussion will introduce students to the way lawyers think: when discussing "cases," lawyers take their cue from texts, which can be laws but also precedents, i.e. older "cases." Roman legal texts are unique not only because they are the most numerous such texts to survive from Antiquity, but also because they are the basis for later historical, and in some cases contemporary, legal systems. Generally speaking the "cases" will relate to Roman family law and the Roman law of delict. As a bonus, students will be introduced to a variety of aspects of ancient Roman life through texts they do not normally read in courses focused on Latin literature.
CLAS4031 The Age of Augustus
Augustus changed Rome from an oligarchic republic to an imperial monarchy, but he is also seen as having had an enormous effect on the literature, architecture, and other arts of his time. This course will assemble and examine the original archaeological, literary, and historical sources (in translation) as well as the topographical evidence from the city of Rome itself to determine what Augustus did to change Rome both physically and politically and evaluate his influence on the arts and monuments of his age.
CLAS5001 Capstone Project
Capstone experience for Classics and Classical Civilization majors. The focus will be on the accomplishment of a substantial research project on a subject of the student's choosing, under the supervision of a faculty member. The course includes: a systematic introduction to the ways in which scholars of the ancient world tackle a particular problem; a critical evaluation of the relevant evidence; the construction of a research paper outline; a critique of a preliminary draft; the writing of a final paper which presents the results of the student's individual research project.
GRK1001 Intensive 1 (DC, HU, SCE)
A beginning course in the ancient Greek language, directed toward the reading of ancient Greek texts. Completion of the sequence fulfills various college language requirements. Students should confirm the language requirement with their home college.
GRK1002 Intensive 2 (DC, HU, SCE)
Continuation of the beginning course in the ancient Greek language, leading to the reading of ancient Greek texts. This course prepares students to enter Attic Prose (GRK 3001) where continuous texts of such authors as Plato will be read and translated. Completion of sequence fulfills various college language requirements. Students should confirm the language requirement with their home college.
GRK1011 Introduction to Ancient Greek (HU, SCE)
The first course in a four-semester sequence in the ancient Greek language intended to prepare students for intermediate readings in original ancient Greek texts (GRK 3001). Covers half the content of the Intensive Introduction to Ancient Greek GRK 1001.
GRK3001 Attic Prose (DC, HU)
A first reading course after completion of intensive elementary Greek. The course consists of a brief review of the paradigms of Greek verbal and nominal forms, more extensive review and development of knowledge of syntax, composition of Greek sentences, and reading of one or more texts in the original Greek prose, such as Plato's Apology.
GRK3002 Homer (DC, HU)
An introduction to the epic poetry of Homer through a reading of selections from the Iliad.
GRK4001 Philosophical Prose
An advanced reading course in Greek philosophical texts, such as Plato's Symposium. The course assumes previous reading of a continuous Greek prose text and advanced knowledge of the forms, vocabulary, and syntax found in such a text. Students will gain familiarity with secondary scholarship on Greek philosophy and ancient philosophical literature through such tasks as reporting on articles and books and writing short papers.
GRK4002 Tragedy
A first reading course in ancient Greek tragedy, typically Euripides. The course assumes some previous reading of Attic prose and epic poetry, as well as advanced knowledge of Greek forms, vocabulary, and syntax. Students will gain familiarity with secondary scholarship on tragedy through such tasks as reporting on articles and books and writing short papers.
GRK4003 Herodotus
An advanced reading course in the historian Herodotus. The course assumes previous reading of a continuous Greek prose text and advanced knowledge of the forms, vocabulary, and syntax found in such a text. Students will gain familiarity with secondary scholarship on Herodotus and the development of historical writing through such tasks as reporting on articles and books and writing short papers.
GRK4004 Advanced Epic
An advanced reading course in early epic texts, such as Homer's Odyssey, Hesiod, and the Homeric Hymns. The course assumes previous reading of Homer and knowledge of the forms, vocabulary, and metrical practices found in Greek epic. Students will gain familiarity with secondary scholarship on Greek epic through such tasks as reporting on articles and books and writing short papers.
GRK5001 Capstone
Capstone experience for Classics majors who wish to work on a special topic involving ancient Greek language and literature. The course will be directed toward the completion of a paper on a subject chosen by the student and accepted by the faculty supervisor for the course. The course includes: a systematic introduction to the ways in which scholars of Greek language and literature develop research and/or interpretive topics; a critical evaluation of the relevant texts and select secondary literature; an introduction to methods of citing scholarship and constructing a bibliography; the construction of a paper outline; a critique of a first draft; a final paper.
GRK5101 Advanced Drama 1
Reading of select Greek dramas from major authors such as Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Menander. As the first part of a comprehensive two-course sequence, Drama 1 typically covers works from earlier periods. The course will involve idiomatic oral translation and discussion of the literary, historical, and performance issues presented by the texts. Students are expected to consult standard commentaries and to read relevant secondary scholarship.
GRK5102 Advanced Philosophical Literature
Reading of major works of Greek philosophy, e.g., Presocratics, Sophists, Plato, Aristotle. The course will involve idiomatic oral translation and discussion of syntax and style, as well as discussion of the literary and philosophical issues presented by the texts. Students are expected to consult standard commentaries and read relevant secondary scholarship.
GRK5103 Early Poetry
Reading of selections from early Greek lyric, elegiac, and iambic poetry. The course will involve idiomatic oral translation and discussion of syntax, dialect, and style, as well as discussion of the literary, historical, and cultural issues presented by these texts. Students are expected to consult standard commentaries and read relevant secondary scholarship.
GRK5104 Rhetoric and Oratory
Reading of selections from the Greek oratorical and rhetorical tradition, e.g., the Attic orators, rhetorical treatises, and/or texts from the "Second Sophistic." The course will involve idiomatic oral translation and discussion of syntax and style, as well as the literary, historical, and cultural issues presented by these texts. Students are expected to consult standard commentaries and read relevant secondary scholarship.
GRK5105 Advanced Drama 2
Reading of select Greek dramas from major authors such as Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Menander. As the second part of a comprehensive two-course sequence, Drama 2 typically covers works from later periods. The course will involve idiomatic oral translation and discussion of the literary, historical, and performance issues presented by the texts. Students are expected to consult standard commentaries and to read relevant secondary scholarship.
GRK5106 Historiography
Reading of Greek historiographical authors, such as Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon. The course will involve idiomatic oral translation and discussion of literary style, historical and intellectual settings of the works studied, and rhetorical issues that complicate communication of truth about human events. Students are expected to consult standard commentaries and to read relevant secondary scholarship.
GRK5107 Advanced Epic 2
Reading a selection of epic authors such as Homer, Hesiod, Apollonius, Callimachus, and including didactic poems and hymns. The course will involve idiomatic oral translation and discussion of the generic, thematic, and stylistic elements of epic poetry. Students are expected to consult standard commentaries and read relevant secondary scholarship.
GRK5108 Hellenistic and Imperial Literature
Readings in Hellenistic and Imperial poetry and prose, with a focus on major authors, such as Callimachus, Theocritus, and Apollonius of Rhodes in poetry and Plutarch, Dio Chrysostom, and Lucian in prose. The course will involve idiomatic oral translation and discussion of literary and aesthetic issues, historical and intellectual settings of the works, studied, and ancient receptions of archaic and classical models. Students are expected to consult standard commentaries and to read relevant secondary scholarship.
LATN1001 Intensive 1 (DC, HU, SCE)
Accelerated introduction to Latin grammar and reading. The first in a two-part course sequence. Completion of the sequence fulfills various college language requirements. Students should confirm the language requirement with their home college.
LATN1002 Intensive 2 (DC, HU, SCE)
Accelerated introduction to Latin grammar and reading. The second in a two-part course sequence. Completion of the sequence fulfills various college language requirements. Students should confirm the language requirement with their home college.
LATN1011 Elementary 1 (DC, HU, SCE)
An introduction to Latin grammar and the reading of simple prose. The first in a two-part course sequence. Completion of LATN 1011, 1012 and LATN 2011, 2012 fulfills various college language requirements. Students should confirm the language requirement with their home college.
LATN1014 Vergil for AP students (HU)
College credit for students who have received a 4 or a 5 on the AP Latin (Vergil) examination.
LATN3001 Prose (DC, HU)
A first reading course after completion of elementary LATN 1002 or intermediate LATN 2012. The course consists of an introduction to advanced Latin syntax, composition of Latin sentences, and reading of one or more texts of Latin prose, such as Cicero or Caesar.
LATN3002 Vergil's Aeneid (DC, HU)
An introduction to the epic poetry of Vergil through a reading of selections from the Aeneid.
LATN4001 Roman Historians
An advanced reading course in one or more of the major Roman historians, such as Livy or Sallust. The course assumes previous reading of a continuous Latin prose text and advanced knowledge of the forms, vocabulary, and syntax found in such a text. Students will gain familiarity with secondary scholarship on Roman historians and with the development of historical writing through such tasks as reporting on articles and books and writing short papers.
LATN4002 Lyric Poetry
A reading course in Latin lyric poetry of Catullus and Horace. The course assumes some previous reading of Latin prose and poetry, as well as advanced knowledge of forms, vocabulary, and syntax. Students will gain familiarity with secondary scholarship on lyric poetry through such tasks as reporting on articles and books and writing short papers.
LATN4003 Epistolography
An advanced reading course in Latin epistles, including the letters of Cicero, Seneca, and Pliny. The course assumes previous reading of continuous Latin prose text and advanced knowledge of the forms, vocabulary, and syntax found in such a text. Students will gain familiarity with secondary scholarship on the Latin authors read and the ancient genre of epistolography through such tasks as reporting on articles and books and writing short papers.
LATN4004 Elegiac Poetry
A reading course in the elegy of Propertius, Tibullus, Sulpicia, and Ovid. The course assumes some previous reading of Latin prose and poetry, as well as advanced knowledge of forms, vocabulary, and syntax. Students will gain familiarity with secondary scholarship on elegiac poetry through such tasks as reporting on articles and books and writing short papers.
LATN5001 Capstone
Capstone experience for Classics majors who wish to work on a special topic involving Latin language and literature. The course will be directed toward the completion of a paper on a subject chosen by the student and accepted by the faculty supervisor of the course. The course includes: a systematic introduction to the ways in which scholars of Latin language and literature develop topics; a critical evaluation of the relevant Latin texts and a selection of secondary literature; an introduction to methods of citing scholarship and constructing a bibliography; the construction of a paper outline; a critique of a first draft; a final paper.
LATN5101 Rhetoric and Oratory
Reading of selections from authors such as Cicero, Quintilian, Tacitus, Pliny. The course will involve idiomatic oral translation and discussion of syntax and style, as well as the literary, historical, and cultural issues presented by these texts. Students are expected to consult standard commentaries and to read some selection of secondary scholarship.
LATN5102 Drama
Reading of select plays and extant fragments of Roman drama, such as the works of Plautus, Terence, Seneca. The course will involve idiomatic oral translation, consideration of the literary, historical, and performance aspects of Roman drama, and exploration of the complex relationship of Roman plays to Greek models. Students are expected to consult standard commentaries and read some selection of secondary scholarship.
LATN5103 Advanced Historiography
Reading of selections from Roman historiography, with a focus on authors such as Caesar, Sallust, Livy, Tacitus, and potentially including biography, early fragmentary authors, and/or Late Antique writers. The course will involve idiomatic oral translation and discussion of literary style, historical and intellectual settings of the works studied, and the relationship of Roman historiography to Greek models. Students are expected to consult standard commentaries and to read some selection of secondary scholarship.
LATN5104 Lyric, Bucolic, and Elegy
Reading of selections from Roman poetry written in non-epic modes, such as the works of Catullus, Horace, Vergil, Propertius, Ovid, Tibullus. The course will involve idiomatic oral translation and discussion of the generic, thematic, and stylistic aspects of the selected texts. Students are expected to consult standard commentaries and to read some selection of secondary scholarship.
LATN5105 The Novel and Satire
Reading of selections from Roman novel and satire. The course will involve idiomatic oral translation and discussion of the nature of the ancient novel and its Roman examples; the origins and development of satire as a genre; and the differing ways the two genres treat similar themes. Students are expected to consult standard commentaries and to read some selection of secondary scholarship.
LATN5106 Didactic Poetry
Reading one or more didactic works of authors such as Lucretius, Vergil, Horace, and Ovid. The course will involve idiomatic oral translation and discussion of the generic, thematic, and stylistic elements of Roman didactic poetry. Students are expected to consult standard commentaries and to read some selection of secondary scholarship.
LATN5107 Philosophical Literature
Reading of one or more philosophical works of authors such as Lucretius, Cicero, Seneca, Boethius. The course will involve idiomatic oral translation, as well as discussion of syntax and style, literary and philosophical issues presented by the texts, and the issues connected with production and reception of philosophical literature in Rome. Students are expected to consult standard commentaries and to read some selection of secondary scholarship.
LATN5108 Epic
Reading a selection of epic authors such as Ennius, Vergil, Lucan, Statius. The course will involve idiomatic oral translation and discussion of the generic, thematic, and stylistic elements of epic poetry. Students are expected to consult standard commentaries and to read some selection of secondary scholarship.