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Culture: Archaeology, History, Literature, Philosophy, etc.

ANCIENT GREEK CIVILIZATION (CLAS 101)

• CLAS 101.01: TR 10:50–12:05: Dr. James Newhard CRN: 20907

Introduction to the world of Ancient Greece, from the Minoans to the Hellenistic kingdoms. We will read multiple primary sources (poets, philosophers, playwrights, etc.) as we survey the cities and cultures of the Greek world. (Counts for Gen. Ed. Humanities, A.B. degree, Classics majors/minors.)

ROMAN CIVILIZATION (CLAS 102)

• CLAS 102.01: MWF 11:00–11:50: Dr. Allison Sterrett-Krause CRN: 23471

A survey of Roman literature, art, society, and history, from the Etruscan period to the era of Constantine, with an emphasis on the Augustan age. (Counts for Gen. Ed. Humanities, A.B. degree, Classics majors/minors.)

CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY (CLAS 103)

• CLAS 103.01: MWF 1:00–1:50: Dr. James Lohmar CRN: 21399
• CLAS 103.02: MWF 3:00–3:50: Dr. James Lohmar CRN: 21400
• CLAS 103.03: ONLINE: Ms. Megan Alwine CRN: 23472

Gods, Goddesses, and Monsters—learn about the Greeks and Romans through the stories they told. We’ll study literature and art to understand how people of the ancient Mediterranean worked and worshipped, lived and died, loved and played. (Counts for Gen. Ed. Humanities, A.B. degree, Classics majors/minors.)

INTRODUCTION TO CLASSICAL ARCHAEOLOGY (CLAS 104)

• CLAS 104.01: ONLINE: Dr. James Newhard CRN: 21097

An introduction to the archaeology of the Classical world, emphasizing the development of archaeology as a discipline and issues such as the recording and interpretation of evidence, the relationship between historical and archaeological events, the integration of archaeology with other forms of evidence, and the use of classical civilization and archaeology in defining the modern world. (Counts for Gen. Ed. Humanities, A.B. degree, Classics majors/minors, Archaeology major/minor.) 

HISTORY OF THE CLASSICAL WORLD (CLAS 105)

• TBA

A survey of major developments in the history of Ancient Greece and Rome. Proceeding in chronological order, the course covers more than 2,000 years of history, from the development of Bronze Age civilizations and continuing through the fall of the Roman Empire. Drawing upon diverse primary sources, class sessions will explore developments in political, social, economic, cultural and intellectual history. (Counts for Gen. Ed. Pre-modern History, A.B. degree, Classics majors/minors.)

MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY IN GREEK & LATIN (CLAS 111)

• CLAS 111.01: ONLINE (asynchronous): Ms. Megan Alwine CRN: 20159
• CLAS 111.02: ONLINE (asynchronous): Ms. Megan Alwine CRN: 20940
• CLAS 111.03: ONLINE (asynchronous): Ms. Megan Alwine CRN: 21032

A study of the technical vocabulary of the medical professions through an analysis of Latin and Greek elements in English words and the underlying etymological principles. (Prerequisite accepted course for MUSC.)

GREAT BOOKS OF THE CLASSICAL TRADITION (CLAS 203)

• CLAS 203.01: MWF 2:00-2:50: Dr. Blanche McCune CRN: 23473

In this course students will read deeply some of the greatest works by authors from the Classical world and their intellectual descendants, including Homer, Sappho, Plato, Horace, Vergil, Augustine, and Milton. (Counts for Gen. Ed. Humanities, A.B. degree, Classics majors/minors)

ANCIENT ROME (HIST 232)

• HIST 232.01: TR 8:00–9:15: Dr. Jennifer Gerrish CRN: 20752

The city of Rome grew from a tiny settlement on the Palatine Hill to a mighty empire stretching from Britain to Babylon. This course examines Rome's history from its foundation in 753 BCE to the death of Rome's first Christian emperor in 337 CE. We will explore not just the history of Rome, but also the evidence: how do we know what we think we know about Rome? (Counts for Gen. Ed. Humanities, A.B. degree, Classics majors/minors, History major/minor.) 

CLASSICS IN CINEMA (CLAS 270)

• CLAS 270.01: ONLINE: Dr. Noelle Zeiner-Carmichael CRN: 23474

Roman civilizations and their creative representation in motion pictures. Topics will include major historical events and persons of Greece and Rome, as well as their major social institutions. (Counts for Gen. Ed. Humanities, A.B. degree, Classics majors/minors)  

DEMOCRACY FROM ATHENS TO AMERICA (HONS 245.03)

• HONS 245.03: MWF 9:00–9:50: Dr. Andrew Alwine CRN: 21546

This course provides a survey of the history of democratic development within a coherent tradition of politics that begins in the city-state cultures of ancient Greece, runs through early modern Europe and the American Revolution, and continues to the present day in American constitutional culture. Debates about modes of representation, the merits of indirect election, democracy versus aristocracy, etc. had been going on for thousands of years when the American framers came up with their own distinctive solution to age-old problems, “republican remed[ies] for the diseases most incident to republican government.”  (Available to Honors students only.)

MEDITERRANEAN LANDSCAPES (CLAS 322)

• CLAS 322.01: TR 1:40–2:55: Dr. James Newahrd CRN: 23476

This course explores the history, theories, and methods of landscape archaeology, and the ways in which it is used to interpret the social, economic, and political structures of the Mediterranean world. (Counts for Gen. Ed. Humanities, A.B. degree, Classics majors/minors, Archaeology majors/minors.)  

THE FIVE "GOOD" EMPERORS (CLAS 303 / HIST 370)

• CLAS 303.01: TR 12:15–1:30: Dr. Jennifer Gerrish CRN: 22204
• HIST 370.01: TR 12:15–1:30: Dr. Jennifer Gerrish CRN: 21836

Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius ruled Rome from 96-180 CE. During the Renaissance, Machiavelli called them the "Five Good Emperors" - in the 21^st century, does this description still fit? In this class we will explore the political, military, economic, and cultural history of Rome under these emperors. (Counts for Gen. Ed. Humanities, A.B. degree, Classics majors/minors, Archaeology majors/minors.)  

 

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Latin

ELEMENTARY LATIN (LATN 101)

• LATN 101.01: MWF 9:00-9:50: Dr. Allison Sterrett-Krause CRN: 20370 
  
• LATN 101.02: TR 9:25–10:40: Dr. Bertram Schewel CRN: 21645 

Introduces the fundamental grammar, syntax, and vocabulary of Latin with emphasis on reading comprehension. (Counts for Gen. Ed. Language, A.B. Degree, Classics majors/minors.) 

ELEMENTARY LATIN (LATN 102)

• LATN 102.01: MWF 3:00-3:50: Dr. Blanche McCune CRN: 20371 
• LATN 102.02: MWF 10:00-10:50: Dr. Richard Gilder CRN: 21264

Introduces the fundamental grammar, syntax, and vocabulary of Latin with emphasis on reading comprehension. (Counts for Gen. Ed. Language, A.B. Degree, Classics majors/minors.) 

INTERMEDIATE LATIN (LATN 201)

• LATN 201.01: TR 10:50–12:05: Dr. Noelle Zeiner-Carmichael CRN: 20372 
• LATN 201.02: TR 1:40–2:55: Dr. Noelle Zeiner-Carmichael CRN: 21461 

Completes the introduction to basic Latin, developing comprehension in reading and writing. (Counts for Gen. Ed. Language, A.B. Degree, Classics majors/minors.)

INTERMEDIATE LATIN (LATN 202)

• LATN 202.01: MWF 10:00–10:50: Dr. James Lohmar CRN: 20373 
• LATN 202.02: MWF 1:00–1:50: Dr. Richard Gilder CRN: 20374

Completes the introduction to basic Latin, developing comprehension in reading and writing. (Counts for Gen. Ed. Language, A.B. Degree, Classics majors/minors.)

VERGIL (LATN 322.01)

•  LATN 322.01: MWF 1:00-1:50: Dr. Blanche McCune CRN: 23470

Selections from Vergil’s Eclogues, Georgics, and Aeneid, along with a discussion of their contexts, intertexts, and enduring legacy. (Counts for Gen. Ed. Humanities, A.B. degree, Classics majors/minors.)

LUCRETIUS (LATN 390.01)

•  LATN 390.01: MWF 11:00–11:50: Dr. James Lohmar CRN: 21431

Contemporary of Catullus, Caesar and Cicero, who edited the poem, Lucretius and his De rerum natura represent the earliest large scale epic in Latin letters. Starting with a hymn to Venus and ending with a description of the plague at Athens of 430 BCE, the DRN treats the whole of human experience from an Epicurean worldview. This course examines atomic theory applied to epic poetics and the early attempts to shove Latin into dactylic hexameter. (Counts for Gen. Ed. Humanities, A.B. degree, Classics majors/minors.)

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Ancient Greek

ELEMENTARY ANCIENT GREEK (GREK 101)

• GREK 102.01: MWF 12:00-12:50: Dr. Andrew Alwine CRN: 20243 

Introduces the fundamental grammar, syntax, and vocabulary of Ancient Greek with emphasis on reading comprehension. (Counts for Gen. Ed. Language, A.B. Degree, Classics majors/minors.)

INTERMEDIATE ANCIENT GREEK (GREK 202)

• GREK 202.01: MWF 12:00–12:50: Dr. Scott Hemmenway CRN: 20244 

Transition from grammar to reading texts. (Counts for Gen. Ed. Language, A.B. Degree, Classics majors/minors.)

GREEK HISTORIOGRAPHY: JOSEPHUS (GREK 323) 

• GREK 323.01: TR 9:25–10:40: Dr. Jennifer Gerrish CRN: 23484

Flavius Josephus was a leading Jewish commander during the revolt of 66 CE who was captured by the Romans and brought to Rome as a client of the Flavian emperors. In this class we will read excerpts from The Jewish War, his history of the revolt in which he was taken captive. (Counts for A.B. degree, Classics majors/minors.)

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