• About the Department
• Academics

  • Artium Baccalaureatus
  • Majors and Minors
  • Culture Courses
  • Languages
  • Latin Placement
  • Charleston Latin
  • Summer 2023
  • Spring 2024
• Student Experience
• Careers
• Research and Fieldwork
• Events and News
• Give to the Department
• Contact Us

Maymester (May 15-31)

THE CLASSICS IN CINEMA (CLAS 270)

• CLAS 270.01: Online Asynchronous: Dr. Noelle Zeiner-Carmichael
  

This course explores the ways in which modern-era film represents ancient Greco-Roman civilization and culture. We will consider historical accuracy, themes (e.g., slavery, war, entertainment, imperialism), and aspects related to the discipline of Film Studies. We will also examine how these films exploit the history and images of ancient Greece and Rome to communicate messages relevant to a modern context. (Counts for Gen. Ed. Humanities, A.B. degree, Classics majors/minors.)

Summer I (June 5 - June 30)

ROMAN CIVILIZATION (CLAS 102)

• CLAS 102.01: Online Asynchronous: Dr. Noelle Zeiner-Carmichael
  

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: MTWRF 2:00–3:45: Dr. Richard Gilder
  

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.)  

INTERMEDIATE LATIN (LATN 101)

• LATN 101.01: MTWRF 10:00–11:45: Dr. Richard Gilder

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: MTWRF 12:00–1:45: Dr. James Lohmar

Completes the introduction to Latin grammar, syntax, and vocabulary, while developing fluency in reading comprehension and translation.

Summer II (July 10 - August 4) 

EPIC (CLAS 253)

• CLAS 253.01: MTWRF 12:00–1:45: Dr. James Lohmar

An in-depth study of the Greek and Roman epic tradition. We will read and discuss Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, Apollonius’ Argonautica, Virgil’s Aeneid, and Ovid’s Metamorphoses. The course will show the connections between these works and the development of epic over time, in terms of both style and purpose, and culminate in a discussion of the enduring legacy of ancient epic. (Counts for Gen. Ed. Humanities, A.B. degree, Classics majors/minors.) 

INTERMEDIATE LATIN (LATN 102)

•   LATN 102.01: MTWRF 10:00–11:45: Dr. Richard Gilder

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 202)

•   LATN 202.01: MTWRF 2:00–3:45: Dr. James Lohmar

Readings of selected works by Roman authors with a comprehensive review of Latin grammar, syntax, and vocabulary.