Classical Studies

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Director of Undergraduate Studies Michele Lowrie
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Programs of Study

The BA degree in Classical Studies allows students to explore Greek and Roman antiquity in a variety of ways and provides excellent preparation for careers that require strong skills in interpretation and writing, such as teaching, scholarly research, law, and publishing, and in the humanities in general. Students may choose from the following three variants based on their preparation, interests, and goals:

The Language and Literature Variant combines the study of Greek and Latin texts with coverage of diverse areas, including art and archaeology, history, philosophy, religion, and science.
The Language Intensive Variant focuses on languages with the aim of reading a larger selection of texts in the original languages; it is designed especially for those who wish to pursue graduate studies in classics.
The Greek and Roman Cultures Variant emphasizes courses in art and archaeology, history, material culture, and texts in translation.

Students in other fields of study may also complete a minor in Classical Studies. Information follows the description of the major.

Program Requirements

Language and Literature Variant

Students who take the Language and Literature Variant may focus exclusively on Greek or exclusively on Latin, or they may study both languages with an emphasis on one or the other. The program assumes that, in addition to the requirements for the major, students have completed, or have credit for, a year of language study in either Greek or Latin.

No course that is used to meet one of the following requirements may be used simultaneously to meet a requirement under any other category.

Six courses in Greek or Latin in the major that must include the 20100-20200-20300 Intermediate sequence or higher in at least one language. The first-year language sequence cannot be counted towards the major requirements unless a student takes both Latin and Greek courses. The requirement can be satisfied by, for example:

LATN 20100-20200-20300	Intermediate Latin I-II-III	300
One of the following:		300
LATN 21100 & 21200 & 21300	Roman Elegy and Roman Novel and Vergil
GREK 10100-10200-10300	Introduction to Attic Greek I-II-III

Six courses in Greek or Roman art, history, philosophy, science, religion, material culture, or classical literature in translation, with courses divided between at least two fields, and with approval of the director of undergraduate studies. Any course that carries a Classical Civilization listing or a Classics listing between 30100 and 39000 meets this requirement. Other eligible courses are offered in disciplines such as Art History, Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities, Philosophy, and Political Science. These courses should be chosen in consultation with the director of undergraduate studies.
A research skills paper of from ten to twelve pages, to be submitted to the director of undergraduate studies by the end of Spring Quarter of the third year. The paper will normally substitute for a final paper in a Greek (above 20300), Latin (above 20300), Classical Civilization, or Classics course, and is designed to prepare students for the BA paper. Students will be expected to develop a reasoned argument on a particular topic, based not only on primary materials (ancient literary tests; material culture; etc.) but also on research of relevant secondary bibliography. Students should declare at the start of the quarter if they wish to write the research skills paper in a given course, and should work closely throughout the quarter with the instructor, who must be a member of the Classics faculty.
CLCV 29800 BA Paper Seminar, a one-quarter course spread over two quarters in the fourth year, as described below.

Summary of Requirements: Language and Literature Variant

6 courses in Greek or Latin (must include 20100-20200-20300) ^*		600
6 courses in Greek or Roman history, philosophy, science, religion, art, or classical literature in translation		600
CLCV 29800	BA Paper Seminar	100
Total Units		1300

*	Credit will not be granted by examination.

Language Intensive Variant

The Language Intensive Variant is designed for students who expect to continue Classical Studies at the graduate level. It aims to provide the level of linguistic proficiency in both Greek and Latin that is commonly expected of applicants to rigorous graduate programs.

No course that is used to meet one of the following requirements may be used simultaneously to meet a requirement under any other category.

Six courses in one classical language (Greek or Latin) at the 20000 level or above and six courses in the other (three of which may be at the introductory level).
Four courses in Greek or Roman art, history, philosophy, religion, science, material culture, or classical literature in translation, with courses divided between at least two fields, and with approval of the director of undergraduate studies. Any course that carries a Classical Civilization listing or a Classics listing between 30100 and 39000 meets this requirement. Other eligible courses are offered in disciplines such as Art History, Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities, Philosophy, and Political Science. These courses should be chosen in consultation with the director of undergraduate studies.
A research skills paper of from ten to twelve pages, to be submitted to the director of undergraduate studies by the end of Spring Quarter of the third year. The paper will normally substitute for a final paper in a Greek (above 20300), Latin (above 20300), Classical Civilization, or Classics course, and is designed to prepare students for the BA paper. Students will be expected to develop a reasoned argument on a particular topic, based not only on primary materials (ancient literary tests; material culture; etc.) but also on research of relevant secondary bibliography. Students should declare at the start of the quarter if they wish to write the research skills paper in a given course, and should work closely throughout the quarter with the instructor, who must be a member of the Classics faculty.
CLCV 29800 BA Paper Seminar, a one-quarter course spread over two quarters in the fourth year, as described below.

Summary of Requirements: Language Intensive Variant

6 courses in Greek ^*		600
6 courses in Latin ^*		600
4 courses in Greek or Roman art, history, philosophy, science, religion, or classical literature in translation		400
CLCV 29800	BA Paper Seminar	100
Total Units		1700

*	Six courses in one classical language (Greek or Latin) at the 20000 level or above, and six courses in the other (three of which may be at the introductory level). Credit will not be granted by examination.

Greek and Roman Cultures Variant

This variant is designed for students who are interested in ancient Greece and Rome but wish to focus more on history (political, intellectual, religious, social) and material culture than on language and literature. Because the program allows many courses taught in other departments to count toward the major, it is especially suited to students who declare their major late or who wish to complete two majors. The program assumes that, in addition to requirements for the major, students have met the general education requirement in civilization studies by taking CLCV 20700-20800 Ancient Mediterranean World I-II, the Athens Program, or the Rome Program. Students who have met the general education requirement in civilization studies with a different sequence should complete one of these three sequences, which may then count among the nine courses in classical civilization required for the major.

No course that is used to meet one of the following requirements may be used simultaneously to meet a requirement under any other category.

Three courses in Greek or Latin beyond the level of placement.
Nine courses in art, history, philosophy, religion, science, material culture, or classical literature in translation, with courses divided between at least four fields, and with approval of the director of undergraduate studies. Any course that carries a Classical Civilization listing or a Classics listing between 30100 and 39000 meets this requirement. Other eligible courses are offered in disciplines such as Art History, Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities, Philosophy, and Political Science. These courses should be chosen in consultation with the director of undergraduate studies.
A research skills paper of from ten to twelve pages, to be submitted to the director of undergraduate studies by the end of Spring Quarter of the third year. The paper will normally substitute for a final paper in a Greek (above 20300), Latin (above 20300), Classical Civilization, or Classics course, and is designed to prepare students for the BA paper. Students will be expected to develop a reasoned argument on a particular topic, based not only on primary materials (ancient literary tests; material culture; etc.) but also on research of relevant secondary bibliography. Students should declare at the start of the quarter if they wish to write the research skills paper in a given course, and should work closely throughout the quarter with the instructor, who must be a member of the Classics faculty.
CLCV 29800 BA Paper Seminar, a one-quarter course spread over two quarters in the fourth year, as described below.

Summary of Requirements: Greek and Roman Cultures Variant

3 courses in Greek or Latin ^*		300
9 courses in Greek or Roman art, history, philosophy, religion, science, or classical literature in translation		900
CLCV 29800	BA Paper Seminar	100
Total Units		1300

*	Credit will not be granted by examination.

BA Paper Seminar and BA Paper

Candidates for the BA degree in all variants of the Classical Studies major are required to write a substantial BA paper. The purpose of the BA paper is to enable students to improve their research and writing skills and to give them an opportunity to focus their knowledge of the field upon an issue of their own choosing.

In their third year, by Monday of eighth week of Spring Quarter, students must submit to the director of undergraduate studies a short statement proposing an area of research that must be approved by a member of the Classics faculty who agrees to be the director of the BA paper. At the same time, students should meet with the preceptor of the BA Paper Seminar to plan a program of research.

Students may register for the CLCV 29800 BA Paper Seminar in either Autumn or Winter Quarter of their fourth year, but they are expected to participate in seminar meetings throughout both quarters. The focus of the seminar is to discuss research problems and compose preliminary drafts of their BA papers. Participants in the regular seminar meetings are expected to exchange criticism and ideas with each other and with the preceptor, as well as to take account of comments from their faculty readers. The grade for the BA Paper Seminar is identical to the grade for the BA paper and, therefore, is not reported until the paper has been submitted in Spring Quarter. The grade for the BA paper depends on participation in the seminar as well as on the quality of the paper. At the end of Autumn Quarter, a provisional grade will be assigned by the preceptor and communicated to the student via the director of undergraduate studies. Once the BA paper has been submitted, the final grade will be determined jointly by the preceptor and faculty director.

The deadline for submitting the BA paper in final form is Friday of third week of Spring Quarter. This deadline represents the formal submission, which is final; students should expect to submit and defend substantial drafts much earlier. Hard copies are to be submitted to the faculty director, seminar preceptor, and director of undergraduate studies. Students who fail to meet the deadline may not be able to graduate in that quarter and will not be eligible for honors consideration.

Students who undertake a double major may meet the requirement for a BA paper in Classical Studies by making it part of a single BA paper that is designed to meet the requirements of both majors. This combined paper must have a substantial focus on texts or issues of the classical period, and must have a Classics faculty member as a reader. CLCV 29800 BA Paper Seminar (the two-quarter BA Paper Seminar) is required of all students majoring in Classical Studies, whether as a double major or as a single major. The use of a single essay to meet the requirement for a BA paper in two majors requires approval from directors of undergraduate studies in both majors. A consent form, to be signed by the directors of undergraduate studies, is available from the College advisers. It must be completed and returned to the College adviser by the end of Autumn Quarter of the student's year of graduation.

Grading

The following first-year sequences in Greek and Latin and the courses in Greek and Latin composition are open for P/F grading for students not using these courses to meet language requirements for the major. All courses taken to meet requirements in the major must be taken for quality grades.

GREK 10100-10200-10300	Introduction to Attic Greek I-II-III	300
GREK 11100-11200-11300	Accelerated Introduction to Attic Greek I-II-III	300
LATN 10100-10200-10300	Introduction to Classical Latin I-II-III	300
LATN 11100-11200-11300	Accelerated Introduction to Classical Latin I-II-III	300

Honors

To be recommended for honors, a student (1) must maintain an overall GPA of 3.25 or higher and a GPA of 3.5 or higher in the major and (2) must also demonstrate superior ability in the BA paper to interpret Greek or Latin source material and to develop a coherent argument. The BA paper must be judged worthy of honors by the faculty director, the preceptor, and an additional faculty reader. Before the end of fifth week of Winter Quarter, the preceptor will make an initial recommendation for honors to the director of undergraduate studies, who will then consult with the faculty director. If the recommendation is approved, the student will select a second faculty reader in consultation with the faculty director.

Prizes

The Arthur Adkins Summer Research Fellowship (up to $5,000) is targeted to third-year undergraduates who are bound for graduate school, and it provides means and opportunity for the writing of a superior research paper on any aspect of the ancient world from the Bronze Age through Late Antiquity. It may be used for travel to classical sites and collections or to other research centers, and/or for living expenses during a summer devoted to research between the third and fourth year. Applicants must submit (in the first week of Spring Quarter) a transcript, statement (two to three pages) outlining their project and its relationship to existing knowledge in the field, plan of research together with a provisional budget for the summer, and letter from a faculty supervisor.

The Classics Prize is a cash award of $300 made annually to the student who graduates with the best record of achievement in the Classical Studies major.

The David Grene Summer Fellowship (up to $5,000) is targeted to undergraduates whose intellectual interests in the classical world have led them to an area of knowledge that they are unable to pursue during the regular academic year, and it allows them an opportunity to explore that interest through independent study during the summer before graduation. The independent study may involve training in a new discipline (e.g., paleography, numismatics), first-hand experience of ancient sites and artifacts, or ancillary language study. It may be carried out under the auspices of an organized program (e.g., American School of Classical Studies at Athens, American Academy in Rome), or it may be tailored entirely according to the student's own plan. Applicants must submit (in the first week of Spring Quarter) a transcript, project statement, provisional budget, and faculty letter of recommendation.

The John G. Hawthorne Travel Prize (up to $4,000) is awarded annually to an outstanding undergraduate student of classical languages, literature, or civilization for travel to Greece or Italy or for study of classical materials in other countries. The award may be used to pursue a project of the student's own design or to participate in appropriate programs conducted in Greece or Italy. Applicants must submit (in the first week of Spring Quarter) a transcript, project statement, provisional budget, and faculty letter of recommendation.

The Nancy P. Helmbold Travel Award (up to $3,500) is awarded annually to an outstanding undergraduate student of Greek and/or Latin for travel to Greece or Italy. Applicants must submit (in the first week of Spring Quarter) a transcript, project statement, proposed budget, and faculty letter of recommendation.

The Paul Shorey Foreign Travel Grant ($300) is awarded annually to a student of Greek or Latin who has been accepted to participate in the Athens Program or the Rome Program of the College, and it is to be used to defray costs incurred in the program. The terms of the grant stipulate that it is to be awarded to a "needy and deserving" student. Students who have been accepted into one of the programs and who wish to be considered for the Shorey grant are invited to submit statements explaining their need in the first week of Spring Quarter.

The Pausanias Summer Research Fellowship (up to $5,000) is awarded annually to an undergraduate student who is majoring or minoring in Classical Studies and is conducting research abroad in a site of interest for classical studies. The award may be used to pursue a project of the student's own design or to participate in an appropriate institutional program abroad. Applicants must submit (in the first week of Spring Quarter) a transcript, project statement, provisional budget, and faculty letter of recommendation.

Minor Program in Classical Studies

The minor in Classical Studies requires a total of seven courses in Greek, Latin, or classical civilization. Students may choose one of two variants: a language variant that includes three courses at the 20000 level or higher in one language or a classical civilization variant that may also include language courses.

Students must meet with the director of undergraduate studies before the end of Spring Quarter of their third year to declare their intention to complete the minor. Students choose courses in consultation with the director of undergraduate studies. The director's approval for the minor program should be submitted to a student's College adviser by the deadline above on a form obtained from the adviser.

Courses in the minor (1) may not be double counted with the student's major(s) or with other minors and (2) may not be counted toward general education requirements. Courses in the minor must be taken for quality grades, and more than half of the requirements for the minor must be met by registering for courses bearing University of Chicago course numbers.

The following groups of courses would comprise a minor in the areas indicated. Other programs may be designed in consultation with the director of undergraduate studies. Minor program requirements are subject to revision.

Greek (or Latin) Sample Variant*

GREK 10100-10200-10300	Introduction to Attic Greek I-II-III	300
GREK 20100-20200-20300	Intermediate Greek I-II-III	300
CLCV 21200	History and Theory of Drama I ^**	100

*	The language requirement for the minor program must be met by registering for courses bearing University of Chicago course numbers.
**	or, for example, CLCV 21400 Marg Populations Of Rom Empire

Greek (or Latin) Sample Variant*

One of the following sequences:		300
GREK 20100-20200-20300	Intermediate Greek I-II-III
LATN 20100-20200-20300	Intermediate Latin I-II-III
CLCV 20700-20800-20900	Ancient Mediterranean World I-II-III	300
CLCV 21400	Marg Populations Of Rom Empire ^**	100

*	The language requirement for the minor program must be met by registering for courses bearing University of Chicago course numbers.
**	or, for example, CLCV 21200 History and Theory of Drama I

Classical Civilization Sample Variant*

CLCV 20700-20800-20900	Ancient Mediterranean World I-II-III ^**	300
CLCV 22000	Greek Tragedy/Its Influences	100
CLCV 22100	Epictetus/Marcus Aurelius	100
CLCV 24200	Invention Of Love Poem	100
CLCV 23100	Ancient Philosophy	100

*	The language requirement for the minor program must be met by registering for courses bearing University of Chicago course numbers.
**	or, for example, GREK 10100-10200-10300 Introduction to Attic Greek I-II-III or LATN 10100-10200-10300 Introduction to Classical Latin I-II-III

Classics - Classical Civilization Courses

CLCV 20200. North Africa, Late Antiquity-Islam. 100 Units.

Examination of topics in continuity and change from the third through ninth centuries CE, including changes in Roman, Vandalic, Byzantine, and early Islamic Africa. Topics include the waning of paganism and the respective spread and waning of Christianity, the dynamics of the seventh-century Muslim conquest and Byzantine collapse. Transformation of late antique North Africa into a component of Islamic civilization. Topography and issues of the autochthonous populations will receive some analysis. Most of the required reading will be on reserve, for there is no standard textbook. Readings in translated primary sources as well as the latest modern scholarship. Final examination and 10 page course paper.

Instructor(s): W. Kaegi Terms Offered: Autumn
Equivalent Course(s): HIST 25701,CLAS 30200,CRES 25701,HIST 35701,NEHC 20634,NEHC 30634

CLCV 20700-20800-20900. Ancient Mediterranean World I-II-III.

Available as a three-quarter sequence (Autumn, Winter, Spring) or as a two-quarter sequence (Autumn, Winter; or Winter, Spring). This sequence meets the general education requirement in civilization studies. This sequence surveys the social, economic, and political history of Greece to the death of Alexander the Great (323 BC), Autumn Quarter; the Roman Republic (509 to 27 BC), Winter Quarter; and the five centuries between the establishment of imperial autocracy in 27 BC and the fall of the Western empire in the fifth century AD, Spring Quarter.

CLCV 20700. Ancient Mediterranean World I. 100 Units.

This course surveys the social, economic, and political history of Greece from prehistory to the Hellenistic period. The main topics considered include the development of the institutions of the Greek city-state, the Persian Wars and the rivalry of Athens and Sparta, the social and economic consequences of the Peloponnesian War, and the eclipse and defeat of the city-states by the Macedonians.

Terms Offered: Autumn
Equivalent Course(s): HIST 16700

CLCV 20800. Ancient Mediterranean World II. 100 Units.

This course surveys the social, economic, and political history of Rome, from its prehistoric beginnings in the twelfth century BCE to the political crisis following the death of Nero in 68 CE. Throughout, the focus is upon the dynamism and adaptability of Roman society, as it moved from a monarchy to a republic to an empire, and the implications of these political changes for structures of competition and cooperation within the community.

Terms Offered: Winter
Equivalent Course(s): HIST 16800

CLCV 20900. Ancient Mediterranean World III. 100 Units.

This quarter surveys the five centuries between the establishment of imperial autocracy in 27 BC and the fall of the Western empire in the fifth century AD.

Terms Offered: Spring
Equivalent Course(s): HIST 16900

CLCV 21200. History and Theory of Drama I. 100 Units.

The course is a survey of major trends and theatrical accomplishments in drama from the ancient Greeks through the Renaissance: Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, classical Sanskrit theater, medieval religious drama, Japanese Noh drama, Kyd, Marlowe, Shakespeare, and Molière, along with some consideration of dramatic theory by Aristotle, Sir Philip Sidney, Corneille, and others. Students have the option of writing essays or putting on short scenes in cooperation with other members of the course. The goal of these scenes is not to develop acting skill but, rather, to discover what is at work in the scene and to write up that process in a somewhat informal report. End-of-week workshops, in which individual scenes are read aloud dramatically and discussed, are optional but highly recommended.

Instructor(s): D. Bevington, J. Muse Terms Offered: Autumn
Prerequisite(s): Preference given to students with third- or fourth-year standing.
Note(s): May be taken in sequence with ENGL 13900/31100 or individually. This course meets the general education requirement in the dramatic, musical, and visual arts.
Equivalent Course(s): ENGL 13800,CLAS 31200,CMLT 20500,CMLT 30500,ENGL 31000,TAPS 28400

CLCV 21812. Greek Art and Archaeology I: From the Bronze Age to the Persian Wars. 100 Units.

This course will survey the art and archaeology of the ancient Greek world from the Bronze Age to the Persian Wars (480 BC). We will study early civilizations of Minoan Crete and Mycenaean Greece, and their dramatic collapse in the twelfth century BC. We will then see the emergence of a new political and social system based on city-states, featuring distinctive forms of sculpture, architecture, pottery, and urban design. Along the way, students will acquire a conceptual toolkit for looking at works of art and for thinking about the relation of art to social life. The big question is: how can we make sense of the past by means of artifacts?

Instructor(s): R. Neer Terms Offered: Autumn
Note(s): Students must attend first class to confirm enrollment. For nonmajors, any ARTH 14000 through 16999 course meets the general education requirement in the dramatic, musical, and visual arts. This course is the first of a two-course sequence; registration in the second course is not required for participation in the first.
Equivalent Course(s): ARTH 14307

CLCV 22700. History of Philosophy I: Ancient Philosophy. 100 Units.

This is a course in Ancient Greek Philosophy. We will study major works by Plato and Aristotle, ones that introduced the philosophical questions we struggle with to this day: What are the goals of a life well-lived? Why should we have friends? How do we explain weakness of will? What makes living things different from nonliving things? What is the difference between knowledge and belief? What is definition and what is capable of being defined?

Instructor(s): A. Callard Terms Offered: Autumn
Prerequisite(s): Completion of the general education requirement in humanities
Equivalent Course(s): PHIL 25000

CLCV 23712. Aquinas on God, Being, and Human Nature. 100 Units.

This course considers sections from Saint Thomas Aquinas's Summa Theologica. Among the topics considered are God's existence; the relationship between God and Being; and human nature.

Instructor(s): S. Meredith Terms Offered: Spring
Equivalent Course(s): FNDL 20700,RLST 23605

CLCV 24506. Alexander the Great. 100 Units.

The exploits of Alexander the Great have fascinated historians since the end of the third century B.C. This course will provide an introduction not only to the history of Alexander’s reign, but also to the main historiographical traditions (both ancient and modern) that shape our view of his legacy. All sources will be read in translation.

Instructor(s): C. Hawkins
Equivalent Course(s): HIST 20802,CLAS 34506,HIST 30802

CLCV 24508. Economy and Society in Ancient Greece and Rome. 100 Units.

In this course we will explore not only the nature of ancient Greek and Roman economies, but also the way in which social and political structures constrained or facilitated the efforts of individuals to devise successful strategies within those economies. We will consider trade, manufacture, and agriculture, and we will devote considerable attention to issues of methodology: what questions should we ask about ancient economic life, and with what evidence can we answer them?

Instructor(s): C. Hawkins Terms Offered: Spring
Equivalent Course(s): HIST 21005,CLAS 36508,CLCV 26508,HIST 31005

CLCV 24812. The Historical Context of the Platonic Dialogue. 100 Units.

Plato’s historical fictions, like most such work, use the past as a way of confronting with current issues. This course will place them in the context of the history of philosophy and the development of prose literature, at a time when colloquial prose was new and philosophy was a highly contested term, overlapping with religion. Final paper.

Instructor(s): James Redfield Terms Offered: Winter 2013
Note(s): 0pen to undergrads with consent of instructor
Equivalent Course(s): CLAS 34812,SCTH 31920

CLCV 25107. Empire and Enlightenment. 100 Units.

The European Enlightenment was a formative period in the development of modern historiography. It was also an age in which the expansionist impulse of European monarchies came under intense philosophical scrutiny on moral, religious, cultural, and economic grounds. We chart a course through these debates by focusing in the first instance on histories of Rome by William Robertson and Edward Gibbon, as well as writing on law and historical method by Giambattista Vico.

Instructor(s): C. Ando and R. Lerner Terms Offered: Winter
Equivalent Course(s): CLAS 35107,HIST 20502,HIST 30502

CLCV 25510. Homer's Odyssey. 100 Units.

This course is a close reading of the Odyssey. Discussion topics include identity, maturation, hospitality and friendship, gender, travel, and fantasies about other cultures. Texts in English.

Instructor(s): W. Olmsted Terms Offered: Autumn
Prerequisite(s): Required of new Fundamentals majors; open to others with consent of instructor.
Equivalent Course(s): FNDL 21901

CLCV 25700-25800-25900. Ancient Empires I-II-III.

This sequence introduces three great empires of the ancient world. Each course in the sequence focuses on one empire, with attention to the similarities and differences among the empires being considered. By exploring the rich legacy of documents and monuments that these empires produced, students are introduced to ways of understanding imperialism and its cultural and societal effects—both on the imperial elites and on those they conquered.

CLCV 25700. Ancient Empires I: The Neo-Assyrian Empire. 100 Units.

Instructor(s): STAFF Terms Offered: Autumn
Note(s): Taking these courses in sequence is not required. This sequence meets the general education requirement in civilization studies.
Equivalent Course(s): NEHC 20011,HIST 15602

CLCV 25800. Ancient Empires II: The Ottoman Empire. 100 Units.

Instructor(s): H. Karateke Terms Offered: Winter
Note(s): Taking these courses in sequence is not required. This sequence meets the general education requirement in civilization studies.
Equivalent Course(s): HIST 15603,NEHC 20012

CLCV 25900. Ancient Empires III: The Egyptian Empire of the New Kingdom. 100 Units.

Taking these courses in sequence is not required. This sequence meets the general education requirement in civilization studies.

Instructor(s): N. Moeller Terms Offered: Spring
Equivalent Course(s): NEHC 20013,HIST 15604

CLCV 26508. Economy and Society in Ancient Greece and Rome. 100 Units.

Instructor(s): C. Hawkins Terms Offered: Spring
Equivalent Course(s): HIST 21005,CLAS 36508,HIST 31005

CLCV 26512. Augustine's Confessions. 100 Units.

Augustine’s Confessions recount not only his own conversion(s), but seek to facilitate a conversion in his readers and, thereby, inaugurate a new form of meditative reading. Like Cicero’s Hortensius, the text which prompted his long return to God, they thus belong to a genre of discourse known as protreptic in antiquity and designed to turn the reader towards the pursuit of wisdom. Of course, the Confessions as a confession participate in a number of other genres, and, thus, our analysis will have to take into account its generic complexity in order to understand how seeks to be read.

Instructor(s): C. Wild Terms Offered: Spring
Equivalent Course(s): FNDL 24713,RLST 24713

CLCV 26811. Plotinus. 100 Units.

We will read selections from the Enneads of Plotinus with an emphasis on the nature of beauty and its role in spiritual ascent. We will consider the relationship between spiritual vocation and the beauty of the world, the proper orientation to human embodiment as a condition for the successful pursuit of the contemplative life, and the power of language to communicate the ecstatic accomplishment of this life. (IV)

Instructor(s): G. Lear, M. Payne Terms Offered: Spring

CLCV 27112. Ancient Metaphysics. 100 Units.

In this course we shall study some of the very different accounts of the world developed by the ancient Greek philosophers. In particular we shall consider the following: Aristotle’s ontology of form and matter, actuality and potentiality; Epicurean atomism; the Stoic strange combination of rationalism and thoroughgoing physicalism of all-pervading pneuma; Platonic theories of a transcendent realm.

Instructor(s): E. Emilsson
Equivalent Course(s): PHIL 21503,CLAS 37112,PHIL 31503

CLCV 27909. Visual Culture of Rome and Its Empire. 100 Units.

This general survey of Roman material culture will use the archaeological evidence complementary to literary sources in order to delineate the development of Roman society from the Early Republic down to the first sacking of Rome in 410 CE. Urban planning, public monuments, political imagery, and the visual world of Roman cities, houses, and tombs will be discussed in relationship to the political and social processes that shaped their formal development.

Instructor(s): E. Mayer Terms Offered: Autumn
Equivalent Course(s): CLAS 37909,ARTH 26910,ARTH 36910

CLCV 28300. Ephron Seminar: Goethe and Classical Antiquity. 100 Units.

Goethe’s various encounters with antiquity rank among the most productive poetic and intellectual inspirations of his life. In this course we will study his engagement with classical antiquity by reading the most important works in which he either treats classical themes or uses ancient poetic forms. Our goal will be to figure out what views of classical literature and art Goethe held and how his conception changed over the course of his poetic career. At the same time we will delineate the salient characteristics of the different phases of Goethe’s thought and writing. The works to be studied include: the great hymns of the Sturm und Drang, Iphigenia at Aulis, the essay on Laocoon, Hermann and Dorothea, the Roman Elegies, Pandora, the Helen-act of Faust II. We will also read the classical works which inspired Goethe’s writing most strongly: selections from Homer’s Iliad, Euripides’ Iphigenia among the Taurians, Pindar’s odes, and Roman love elegies by Propertius and Ovid. No knowledge of German or classical languages is required, but students with knowledge of German, Latin, or Greek are encouraged to read the texts in the original. (The goal of this annual seminar of changing context is to promote innovative course design. Examples of past topics are gender, death, violence, and law in the ancient world.)

Instructor(s): T. Joho Terms Offered: Spring
Equivalent Course(s): GRMN 28313

CLCV 28609. Greek and Roman Historiography. 100 Units.

This course will provide a survey of the most important historical writers of the Greek and Roman world. We will read extensive selections from their work in translation, and discuss both the development of historiography as a literary genre and the development of history as a discipline in the ancient world. Finally, we will consider the implications these findings hold for our ability to use the works of Greek and Roman historical writers in our own efforts to construct narratives of the past.

Instructor(s): C. Hawkins Terms Offered: Winter
Equivalent Course(s): HIST 20503,ANCM 38609,CLAS 38609,HIST 30503

CLCV 29100. Ancient Myth. 100 Units.

This course examines the social, political, cultural, and religious functions of ancient myth. We also examine the various theoretical interpretations of myth that have been proposed in a variety of fields to investigate what myth can tell us about the ancient Greeks and Romans, as well as about those who regard themselves as the inheritors of classical culture.

Terms Offered: Spring

CLCV 29700. Reading Course. 100 Units.

Terms Offered: Autumn, Winter, Spring
Prerequisite(s): Consent of faculty sponsor and director of undergraduate studies
Note(s): Students are required to submit the College Reading and Research Course Form.

CLCV 29800. BA Paper Seminar. 100 Units.

This seminar is designed to teach students the research and writing skills necessary for writing their BA paper. Lectures cover classical bibliography, research tools, and electronic databases. Students discuss research problems and compose preliminary drafts of their BA papers. They are expected to exchange criticism and ideas in regular seminar meetings with the preceptor and with other students who are writing papers, as well as to take account of comments from their faculty readers. The grade for the BA Paper Seminar is identical to the grade for the BA paper and, therefore, is not reported until the BA paper has been submitted in Spring Quarter. The grade for the BA paper depends on participation in the seminar as well as on the quality of the paper. Students may register for this seminar in either Autumn or Winter Quarter, but they are expected to participate in meetings throughout both quarters.

Terms Offered: Autumn, Winter
Prerequisite(s): Fourth-year standing

Classics - Classics Courses

CLAS 30200. North Africa, Late Antiquity-Islam. 100 Units.

Instructor(s): W. Kaegi Terms Offered: Autumn
Equivalent Course(s): HIST 25701,CLCV 20200,CRES 25701,HIST 35701,NEHC 20634,NEHC 30634

CLAS 31200. History and Theory of Drama I. 100 Units.

Instructor(s): D. Bevington, J. Muse Terms Offered: Autumn
Prerequisite(s): Preference given to students with third- or fourth-year standing.
Note(s): May be taken in sequence with ENGL 13900/31100 or individually. This course meets the general education requirement in the dramatic, musical, and visual arts.
Equivalent Course(s): ENGL 13800,CLCV 21200,CMLT 20500,CMLT 30500,ENGL 31000,TAPS 28400

CLAS 32812. Reconsidering Rostovtzeff: Long Distant Trade and Cultural Exchange between the Mediterranean, Central Asia, Arabia and India 3000 BCE- 300 CE. 100 Units.

In the first half of the twentieth century, Mikhail Rostovtzeff dominated the field of Hellenistic and Roman social and economic history. Despite his unparalleled mastery of the evidence – which included archaeological material – his presentist analysis of the ancient world and his general lack of methodological sophistication have made his work a favorite target of criticism. Still, many of Rostovtzeff’s impressionistic and intuitive conclusions seem to hold water in the light of recent archaeological work. This applies in particular to his ideas about “Caravan Cities” and long-distance trade. In this course we will read through portions of Rostovtzeff’s extensive work, compare it with recently uncovered archaeological evidence, and discuss whether his conclusions could be salvaged by putting them into a more rigorous theoretical framework.

Instructor(s): E. Mayer

CLAS 33400. Boethius: Consolation of Philosophy. 100 Units.

The Consolation of Philosophy, which Boethius wrote in prison after a life of study and public service, offers a view on Roman politics and culture after Rome ceased to be an imperial capital. The Consolation is also a poignant testament from a man divided between Christianity and philosophy. About 70 pages of the text are read in Latin, and all of it in English. Secondary readings provide historical and religious context for the early sixth century AD.

Instructor(s): Peter White Terms Offered: Autumn
Prerequisite(s): Latin 20300 or equivalent
Equivalent Course(s): LATN 23400

CLAS 34506. Alexander the Great. 100 Units.

Instructor(s): C. Hawkins
Equivalent Course(s): HIST 20802,CLCV 24506,HIST 30802

CLAS 34812. The Historical Context of the Platonic Dialogue. 100 Units.

Instructor(s): James Redfield Terms Offered: Winter 2013
Note(s): 0pen to undergrads with consent of instructor
Equivalent Course(s): CLCV 24812,SCTH 31920

CLAS 35107. Empire and Enlightenment. 100 Units.

Instructor(s): C. Ando and R. Lerner Terms Offered: Winter
Equivalent Course(s): CLCV 25107,HIST 20502,HIST 30502

CLAS 36508. Economy and Society in Ancient Greece and Rome. 100 Units.

Instructor(s): C. Hawkins Terms Offered: Spring
Equivalent Course(s): HIST 21005,CLCV 26508,HIST 31005

CLAS 37112. Ancient Metaphysics. 100 Units.

Instructor(s): E. Emilsson
Equivalent Course(s): PHIL 21503,CLCV 27112,PHIL 31503

CLAS 37909. Visual Culture of Rome and Its Empire. 100 Units.

Instructor(s): E. Mayer Terms Offered: Autumn
Equivalent Course(s): CLCV 27909,ARTH 26910,ARTH 36910

CLAS 38609. Greek and Roman Historiography. 100 Units.

Instructor(s): C. Hawkins Terms Offered: Winter
Equivalent Course(s): HIST 20503,ANCM 38609,CLCV 28609,HIST 30503

CLAS 39200. Mimesis. 100 Units.

This course will examine one of the central concepts of comparative literature: mimesis (imitation). We will investigate traditional theoretical and historical debates concerning literary and visual mimesis as well as more recent discussions of its relation to non-western and colonial contexts. Readings will include Aristotle, Auerbach, Butler, Spivak, and Taussig. Students are encouraged to write final papers on their own research topics while engaging with issues discussed through the course.

Instructor(s): Tamara Chin Terms Offered: Winter 2013
Equivalent Course(s): EALC 30100,CMLT 30202

CLAS 40609. Democratic Athens. 100 Units.

For course description contact Art History.

Equivalent Course(s): ARTH 40610,ANCM 40609

CLAS 44512. Virgil, The Aeneid. 100 Units.

A close literary analysis of one of the most celebrated works of European literature. While the text, in its many dimensions, will offer more than adequate material for classroom analysis and discussion, attention will also be directed to the extraordinary reception of this epic, from Virgil's times to ours.

Instructor(s): Glenn Most Terms Offered: Winter 2013
Prerequisite(s): Latin helpful
Equivalent Course(s): ENGL 35902,CMLT 35902,SCTH 35902

Classics - Greek Courses

GREK 10100-10200-10300. Introduction to Attic Greek I-II-III.

This sequence covers the introductory Greek grammar in twenty-two weeks and is intended for students who have more complex schedules or believe that the slower pace allows them to better assimilate the material. Like GREK 11100-11200-11300, this sequence prepares students to move into the intermediate sequence (GREK 20100-20200-20300).

GREK 10100. Introduction to Attic Greek I. 100 Units.

This course introduces the basic rules of ancient Greek. Class time is spent on the explanation of grammar, translation from Greek to English and from English to Greek, and discussion of student work.

Terms Offered: Autumn
Note(s): Knowledge of Greek not required.

GREK 10200. Introduction to Attic Greek II. 100 Units.

Study of the introductory textbook continues through this quarter, covering further verbal morphology (participle, subjunctive, optative) and syntax of complex clauses. Students apply and improve their understanding of Greek through reading brief passages from classical prose authors, including Plato and Xenophon.

Terms Offered: Winter
Prerequisite(s): GREK 10100

GREK 10300. Introduction to Attic Greek III: Prose. 100 Units.

Concurrently with finishing the final chapters of the textbook in the beginning of the quarter, students read a continuous prose text (Lysias 1). This is followed by extensive review of the year's grammar and vocabulary and further reading (Plato's Crito). The aim is familiarity with Greek idiom and sentence structure.

Terms Offered: Spring
Prerequisite(s): GREK 10200

GREK 11100-11200-11300. Accelerated Introduction to Attic Greek I-II-III.

This sequence covers the introductory Greek grammar in fifteen weeks. Like GREK 10100-10200-10300, this sequence prepares students to move into the intermediate sequence (GREK 20100-20200-20300).

GREK 11100. Accelerated Introduction to Attic Greek I. 100 Units.

This course introduces the rudiments of ancient Greek. Class time is spent on the explanation of grammar, translation from Greek to English and from English to Greek, and discussion of student work.

Instructor(s): E. Asmis Terms Offered: Autumn

GREK 11200. Accelerated Introduction to Attic Greek II. 100 Units.

The remaining chapters of the introductory textbook are covered. Students then apply and improve their knowledge of Greek as they read selections from Xenophon.

Instructor(s): D. Martinez Terms Offered: Winter
Prerequisite(s): GREK 11100

GREK 11300. Accelerated Introduction to Attic Greek III. 100 Units.

Students apply the grammatical skills taught in GREK 11100-11200 by reading a continuous prose text by a classical author such as Lysias, Xenophon, or Plato. The aim is familiarity with Greek idiom and sentence structure.

Terms Offered: Spring
Prerequisite(s): GREK 11200

GREK 20100-20200-20300. Intermediate Greek I-II-III.

This sequence is aimed at students who have completed one of the introductory sequences and at entering students with extensive previous training, as evidenced by a placement exam. As a whole, it provides students with an overview of important genres and with the linguistic skills to read independently, and/or to proceed to advanced courses in the language.

GREK 20100. Intermediate Greek I: Plato. 100 Units.

We read Plato's text with a view to understanding both the grammatical constructions and the artistry of the language. We also give attention to the dramatic qualities of the dialogue. Grammatical exercises reinforce the learning of syntax.

Instructor(s): E. Asmis Terms Offered: Autumn
Prerequisite(s): GREK 10300, 11300 or equivalent

GREK 20200. Intermediate Greek II: Sophocles. 100 Units.

This course includes analysis and translation of the Greek text, discussion of Sophoclean language and dramatic technique, and relevant trends in fifth-century Athenian intellectual history.

Instructor(s): S. Nooter. Terms Offered: Spring
Prerequisite(s): GREK 20100 or equivalent

GREK 20300. Intermediate Greek III: Homer. 100 Units.

This course is a close reading of two books of the Iliad, with an emphasis on the language along with elements of Greek historical linguistics.

Instructor(s): J. Redfield Terms Offered: Spring
Prerequisite(s): GREK 20200 or equivalent

GREK 21100. Elegiac Poetry. 100 Units.

This course is a study of poems composed over a number of centuries in the elegiac meter. Beginning with some of the works of Archilochus and Callinus, we continue through Solon and Simonides to Callimachus and other Hellenistic poets.

Terms Offered: Will be offered 2013-14.
Prerequisite(s): GREK 20300 or equivalent
Equivalent Course(s): GREK 31100

GREK 21200. Plato. 100 Units.

Plato's styles range from conversational to lyrical to rhetorical, and so on. A master of characterization and parody, he brings a deep appreciation of poetry to his prose. Or so we think. How can we actually identify Plato's "style" or "styles?" This question has been much debated and, between purple passages, we consider the literature of style and authenticity in the Platonic corpus.

Terms Offered: Not offered 2012-13; will be offered 2013-14.
Prerequisite(s): GREK 20300 or equivalent
Equivalent Course(s): GREK 31200

GREK 21300. Tragedy. 100 Units.

This course is an introduction to Aeschylean drama in general, seen through the special problems posed by one play. Lectures and discussions are concerned with the play, the development and early form of Attic drama, and philosophical material. Modern Aeschylean scholars are also read and discussed.

Terms Offered: Will be offered 2013-14.
Prerequisite(s): GREK 20300 or equivalent
Equivalent Course(s): GREK 31300

GREK 21700. Lyric and Epinician Poetry. 100 Units.

This course will examine the lyric and epinician genres of archaic and classical Greece, focusing on song performed both by choruses and by individuals, and on themes ranging from mortality to joy, morality to sex, and politics to drinking. The imagery and performance of these poems will be explored, as well as the mechanics of meter, structure, and dialect. Readings will include Alcman, Sappho, Anacreon, Alcaeus, Simonides, Bacchylides, Pindar, and Timotheus.

Instructor(s): S. Nooter Terms Offered: Spring
Prerequisite(s): GREK 20300 or equivalent
Equivalent Course(s): GREK 31700

GREK 21712. Hymns: Homeric and Hellenistic. 100 Units.

In this course we will read some of the greatest hits of Greek literary hymns. We will explore the Iliadic undertones of the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, erotic power plays in the Homeric Hymn to Antigone, and the comedic buoyancy of the Homeric Hymn to Hermes. We will then look at Callimachus’ take on hymns, and will inquire into the tensions of genre-bending and replication as he turns the Homeric into the Hellenistic. Through it all, we will seek to find the meaning and raison d’être of these hymns whose contexts elude us: are they sacred offerings to the gods or playful poetical events?

Instructor(s): S. Nooter Terms Offered: Spring
Prerequisite(s): PQ: GREK 20300 or equivalent.
Equivalent Course(s): GREK 31712

GREK 21800. Greek Epic. 100 Units.

This course is a reading of Book 3 of the Argonautica of Apollonius of Rhodes. We consider character, story world, and the presence of the poet as we endeavor to understand what has become of epic poetry in the hands of its Hellenistic inheritors.

Instructor(s): M. Lowrie Terms Offered: Winter
Prerequisite(s): Two years or more of Greek.
Equivalent Course(s): GREK 31800

GREK 21900. Greek Oratory. 100 Units.

"With Isocrates, Greek artistic prose reached its technical perfection," says L. R. Palmer in The Greek Language. Yet Isocrates has not found nearly so prominent a place in the university curriculum as have Demosthenes and Lysias. This course will attempt to give the great orator his due. We will start with his speech on Helen, comparing it with Gorgias' famous Encomium. We will also read the ad Demonicum, which became something of a handbook in later Hellenistic and Roman-period schools, and the Panygyricus. We will consider carefully Isocratean language and diction, and why it has merited such sustained praise among connoisseurs of Greek prose style, ancient and modern. We will also emphasize the centrality of Isocrates' contribution to Greek paideia.

Instructor(s): D. Martinez Terms Offered: Autumn
Prerequisite(s): Two years or more of Greek.
Equivalent Course(s): GREK 31900

GREK 22300. Greek Tragedy I: Euripides. 100 Units.

We will try to read all of Euripides’ Hippolytus in Greek. Students will be expected to prepare translations for class as well as read secondary material in English. Discussions will focus on the representation of shame aidos and desire, transgression and punishment, and speech and silence in the play.

Terms Offered: Will not be offered 2012-2013; will be offered to 2014-15.
Prerequisite(s): GREK 20600 or equivalent
Equivalent Course(s): GREK 32300

GREK 22400. Greek Comedy: Aristophanes. 100 Units.

We will read in Greek Aristophanes' Lysistrata, a play whose timeless popularity often overshadows the fact that it was produced during a particularly menacing period of Athens’ history. Students will prepare translations for class on Mondays and Wednesdays while Fridays will be devoted to discussions, based on secondary readings, that will include staging issues, the function of political comedy, and the potential uses of Aristophanes’ plays as historical evidence.

Terms Offered: Will not be offered 2012-2013; will be offered to 2014-15.
Prerequisite(s): GREK 20600 or equivalent
Equivalent Course(s): GREK 32400

GREK 22500. Greek Historians: Herodotus. 100 Units.

Book I is read in Greek; the rest of the Histories are read in translation. With readings from secondary literature, historical and literary approaches to the Histories are discussed, and the status of the Histories as a historical and literary text.

Instructor(s): C. Faraone Terms Offered: Winter
Prerequisite(s): GREK 20600 or equivalent
Equivalent Course(s): GREK 32500

GREK 29700. Reading Course. 100 Units.

Terms Offered: Autumn, Winter
Prerequisite(s): Students are required to submit the College Reading and Research Course Form.

GREK 31100. Elegiac Poetry. 100 Units.

Terms Offered: Will be offered 2013-14.
Prerequisite(s): GREK 20300 or equivalent
Equivalent Course(s): GREK 21100

GREK 31200. Plato. 100 Units.

Terms Offered: Not offered 2012-13; will be offered 2013-14.
Prerequisite(s): GREK 20300 or equivalent
Equivalent Course(s): GREK 21200

GREK 31300. Tragedy. 100 Units.

Terms Offered: Will be offered 2013-14.
Prerequisite(s): GREK 20300 or equivalent
Equivalent Course(s): GREK 21300

GREK 31700. Lyric and Epinician Poetry. 100 Units.

Instructor(s): S. Nooter Terms Offered: Spring
Prerequisite(s): GREK 20300 or equivalent
Equivalent Course(s): GREK 21700

GREK 31712. Hymns: Homeric and Hellenistic. 100 Units.

Instructor(s): S. Nooter Terms Offered: Spring
Prerequisite(s): PQ: GREK 20300 or equivalent.
Equivalent Course(s): GREK 21712

GREK 31800. Greek Epic. 100 Units.

Instructor(s): M. Lowrie Terms Offered: Winter
Prerequisite(s): Two years or more of Greek.
Equivalent Course(s): GREK 21800

GREK 31900. Greek Oratory. 100 Units.

Instructor(s): D. Martinez Terms Offered: Autumn
Prerequisite(s): Two years or more of Greek.
Equivalent Course(s): GREK 21900

GREK 32300. Greek Tragedy I: Euripides. 100 Units.

Terms Offered: Will not be offered 2012-2013; will be offered to 2014-15.
Prerequisite(s): GREK 20600 or equivalent
Equivalent Course(s): GREK 22300

GREK 32400. Greek Comedy: Aristophanes. 100 Units.

Terms Offered: Will not be offered 2012-2013; will be offered to 2014-15.
Prerequisite(s): GREK 20600 or equivalent
Equivalent Course(s): GREK 22400

GREK 32500. Greek Historians: Herodotus. 100 Units.

Instructor(s): C. Faraone Terms Offered: Winter
Prerequisite(s): GREK 20600 or equivalent
Equivalent Course(s): GREK 22500

GREK 40112. Sohocles, Oedipus at Colonus. 100 Units.

A close literary and philological analysis of one of the most extraordinary of all Greek tragedies. While this play, in its many dimensions, will offer more than adequate material for classroom analysis and discussion, some attention will also be directed to its reception.

Instructor(s): Glenn Most Terms Offered: Winter 2013
Prerequisite(s): Greek or consent of instructor
Equivalent Course(s): CMLT 35903,SCTH 35901

GREK 41612. Seminar. Constructing Oedipus: Performance and Adaptation. 100 Units.

This course will start with a close reading of Sophocles’ play and relevant literary criticism. We will then survey the reception of Oedipus Tyrannus through the centuries, reading from different texts and adaptations, and touching along the way on issues of reception theory itself. The course will coincide with an on-campus performance of a version of Oedipus, and students will be invited to contribute to this production or, at least, attend to the process. Experience of the practice of theater and staging will supplement our readings, which will range from Aristotle, Freud, and Lévi-Strauss to Stravinsky, Dove, and Rotimi.

Instructor(s): S. Nooter, D. Wray Terms Offered: Spring

Classics - Latin Courses

LATN 10100-10200-10300. Introduction to Classical Latin I-II-III.

This sequence covers the introductory Latin grammar in twenty-two weeks and is intended for students who have more complex schedules or believe that the slower pace allows them to better assimilate the material. Like LATN 11100-11200-11300, this sequence prepares students to move into the intermediate sequence (LATN 20100-20200-20300).

LATN 10100. Introduction to Classical Latin I. 100 Units.

This course introduces students to the rudiments of ancient Latin. Class time is spent on the explanation of grammar, translation from Latin to English and from English to Latin, and discussion of student work.

Terms Offered: Autumn

LATN 10200. Introduction to Classical Latin II. 100 Units.

This course continues through the basic text begun in LATN 10100.

Terms Offered: Winter
Prerequisite(s): LATN 10100

LATN 10300. Introduction to Classical Latin III. 100 Units.

After finishing the text, the course involves reading in Latin prose and poetry, during which reading the students consolidate the grammar and vocabulary taught in LATN 10100 and 10200.

Terms Offered: Spring
Prerequisite(s): LATN 10200

LATN 11100-11200-11300. Accelerated Introduction to Classical Latin I-II-III.

This sequence covers the introductory Latin grammar in fifteen weeks and is appropriate as both an accelerated introduction and a systematic grammar review for students who have previously studied Latin. Like LATN 10100-10200-10300, this sequence prepares students to move into the intermediate sequence (LATN 20100-20200-20300).

LATN 11100. Accelerated Introduction to Classical Latin I. 100 Units.

This course covers the first half of the introductory Latin textbook. Classes are devoted to the presentation of grammar, discussion of problems in learning Latin, and written exercises.

Terms Offered: Autumn

LATN 11200. Accelerated Introduction to Classical Latin II. 100 Units.

This course begins with the completion of the basic text begun in LATN 11100 and concludes with readings from Cicero, Caesar, or other prose texts in Latin.

Instructor(s): M. Allen Terms Offered: Winter
Prerequisite(s): LATN 11100

LATN 11300. Accelerated Introduction to Classical Latin III. 100 Units.

Students apply the grammatical skills taught in LATN 11100-11200 by reading a continuous prose text, such as a complete speech of Cicero. Our aim is familiarity with Latin idiom and sentence structure.

Terms Offered: Spring
Prerequisite(s): LATN 11200

LATN 20100-20200-20300. Intermediate Latin I-II-III.

LATN 20100. Intermediate Latin I: Cicero. 100 Units.

Primary readings are drawn from Cicero’s orations on the conspiracy of Catiline in 63 BC, and are accompanied by background readings on the period. The purpose of the course is to consolidate the knowledge of Latin gained at the first-year level and to extend it.

Instructor(s): P. White Terms Offered: Autumn
Prerequisite(s): LATN 10300 or 11300, or equivalent

LATN 20200. Intermediate Latin II: Seneca. 100 Units.

Readings consist of a Senecan tragedy and selections from his prose letters and essays. Secondary readings on Rome in the Age of Nero and related topics are also assigned.

Instructor(s): S. Bartsch Terms Offered: Winter
Prerequisite(s): LATN 20100 or equivalent

LATN 20300. Intermediate Latin III: Vergil, Aeneid. 100 Units.

This course is a reading of selections from the first six books of the Aeneid, with emphasis on Vergil's language, versification, and literary art. Students also are required to read the whole of the epic in an English translation.

Instructor(s): Mark Payne Terms Offered: Spring
Prerequisite(s): LATN 20200 or equivalent

LATN 21100. Roman Elegy. 100 Units.

This course examines the development of the Latin elegy from Catullus to Ovid. Our major themes are the use of motifs and topics and their relationship to the problem of poetic persona.

Terms Offered: Not offered 2012-13; will be offered 2013-14.
Equivalent Course(s): CMLT 21101,CMLT 31101,LATN 31100

LATN 21200. Roman Novel. 100 Units.

This course is a reading of selected sections of Apuleius's novel, including the story of Cupid and Psyche and the initiation into the cult of Isis. We study the novel in the context of the history of the ancient novel. Special attention is given to Apuleius's own contribution as a magician and philosopher.

Terms Offered: Not offered 2012-13; will be offered 2013-14.
Equivalent Course(s): LATN 31200

LATN 21300. Vergil. 100 Units.

Extensive readings in the Aeneid are integrated with extensive selections from the newer secondary literature to provide a thorough survey of recent trends in Vergilian criticism and of Latin poetry more generally.

Terms Offered: Will be offered 2013-14.
Equivalent Course(s): FNDL 25201,LATN 31300

LATN 21700. Epic. 100 Units.

We will read two books of Ovid's Metamorphoses in Latin and the entire poem in translation. Discussion topics will include prosody, diction, narrative technique, epic tradition, and comparative mythology.

Instructor(s): S. Bartsch Terms Offered: Autumn
Prerequisite(s): Latin 203 or quivalent
Equivalent Course(s): LATN 31700

LATN 21800. Roman Historian. 100 Units.

Primary readings are drawn from books 1 and 2 of the Histories, in which Tacitus describes a series of coups and revolts that made 69 AD the “Year of the Four Emperors.” Parallel accounts and secondary readings are used to help bring out the methods of selecting and ordering data and the stylistic effects that typify a Tacitean narrative.

Instructor(s): P. White Terms Offered: Winter
Prerequisite(s): Latin 20300 or equivalent
Equivalent Course(s): LATN 31800

LATN 21900. Roman Comedy. 100 Units.

This course is a reading of a comic play by Plautus or Terence with discussion of original performance context and issues of genre, Roman comedy's relation to Hellenistic New Comedy, and related questions.

Instructor(s): D. Wray Terms Offered: Spring.
Prerequisite(s): Latin 20300 or equivalent
Equivalent Course(s): LATN 31900

LATN 22100. Lucretius. 100 Units.

We will read selections of Lucretius' magisterial account of a universe composed of atoms. The focus of our inquiry will be: how did Lucretius convert a seemingly dry philosophical doctrine about the physical composition of the universe into a gripping message of personal salvation? The selections will include Lucretius' vision of an infinite universe, of heaven, and of the hell that humans have created for themselves on earth.

Terms Offered: Not offered 2012-13; will be offered 2014-15
Equivalent Course(s): LATN 32100

LATN 22200. Roman Satire. 100 Units.

The course will focus on Juvenal, and also consider the commentary tradition.

Terms Offered: Not offered 2012-13; will be offered 2014-15
Equivalent Course(s): LATN 32200

LATN 22300. Roman Oratory. 100 Units.

Two of Cicero's speeches for the defense in the criminal courts of Rome receive a close reading in Latin and in English. The speeches are in turn considered in relation to Cicero's rhetorical theory as set out in the De Oratore and in relation to the role of the criminal courts in Late Republican Rome.

Terms Offered: Not offered 2012-13; will be offered 2014-15
Equivalent Course(s): LATN 32300

LATN 22400. Post-Vergilian Epic. 100 Units.

Lucan. The goal of this course is threefold: 1. To read through some 2,000 lines of the Bellum Civile in Latin; 2. To read all of the epic in English; 3. To explore the critical responses to this play in the 20th century.

Instructor(s): S. Bartsch Terms Offered: Autumn
Prerequisite(s): LATN 20300 or equivalent
Equivalent Course(s): LATN 32400

LATN 23400. Boethius: Consolation of Philosophy. 100 Units.

Instructor(s): Peter White Terms Offered: Autumn
Prerequisite(s): Latin 20300 or equivalent
Equivalent Course(s): CLAS 33400

LATN 24712. Latin Epigraphy. 100 Units.

An introduction to the reading and editing of inscriptions in Latin and their use in historical study. We will give special attention to public documents of Italy, Spain and North Africa in stone and bronze, and to the history of the epigraphic habit within imperial and colonial political cultures.

Instructor(s): C. Ando Terms Offered: Autumn
Equivalent Course(s): LATN 34712

LATN 25200. Medieval Latin. 100 Units.

The course traces developments and continuities in Latin literature from the late-fourth century to the tenth. We examine new Christian literary idioms, such as hymnody, hagiography, and the theological essay, as well as reinterpretations of classical forms of poetry, epistle, biography, and historical writing. We consider the peculiarities of medieval Latin. Attention will be paid to how and where literature was cultivated.

Instructor(s): M. Allen Terms Offered: Autumn
Equivalent Course(s): LATN 35200

LATN 26000. Latin Paleography (At Newberry Library) 100 Units.

The course will emphasize the development of Latin handwriting, primarily as book scripts, from its origins to the waning of the Carolingian minuscule, ca. A.D. 1100. By mastering the foundational types of writing, the students will develop skills for reading all Latin-based scripts, including those used for vernacular languages and the subsequent Gothics and their derivatives down to the sixteenth century.

Instructor(s): M. Allen Terms Offered: Autumn
Equivalent Course(s): LATN 36000

LATN 29700. Reading Course. 100 Units.

Terms Offered: Autumn, Winter, Spring
Prerequisite(s): Students are required to submit the College Reading and Research Course Form.

LATN 31100. Roman Elegy. 100 Units.

This course examines the development of the Latin elegy from Catullus to Ovid. Our major themes are the use of motifs and topics and their relationship to the problem of poetic persona.

Terms Offered: Not offered 2012-13; will be offered 2013-14.
Equivalent Course(s): LATN 21100,CMLT 21101,CMLT 31101

LATN 31200. Roman Novel. 100 Units.

Terms Offered: Not offered 2012-13; will be offered 2013-14.
Equivalent Course(s): LATN 21200

LATN 31300. Vergil. 100 Units.

Terms Offered: Will be offered 2013-14.
Equivalent Course(s): LATN 21300,FNDL 25201

LATN 31700. Epic. 100 Units.

Instructor(s): S. Bartsch Terms Offered: Autumn
Prerequisite(s): Latin 203 or quivalent
Equivalent Course(s): LATN 21700

LATN 31800. Roman Historian. 100 Units.

Instructor(s): P. White Terms Offered: Winter
Prerequisite(s): Latin 20300 or equivalent
Equivalent Course(s): LATN 21800

LATN 31900. Roman Comedy. 100 Units.

Instructor(s): D. Wray Terms Offered: Spring.
Prerequisite(s): Latin 20300 or equivalent
Equivalent Course(s): LATN 21900

LATN 32100. Lucretius. 100 Units.

Terms Offered: Not offered 2012-13; will be offered 2014-15
Equivalent Course(s): LATN 22100

LATN 32200. Roman Satire. 100 Units.

The course will focus on Juvenal, and also consider the commentary tradition.

Terms Offered: Not offered 2012-13; will be offered 2014-15
Equivalent Course(s): LATN 22200

LATN 32300. Roman Oratory. 100 Units.

Terms Offered: Not offered 2012-13; will be offered 2014-15
Equivalent Course(s): LATN 22300

LATN 32400. Post-Vergilian Epic. 100 Units.

Instructor(s): S. Bartsch Terms Offered: Autumn
Prerequisite(s): LATN 20300 or equivalent
Equivalent Course(s): LATN 22400

LATN 32700. Survey of Latin Literature I: 100 Units.

We shall read extended selections from prose writers of recognized importance to the Latin tradition. Our sampling of texts will emphasize writers of the Late Republic and Early Principate.

Instructor(s): E. Asmis Terms Offered: Winter

LATN 32800. Survey of Latin Literature II. Units.

With emphasis on major trends in modern critical interpretations of the major figures.

Instructor(s): M. Lowrie Terms Offered: Spring

LATN 33400. Boethius: Consolation of Philosophy. 100 Units.

Instructor(s): Peter White Terms Offered: Autumn
Prerequisite(s): Latin 20300 or equivalent

LATN 35200. Medieval Latin. 100 Units.

Instructor(s): M. Allen Terms Offered: Autumn
Equivalent Course(s): LATN 25200

LATN 36000. Latin Paleography (At Newberry Library) 100 Units.

Instructor(s): M. Allen Terms Offered: Autumn
Equivalent Course(s): LATN 26000

Classics - Modern Greek Courses

MOGK 11100-11200. Accelerated Elementary Modern Greek I-II.

This course is designed to help students acquire communicative competence in Modern Greek and a basic understanding of its structures. Through a variety of exercises, students develop all skill sets.

MOGK 11100. Accelerated Elementary Modern Greek I. 100 Units.

Terms Offered: Autumn
Equivalent Course(s): LGLN 11100,MOGK 30100

MOGK 11200. Accelerated Elementary Modern Greek II. 100 Units.

Terms Offered: Not offered in 2012-13
Equivalent Course(s): LGLN 11200,MOGK 30200

MOGK 30100-30200. Accelerated Elementary Modern Greek I-II.

This course is designed to help students acquire communicative competence in Modern Greek and a basic understanding of its structures. Through a variety of exercises, students develop all skill sets.

MOGK 30100. Accelerated Elementary Modern Greek I. 100 Units.

Terms Offered: Autumn
Equivalent Course(s): MOGK 11100,LGLN 11100

MOGK 30200. Accelerated Elementary Modern Greek II. 100 Units.

Terms Offered: Not offered in 2012-13
Equivalent Course(s): MOGK 11200,LGLN 11200