Offers a cultural history of Greek and Roman religion. Students read ancient texts in translation and use evidence from archaeology to reconstruct the shift from paganism to Christianity in antiquity. No Greek or Latin required. Same as RLST 2614. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: ideals and values.
Considers issues of vital importance to humans, both now and in ancient times. Topics such as food, death, sex, family, literacy, or power are explored to consider how ancient societal norms and attitudes evolved, and how they relate to modern culture. Draws on material and literary evidence to develop an understanding of the complexities of ancient life. Same as ANTH 3009. Formerly CLAS 2009. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: historical context.
Readings in ancient (koine) Greek from the New Testament and the Septuagint. Students aim to achieve fluency in reading and to enrich their knowledge of key terms and ideas borrowed from the Greek past in the early Christian tradition. May be repeated up to 4 total credit hours. Recommended prereqs., GREK 1013 and GREK 1023. Formerly CLAS 3013.
Author or topic in Latin specified in the online Schedule Planner (e.g., Cicero, Livy, Pliny). May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours for different topics. Formerly CLAS 3014.
Introduces the towns and villas buried by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 C.E. Explores the layout and decoration of ancient Roman houses, the variety of artifacts uncovered as evidence for daily life and the history of the excavations. Same as ARTH 3019. Formerly CLAS 2019. Approved for arts and sciences core curriculum: historical context.
Author or topic in Latin specified in the online Schedule Planner (e.g., Virgil, Ovid, Catullus, Horace.) May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours for different topics. Formerly CLAS 3024.
Reading of selected prose texts of authors in ancient Greek such as Plato, Xenophon, Lysias, and selections from the Greek New Testament. Incorporates review of grammar. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Recommended prereqs., GREK 1013 and GREK 1023. Meets MAPS requirement for foreign language. Formerly CLAS 3113.
Reading of selections from Homer or a Greek tragedy in ancient Greek, with attention to literary form and context as well as advanced grammar and syntax. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Recommended prereqs., GREK 1013, 1023 and 3113. Formerly CLAS 3123.
Author or topic in ancient Greek specified in the online Schedule Planner (e.g., Thucydides, Herodotus, Plato, Aristotle, Attic Orators). May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours for different topics. Same as GREK 5013. Formerly CLAS 4013.
Author or topic in Latin specified in the online Schedule Planner (e.g., Roman historians, Roman epistolography, Cicero, Roman novel). May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours for different topics. Recommened prereqs., LATN 3014 and LATN 3024. Same as LATN 5014. Formerly CLAS 4014.
Studies Greek history from 800 B.C. (the rise of the city-state) to 323 B.C. (the death of Alexander the Great). Emphasizes the development of democracy in Athens. Readings are in the primary sources. Same as CLAS 5021 and HIST 4021.
Author or topic in ancient Greek specified in the online Schedule Planner (e.g., Homer, Hesiod, lyric poetry, tragedy, comedy). May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours for different topics. Same as GREK 5023. Formerly CLAS 4023.
Reviews grammar and syntax. Introduces Latin prose style and composition. Recommended prereqs., LATN 3014 and LATN 3024. Same as LATN 5024. Formerly CLAS 4024.
Covers Macedonia's rise to dominance in Greece under Philip II and the reign and conquests of Alexander the Great. Recommended prereq., one of the following: CLAS 1509, 3039, 3113, 4051, 4139, 4149, CLAS/HIST 1051, 2041, 4021, or 4041. Same as CLAS 5031 and HIST 4031.
Examines an advanced topic in classical language, literature, history, philosophy, art, or culture. Combines the techniques of philology with a critical approach to the literary and material legacy of the past. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours. Recommended prereq., second-year proficiency in Greek or Latin.
Studies main representatives of political philosophy in antiquity (Plato, Aristotle, Cicero) and of the most important concepts and values of ancient political thought. No Greek or Latin required. Recommended prereq., CLAS/HIST 1051, CLAS/HIST 1061, HIST 1010, PSCI 2004, or PHIL 3000. Same as CLAS 5041, HIST 4041, and PHIL 4210.
Author or topic specified in Latin specified in the online Schedule Planner (e.g., Roman elegy, Neronian poetry, Lucretius, Roman satire). May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours for different topics. Recommended prereqs., LATN 3014 and LATN 3024. Same as LATN 5044. Formerly CLAS 4044.
Explores the reasons for the fall of the Roman Empire in the western Mediterranean and its survival in the East as Byzantium. Emphasizes Christianity; barbarians; social, economic, and cultural differences; contemporary views of Rome; and modern scholarship. No Greek or Latin is required. Same as CLAS 5061 and HIST 4061.
Considers topics ranging from demography, disease, family structure, and the organization of daily life to ancient slavery, economics, and law. Focuses either on Persia, Greece, or Rome and includes a particular emphasis on the methodology required to reconstruct an ancient society, especially the interpretation of problematic literary and material evidence and the selective use of comparisons with better known societies. No Greek or Latin required. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Same as CLAS 5071 and HIST 4071.
Studies the Roman Republic from its foundation in 753 B.C. to its conclusion with the career of Augustus. Emphasizes the development of Roman Republican government. Readings are in the primary sources. No Greek or Latin required. Same as CLAS 5081 and HIST 4081.
Covers Imperial Roman literary history from the mid-late Augustan Period to the start of Late Antiquity. Students read principal surviving works of Imperial Roman poetry and prose in the original Latin. Recommended prereqs., LATN 3014 and LATN 3024. Same as LATN 5084. Formerly CLAS 4084.
Intense survey of Imperial Rome from the Roman revolution to the passing of centralized political authority in the western Mediterranean. Emphasizes life, letters, and personalities of the empire. No Greek or Latin required. Same as CLAS 5091 and HIST 4091.
Greek literary history in ancient Greek from Homer to the Hellenistic age. Recommended prereqs., GREK 3113 and GREK 3123. Same as GREK 5093. Formerly CLAS 4093.
Introduces Roman literary history from its origins to the 30s BCE. Students read principal surviving works of the Roman Republican poetry and prose in the original Latin. Recommended prereqs., LATN 3014 and LATN 3024. Same as LATN 5094. Formerly CLAS 4094.
