Classes offered Spring 2009 LANGUAGE COURSES LT 122.01 - INTRODUCTORY LATIN II - MWF 10:00-10:50 AM - Dr. Martha Taylor
A continuation of Latin 121 for students with some high school background in Latin (placement through a placement test).
PREREQUISITE: LT 121 or equivalent
COUNTS FOR: Language requirement, Classics and Classical Civ. Major, Classics Minor LT 123.01 - INTERMEDIATE LATIN - MWF 1:00-1:50 PM - Dr. William Short
A continuation of Latin 121 and 122 or for students with some high school background in Latin (placement through a placement test). This course completes the presentation of Latin grammar and syntax.
PREREQUISITE: LT 122 or equivalent
COUNTS FOR: Language requirement, Classics and Classical Civ. Major, Classics Minor LT 124.01 - LATIN GOLDEN AGE PROSE AND POETRY - MWF 11:00-11:50 AM - Dr. Thomas McCreight
This course focuses on reading and interpreting Latin literature from its Golden Age. Authors read usually include Virgil, Ovid, Livy, etc.
PREREQUISITE: LT 123 or equivalent
COUNTS FOR: Language requirement, Classics and Classical Civ. Major, Classics Minor and Medieval Studies Minor
LT 124.02 - LATIN GOLDEN AGE PROSE AND POETRY - TTH 9:25-10:40 AM - Dr. Joseph Walsh
This course focuses on reading and interpreting Latin literature from its Golden Age. Authors read usually include Virgil, Ovid, Livy, etc.
PREREQUISITE: LT 123 or equivalent
COUNTS FOR: Language requirement, Classics and Classical Civ. Major, Classics Minor and Medieval Studies Minor LT 320.01 - LIVY - MWF 12:00-12:50 PM - Dr. William Short
A reading of select passages from Livy's monumental history of the rise and corruption of the
Roman Empire. Focuses on the events described; ancient notions of history; and how Livy viewed
the intersection of power, degeneration, human frailty, and wealth.
PREREQUISITE: LT 124 or equivalent
COUNTS FOR: Language requirement, Classics and Classical Civ. Major, Classics Minor and Medieval Studies Minor
GK 122.01 - INTRODUCTORY GREEK II - MWF 9:00-9:50 AM - Dr. William Short
This is a continuation of GK121: instruction in the grammar, syntax and vocabulary of Greek, with reading of easy passages from Greek literature. We also investigate the culture and literature of the Greeks. Special emphasis is placed on Athenian politics, religion and culture, but we also look at Athens' interactions with other peoples, both Greek and non-Greek.
PREREQUISITE: GK 121 or equivalent
COUNTS FOR: Language requirement, Classics and Classical Civ. Major, Classics Minor; Theology Majors should consult with the Theology dept. about Theology credit for Greek.
GK 124.01 - HOMER - MWF 1:00-1:50 PM - Dr. Martha Taylor
A reading of select books of the Iliad and the Odyssey, with close attention to their language, style and literary value. An examination of the essentials of formulaic composistion, meter, history of the text and of the Homeric question.
PREREQUISITE: GK 123 of equivalent
COUNTS FOR: Language requirement, Classics and Classical Civ. Major, Classics Minor GK 304.01 - SELECTED READINGS IN GREEK II - 1:00-1:50 PM - Dr. Thomas McCreight
Readings in Greek at the advanced level. Topics vary according to student interest.
PREREQUISITE: GK 124 or equivalent
COUNTS FOR: Classics and Classical Civ. Major, Classics Minor. May be repeated once for credit. CLASSICAL CIVILIZATION COURSES English Core Courses CL/EN 213.01 - GREEK DRAMA - MWF 10:00-10:50 AM - Dr. Thomas McCreight
A study of selected plays in English translation by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and others, with an emphasis on the literature's background, value, and influence. Specific readings vary with the instructor.
PREREQUISITE: EN 101
COUNTS FOR: English core requirement; Classical Civ. Major, Classics Minor History Core Courses CL/HS 312.01 - HISTORY OF ANCIENT GREECE - MWF 11:00-11:50 AM - Dr. Martha Taylor
A study of Greece from the Bronze Age to Alexander the Great, with special attention to the development of the Greek polis or city-state and to the various constitutional, social, economic, and religious forms which this took.
PREREQUISITE: HS 101, WR 100 or WR 101
COUNTS FOR: History Core Requirement; Classical Civ. Major, Classics Minor CL/HS 337D.01 - THE MULTICULTURAL ROMAN EMPIRE - TTH 10:50-12:05 PM - Dr. Joseph Walsh
In conquering and attempting to unify lands as diverse as Egypt, Iran, Britain, and Algeria, the Romans undertook one of the greatest social and political experiments in the history of the world. They assimilated some of the peoples they conquered, but the vanquished, in turn, assimilated their Roman conquerors--it is no accident that one third century emperor was named Philip the Arab. This course examines the strategies by which the Romans attempted to hold together their vast, multicultural empire, and the strategies by which many of their subjects preserved and even promulgated their cultures. Be prepared for clash and compromise, oppression and respect, culture and race, and, of course, some very astonishing customs.
PREREQUISITE: HS 101, WR 100 or WR 101
COUNTS FOR: History Core Requirement; Classical Civ. Major, Classics Minor Philosophy Courses CL/PL 381.01 - ARISTOTELIAN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY - TTH 1:40-2:55 PM - Dr. Michael Franz
An investigation of the founding of political science by Aristotle devoted to a reading of Nicomachean Ethics and Politics as well as selections from Aristotle's scientific and logical treatises. Subsequent contributions to the tradition are also considered, including those of Marsilius of Padua and Saint Thomas Aquinas. Aristotle's modern enemies: Hobbes and Marx.
PREREQUISITE: PL 101, WR 100 or WR 101
COUNTS FOR: Philosophy Core Requirement, Classics and Classical Civ. Major, Classics Minor |
