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Classical Studies
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Classical studies course offerings CLAS 101 / LATN 101 Elementary LatinAn introduction to classical Latin with emphasis on the grammar, syntax and vocabulary necessary for reading Latin prose and poetry. The course also stresses the influence of Latin on English vocabulary. Fall semester. CLAS 102 / LATN 102 Intermediate Latin – GS 7 A continuation of CLAS 101 / LATN 101, with extended reading passages in Latin prose and poetry. Prerequisite: CLAS 101 / LATN 101 or Instructor’s consent. Spring semester. Fulfills General Education Area 7 - Foreign Heritages Requirement. CLAS 111 / GREK 111 Elementary Greek 1 An introduction to Attic Greek with emphasis on the grammar, syntax and vocabulary necessary for reading Greek prose and poetry. Fall semester, alternate years. CLAS 112 / GREK 112 Elementary Greek 2 – GS 7 A continuation of CLAS 111 / GREK 111, with extended reading passages in Greek prose and poetry. Prerequisite: CLAS 111 / GREK 111. Spring semester, alternate years. Fulfills General Education Area 7 - Foreign Heritages Requirement. CLAS 200 / RELS 200 Augustine and the Classical World This course will survey the life and times of Augustine of Hippo (A.D. 354-430), one of the great thinkers of the Western world. With more than 100 books, 200 letters and 500 sermons, he left a lasting impact on Western philosophy, religion and culture. He is seen as a major influence in shaping the theology of Western Christianity. The goal of this course is to understand how the classical heritage of Greece and Rome influenced Augustine’s thinking and in turn his impact on the late Roman world. By reading some of Augustine’s writings (in English translation) and those of modern scholars, we will attempt to understand how the synthesis produced by Augustine is both a final flowering of classical civilization itself and a cornerstone of the coming Christian civilization of the Middle Ages. Spring semester, alternate years. CLAS 203 / LATN 203 Readings in Latin – GS 7 An in-depth reading and study of an extended work by a major Latin author. Normally this would be from the writings of Cicero or Seneca. Depending on the students’ interests, readings may also be selected from the Roman historians or early patristic Christian authors. Fall semester. Fulfills General Education Area 7 - Foreign Heritages Requirement. CLAS 207 / PHIL 207 Greek Philosophy A study of the ancient Greek thinkers who began Western philosophy, with a focus on Plato and Aristotle. Fall semester. CLAS 213 / GREK 213 Intermediate Greek - GS 7 A completion of the study of grammar, syntax and vocabulary of Greek prose and poetry. Readings will include selections from Herodotus, Thucydides and Plato. Prerequisite: CLAS / GREK 112. Fall semester, alternate years. Fulfills General Education Area 7 - Foreign Heritages Requirement. CLAS 314 / PHIL 314 / POLI 314 Classical and Medieval Political Thought An examination of the political theories of major ancient and medieval thinkers. Issues such as the origin, purpose, nature and types of political societies, the meaning of citizenship, the relation of the individual to society and the meaning of authority and rulership will be investigated in the writings of Plato, Aristotle, Augustine and Aquinas. Fall semester, alternate years. CLAS 320 / ART 320 Classical Sculpture and Architecture A survey of the Greco-Roman tradition in sculpture and architecture. The influence of these traditions is explored in the spatial arts of Europe and America. Fall semester. CLAS 325 / WOLT 325 Classical Mythology – GS 10 This course will study both Greek and Roman mythology in their literary and cultural contexts. The course will consider the meanings, purposes and universality of various myths, such as the stories of Prometheus, Orpheus, Oedipus and Aeneas. It may also include comparative elements, touching for example, Norse, Celtic and American Indian myths. Fulfills General Education Area 10 - Western Tradition. CLAS 326 / HIST 326 The History of Ancient Greece This course explores ancient Greek civilization from its dawn in the second millennium B.C. to its absorption by the Roman Empire in the third century B.C. Key themes will include: tyranny and democracy; innovations in philosophy and science; competition through warfare and athletics; mythology, poetry and history; and new standards in art and architecture. This course seeks to illustrate how different our world would be without the vibrant and creative culture of ancient Greece. Fall semester, alternate years. CLAS 327 / RELS 326 Ancient Wisdom and the Modern Search for Meaning – GS 1 (Upper) What is the good life? What can a person truly know? is there justice in the world? These are some of the fundamental, universal questions of the human condition. This course will raise these questions and look at how the biblical wisdom literature answers them with similar writings from elsewhere in the ancient world as well as modern literature and film. As a result of this analysis, students will have the opportunity to construct a coherent and viable structure of meaning for their own life's journey. Fulfills General Education Area 1 (upper) - Religious Studies. CLAS 328 / HIST 328 The History of Ancient Rome This course is an exploration of Roman civilization from its origin in a tiny Italian village in the eighth century B.C. to the decline of its vast empire in the fifth century A.D. Key themes include: political, administrative and legal achievements; conquest, imperialism and multiculturalism; the shift from republic to empire; daily life in town and country; the impact of Christianity; architecture and urbanism. This course is designed to provide the student with a firm grounding in the Roman experience and a keen awareness of what we today owe to the Romans of the distant past. Spring semester, alternate years. CLAS 334 / PHIL 334 Tragedy and Philosophy – GS 10 A study of tragedy as a dramatic and literary form and the different Western philosophical theories of tragedy inspired by that art form. Half of the course will concentrate on Greek tragedy (Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides) and its commentators, both ancient (Plato, Aristotle) and modern. Fulfills General Education Area 10 - Western Tradition. The second half will examine both Renaissance and modern examples of the tragic tradition with contemporary philosophical readings on the significance of that tradition. Alternate years. CLAS 490 Independent Study This course allows a student and instructor to read a major Greek/Latin author or text of particular interest. Prerequisite: Instructor's consent and approval of the Associate Dean of Humanities and Fine Arts. RELS 314 Ancient Israelite Theology – GS 1 (Upper) This course will focus on the reflections about God found in the Bible, alongside central religious texts from Mesopotamia (e.g. Enuma Elish, hymns and prayers) and the primary sources for Greek and Roman religion (i.e. Hesiod’s Theogony and Homer’s Iliad). The course will examine criticisms of certain aspects of these religious visions by ancient intellectuals such as Plato, Cicero and, most importantly, the anonymous biblical authors who argued forcefully that the God of Moses could not be represented by any kind of figure in the limited human sphere. The course will expose students to a number of influential and classic ancient texts and interpret their varying religious claims. Fulfills General Education Area 1 (upper) – Religious Studies. Greek course offerings
GREK 111 / CLAS 111 Elementary Greek 1
LATN 101 / CLAS 101 Elementary Latin
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