Introductory topics in Classical literature and culture not covered by regular course offerings. May be repeated once with a change in content or topic.

Instruction in research methods and the techniques of critical and persuasive writing, drawing from the rich tradition of ancient Greek and Roman rhetoric and literature.

Heroes and heroines of ancient world through readings in translation, including Adam and Eve, Jesus and Mary, Rama and Sita, Heracles and Deineira, Odysseus and Penelope, King Arthur and Guinevere, and others. Students will also be introduced to the theories of Lord Raglan, Joseph Campbell, Vladamir Propp, and Claude Levi-Strauss.

Undergraduate research undertaken under the supervision of a faculty member. May be taken for a maximum of 6 hours.

Introductory topics in Classical literature and culture not covered by regular course offerings. This course may be repeated once with a change in content or topic.

Ancient Greek literature, emphasizing the works of major writers such as Homer, Herodotus, Thucydides, Plato, Aristotle, the orators, and comic and tragic poets. All readings are in English translation.

Literature of the Roman republic and empire, covering authors and texts over a range of around 600 years, from Plautus (ca. 200 BC) to Augustine (ca. 400 AD). Focus is on the major literary figures from this period, their works, and their social and historical contexts. All readings are in English translation.

Myths of ancient Greece and Rome in their historical and cultural context with attention to the ways in which these myths have been interpreted and used. A student with credit in CLA 3380 may not earn credit for CLA 2306.

Examines the varieties of religious experience in the ancient Greco-Roman world. Sources include literary texts as well as material culture, and the approach is interdisciplinary.

Undergraduate research undertaken under the supervision of a faculty member. May be taken for a maximum of 6 hours.

Intermediate topics in Classical literature and culture not covered by regular course offerings. This course may be repeated once with a change in content or topic.

Explores the culture, ethics, religious beliefs, history, literature, and social issues of ancient Rome from its origins as a small village on the banks of the Tiber River through the fall of the Republic at the end of the first century BCE.

History and culture of the ancient Greeks from the Bronze Age through the Classical period ending in 323 B.C. with attention to literature, religion, political institutions, social issues, philosophy, and art.

History and culture of the Greeks and Macedonians from the reign of Alexander the Great (336-323 BC) through the death of Cleopatra (30 BC) with attention to developments in literature, religion, philosophy, art, political institutions, and social issues; interactions between Greeks and peoples of Asia and Egypt; the Greek experience of Roman imperialism.

The history and culture of the Byzantines (Eastern Romans) from their roots in the third-century crisis of the Roman Empire through the fall of Constantinople in AD 1453.

Explores the history, culture, literature, and religion of the Roman Empire from the age of Augustus (31 BC – AD 14) through the division of empire following the death of Theodosius I (AD 379 – 395). Special attention will be paid to the development of the imperial office, the role of the provinces and their governors, and the evolution of the literary tradition.

An intensive study of ancient epic with the goal of understanding the structure, nature, and social functions of the genre. The selection of readings, in English translation, may range from Gilgamesh through the Roman poet Statius.

An intensive study of Greek tragedy with the goal of understanding the structure, nature, and social functions of the genre with an emphasis on 5th and 4th century Athens. Readings consist primarily of plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides in English translation.

Ancient Greek and Roman plays as performative works. Includes recreating and staging performances of scenes from ancient Greek and Roman plays, informed by ancient performance practice.

Detailed study of the buildings and monuments of Ancient Rome and Pompeii. Readings include primary sources and analyses of excavated material.

Explores the lives of women in ancient Greece and Rome and their representation in art and literature. Also includes modern theories and definitions of gender.

Explores how the ancient Greeks and Romans conceptualized race and ethnicity and how they dealt with racial and ethnic differences in their encounters with other peoples. Includes modern debates about race, ethnicity, and identity.

The military cultural experience of ancient Greece and Rome, drawing upon ancient literary, artistic, and documentary sources.

See ARTH 3352 for course description.

See ARTH 3353 for course information.

Examines ethical paradigms of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds. Beginning with Homer, students will read both primary and secondary source material and consider whether ancient views have relevance in a contemporary ethical landscape.

Surveys major Hellenistic philosophical schools from the end of the Classical Period up to the Roman Principate. Also examines the cultural context in which new philosophical ideas came to flourish and, in turn, how Hellenistic philosophers influenced the elites who shaped culture.

Traces both the theory of rhetoric and the practice of rhetoric (oratory) as they developed from the war councils of Greek epic to the senate hall of the Roman empire.

Detailed study of the myths of the Greeks and Romans; Greek and Roman personal religion and folklore. (No credit toward the foreign language requirement.) A student with credit in CLA 2306 may not earn credit in CLA 3380.

Study of the medical vocabulary of English, based upon Greek and Latin prefixes, stems, and suffixes.

Undergraduate research undertaken under the supervision of a faculty member. May be taken for a maximum of 6 hours.

Survey of the theory, practice, and literature of western scientific medicine from Hippocrates and the Greeks through the Roman period.

Examination of the major historical figures and intellectual trends of the classical world and examination of the professional life and work of classicists.

Study of the monuments, art, and topographical archaeology of Greece from the Bronze Age through Late Antiquity.

Study of Ancient Greek religion through the literary, artistic, and archaeological sources.

Study of monuments and topographical archaeology of southern Italy and Sicily. Readings include primary sources and analyses of excavated material.

Advanced topics in Classical literature and culture not covered by regular course offerings. This course may be repeated once with a change in content or topic.

See REL 4350 for course information.

Ancient sources in translation on martyrdom in the Roman world. Topics might include the evolving understanding of martyrdom, the development of Christian doctrine on martyrdom, Roman motives for persecuting Christians, and the status of those who fled persecution or surrendered themselves to it.

Developments in Greco-Roman pagan religion and Christianity in the fourth century. Topics might include commonalities and differences between paganism and Christianity, competition for believers, rivalries between thinkers, the development of Christian identity in a pagan world, the role of Roman imperial authority in arbitrating between these traditions.

Introduction to the family of Indo-European languages, together with exploration of literary, historical, and sociolinguistic questions that the reconstructed proto-language and proto-culture evokes.

See ARTH 4361 for course description.

See ARTH 4364 for course information.

See ARTH 4368 for course information.

See ARTH 4369 for course information.

Various texts to be read (in translation) are selected to meet the needs of the student. With content changed, this course may be repeated up to a total of six semester hours.

Undergraduate research undertaken with the supervision of a faculty member. May be taken for a maximum of 6 hours.