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Course Schedule for CLASSICS - Spring 2010
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Course ID Title Credits Type Instructor(s) Days:Times Location Permission
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4259 CLAS-402-01 Sr Sem/Special Topics 2 1.00 SEM Risser,Martha K. M: 1:15PM- 3:55PM TBA  
  Enrollment limited to 100
  NOTE: Requires completion of the Special Registration Form, available in the Office of the Registrar.
  A continuation of 401. Submission of the special registration form, available in the Registrar’s Office, and the approval of the chair are required for each semester of this year-long seminar.
7179 CLCV-203-01 Mythology 1.00 LEC Caldwell,Robert C. TR: 2:55PM- 4:10PM TBA HUM  
  Enrollment limited to 100
  Generally, this course is a study of the role of myth in society; particularly, the emphasis will be laid on the body of Greek myth and its relationship to literature and art. Readings within the area of classical literature will be wide and varied, with a view to elucidating what "myth" meant to the ancient Greeks. Whatever truths are discovered will be tested against the apparent attitudes of other societies, ancient and modern, toward myth. Lectures and discussion.
7081 CLCV-217-01 Greek & Roman Sculpture 1.00 LEC Risser,Martha K. TR: 9:25AM-10:40AM TBA ART  
  Enrollment limited to 100
  A study of the sculpture and sculptors of classical antiquity. Topics include the origin and stylistic development of ancient sculpture, the methods and techniques of the artists, art criticism and connoisseurship in antiquity, and the function of sculpture in the Greek and Roman worlds. Comparative material from other cultures will also be examined.
7083 CLCV-224-01 Sex&Sxlties Ancnt Gre&Rm 1.00 LEC Anderson,Michael J. WF: 1:15PM- 2:30PM TBA HUM  
  Enrollment limited to 100
  Do current Western attitudes toward sex and sexuality have a history? How and why did ancient Greek society glorify and institutionalize homosexuality and consider it superior to heterosexuality? What were the origins and evolution of Greek and Roman sexual attitudes and practices, and in what ways did Roman sexuality differ from Greek? This course will examine ancient Greek and Roman sexual values and practices in order to illuminate contemporary attitudes toward sex and the body. Readings will include selections from Homer, Sappho, Plato, Juvenal, Martial, Petronius, Catullus, and other ancient writers, as well as modern critical analyses. This course is intended for and open to all students. There is no prerequisite and no limit on enrollment.
7153 CLCV-226-01 Ancient Warfare 1.00 LEC Caldwell,Robert C. TR: 1:30PM- 2:45PM TBA  
  Enrollment limited to 100
7082 CLCV-227-01 Drinking & Dining in Antiquity 1.00 SEM Risser,Martha K. TR: 1:30PM- 2:45PM TBA HUM  
  Enrollment limited to 100
  This course offers a history of banqueting in the ancient Mediterranean world, from communal feasts at religious festivals to the private banquets of the Greek symposium, and the Roman convivium. Using primary ancient sources (literary texts, artistic representations, and archaeological finds), we will examine the roles of dining and drinking in ancient societies and social ideologies. What, for instance, was the significance of food and drink offerings in tombs and images of banqueting in funerary art? Where did the custom of reclining to dine originate, and what social implications did it carry? And, of course, what kind of food and drink was consumed at these banquets?
7147 CLCV-235-01 Family, Law & Soc Ancient Rome 1.00 LEC Caldwell,Robert C. TR: 10:50AM-12:05PM TBA  
  Enrollment limited to 100
  What comes to mind when you hear the phrase ‘traditional family?’ The Roman family probably aligns in most ways with whatever model you have in mind, but there are some striking departures from it. The father of the Roman family (paterfamilias), for instance, was granted an extraordinary degree of legally sanctioned control over his descendants, not just while they were children, but for their entire lives. This class examines the makeup and dynamics of the Roman household, considering issues such as the architecture of the Roman house, marriage, divorce, funerary ritual, discipline of children, adultery, procreation, adoption, and women’s rights, and the all-important role of the paterfamilias in these matters. In this course students carefully study a number of cases from Roman jurists and so are introduced to the process of legal reasoning.
4531 GREK-102-01 Elementary Greek II 1.00 - 1.50 LEC Anderson,Michael J. MWF: 11:00AM-11:50AM TBA HUM  
  Enrollment limited to 25
  A continuation of Greek 101. The aim of the course is to enable students to read Greek as soon as possible.
7087 GREK-319-01 Herodotus 1.00 LEC Caldwell,Robert C. TBA HUM  
  Enrollment limited to 100
  Selection from the Histories of Herodotus and Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War.
4851 LATN-102-01 Elementary Latin II 1.00 LEC Mordine,Michael J. MWF: 11:00AM-11:50AM TBA HUM  
  Enrollment limited to 25
  This course treats more advanced features of Latin grammar and syntax, e.g., the forms and usage of infinitives, participles, and the subjunctive, and seeks to develop basic facility in reading Latin prose and poetry. Elective for those who have taken Latin 101 or who offer two or three units of Latin at entrance or otherwise satisfy the instructor with their competency.
7062 LATN-305-01 Murder and Mayhem 1.00 SEM Mordine,Michael J. WF: 2:40PM- 3:55PM TBA  
  Enrollment limited to 25
  Prerequisite: Latin 221; or a 300-level Latin course; or permission of the instructor
  Reading of selections from Tacitus, Suetonius, and Seneca on the first five Roman emperors. Presenting a dark world of murder, mayhem, debauchery, and palace intrigue, these authors offer compelling accounts of the trials and tribulations of the emerging imperial system. Topics to consider include the relationship between imperialism and corruption, the role of the emperor, the tension between republican ideals and autocratic realities, the problematic status of imperial women, as well as the style and rhetoric of the individual authors.