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CLASSICS DEPARTMENT ELECTIVES

SPRING 2002

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  • Classics 0.1, "Exploring the Odyssey"

  • 1 credit.  Six Lectures.  Three Mondays and three Wednesdays: 2/6, 2/25, 3/13, 4/1, 4/17, 4/29.  There will be a brief orientation meeting on 1/30 in 3139B, starting at noon. No prerequisite. Various Classics Faculty: Section NV (12:15-1:50 PM)
     
  • Classics 0.11: Vocabulary Building: The Greek and Latin Element in English

  • 3 hours; 3 credits.  Intensive study of word derivation through systematic analysis of Latin and Greek elements in English. No prerequisite.
    Professor Van Sickle: Section FR (T,Th, 1:40-2:55 PM)
     
  • Classics 16: Rome, City of Empire

  • 3 hours; 3 credits.  The rise of Rome as the capital of an empire.  Urban environment: housing, public buildings, monuments.  Portrayals in literature of the Roman Empire.  ethnic minorities; role of women.  Prerequisite: Core Studies 1.
    Professor Barnes: Section J (M,W, 3:00-4:15 PM)
     
  • Classics 18: Democracy and Imperialism: Athens in the Fifth Century BC

  • 3 hours; 3 credits. The development of Athenian ideas about democracy and empire in the fifth century through a study of the literature of the period.  Prerequisite: Core Studies 1.
    Professor Harris: Section EF (T,Th, 12:15-1:30 PM)
     
  • Greek 2: Elementary Greek II

  • 4 hours; 4 credits.  Continuation of Greek 1.  Review of fundamentals.  Readings from Greek prose and poetry.  Prerequisite: Greek 1 or two years of high school Greek or permission of the chairperson.
    Professor Hansen: (M,W, 3:30-5:10 P.M.)
     
  • Latin 2: Elementary Latin II

  • 3 hours; 3 credits.  Continuation of Latin 1.  Review of fundamentals.  Readings from Latin prose and poetry.  Prerequisite: Latin 1 or two years of high school Latin or permission of the chairperson.  Professor Dunkle: Section GJV (M,W, 2:00-3:15 PM)
     
  • Greek 34: Plato and Aristotle

  • 3 hours; 3 credits.  Selected readings form Plato and Aristotle.
    Professor Harris: TBA
     
  • Latin 34: Vulgar and Medieval Latin

  • 3 hours; 3 credits
    Morphology and grammar of vulgar and medieval Latin.  Authors from Petronius to Abelard. Professor Dunkle: Section MV (T,Th, 9:25-10:40 PM)