Classical Studies
Note: the courses on this page reflect Summer Term 2008 offerings.
Please check back on December 15 for a list of courses available during Summer Term 2009.
College of Arts and Sciences
CAS CL 111 Beginning Latin
Prereq: beginners only. Introduction to basic forms and grammar of classical
Latin. 4 cr.
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CAS CL 112 Intermediate Latin
Prereq: CAS CL 111 or equivalent. Further study of Latin grammar, acquisition of reading skills, vocabulary
building. 4 cr.
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CAS CL 161 Beginning Greek
A concise structural introduction to the ancient Greek language. Extensive
readings in classical texts and the New Testament. 4 cr.
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CAS CL 162 Intermediate Greek
Prereq: CAS CL 161 or equivalent. Review of grammar. Extensive readings
in classical texts and the New Testament. Emphasis on the acquisition of reading
skills. 4 cr.
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CAS CL 203 Greek and Roman Private Life
Detailed study of how Julius Caesar, Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius
and Nero were represented in terms of public and private aspects of their lives.
The course examines where positive and negative depictions of these lives may have originated and how they spread across Roman society. 4 cr.
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CAS CL 211 Readings in Latin Prose
Prereq: CAS CL 112 or CL 115 or equivalent. Emphasis on reading skills with selections drawn from the works
of Cicero, Petronius, Pliny, and/or Livy. Introduction to Latin prose
style. 4
cr.
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CAS CL 212 Introduction to Latin Poetry
Prereq: CAS CL 211 or equivalent. Intensive reading of selections from Catullus, Ovid, and/or Vergil.
4 cr.
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CAS CL 213 Greek and Roman Mythology
A general introduction to the myths of the ancient classical world,
with particular regard to the patterns of experience, both religious and psychological,
from which they evolved. 4 cr.
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CAS CL 261 Plato and Paul
Prereq: CAS CL 162 or equivalent. Introduction to the readings of Greek prose, both classical and Hellenistic.
Reading from Paul's First Corinthians and Plato's Apology with attention to
the philosophical consideration of wisdom. 4
cr.
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CAS CL 262 Homeric Epic
Prereq: CAS CL 261. Substantial portions of either the Iliad or Odyssey read
in the original form and translation. Looks for the sense in which Homer is
the source of poetry
for classical Greece and for the later Western world. 4 cr.
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