Related Courses: Classics Across the Curriculum

A survey of prominent Greek authors of the Archaic and Classical periods. Students will read and discuss representative selections of genres such as epic, lyric poetry, tragedy, comedy, and philosophy. All readings will be in English translation. NOTE: This course fulfills the Aesthetic-Literature Mode of Inquiry in the Liberal Studies Program.

A survey of prominent Roman authors of the Republic and early Empire. Students will read and discuss representative selections of genres such as epic, lyric poetry, tragedy, comedy, and philosophy. All readings will be in English translation. NOTE: This course fulfills the Aesthetic-Literature Mode of Inquiry in the Liberal Studies Program.

A study of the mythology of ancient Greece and Rome, primarily as expressed in the literature and the visual arts of the period, with attention also given to ancient and modern interpretations of classical myths.

An overview of the ancient Greek and Roman civilizations. Students will examine and discuss the cultural and intellectual achievements of these two ancient civilizations, the values of these cultures in relation to their political and social structures, and their interactions with other cultures within and without their boundaries. NOTE: This course fulfills the Intercultural Interconnecting Perspective in the Liberal Studies Program.

An examination of the causes and consequences of gender distinctions in Greek and Roman antiquity-especially insofar as these distinctions affected both the status and the representation of women and other cultural minorities. NOTE: This course fulfills the Intercultural Interconnecting Perspective in the Liberal Studies Program.

An examination of the causes and consequences of gender distinctions in Greek and Roman antiquity-especially insofar as these distinctions affected both the status and the representation of women and other cultural minorities. This course fulfills the Intercultural Interconnecting Perspective in the Liberal Studies Program.

From the earliest painting on cave walls, to the soaring cathedrals of the Gothic Period, this course offers an historical approach to the art and architecture of the western world before the Renaissance. Art is approached as a text with which one can examine religion, history, technology, and many other aspects of society. NOTE: This course fulfills the Historical Mode of Inquiry requirements of the LSP.

The art of ancient Greece and the Roman Empire, from the late Bronze Age through the reign of Constantine. NOTE: General Honors Course.

Introduction to the historical and theoretical antecedents of speech communication. This course will examine rhetorical theory, speechwriting, and practice during the classical period, ranging from the Sophists through Augustine. Prerequisite: COMM 170. NOTE: General Honors Course.

A study of literary works that constitute what is often called the Western Tradition. Works read will be by such authors as: Homer, Sappho, Virgil, Dante, Cervantes, de Pizan, Shakespeare, Moliere, Sand, Ibsen, Eliot, Brecht, Mann, Yeats.

An analysis of literary representations of war and warriors. This course will assess the aesthetic problems that martial topics pose various genres. Readings may include Quaker songs; Sumerian, Greek, Roman and Norse Epics; songs by Bob Dylan, works by Tolstoy, Crane, Jones, Remarque, Hemingway, Brecht, Duras, Heian; or samurai saga, Noh drama.

A critical reading of literary representations of women in plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Shakespeare, Racine, Ibsen, Williams, Noh plays, Lorca, and a number of women playwrights such as Treadwell, Churchill, Gambaro, Hernandez, Sachs, Fornes, Deveare, Hellman.

Myths and mythic patterns inherent in world cultures and literatures, including classical Greek and Roman, South American, North American, African, Asian, Sumerian, and Germanic civilizations. Students should take ENG 208 Writing about Literature either before or in conjunction with this course. NOTE: General Honors Course.

In order to provide a framework for the study of literature, this course explores patterns of myth in world cultures, including Sumerian, Hebrew, American Indian, African, Germanic, Celtic, Greek, Roman, modern American, and others. NOTE: General Honors Course.

Several of the great epics and dramas that form a foundation for our literature. NOTE: General Honors Course.

Topical and regional study of Europe. NOTE: General Honors Course.

An examination of several prominent ancient Greek and Roman historians, with special focus upon the interdisciplinary manner in which Classicists approach ancient histories. All readings will be in English translation.

This course covers the main historical developments from Bronze Age Greece and Crete through the Hellenistic Age. NOTE: General Honors Course.

This course begins with the semi-mythological Roman Monarchy, surveys trends of Republican Rome, and traces the empire through its decline and fall in the fourth and fifth centuries A.D. NOTE: General Honors Course.

An examination of several prominent ancient Greek and Roman historians, with special focus upon the interdisciplinary manner in which Classicists approach ancient histories. All readings will be in English translation.

This course will focus on depictions of women in Greek literature and art from Homer to Aristophanes, but will also address other related themes in order to elucidate cultural phenomena of Ancient Greece. Such themes include the following: mythology and religion, warfare and social/political theory, art and architecture, philosophy and scientific inquiry.

An interdisciplinary course that addresses the issue of how humans and (perhaps) computers are able to reason.

This course uses evidence from linguistics, archaeology, and history (among other disciplines) to explore the origins and identity of the speakers of Indo-European, a language spoken over five millennia ago, which gave rise to modern languages such as English, Russia, Hindi, the Romance Languages, etc.

Survey of major figures in classical Greek philosophy with special emphasis on Plato and Aristotle. NOTE: General Honors Course.

An intensive study of the Christian tradition, with special attention give to themes, figures, and developments of major importance for the history and contemporary state of Christianity, such as the Trinity, Thomas Aquinas, and the Reformation.

The rise and development of Christianity is set against the backdrop of the theologies and conflict, the personalities and formative events that shaped the emerging Church. People and movements are analyzed in the light of the spiritual, social, political, and economic forces of the day.