Course Description Booklet
FALL 2004
CLAS 180, Sec. 150 - Classical MythologyCLAS 180, Sec. 250 - Classical Mythology
CLAS 189H, Sec. 001 - Univ. Honors Seminar: The Apostolic Fathers
CLAS 245 - War in the Classic World
CLAS 281 - The World of Classical Greece
CLAS 283 - Epic Tales
CLAS 307/807 - Early Christianity
CLAS 398 - Special Topics: Sanskrit
CLAS 399 - Independent Study
CLAS 399H - Honors Course
CLAS 410/810 - Gnosticism
GREK 101 - Elementary Greek I
GREK 371 - Xenophon
GREK 399 - Independent Study
GREK 399H - Honors Course
GREK 492/892 - Topics in Greek Poetry: Euripides
GREK 896 - Reading and Research
GREK 899 - Masters Thesis
LATN 101 - Elementary Latin
LATN 301 - Latin Prose
LATN 399 - Independent Study
LATN 399H - Honors Course
LATN 492/892 - Topics in Latin Poetry: Roman Comedy
LATN 896 - Reading and Research
LATN 899 - Masters Thesis
LATN 941 - Seminar in Latin Literature
HEBR 399 - Independent Study
HEBR 896 - Reading and Research
RELG 120W - World Religions
RELG 150 - Explaining Religion
RELG 182 - Alpha Learning Community: Reading Scripture
RELG 205 - Introduction to the Hebrew Bible
RELG 225 - Science and Religion
RELG 307 - Early Christianity
RELG 308 - History of Comparative Religion
RELG 398 - Special Topics: Topics in Islam: Islam and Modernity
RELG 399 - Independent Study
RELG 410 - Gnosticism
RELG 489/889 - Medieval Literature and Theology
CLAS 180, Sec. 150 - CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY Instructor Schedule and Office Hours
| Call# | Type | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 2354 | Lecture A | 3 | 150 | 1230p-0120p | MF | LL 102 | T. Winter |
| 2355 | Recitation A | -- | 151 | 0930a-1020a | T | OLDH 304 | Angelica Settell |
| 2356 | Recitation A | -- | 152 | 1230p-0120p | W | OLDH 303 | Matt Meyer |
| 2357 | Recitation A | -- | 153 | 1230p-0120p | T | OLDH 308 | Angelica Settell |
| 2358 | Recitation A | -- | 154 | 1230p-0120p | W | LL 102 | T. Winter |
| 2359 | Recitation A | -- | 155 | 1230p-0120p | R | CBA 342 | Matt Meyer |
| 2360 | Recitation A | -- | 156 | 1230p-0120p | R | CBA 105 | Angelica Settell |
| 2361 | Recitation A | -- | 157 | 1030a-1120a | W | CBA 306 | Matt Meyer |
| NOTE: Register for one recitation from sections 151-157 with lecture section 150. |
| Description of Material Being Covered (Sec. 150): This course, in this section, defines archetypal mythology as primitive software for understanding the natural world. The seven texts have an age ranging from about 4,000 to 1,900 years, and we will treat each one as a time capsule to help us understand the times, the people, the cultures, and the modes of thought that produced them and left them for us to find. |
| Required Books (Sec. 150): Danny P. Jackson, The Epic of Gilgamesh, 2nd Edition, ISBN: 0-86516-352-9, Bolchazy-Carducci, 1997, Required; Homer, The Odyssey, (tr. Cook), ISBN: 0-393-00744-8, Norton, 1968, Required; Sophocles, Three Theban Plays, (tr. Fagles), ISBN: 0-14-044425-4, Penguin, 2000, Required; Euripides, Ten Plays, (tr. Hadas), ISBN: 0-553-21363-6, Bantam, 1960, Required; Apollodorus, The Library of Greek Mythology, ISBN: 0-19-283924-1, Oxford UP, 1999, Required; Ovid, Metamorphoses, (tr. Humphries), ISBN: 0-253-20001-6, Indiana UP, 1955, Required; Seneca, Four Tragedies and Octavia,, (tr. Watling), ISBN: 0-14-044174-3, Penguin, 1966, Required. |
| Method of Instruction (Sec. 150): Backgrounders to help explain the readings and to put them in a setting, plus hundreds of slides. |
| Number and Types of Assignments (Sec. 150): Daily reading of assigned works and 2 short papers. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information (Sec. 150): Each of the two hour examinations will count for 25% of the grade. The two short papers (about 3 pages) will count for 25% of the grade. Attendance, quizzes, and participation in recitation sections will count for 25% of the grade. 96-100 = A+, 90-95.9 = A, 87.5-89 = B+, 80-87.4 = B, 77.5-79 = C+, 70-77.4 = C, 67.5-69 = D+, 60-67.4 = D. Rounding? 9.445 rounds up--9.444 does not. |
| NOTE: Register for one recitation from sections 251, 254, 255 or 256 with lecture section 250. |
| Description of Material Being Covered (Sec. 250): This course provides an introduction to the study of mythology as a cultural phenomenon. This study will be based primarily on reading in English of ancient Greek texts of the archaic and classical period. As this course counts toward fulfillment of the Integrative Studies requirement, emphasis will be placed upon examination of the use of myths to create, validate, justify, transmit, and question societal norms, values, and institutions. This focus will encourage the student to turn a critical eye towards the stories we tell in order to maintain (or change) our own society. In like manner, this method will bring to the fore issues of bias and diversity as attention will be paid to concepts of gender and sexuality, patriarchal social structures, xenophobia, and humanistic secularism. |
| Required Texts (Sec. 250): Apostolos N. Athanassakis, The Homeric Hymns, ISBN: 0-8018-1792-7, John Hopkins; Cicero, The Nature of the Gods, (trans. Walsh), ISBN: 0-19-282511-9, Oxford UP; Hesiod, Theogony, Works and Days, (trans. West), ISBN: 0-19-283941-1, Oxford UP; Homer, The Iliad, (trans. Lombardo), ISBN: 0-87220-353-0, Hackett; Homer, The Odyssey, (trans. Cook), ISBN: 0-393-00744-8, W.W. Norton; Vergil, The Aeneid, (trans. Lind), ISBN: 0-253-20045-8, Indiana UP. |
| Method of Instruction (Sec. 250): To be announced. |
| Number and Types of Assignments (Sec. 250): To be announced. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information (Sec. 250): To be announced. |
| CLAS 189H, Sec. 001 - UNIV HONORS SEMINAR: THE APOSTOLIC FATHERS | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 2367 | 3 | 001 | 0200p-0315p | TR | M&N B7 | G. Watley |
| PREQ: Good standing in the University Honors Program. |
| Description of Material Being Covered (Sec. 250): Introduction to the history, literature, beliefs, and practices of proto-orthodox Christianity in the late 1st and early 2nd centuries CE, through close reading of the Apostolic Fathers, a collection of 10 of the earliest Christian writings outside the New Testament. Bridging the gap between the apostolic and patristic periods of Christian history, some of these works were written before the late writings of the New Testament, several of them were so widely regarded as inspired scripture that they were included in early (4th century) manuscripts of the complete New Testament, and all of them are vital for understanding essential developments in the history, theology, and ligurgy of early Christianity after the time of the apostles. |
| Required Books: Bart D. Ehrman, The Apostolic Fathers, Volume 1, ISBN: 0-674-99607-0, Harvard; Bart D. Ehrman, The Apostolic Fathers, Volume 2, ISBN: 0-674-99608-9, Harvard; Clayton N. Jefford, Reading the Apostolic Fathers, ISBN: 1-56563-154-4, Hendrickson. |
| Method of Instruction: Lecture/discussion. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: Daily readings, regular attendance, participation in class discussions and Blackboard discussion forums, and a 15-20 page research paper. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: Participation in class discussions and Blackboard discussion forums (50%); research paper (50%). |
| CLAS 245 - WAR IN THE CLASSIC WORLD | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 8415 | 3 | 001 | 1030a-1120a | MWF | BURN 204 | T. Winter |
| Description of Material Being Covered: This course will use the richly available primary source materials. Greek soldiers and generals could write, and they did, and we profit from their hard-won lore. Xenophon was in a Greek mercenary force attempting to wrest control of the Persian Empire. He leaves us an on-the-ground, almost day-by-day account of the military adventure, The Anabasis. Xenophon also was a military leader, and a student of the best Greek general of his time, Agesilaus, king of Sparta. He put what he learned about military leadership into his "biography" of Cyrus the Great, The Cyropedia. He also wrote an essay on cavalry, and a history of the warfare of his time. We will also study Thucydides' account of the Peloponnesian War, and leap centuries to Caesar's War Commentaries. From these and other sources we will learn the components of the Greek and Roman armed forces, and their combat roles, and how their leaders managed logistics, units, combat, and war commentaries. |
| Required Books: Plutarchus, The Age of Alexander, ISBN: 0-14-044286-3, Penguin, 1995, Required; Caesar, The Gallic War Commentaries, ISBN: 0-19-283582-3, Oxford UP, 1999, Required; Victor Davis Hanson, The Landmark Thucydides, ISBN: 0-684-82790-5, Free Press, 1998, Required; John Warry, Warfare in the Classical World, ISBN: 0-8061-2794-5, Salamander Books, 1998, Required; Xenophon, The Education of Cyrus, ISBN: 0-8014-8750-1, Everyman's Classic Libr., 2001, Required; Xenophon, A History of My Times, ISBN: 0-14-044175-1, Penguin, 1985, Required; Xenophon, The March Up Country, ISBN: 0-472-06095-3, Univ. of Mich, 1958, Required. |
| Method of Instruction: Discussion of readings. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: One fairly major written exercise for each one of the source materials, plus a semester paper. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: The tests/written exercises, final exam, and semester paper will each count roughly 1/3 of the semester grade. |
| CLAS 281 - THE WORLD OF CLASSICAL GREECE | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 2370 | 3 | 001 | 1030a-1120a | MWF | AND 11 | N. Adkin |
| Cross-Listed with English 240A. |
| Description of Material Being Covered: Some of the greatest works of Greek literature are read in English translations as an introduction to the world of classical Greece. |
| Required Books: Homer, Iliad Prose Translation, (tr. Rieu), ISBN: 0-14-044014-3, Penguin; Lattimore, Greek Lyrics, Revised Edition, ISBN: 0-226-46944-1, Univ. of Chicago; Aeschylus, Aeschylus I: Complete Greek Tragedies, ISBN: 0-226-30778-6, (ed. Grene/Lattimore), Univ. of Chicago; Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound & Other Plays, ISBN: 0-14-044112-3, Penguin; Sophocles, Sophocles I, 2nd Complete Greek Tragedies, (tr. Grene/Lattimore), ISBN: 0-0-226-30792-1, Univ. of Chicago; Sophocles, Sophocles II, (tr. Grene/Lattimore), ISBN: 0-226-30786-7, Univ. of Chicago; Euripides, Euripides IV: Complete Greek Tragedies, (ed. Grene/Lattimore), ISBN: 0-226-30783-2, Univ. of Chicago; Euripides, Euripides V: Three Tragedies, (ed. Grene/Lattimore), ISBN: 0-226-30784-0, Univ. of Chicago; Aristophanes, Complete Plays of Aristophanes, (tr. Hadas), ISBN: 0-553-21343-1, Bantam. |
| Method of Instruction: Lectures and discussion. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: Reading of assigned works. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: Mid-term and final essay, four quizzes, and one presentation make up the grade. |
| CLAS 283 - EPIC TALES | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 8053 | 3 | 001 | 0130p-0220p | MWF | CBA 105 | T. Rinkevich |
| PREQ: Sophmore standing. |
| Description of Material Being Covered: Reading and discussion of selected representative epics from a variety of cultures, chiefly in the ancient world: including Gilgamesh, Iliad, Odyssey, Theogony, Enuma Elish, Mahabharata (selections!), Aeneid. Investigation and lectures regarding the themes, motifs, and structures of epic, and their appearance in other cultures (including later) epics. |
| Required Books: Lombardo, S. (tr.), Iliad, ISBN: 0-87220-352-2, Hackett Pub. Co., 1997, required; West, David (tr.), Aeneid: New Prose Translation, ISBN: 0-14-044932-9, Penguin, 2003, required; Jackson, D.P. (tr.), Epic of Gilgamesh, ISBN: 0-86516-352-9, Bolchazy-Carducci, 1997, required; Johnson, John W., The Epic of Son-Jara, ISBN: 0-253-20713-4, Indiana Univ. Press, 1992, required; Howe, Nicholas, Beowulf, (tr. Donaldson), 2nd Edition, ISBN: 0-393-97406-5, W.W. Norton, 2001, required; Homer, Odyssey, (tr. E. Rieu), ISBN: 0-14-044911-6, Penguin, 2003, required; Hesiod Theogony and Works and Days, (tr. West), ISBN: 0-19-283941-1, Oxford Univ. Press, 1999, required; Dalley, Stephanie, Myths from Mesopotamia, ISBN: 0-19-283589-0, Oxford Univ. Press, 1998, required; Howes, R.C. (tr.), The Tale of the Campaign of Igor, ISBN: 0-393-09310-7, Norton, 1973, required; Narasimhan, C.V., The Mahabharata, Revised, ISBN: 0-231-11055-3, Columbia Univ. Press, 1998, required. |
| Method of Instruction: Lectures and class discussions on these works; oral presentations in class by members of the class. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: To be announced. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: Occasional quizzes; mid-term, final; 2-3 short papers (3-5 pages) on the readings. Quizzes count 10%, mid-term 25%, final 25%, papers 30%, attendance and participation 10%. Performance counts!. |
| CLAS 307/807 - EARLY CHRISTIANITY | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 2372/2378 | 3 | 001 | 1100a-1215p | TR | AND 11 | J. Turner |
| Cross-Listed with Religious Studies 307 and History 307/807. |
| Description of Material Being Covered: Introduction to the history, institutions and thought of early Christianity from the beginnings until A.D. 150 as reconstructed from the New Testament and other early Christian literature. |
| Required Books: Duling and Perrin, Introduction to the New Testament, 4th Edition, ISBN: 0-15-507856-9, ITP, Required; Dungan and Cartlidge, Documents for the Study of the Gospels, Revised, ISBN: 0-8006-2809-8, Fortress, Required; Throckmorton, Gospel Parallels (NRSV), 5th Edition, ISBN: 0-8407-7484-2, Nelson, Hardcover, Required; The New Testament (Revised Standard Version), Optional. |
| Method of Instruction: Mostly lecture, but ample opportunity for discussion. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: To be announced. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: Short quizzes, mid-term, and final exam. |
| CLAS 398 - SPECIAL TOPICS: BEGINNING SANSKRIT | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 8678 | 3 | 001 | 1100a-1215p | TR | AND 241 | V. Leinieks |
| Description of Material Being Covered: A rapid survey of Sanskrit grammar leading to reading of selections from the Hitopadesa. |
| Required Books: William D. Whitney, A Sanskrit Grammar; William D. Whitney, The Roots, Verb Forms, and Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language; Optional, but very useful: Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English Dictionary. |
| Method of Instruction: Study of Sanskrit gammar. Reading, translation, and discussion of Sanskrit texts. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: Description of Sanskrit morphology. Transcription and reading of selections from the Hitopadesa. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: Possibly a final examination. |
| CLAS 399 - INDEPENDENT STUDY | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| **** | 1-6 | 001 | Arranged | Arranged | Arranged | Staff |
| PREQ: Permission of Instructor. Obtain call # from the Classics office (472-2460). |
| CLAS 399H - HONORS COURSE | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| **** | 1-4 | 001 | Arranged | Arranged | Arranged | Staff |
| PREQ: Candidate for degree with distinction or with high distinction or with highest distinction in the College of Arts and Sciences. Obtain call # from Classics office (472-2460) |
| CLAS 410/810 - GNOSTICISM | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 8535/8536 | 3 | 001 | 0200p-0315p | TR | And 241 | J. Turner |
| Cross-Listed with Religious Studies 410. |
| Description of Material Being Covered: A survey of the secret writings of the Egyptian Gnostics and their relation to Judaism, Christianity and the pagan religions of the first three centuries. The question of the nature, origin, development, and influence of Gnosticism will be discussed. |
| Required Books: James M. Robinson, editor, The Nag Hammadi Library in English, ISBN: 0-06-066935-7, Harper, Required; Kurt Rudolph, Gnosis, ISBN: 0-06-067018-5, Harper, Required; Elaine H. Pagels, The Gnostic Gospels, ISBN: 0-679-72453-2, Random, Required; Bentley Layton, The Gnostic Scriptures, ISBN: 0-385-47843-7, Bantam, Required. |
| Method of Instruction: The course will be conducted as a seminar with occasional lectures by the instructor and presentations by students on selected Gnostic texts. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: The student's work will be evaluated on the basis of a term paper, oral class presentation, and class participation. |
| GREK 101 - ELEMENTARY GREEK I | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 4016 | 5 | 001 | 1130a-1220p | MTWRF | M&N B7 | T. Rinkevich |
| Description of Material Being Covered: This course will lay the foundation of Classical and Koine Greek; the grammar, syntax, vocabulary, and structure of the language. |
| Required Books: T. Rinkevich, The Structure of Attic Greek ISBN: 0-893022-00-B, Nonce, 2004. |
| Method of Instruction: 1) Every student will have the opportunity to contribute to every class session. This course is not for the faint-hearted or the slack-offs, but it will produce real benefits for those who take it seriously, and efforts will be made to make it a pleasant experience. 2) Presentation and explanation of vocabulary, grammar, syntax and structure; in-class and homework exercises. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: 6-7 chapters, each with exercises and sentences to be handed in, or assigned for quizzes; a quiz or assignment every day. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: Thorough daily drills and frequent quizzes; 90-100 = A, 86-89 = B+, etc. Mid-term and final. |
| GREK 371 - XENOPHON | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 4017 | 3 | 001 | 1030a-1120a | MWF | AND 103 | T. Rinkevich |
| PREQ: Greek 102 |
| Description of Material Being Covered: Reading and translation from Xenophon's Cyropedia. |
| Required Books: Xenophon, Cyropaedeia I-IV, (Loeb edition), (Ed. W. Miller), ISBN: 0-674-99057-9, Harvard UP, 1994. |
| Method of Instruction: In-class translation of the text and discussion of linguistic matters and the author's ideas. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: Quizzes, mid-term, and final exam. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: Occasional quizzes, pro re nata; midterm; final exam. |
| GREK 399 - INDEPENDENT STUDY | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| **** | 1-6 | 001 | Arranged | Arranged | Arranged | Staff |
| PREQ: Permission of Instructor. Obtain call # from the Classics office (472-2460). |
| GREK 399H - HONORS COURSE | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| **** | 3 | 001 | Arranged | Arranged | Arranged | Staff |
| PREQ: Candidate for degree with distinction or with high distinction or with highest distinction in the College of Arts and Sciences. Obtain call # from Classics office (472-2460) |
| GREK 492/892 - TOPICS IN GREEK POETRY: EURIPIDIES | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 8541/8542 | 3 | 001 | 1130a-1220p | MWF | AND 241 | V. Leinieks |
| PREQ: Two years of Greek. |
| Description of Material Being Covered: Reading in Greek and discussion of two plays of Euripides, either the Bakchai and the Kyklops or the Ion and the Suppliants, possibly the Elektra. |
| Required Books: Any text of the plays. |
| Method of Instruction: Classroom recitations and reports. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: 40-70 lines of Greek per meeting. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: Possibly a final examination. |
| GREK 896 - READING AND RESEARCH | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| **** | 1-6 | 001 | Arranged | Arranged | Arranged | Staff |
| PREQ: Permission of Instructor. Obtain call # from the Classics office (472-2460). |
| GREK 899 - MASTERS THESIS | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 4023 | 1-10 | 001 | Arranged | Arranged | Arranged | Staff |
| PREQ: Admission to the Masters Degree Program and permission of Major Advisor. |
| LATN 101 - ELEMENTARY LATIN | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 4450 | 5 | 001 | 0930a-1020a | MTWRF | AND 11 | N. Adkin |
| 4451 | 5 | 002 | 0230p-0320p | MTWRF | OLDH 205 | R. Gorman |
| The Use of Latin for Today's Student: For fifteen hundred years or more the Latin language was the life-blood of the intellectual develop of western Europe. Subjects as diverse as history, government, law, rhetoric, literature, philosophy, religion, medicine, physics, astronomy and mathematics were written about, talked about and thought about in Latin. For people of that time, not to know Latin was to be largely cut off from the life of the mind. Likewise, for students of today, to lack all knowledge of Latin language and culture is to remain forever intellectually "childish": enjoying the fruits and suffering the consequences of our intellectual heritage without even recognition or acknowledgment, not to mention insight and understanding. In addition to its place as an invaluable key to the story of intellectual development in the West, knowledge of Latin may help to unlock for the student much of the modern world as well. In a vast swath across our planet, from the southern tip of South America to the coast of the Black Sea, the languages spoken are essentially Neo-Latin. Spanish, French, Italian, Romanian, Portuguese and Catalan are all directly descended from Latin. Much of the grammar, morphology, vocabulary and syntax are readily transparent to those who have studied Latin. A good Latin student can, without any further formal training, learn to read these languages with facility. |
| Description of Material Being Covered: Accordingly, it is the goal of the beginning Latin sequence to introduce the student to the achievements of Latin culture by the most direct route: unmediated confrontation with the monuments of Latin literature. Latin 101/102 will familiarize the student with the elements of the grammar of Classical Latin, the standard by which previous and subsequent developments in the Latin language are measured. In Latin 101 the student will learn the morphology and syntax of the Latin case system as well as a substantial part of the Latin verb system. Knowledge of morphology will be demonstrated in daily quizzes. Knowledge of both morphology and syntax will be developed and tested in daily translation exercises. The beginning Latin sequence also aims to develop in the student an increased level of linguistic sophistication. This improvement will arise not only willy-nilly from the simple fact of the learning of a second language, but is the product of a continual practice of explicit analysis of both Latin and English grammar. |
| Required Books: Maurice Balme & James Morwood, Oxford Latin Course: Part I, ISBN: 0-19-521203-7, Oxford UP; Maurice Balme & James Morwood, Oxford Latin Course: Part II, ISBN: 0-19-521205-3, Oxford UP. |
| Method of Instruction: To be announced. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: To be announced. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: To be announced. |
| LATN 301 - LATIN PROSE | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 4452 | 3 | 001 | 1230p-0120p | MWF | AND 11 | R. Gorman |
| 8054 | 3 | 002 | 0130p-0220p | MWF | AND 11 | N. Adkin |
| PREQ: Latin 102 or permission from the instructor. |
| Description of Material Being Covered: Latin 301 is a continuation of Latin 102. We will pick up where the class left off at the end of 102. |
| Required Books: Maurice Balme, Oxford Latin Course: Part III, ISBN: 0-19-521207-X, Oxford. |
| Method of Instruction: Daily translation and analysis of grammatical structures. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: Daily reading assignments. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: The course grade will be based on daily quizzes and possibly a final examination. |
| LATN 399 - INDEPENDENT STUDY | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| **** | 1-6 | 001 | Arranged | Arranged | Arranged | Staff |
| PREQ: Permission of Instructor. Obtain call # from the Classics office (472-2460). |
| LATN 399H - HONORS COURSE | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| **** | 3 | 001 | Arranged | Arranged | Arranged | Staff |
| PREQ: Candidate for degree with distinction or with high distinction or with highest distinction in the College of Arts and Sciences. Obtain call # from Classics office (472-2460) |
| LATN 492/892 - TOPICS IN LATIN POETRY: ROMAN COMEDY | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 8544/8545 | 3 | 001 | 0330p-0600p | W | AND 241 | T. Winter |
| PREQ: Permission from the instructor. |
| Description of Material Being Covered: Roman comic poets Plautus (254-184) and Terence (195-159) provide the oldest complete works surviving in Latin, the most extensive view of what Greek New Comedy was, lots of good clean fun, and finally, models for all comedy since. |
| Required Books: Terence, Eunuchus, ISBN: 0-521-45871-4, Cambridge, 1999, Required; Plautus, Miles Gloriosus, ISBN: 0-674-57437-0, Harvard UP, 1997, Required. |
| Method of Instruction: Translation and discussion of the comic texts. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: Ancillary readings about ancient comedy and a paper. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: Diagnostic, "spot check" quizzes, hour exam and a final exam. |
| LATN 896 - READING AND RESEARCH | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| **** | 1-6 | 001 | Arranged | Arranged | Arranged | Staff |
| PREQ: Permission of Instructor. Obtain call # from the Classics office (472-2460). |
| LATN 899 - MASTERS THESIS | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 4459 | 1-10 | 001 | Arranged | Arranged | Arranged | Staff |
| PREQ: Admission to the Masters Degree Program and permission of Major Advisor. |
| LATN 941 - SEMINAR IN LATIN LITERATURE | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 4460 | 3 | 001 | Arranged | Arranged | Arranged | Staff |
| HEBR 399 - INDEPENDENT STUDY | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| **** | 1-3 | 001 | Arranged | Arranged | Arranged | Staff |
| PREQ: Permission of Instructor. Obtain call # from the Classics office (472-2460). |
| HEBR 896 - READING AND RESEARCH | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| **** | 1-6 | 001 | Arranged | Arranged | Arranged | Staff |
| PREQ: Permission of Instructor. Obtain call # from the Classics office (472-2460). |
| RELG 120W - WORLD RELIGIONS | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| **** | 3 | 001 | 0330p-0445p | TR | 308 Old Main | R. Lester |
| NOTE: This course is taught at NE WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY. |
| PREQ: Permission from Classics office (472-2460). |
| Description of Material Being Covered: This course is a study of the cultural settings, lives of founders when appropriate, oral or written traditions and literature, worldviews, myths, rituals, ideals of conduct and development of some of the world's religions. Following a brief examination of possible evidence of religious practice among prehistoric peoples, religions studied will typically include tribal religions, Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Shinto, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Sikhism and Bahai. Readings, visitations to differing religious communities, videotapes and World Wide Web sites will help introduce and illustrate not only the cultural settings in which these religions appear, but also the voices and faces of contemporary religious practitioners. |
| Required Books: David M. Knipe, Hinduism: Experiments in the Sacred, ISBN: 1577660110, Waveland Pr, 1998, Required. Frederick M. Denny, Islam and the Muslim Community, ISBN: 1577660072, Waveland Pr, 1998, Required. E. Thomas Lawson, Religions of Africa: Traditions in Transformation, ISBN: 1577660129, Waveland Pr, 1998, Required. Daniel L. Overmyer, Religions of China: The World As a Living System, ISBN: 1577660005, Waveland Pr, 1986, Required. |
| Method of Instruction: Lecture/discussion. Experiential learning. If instructor is Rita Lester, 50% will be primary documents. If instructor is David Peabody, 50% will be videos. |
| Course Requirements: As indicated above, course requirements will not only include the elements previously listed, but also two 3-4 page reports on visits to religious communities different from the student's own. At least one, if not both of these visitations must be to a differing faith community, i.e. not just different "denomination" of the same religious faith community to which the student may belong. For instance, although Catholic students might choose to attend a Protestant or Eastern Orthodox service for one of these visitation reports, any type of Christian student must also visit at least one (and may choose to visit two) of the following differing faith communities that are also available in Lincoln--Native American, Hindu, Buddhist, Zoroastrian, Jewish, Muslim or Bahai. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: The final semester's grade will be derived from the following: Ten 1-2 page Video Responses, posted to the WEB site for the course 20% Test 1 on Pre-historic and Tribal Religions and the Religions of India 20% Test 2 on Religions of China and Japan 20% Test 3 on Religions of the Middle East 20% Two 3-4 page visitation reports, as described above 20% Total Grade 100% |
| RELG 150 - EXPLAINING RELIGION | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 8058 | 3 | 001 | 0930a-1020a | MWF | CBA 31 | S. Lahey |
| Description of Material Being Covered: The course will try to determine what religion is as it is manifested in various religious beliefs and practices. What is common to all religions? We will explore how religion attempts to reach beyond the natural realm to an ideal and sacred sphere. We look at the role of sacred texts, doctrines, myths, and profound experiences in religion. Is evil a religious concept? How do different religions deal with evil both within and without its own borders? |
| Required Books: Willard R. Trask, The Sacred and the Profane, ISBN: 0-15-679201-X, Harcourt; Rudolf Otto, The Idea of the Holy, ISBN: 0-19-500210-5, Oxford; Ninian Smart, Worldviews: Crosscultural Explorations of Human Beliefs, ISBN: 0-13-020980-5, Prentice Hall; Charles Kimball, When Religion Becomes Evil: Five Warnings Signs, ISBN: 0-06-055610-2, Harper SF. |
| Method of Instruction: Lecture and discussion. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: Requirements will include several short papers (one will involve a presentation), a mid-term and either a final take-lhome exam or a final paper. There is also a "fieldwork" requirement to visit and report on some group that practices a faith other than your own. |
| Examination Polices and Grading Information: To be announced. |
| RELG 182 - ALPHA LEARNING COMMUNITY: READING SCRIPTURE | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| **** | 3 | 001 | 1230p-0120p | MWF | BURN 204 | S. LAHEY |
| PREQ: Religious Studies 182 requires enrollment in the Alpha Learning Community Program. Open to Freshmen Learning Community Students only. |
| Description of Material Being Covered: Reading Scripture: A Historical Survey of Scripture Hermeneutics. Our world today echoes with many voices intent on establishing that their reading of the Bible is the one, true way of reading Holy Scriptures. For some, only a literal interpretation will do, while for others, sense is only possible for those with historical understanding of the period in which the Bible was written. In this course, we will examine the history of the interpretation of Scriptures from the time of the birth of Christianity with additional attention to the many contemporary schools of scholarly understanding today. |
| Required Books: Augustine, On Christian Teaching, ISBN: 0-19-283928-4, Oxford; Hans Urs Von Balthasar, Origen Spirit & Fire, ISBN: 0-8132-1022-4, Catholic Univ; S. McKenzie & S. Haynes, To Each Its Own Meaning, ISBN: 0-664-25784-4, John Knox; Christopher Hall, Reading Scripture with the Fathers, ISBN: 0-8308-1500-7, Intervarsity Press. |
| Method of Instruction: To be announced. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: To be announced. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: To be announced. |
| RELG 205 - INTRODUCTION TO THE HEBREW BIBLE | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 8818 | 3 | 001 | 1230p-0145p | TR | AND 11 | G. Watley |
| Cross-Listed with Judaic Studies 205. |
| Description of Material Being Covered: The purpose of this course is to provide the student with an overview of the texts of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, to place those texts in a historical context, and to learn the methods of interpretation which scholars use when working with the text. The class will include material on the history of Ancient Israel, society and culture, gender roles, and archaeology. No prior knowledge of the Bible is assumed. |
| Required Books: John J. Collins, Introduction to the Hebrew Bible, ISBN: 0-8006-2991-4, Fortress Press, 2004, Required; Adele Berlin (Ed.), The Jewish Study Bible, ISBN: 0-19-529751-2, Oxford UP, 2004, Required; Michael D. Coogan (Ed.), The New Oxford Annotated Apocrypha (NRSV), ISBN: 0-19-528800-9, Oxford UP, 2001, Required. |
| Method of Instruction: Lecture and Discussion. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: Weeking readings, a short oral presentation, and several short papers. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: Occasional quizzes and a final short paper. Attendance and quizzes = 15%, oral presentation = 10%, short papers = 60%, final paper = 15%. |
| RELG 225 - SCIENCE AND RELIGION | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 8546 | 3 | 001 | 0200p-0315p | TR | Teac 205 | D. Crawford |
| Description of Material Being Covered: This course will examine the growing conflict between science and religion from the perspective of religious studies. As science has progressed in the modern era, religion has been in retreat, having to conform its doctrines to advances in scientific knowledge. We will ask whether science and religion are fundamentally opposed. Are current theories of the beginning of the universe, and of the evolution of matter, life, and mind consistent with belief in a creator-god? We'll consider possible ways of integrating religious beliefs with what science tells us about the natural world. To help us understand the present, we will examine past clashes between science and religion, beginning with the discoveries of Copernicus and Galileo, through Darwin's evolutionary theory, to modern Big Bang cosmology, and the various ways in which religion has responded to these challenges. [The course will not presuppose any special background in science or religious studies, although some of the readings will be somewhat technical.] |
| Required Readings: Paul Davies, The Mind of God, ISBN: 0-671-79718-2, Simon Schuster, 1993, Required; Willem Drees, Creation: From Nothing Until Now, ISBN: 0-415-25653-4, Routledge, 2001, Required; William James, Varieties of Religious Experience, ISBN: 0-14-039034-0, Penguin, 1982, Required. |
| Method of Instruction: Lecture and discussion. |
| Course Requirements: Four short papers, and a final exam or term paper. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: To be announced. |
| RELG 307 - EARLY CHRISTIANITY | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 6443 | 3 | 001 | 1100a-1215p | TR | AND 11 | J. Turner |
| Cross-Listed with Religious Studies 307 and History 307/807. |
| Description of Material Being Covered: Introduction to the history, institutions and thought of early Christianity from the beginnings until A.D. 150 as reconstructed from the New Testament and other early Christian literature. |
| Required Books: Duling and Perrin, Introduction to the New Testament, 4th Edition, ISBN: 0-15-507856-9, ITP, Required; Dungan and Cartlidge, Documents for the Study of the Gospels, Revised, ISBN: 0-8006-2809-8, Fortress, Required; Throckmorton, Gospel Parallels (NRSV), 5th Edition, ISBN: 0-8407-7484-2, Nelson, Hardcover, Required; The New Testament (Revised Standard Version), Optional. |
| Method of Instruction: Mostly lecture, but ample opportunity for discussion. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: To be announced. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: Short quizzes, mid-term, and final exam. |
| RELG 308 - HISTORY OF COMPARATIVE RELIGION | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 8548 | 3 | 001 | 0830a-0920a | MWF | AND 11 | S. Wood |
| Cross-Listed with History 308. |
| Description of Material Being Covered: This course surveys the main classical religious traditions of the world, including Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Chinese religion (Chinese Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism). The focus of the course is on the academic study of religion through a comparative approach. We will begin by briefly examining the different methodologies that scholars have brought to the study of religion. We will then explore the worldviews of each tradition's followers and investigate a variety of issues including the role of scripture, the status of women, the historical roots of contemporary disputes, and inter-faith dialogue |
| Required Books: Mary Fisher, Living Religions, 5th Edition, ISBN: 0-13-099228-3, Prentice Hall; Ninian Smart & R. Hecht (eds), Sacred Texts of the World: A Universal Anthology, ISBN: 0-8245-0639-1, Crossroad; Bruce Lincoln, Holy Terrors: Thinking about Religion after 9-11, ISBN: 0-226-48192-1, Univ of Chicago. |
| Method of Instruction: Lecture and discussion. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: To be announced. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: To be announced. |
| RELG 398 - SPECIAL TOPICS: TOPICS IN ISLAM | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 8551 | 3 | 001 | 0230p-0320p | MWF | And 11 | S. Wood |
| PREQ: No background in Islam is required for this course. |
| Description of Material Being Covered: This course will examine the relationship between Islam and modernity. We will begin with some methodological issues: What is Islam? What is modernity? In contrast to the stereotype of a monolithic Islam prevalent in mass media images and popular political discourse, we will explore the diversity of modern Islam by examining how a range of Muslim thinkers - traditionalist scholars, modernist intellectuals, Muslim secularists, and political Islamists - have responded to the challenges of modernity. The emergence of "Islamic fundamentalism" will be discussed in detail, with a particular emphasis on the contemporary Middle East. We will also discuss some topical issues including the status of women, Islam in the post-9/11 world, and the growth of Islam in the United States. |
| Required Books: John Esposito, Islam: The Straight Path, 3rd Edition, ISBN: 0-19-511234-2, Oxford; Martin E Marty, The Glory and the Power: The Fundamentalist Challenge to the Modern World, ISBN: 0-8070-1216-5, Beacon; Francois Burgat, Face to Face with Political Islam ISBN: 1-86064-213-6, I.B. Tauris; Gregory Starrett, Putting Islam to Work: Education, Politics, and Religious Transformation in Egypt, ISBN: 0-520-20927-3, Univ. of Calif; Amina Wadud, Qur'an and Woman: Rereading the Sacred Text from a Woman's Perspective, ISBN: 0-19-512836-2, Oxford. |
| Method of Instruction: Lecture and discussion. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: To be announced. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: To be announced. |
| RELG 399 - INDEPENDENT STUDY | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| **** | 1-12 | 001 | Arranged | Arranged | Arranged | Staff |
| PREQ: Permission of Instructor. Obtain call # from the Classics office (472-2460). |
| RELG 410 - GNOSTICISM | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 8537 | 3 | 001 | 0200p-0315p | TR | AND 241 | J. Turner |
| Cross-Listed with Classics 410/810. |
| Description of Material Being Covered: A survey of the secret sritings of the Egyptian Gnostics and their relation to Judaism, Christianity and the pagan religions of the first three centuries. The question of the nature, origin, development, and influence of Gnosticism will be discussed. |
| Required Books: James M. Robinson, editor, The Nag Hammadi Library in English, ISBN: 0-06-066935-7, Harper, Required; Kurt Rudolph, Gnosis, ISBN: 0-06-067018-5, Harper, Required; Elaine H. Pagels, The Gnostic Gospels, ISBN: 0-679-72453-2, Random, Required; Bentley Layton, The Gnostic Scriptures, ISBN: 0-385-47843-7, Bantam, Required. |
| Method of Instruction: The course will be conducted as a seminar with occasional lectures by the instructor and presentations by students on selected Gnostic texts. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: The student's work will be evaluated on the basis of a term paper, oral class presentation, and class participation. |
| RELG 489/889 - MEDIEVAL LITERATURE AND THEOLOGY | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 6445/6446 | 3 | 001 | 1030a-1120a | MWF | AND 122 | P. Olson |
| Cross-Listed with English 489/889 |
| Description of Material Being Covered: Theology was sometimes, in the Middle Ages, dissolved into the terms theos and logos or the word about God. So understood, it was an effort to achieve definitive understanding of dogmatic positions. Theology was also said to be "faith seeking understanding," a definition that places more emphasis on the autobiographical and contemplative. Literature in the hands of writers like Hildegard of Bingen, Chretien, Alanus, Dante, Petrarch and Bocaccio, Chaucer at least part of the time, and the writers of medieval English lyrics and plays was thought to perform a similar function. This course will place more emphasis on the autobiographical and literary than on the technical-theological, the second rather than the first definition, because, for a first encounter with this area, the autobiographical and literary are a good deal more interesting than the technical. There is ample reason to look at the influence on medieval literature of theologians like Augustine, Boethius, Alanus, Thomas Aquinas (for Dante), Wyclif and so forth. There is also ample reason to examine the claim made in various forms by Dante, Petrarch, Bocaccio, and others that poetry is a kind of theology. This course will examine the back-and-forth. Medieval theologians and writers seem to fall into three groups: (1) Those of the 400s-700s who write in the context of various threats of the fall of the Roman empire in which the church had spread. The primary figures here are Augustine and Boethius who write works that become both the basis of literary theory and provide ideology that is incorporated into or subverted by later writers. (2) Those of the 12th and 13th centuries when monastic theology achieves its heights and also when the great schools of the Paris area became the basis of the University of Paris, perhaps the first university in the world and the citadel of early scholasticism (e.g. Hugh of St. Victor and Chretien; Bernard and Hildegard; Alanus of Insulis and the Roman de la Rose writers; Thomas Aquinas and Dante). (3) Those of the 14th and 15th centuries that play out from under the intellectual hegemony of the church in various ways and prepare for a kind of splintering within much of Christendom. The primary figures likely to be studied here would be Julian of Norwich and Margery Kemp as both writers and theologians; Ockham and Wycliff as theologians and Chaucer and the lyricists and craft-cycle writers as literary figures. |
| Requirements: Attendance, discussion, one 10-20 page paper, quizzes, journals. |
| Required Books: Boethius, Consolation of Philosophy, ISBN: 0-02-346450-X, Pearson, Required; Norwick, Revelations of Divine Love, (tr. Wolters), ISBN: 0-14-044673-7, Penguin, Required; Augustine, Confessions, (New Tr. Chadwick), ISBN: 0-19-283372-3, Oxford, Required; Taylor, Didascalicon of Hugh of St. Victor, ISBN: 0-231-09630-5, Columbia UP, Required; Chaucer, Canterbury Tales: Selection, (Ed. Howard), ISBN: 0-451-52400-4, Penguin, Required; Alighieri, Purgatorio, ISBN: 0-451-52802-6, Penguin, Required; Alighieri, Paradiso, ISBN: 0-451-52805-0, Penguin, Required; De Troyes, Erec & Enide, ISBN: 0-520-07346-0, Univ. of CA, Required. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: Attendance and discussion 25%; paper 25%; quizzes 25%; journals 25%. |
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