Course Description Booklet
FALL 2005
CLAS 180, Sec. 150 - Classical Mythology
CLAS 180, Sec. 250 - Classical Mythology
CLAS 182 - Alpha Learning Community: Myth of Atlantis
CLAS 189H - Univ. Honors Seminar: The Bible in Early Judaism & Christianity
CLAS 245 - War in the Classical World
CLAS 252 - Archaeology: World Civilization
CLAS 281 - The World of Classical Greece
CLAS 305 - Ancient Greek Religion
CLAS 307/807 - Early Christianity
CLAS 399 - Independent Study
CLAS 399H - Honors Course
CLAS 409/809 - Religion in Late Antiquity
CLAS 438/838 - Old World Prehistory
GREK 101 - Elementary Greek I
GREK 371 - Xenophon
GREK 399 - Independent Study
GREK 399H - Honors Course
GREK 491/891 - Topics in Greek Prose: Herodotus
GREK 896 - Reading and Research
GREK 899 - Masters Thesis
GREK 961 - Seminar in Greek Literature
LATN 101 - Elementary Latin
LATN 301 - Latin Prose
LATN 303 - Latin Prose
LATN 399 - Independent Study
LATN 399H - Honors Course
LATN 491/891 - Topics in Latin Prose: Cicero's Dialogues
LATN 896 - Reading and Research
LATN 899 - Masters Thesis
LATN 941 - Seminar in Latin Literature
HEBR 101 - Elementary Biblical Hebrew I
HEBR 399 - Independent Study
HEBR 896 - Reading and Research
RELG 120W - World Religions
RELG 125W - Religion, Peace and Social Justice
RELG 150 - Explaining Religion
RELG 182 - Alpha Learning Community: Explaining Religion
RELG 209 - Judaism & Christianity in Conflict and Coexistence
RELG 305 - Anicent Greek Religion
RELG 307 - Early Christianity
RELG 310 - Great Ideas in Religious Thought: From God to Nothingness
RELG 398, Sec. 001 - Special Topics: Arabic
RELG 398, Sec. 002 - Special Topics: Introduction to Islam
RELG 399 - Independent Study
RELG 409 - Religion in Late Antiquity
CLAS 180, Sec. 150 - CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY Instructor Schedule and Office Hours
| Call# | Type | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 2366 | Lecture A | 3 | 150 | 1230p-0120p | MF | LL 102 | T. Winter |
| 2367 | Recitation A | -- | 151 | 0930a-1020a | T | OLDH 304 | Staff |
| 2368 | Recitation A | -- | 152 | 1230p-0120p | W | OLDH 303 | Staff |
| 2369 | Recitation A | -- | 153 | 0330p-0420p | T | OLDH 308 | Staff |
| 2370 | Recitation A | -- | 154 | 1230p-0120p | W | LL 102 | Staff |
| 2371 | Recitation A | -- | 155 | 0330p-0420p | R | OldH 308 | Staff |
| 2373 | Recitation A | -- | 157 | 1030a-1120a | W | CBA 306 | Staff |
| 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, (tr. Gardner & Maier), ISBN: 0-86516-352-9, Bolchazy-Carducci, 1997; Homer, The Odyssey, (tr. Cook), ISBN: 0-393-00744-8, Norton, 1968; Sophocles, Three Theban Plays, (tr. Fagles), ISBN: 0-14-044425-4, Penguin, 2000; Euripides, Ten Plays, (tr. Hadas), ISBN: 0-553-21363-6, Bantam, 1960; Apollodorus, The Library of Greek Mythology, ISBN: 0-19-283924-1, Oxford; Ovid, Metamorphoses, (tr. Humphries), ISBN: 0-253-20001-6, Indiana UP; Vergil, Vergil's Aeneid,, (tr. Cobbold), ISBN: 0-86516-596-3, Bolchazy-Carducci, 2005. |
| 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 essay will count for 15% of the grade. Attendance, quizzes, and participation in recitation sections will count for 35% 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 or 255 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): Athanassakis, Apostolos N., The Homeric Hymns, John Hopkins Univ. Press; Cicero, The Nature of the Gods, (trans. Walsh), Oxford Univ. Press; Hesiod, Theogony, Works and Days, (trans. West), Oxford Univ. Press; Homer, The Iliad, (trans. Lombardo), Hackett Publishing Co.; Homer, The Odyssey, (trans. Cook), W.W. Norton & Co. |
| 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 182 - ALPHA LEARNING COMMUNITY: MYTH OF ATLANTIS | |||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor | |
| **** | 3 | 001 | 1230p-0145p | TR | And 11 | G. Watley | |
| PREQ: CLAS 182 requires enrollment in the Alpha Learning Community Program. Open to Freshman Learning Comm. students ONLY. |
| Description of Material Being Covered: "The idea of Atlantis, the lost continent, has tantalized the human imagination since the fourth century B.C. when the brilliant civilization and its mysterious destruction were first mentioned by Plato. Is it only a myth, or did a real Atlantis exist? Over the centuries this question has inspired countless theories, from the scientfically challenging to the undeniably crackpot"(Richard Ellis, Imagining Atlantis [New York: Vintage, 1998] back cover). This course will surgey the history of research and speculation on the "idea of Atlantis". Along the way we will encounter ancient Greek philosophers and geographers, 17th-century political theorists, 19th-century novelists, and 20th-century psychics and oceanographers and pulp fiction writers; we will consider the prehistory of Europe and America, Minoan archaeology, and apocalyptic theology. We will watch some very bad (buy very fun) films from the 1950's and 60's, as well as more recent ones. And we will ask: is a myth only a lie? Do we have to choose improbable story invented by one of the greatest storytellers of ancient Greece (Plato) tell us something enduringly true about what it means to be human? Did he make it up? Or not? How would we go about finding out? |
| Required Books: Richard Ellis, Imagining Atlantis, ISBN: 0679446028, Knopf, 1998, Required; others TBA. |
| Method of Instruction: Lecture/discussion. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: Weekly readings and/or film viewings; participation in class discussions and Blackboard discussion forums; response papers to assigned readings and films; a final exam. |
| CLAS 189H - UNIV HONORS SEMINAR: THE BIBLE IN EARLY JUDAISM & CHRISTIANITY | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 7989 | 3 | 001 | 0200p-0315p | TR | RH 14 | G. Watley |
| PREQ: Good standing in the University Honors Program. |
| Description of Material Being Covered: This seminar will introduce students to the basic tools of, and survey current trends in, the academic discipline of biblical studies. In particular, we will examine the inter-relationships between various pre-modern, modern and post-modern methods of biblical interpretation and their application to the historical question of the roles of scripture and its interpretation in early Judaism and Christianity in the first several centuries BC and AD. |
| Required Books: James L. Kugel, The Bible As It Was, ISBN: 0674069412, Belknap Press, 1999, required; other TBA. |
| Method of Instruction: Lecture/discussion. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: Weekly readings; participation in class discussions and Blackboard discussion forums; a research paper or final exam. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: To be announced. |
| CLAS 245 - WAR IN THE CLASSICAL WORLD | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 2380 | 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; Caesar, Gallic War Commentaries, ISBN: 0-19-283582-3, Oxford UP, 1999; Victor Davis Hanson, The Landmark Thucydides, ISBN: 0-684-82790-5, Free Press, 1998; John Warry, Warfare in the Classical World, ISBN: 0-8061-2794-5, Salamander Books, 1998; Xenophon, The Education of Cyrus, ISBN: 0-8014-8750-1, Everyman's Classic Library, 2001; Xenophon, A History of My Times, ISBN: 0-14-044175-1, Penguin, 1985; Xenophon, The March Up Country, ISBN: 0-472-06095-3, Univ. or Mich., 1958. |
| 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 252 - ARCHAEOLOGY: WORLD CIVILIZATION | |||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor | |
| 7635 | 3 | 001 | 1100p-1215p | TR | M&N 109 | C. Sanchez | |
| Cross-Listed with Anthropology 252. |
| Description of Material Being Covered: An introduction to the study of complex societies, called civilizations, in both the Old and the New Worlds. Examines anthropological theories and models dealing with the evolution of cultural complexity and reviews archaeological data from specific regions, e.g. Near East, Far East, Mediterranean, Europe, Mesoamerica, Peru, etc. |
| Required Books: To be announced. |
| Method of Instruction: To be announced. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: To be announced. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: To be announced. |
| CLAS 281 - THE WORLD OF CLASSICAL GREECE | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 2381 | 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: 0-14-044794-6, Penguin, 2003; Lattimore, Greek Lyrics, Revised Edition, ISBN: 0-226-46944-1, Univ. of Chicago, 1960; Aeschylus, Aeschylus I: Complete Greek Tragedies, (ed. Grene/Lattimore), ISBN: 0-226-30778-6, Univ. of Chicago, 1969; Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound & Other Plays, ISBN: 0-14-044112-3, Penguin, 1961; Sophocles, Sophocles I, 2nd Complete Greek Tragedies, (tr. Grene/Lattimore), ISBN: 0-226-30792-1, Univ. of Chicago, 1991; Sophocles, Sophocles II, (tr. Grene/Lattimore), ISBN: 0-226-30786-7, Univ. of Chicago, 1969; Euripides, Euripides IV: Complete Greek Tragedies, (ed. Grene/Lattimore), ISBN: 0-226-30783-2, Univ. of Chicago, 1968; Euripides, Euripides V: Three Tragedies, (ed. Grene/Lattimore), ISBN: 0-226-30784-0, Univ. of Chicago, 1969; Aristophanes, Complete Plays of Aristophanes, (tr. Hadas), ISBN: 0-553-21343-1, Bantam, 1984. |
| 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 305 - ANCIENT GREEK RELIGION | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 7464 | 3 | 001 | 0930a-1045a | TR | Henz 203 | S. Crawford |
| Cross-Listed with Religious Studies 305. |
| Description of Material Being Covered: The purpose of the course is to learn about the religious practices and beliefs of the ancient Greeks, through their literary and documentary texts and archaeological remains. |
| Required Books: Walter Burkert, Greek Religion, ISBN: 0-674-36281-0, Harvard UP, 1987; M.L. West (Ed), Theogony, Works and Days, ISBN: 0-19-283941-1, Oxford UP, 1999; C.K. Williams & Martha Nussbaum, The Bacchae of Euripides: A New Version, ISBN: 0-374-52206-5, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1990; Richmond Lattimore (tr), The Iliad of Homer, ISBN: 0-226-46940-9, Univ. of Chicago Press, 1961; Ross Shepard Kraemer (Ed), Women's Religions in the Greco-Roman World: A Sourcebook, ISBN: 0-19-514278-0, Oxford UP, 2004. |
| Method of Instruction: Lecture and discussion. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: Daily reading assignments; weekly quizzes; mid-term; final; and one short paper. |
| CLAS 307/807 - EARLY CHRISTIANITY | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 2383/2387 | 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: Holy Bible(RSV), ISBN: 0-452-00647-3, Penguin, 1992, Required; Dennis C. Duling, The New Testament: History, Literature, and Social Context, 4th Edition, ISBN: 0-15-507856-9, Wadsworth, 2002, Required; David Cartlidge, David Dungan (ed.) Documents for the Study of the Gospels, ISBN: 0-8006-2809-8, Fortress, 1994, Required; Burton H. Throckmorton, Gospel Parallels, 5th Edition (NRSV), ISBN: 0-8407-7484-2, Nelson, 1992, Hardcover, Required. |
| 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 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 409/809 - RELIGION IN LATE ANTIQUITY | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 7450/7451 | 3 | 001 | 0200p-0315p | TR | AND 11 | J. Turner |
| PREQ: Junior standing. |
| Cross-Listed with Religious Studies 409 and History 409/809. |
| Description of Material Being Covered: A survey of the religions and religious philosophies of Hellenistic and Graeco-Roman times from Alexander to Constantine. The student will be exposed to primary sources and the problem of their interpretation. |
| Topics Include: Hero-cults, mystery religions, Gnosticism, the Platonic, Stoic and Epicurean religio-philosophical traditions, Graeco-Oriental syncretism, popular culture, and their influence on Judaism and Christianity. |
| Required Books: Helmut Koester, Introduction to the New Testament: History, Culture and Religion of the Hellenistic Age Vol 1, ISBN: 3-11-014692-4, Walter De Gruyter Inc., 1995; Luther H. Martin, Hellenistic Religions, ISBN: 0-19-504391-X, Oxford UP, 1987; Jason L. Saunders, Greek and Roman Philosophy After Aristotle, ISBN: 0-684-83643-2, The Free Press, 1961; J. M. Robinson, editor, The Nag Hammadi Library in English (=NHLE), ISBN: 0-06-066935-7, Harper San Francisco, 1992. |
| Method of Instruction: The course will be conducted as a seminar with occasional lectures by the instructor and presentations by student participants on selected topics. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: To be announced. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: The student's work will be evaluated on the basis of the class presentation and a research paper. |
| CLAS 438/838 - OLD WORLD PREHISTORY | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 7475/7476 | 3 | 001 | 0200p-0315p | TR | OldH 827 | E. Athanassopoulos |
| PREQ: 12 Hours Anthropology. |
| Cross-Listed with Anthropology 438/838. |
| Description of Material Being Covered: 438/838 is an introduction to the archaeology of Europe from the Paleolithic to the Iron Age. It provides a survey of the prehistoric material remains of the various approaches to the study of the European past. Emphasis is placed on the non-literate societies of transalpine Europe rather than the literate societies of the Mediterranean. In this class we will review the major developments in Europian archaeology by chronological period. We will spend more time on topics of particular interest like: interpretation of Upper Paleolithic art, origins of agriculture, megalithic monuments, language, ethnicity and migration, gender studies, archaeology and nationalism. |
| Required Books: Milisauska, Sarunas, European Prehistory: A Survey, ISBN: 0-306-47257-0, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002 Additional reading materials and bibliographies will be assigned throughout the semester. |
| Method of Instruction: The class will follow a mixed lecture/seminar format. The instructor will introduce the material and in the following meeting the whole class will participate in a critical discussion of the readings. All students are expected to participate in the discussions on a regular basis. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: Weekly. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: There will be a mid-term examination, a final examination and a paper at the end of the term. Course grade will be based on the material covered in lectures and readings, class participation, oral presentations, exams and paper. |
| GREK 101 - ELEMENTARY GREEK I | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 3738 | 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: J.A. Kleist, Kaegi's Greek Grammar, ISBN: 0-86516-281-6, Bolchazy-Carducci, 1995, Required; A Kaegi, J.A., Kleist, Greek Readings for Review: First Lesson in Greek, ISBN: 0-86516-549-1, Bolchazy-Carducci, 2002, Required; and a Recommended book: H.G. Liddell, A Lexicon: Abridged from Liddell and Scott's Greek-English Lexicon, ISBN: 0-19-910207-4, 1966, Oxford UP. |
| 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 nearly 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 |
| 3739 | 3 | 001 | 1030a-1120a | MWF | AND 103 | T. Rinkevich |
| PREQ: Greek 102 |
| Description of Material Being Covered: Reading and translation from Xenophon's Anabasis. |
| Required Books: Xenophon, Anabasis, (edition to be announced); A Greek-English dictionary is also highly recommended: e.g., H.G. Liddell, A Lexicon: Abridged from Liddell and Scott's Greek-English Lexicon, ISBN: 0-19-910207-4, Oxford UP, 1966, or H.G. Liddell, An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon, ISBN: 0-19-910206-6, Oxford UP, 1945. |
| Method of Instruction: In-class translation of the text and discussion of linguistic, grammatical and syntactic matters and the author's ideas. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: Frequent quizzes on FORMS and sentence translation and analysis, assignments, mid-term, and final exam. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: Frequent quizzes, pro re nata; mid-term; 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 491/891 - TOPICS IN GREEK PROSE: HERODOTUS | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 7455/7456 | 3 | 001 | 0330p-0600p | M | And 241 | T. Winter |
| NOTE: Greek 491 can be repeated for credit towards the degree. |
| Description of Material Being Covered: To be announced. |
| Required Books: Herodotus, Historiae, Vol 1: Books I-IV, ISBN: 0-19-814526-8, Oxford UP, 1970; Herodotus, Historiae, Vol 2: Books V-IX, ISBN: 0-19-814527-6, Oxford UP, 1970. |
| Method of Instruction: To be announced. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: To be announced. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: To be announced. |
| 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 |
| 3745 | 1-10 | 001 | Arranged | Arranged | Arranged | Staff |
| PREQ: Admission to the Masters Degree Program and permission of Major Advisor. |
| GREK 961 - SEMINAR IN GREEK LITERATURE | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 3746 | 3 | 001 | Arranged | Arranged | Arranged | Staff |
| LATN 101 - ELEMENTARY LATIN | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 4101 | 5 | 001 | 0930a-1020a | MTWRF | AND 11 | N. Adkin |
| 4102 | 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: Balme, Maurice, Oxford Latin Course: Part I & II, Oxford Univ. Press. |
| 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 |
| 4103 | 3 | 001 | 1230p-0120p | MWF | AND 11 | S. Lahey |
| PREQ: Latin 102. |
| 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 on our way to reading the writings of Boethius. |
| Required Books: Robert Henle, Latin Grammar, ISBN: 0-8294-0112-1, Loyola Press, 1980; John Marenbon, Boethius, ISBN: 0-19-513407-9, Oxford UP, 2003. |
| 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 303 - LATIN PROSE | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 7877 | 3 | 001 | 0130p-0220p | MWF | AND 11 | T. Rinkevich |
| PREQ: 4 years high school Latin or Latin 302. |
| Description of Material Being Covered: Reading and translating, with discussion, of selected prose (exempli gratia, Cato, Cicero, Caesar, Livy, et cetera.) |
| Required Books: Annuntianda (TBA). |
| Method of Instruction: Reading and translating Latin passages, with continuing grammatical and syntactical analysis. Discussion of the content as well. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: Daily assignments, frequent quizzes. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: The grade in the course is the average of the daily assignments, quizzes, mid-term and final exams. |
| 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 491/891 - TOPICS IN LATIN PROSE: CICERO'S DIALOGUES | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 7458/7459 | 3 | 001 | 1230p-0145p | TR | And 241 | R. Gorman |
| PREQ: Latin 302 or permission from the instructor. |
| Description of Material Being Covered: To be announced. |
| Required Books: Cicero, De Finibus honorum et nalorum libri quinque, ISBN: 0-19-814670-1, Oxford UP, 1998, Required; Cicero, On the Nature of the Gods, Academics: C Philosophical Trestises, ISBN: 0-674-99296-2, Harvard UP, 1940, Required; Recommended (not required)D. P. Simpson, Cassell's Latin Dictionary, ISBN: 0-02-522580-4, Cassell's, 1977. |
| Method of Instruction: To be announced. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: To be announced. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: To be announced. |
| 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 |
| 4110 | 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 |
| 4111 | 3 | 001 | Arranged | Arranged | Arranged | Staff |
| HEBR 101 - ELEMENTARY BIBLICAL HEBREW I | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 7457 | 3 | 001 | 0930a-1020a | MTWRF | AND 241 | S. Burnett |
| Description of Material Being Covered: This course will introduce you to the language of the Hebrew Bible, which Jews refer to as the Tanak and Christians as the Old Testament. In this course you will learn to recognize and form Hebrew nouns and will study part of the verbal system. By the end of the semester you will be able to read simple Hebrew sentences. You will then be prepared to take the next semester in which you will master the remainder of the verbal system and learn to read extensive passages from the Bible. |
| Required Books: C.L. Seow, A Grammar for Biblical Hebrew, ISBN: 0-687-15786-2, Abingdon Press, 1995; Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia 5th Edition, ISBN: 3-43805-222-9, American Bible Society, 1997; William L. Holladay, A Concise Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, ISBN: 0-8028-3413-2, Wm. B. Eerdman's Pub Co., 1972. |
| Method of Instruction: Seminar style; in-class recitation. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: Frequent short quizzes on grammar and vocabulary, frequent homework assignments. |
| Examination Policies: Three examinations. |
| 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 designed to introduce the student to the major tribal and world religions. We will examine the role of myths, rituals, moral norms, leadership, identity and institutional development in various tribal (ethnic) and world (global) traditions. At the end of the course, students will have increased their awareness of the important elements of the major religions--their myth, symbols, rituals, doctrine, moral codes, and artistic expressions. You will recognize the differences among the religious traditions, better understand the religious issues and conflicts in the modern world, and deepen your appreciation of your own religious background and the religions of the community in which you live. |
| Required Books: Denny, Islam and the Muslim Community, Waveland, 1998, Required Huyler, Meeting God, Yale, 1999, Required Aslan, No God But God, Random House, 2005, Required Lawson, Religions of Africa, Waveland, 1998, Required Overmyer, Religions of China, Waveland, 1986, Required. |
| Method of Instruction: Lecture/discussion. Experiential learning. |
| Course Requirements: It is expected that each class member will attend all meetings of the class and that each student will have read, in advance, the assigned reading for that day. The instructor reserves the right to administer unscheduled quizzes and in-class writing assignments. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: There are 5 exams for this course, including a cumulative final. 5 exams (500 points), 1 World Religion in Lincoln report (100), For three or more absences, 5 points will be taken off your total points for each absence. |
| RELG 125W - RELIGION, PEACE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| **** | 3 | 001 | 1030a-1145a | TR | 301 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 explores religious responses to social justice issues such as peace, poverty, oppression, discrimination and the environment. Particular ethical issues, such as the death penalty and abortion, will be examined from the perspective of religion. This course will be writing intensive. |
| Tentative Required Books: Tweed, American Encounter with Buddhism 1844-1912, N. Carolina Press, 2000, Required Reinders, Borrowed Gods and Foreign Bodies, Univ. of Calif., 2004, Required Said, Covering Islams: How the Media and the Experts Determine How We See the Rest of the World, Random, 1997, Required Jenkins, Dream Catchers, Oxford UP, 2004, Required Lawrence, New Faiths, Old Fears, Columbia UP, 2002, Required King, Orientalism and Religion, Routledge Press, 1999, Required McCutcheon, Religion and the Domestication of Dissent, Equinox, 2005, Required. |
| Method of Instruction: To be announced. |
| Course Requirements: To be announced. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: To be announced. |
| RELG 150 - EXPLAINING RELIGION | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 6189 | 3 | 001 | 1030a-1120a | MWF | Henz 201 | S. Lahey |
| Description of Material Being Covered: Our task in this class will be to examine the phenomenon of religion as a whole; not concentrating on any particular religion, but on the force of the "holy" that appears universal in the human experience and how it plays out in history. It is important to recognize that "religion" is not the same as "theology." Theology is the study of the divine, our attempt to reach out to a force or forces that may (or may not) far exceed the human experience. Religion is the man-made structure in which these attempts are translated into theory and practice on which human beings pattern their lives. There will be no presupposed religious or anti-religious standpoint from which our analysis will proceed. |
| Required Books: Rosemary Skinner Keller & Rosemary Radford Ruether, Eds, In Our Own Voices, ISBN: 0-664-22285-4, Westminster John Knox, 2000; Kent Richter & Eva Rapple, et al, Understanding Religion in a Global Society, ISBN: 0-534-55995-6, Wadsworth, 2004; Brad Warner, Hardcore Zen, ISBN: 0-86171-380-X, Wisdom Publications, 2003; All other texts will be included on Blackboard. |
| 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-home 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: EXPLAINING RELIGION | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| **** | 3 | 001 | 0230p-0320p | MWF | Burn 124 | S. Lahey |
| PREQ: CLAS 182 requires enrollment in the Alpha Learning Community Program. Open to Freshman Learning Comm. students ONLY. |
| Description of Material Being Covered: Our task in this class will be to examine the phenomenon of religion as a whole; not concentrating on any particular religion, but on the force of the "holy" that appears universal in the human experience and how it plays out in history. It is important to recognize that "religion" is not the same as "theology." Theology is the study of the divine, our attempt to reach out to a force or forces that may (or may not) far exceed the human experience. Religion is the man-made structure in which these attempts are translated into theory and practice on which human beings pattern their lives. There will be no presupposed religious or anti-religious standpoint from which our analysis will proceed. |
| Required Books: Rosemary Skinner Keller & Rosemary Radford Ruether, Eds, In Our Own Voices, ISBN: 0-664-22285-4, Westminster John Knox, 2000; Kent Richter & Eva Rapple, et al, Understanding Religion in a Global Society, ISBN: 0-534-55995-6, Wadsworth, 2004; Brad Warner, Hardcore Zen, ISBN: 0-86171-380-X, Wisdom Publications, 2003; All other texts will be included on Blackboard. |
| Method of Instruction: To be announced. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: To be announced. |
| RELG 209 - JUDAISM & CHRISTIANITY IN CONFLICT AND COEXISTENCE | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 7462 | 3 | 001 | 1130a-1220p | MWF | Henz 201 | S. Burnett |
| Cross-Listed with Judaic Studies 209. |
| Description of Material Being Covered: Anti-semitism has been called the "longest hatred" and has been a factor in Jewish life from Classical times to the present. In this course students will have the opportunity to study the nature of Christian rivalry with Judaism, a fundamental component of most forms of anti-Semitism. We will consider the religious, political, and social rivalries between the two faiths, beginning with their parting of ways in first century CE, through the Middle Ages and Reformation, the secularization of modern times, Jewish-Christian relations in the United States, the Holocaust and foundation of the State of Israel. However, Jewish-Christian relations have not been invariably bleak and consideration of the themes of tolerance and coexistence will be an important part of this course. |
| Required Books: Jeremy Cohen (ed), Essential Papers on Judaism and Christianity in Conflict from Late Antiquity to the Reformation, ISBN: 0-8147-1443-9, NY Univ Press, 1991; Naomi W. Cohen (ed), Essential Papers on Jewish-Christian Relations in the United States: Imagery and Reality, ISBN: 0-8147-1446-3, NY Univ Press, 1990. |
| Method of Instruction: Lecture, discussion of texts. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: To be announced. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: Two examinations (mid-term and final), three short essays will be required. |
| RELG 305 - ANCIENT GREEK RELIGION | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 7465 | 3 | 001 | 0930a-1045a | TR | Henz 203 | S. Crawford |
| Cross-Listed with Classics 305. |
| Description of Material Being Covered: The purpose of the course is to learn about the religious practices and beliefs of the ancient Greeks, through their literary and documentary texts and archaeological remains. |
| Required Books: Walter Burkert, Greek Religion, ISBN: 0674362810, Harvard Univ. Press, 1987, Required. |
| Method of Instruction: Lecture and discussion. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: Daily reading assignments; weekly quizzes; mid-term; final; and one short paper. |
| RELG 307 - EARLY CHRISTIANITY | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 6193 | 3 | 001 | 1100a-1215p | TR | AND 11 | J. Turner |
| Cross-Listed with Classics 307/807 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: Holy Bible(RSV), ISBN: 0-452-00647-3, Penguin, 1992, Required; Dennis C. Duling, The New Testament: History, Literature, and Social Context, 4th Edition, ISBN: 0-15-507856-9, Wadsworth, 2002, Required; David Cartlidge, David Dungan (ed.) Documents for the Study of the Gospels, ISBN: 0-8006-2809-8, Fortress, 1994, Required; Burton H. Throckmorton, Gospel Parallels, 5th Edition (NRSV), ISBN: 0-8407-7484-2, Nelson, 1992, Hardcover, Required. |
| 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 310 - GREAT IDEAS IN RELIGION: FROM GOD TO NOTHINGNESS | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 7460 | 3 | 001 | 0200p-0315p | TR | TEAC 205 | D. Crawford |
| Description of Material Being Covered: This course is a study
of six traditions in the history of religious thought: Greek conceptions of deity, medieval
theology, rationalism and the secularization of religion, skepticism and atheistic traditions,
religious existentialism, and Buddhist thought; it also deals with some twentieth-century figures
against the background of these traditions. Through readings selected from representative figures from each of these traditions, the course examines central religious ideas such as conceptions of God (both personal and non-personal) and God's relation to the self and the natural world: religion and ethics; existential, humanistic, and atheistic responses to religion; Buddhist conceptions of the ultimate (nothingness) and no-self; religious pluralism. |
| Required Books: Plato, Timaeus, (tr. Zeyl), ISBN: 0-87220-446-4, Hackett Pub., 2000, Required; Augustine, Confessions, (tr. Pine-Coffin), ISBN: 0-14-044114-X, Penguin, 1961, Required; David Hume, Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, ISBN: 0-87220-402-2, Hackett, 1998, Required; Friedrich Schleiermacher, On Religion: Speeches to its Cultured Despisers, ISBN: 0-664-25556-6, Westminster/John Knox, 1994, Required; Friedrich Nietzsche, The Gay Science ISBN: 0-394-71985-9, Vintage Books, 1974, Required; Walpola Rahula, What the Buddha Taught, ISBN: 0-8021-3031-3, Grove Press, 1986, Required; Martin Buber, I and Thou, ISBN: 0-684-71725-5, Free Press, 1971, Required. |
| Method of Instruction: To be announced. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: Requirements include six short papers on each of the six traditions, an oral presentation of one of these, and either a final paper or a final exam. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: To be announced. |
| RELG 398, SEC. 001 - SPECIAL TOPICS: ARABIC | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 7466 | 3 | 001 | 0230p-0320p | MWF | And 11 | S. Wood |
| Description of Material Being Covered: This course will lay the foundation of modern standard Arabic; the grammar, syntax, vocabulary, and structure of the language. |
| Required Books: Kristen Brustad, Mahmoud Al-Batal, Abbas Al-Tonsi, Alif Baa: Introduction to Arabic Letters and Sounds, Package Edition, ISBN: 1-589- 01102-3, Georgetown UP, 2001; Kristen Brustad, Mahmoud Al-Batal, Abbas Al-Tonsi, Al-Kitaab fii Ta'allum al-'Arabiyya: A Textbook for Beginning Arabic, Part One, ISBN: 1-589-01104-X. Georgetown UP, 1995. |
| Method of Instruction: Presentation and explanation of vocabulary, grammar, syntax and structure; in-class and homework exercises. Students will have the opportunity to contribute to class sessions. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: To be announced. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: To be announced. |
| RELG 398, SEC. 002 - SPECIAL TOPICS: INTRODUCTION TO ISLAM | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 7668 | 3 | 001 | 0930a-1020a | MWF | OldH 309 | S. Wood |
| Description of Material Being Covered: This course provides an introduction to the religion and history of Islam. We will pay particular attention to the following topics: the Prophet Muhammad, the Qur'an, jihad, theology and law, Sufism, and modern Islam. |
| Required Books: Mahmoud M. Ayoub, Islam: Faith and History ISBN: 1-85168-350-X, Oneworld Publications, 2004; F. Mernissi, The Veil and the Male Elite: A Feminist Interpretation of Women's Rights in Islam, ISBN: 0-201-63221-7, Perseus Books Group, 1992; Reinhard Schulze, A Modern History of the Islamic World, ISBN: 0-8147-9819-5, NY Univ. Press, 2002; Marmaduke Pickthall (trans), The Meaning of the Glorious Qur'an, ISBN: 1-879402-16-5, Tahrike Tarsile Qur'an Inc., Second U.S. ed., 1999; plus various articles. |
| Method of Instruction: Seminar format. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: Requirements will include active participation in class discussions, short paper on selected readings, mid-term, and final. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: To be announced. |
| RELG 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). |
| RELG 409 - RELIGION IN LATE ANTIQUITY | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 7454 | 3 | 001 | 0200p-0315p | TR | AND 11 | J. Turner |
| Cross-Listed with Classics and History 409/809 |
| Description of Material Being Covered: A survey of the religions and religious philosophies of Hellenistic and Graeco-Roman times from Alexander to Constantine. The student will be exposed to primary sources and the problem of their interpretation. |
| Topics Include: Hero-cults, mystery religions, Gnosticism, the Platonic, Stoic and Epicurean religio-philosophical traditions, Graeco-Oriental syncretism, popular culture, and their influence on Judaism and Christianity. |
| Required Books: Helmut Koester, Introduction to the New Testament: History, Culture and Religion of the Hellenistic Age Volume 1; Luther H. Martin, Hellenistic Religions; J. M. Robinson, editor, The Nag Hammadi Library in English (=NHLE). |
| Method of Instruction: The course will be conducted as a seminar with occasional lectures by the instructor and presentations by student participants on selected topics. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: To be announced. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: The student's work will be evaluated on the basis of the class presentation and a research paper. |
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