Course Description Booklet
FALL 2009
UPDATED: 07/23/2009
Classics:
CLAS 116 - Scientific Greek & Latin
CLAS 141 - Entertainment:
Rome Spectacle
CLAS 180 -
Classical Mythology
CLAS 245 - War in the Classical World
CLAS 252 - Archaeology: World Civilization
CLAS 281 - The World of Classical Greece
CLAS 283 - Epic Tales
CLAS 286 - Literature Ancient Far East
CLAS 307/807 - Early Christianity
CLAS 399 - Independent Study
CLAS 399H - Honors Course
CLAS 409/809 - Religion in Late Antiquity
Greek:
GREK 101 - Elementary Greek I
GREK 301 - Greek Prose I
GREK 399 - Independent Study
GREK 399H - Honors Course
GREK 491/891 - Topics in Greek Prose
GREK 896 - Reading and Research
GREK 899 - Masters Thesis
Latin:
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:
LATN 896 - Reading and Research
LATN 899 - Masters Thesis
Hebrew:
HEBR 101 - Elementary Biblical Hebrew I
HEBR 399 - Independent Study
HEBR 896 - Reading and Research
Religious Studies:
RELG 108 - World Religions
RELG 150 - Explaining Religion
RELG 307 - Early Christianity
RELG 310 - Great Ideas in Religion
RELG 340 - Women: Biblical World
RELG 398 - Special Topics, Sec. 001: Arabic I
RELG 398 - Special Topics, Sec. 002: Intro. to Buddhism
RELG 398 - Special Topics, Sec. 003: Arabic III (Second Year Arabic)
RELG 399 - Independent Study
RELG 409 - Religion in Late Antiquity
CLAS 116 - SCIENTIFIC GREEK & LATIN Instructor Schedule and Office Hours
| Call# | Type | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 8820/9498 | Lecture | 2 | 700/900 | Arranged | Arranged | Arranged | T. Rinkevich |
| Description of Material Being Covered: Exploration of the linguistic techniques used in the study and formation of scientific terminology, and the classical hertiage of biomedical vocabulary. The emphasis is on the use of Greek and Latin roots and their application to the description of elements in medicine and comparative anatomy, and in one (1) other chosen category of science or technology. |
| Required Books: LaFleur-Brooks, Myrna, Exploring Medical Vocabulary: A Student Directed Approach 7th Edition, ISBN: 9780323049504, Mosby Elsevier, 2009, Paperback, Required; Dictionary, Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine,, 8th Edition, ISBN: 9780323049375, Mosby, 2009, Hardcover, Required. |
| Method of Instruction: You should have access to the WEB, since all of the discussion and quizzing will be online. The instructor will be available for consultation. There will also be discussion of developments in the scientific nomenclature, and speculation on the causes of terminological change online. Access to a computer with a CD-ROM player might be useful too, as a CD comes with the text |
| Number and Types of Assignments: Exercises will be assigned from the book as an aid to knowledge acquisition; in addition, further exercise may be provided on the WEB. Students will also select material from another area (e.g., ornithology, zoology, psychology, geology) of interest for separate work. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: There will be fifteen (15) quizzes (33% of the grade) and two (2) examinations (67% of the grade). These will be multiple-choice; some (or all) will be available from electronic devices. The last quiz and exam both will contain some of the student's specially-chosen area of interest. |
CLAS 141, Sec. 001 - ENTERTAINMENT: ROME SPECTACLE
| Call# | Type | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 2760 | Lecture | 3 | 001 | 1100a-1215p | TR | OTHM 106 | A. Duncan |
| Description of Material Being Covered: This is a course on the forms of mass entertainment produced in different historical periods in ancient Rome. It examines Roman drama as one kind of mass entertainment produced in the Republican period of Roman history. It then examines forms of spectacle in the late Republic and early Imperial periods that involved the Roman elite, such as the triumph, the funeral, and the theatrical extravaganzas of some of the "mad" emperors. Finally, it examines the range of blood sports that were produced, and eagerly consumed, throughout the Roman Empire: chariot racing, military reenactments, animal spectacles, public executions of criminals and religious nonconformists, and gladiatorial combat. |
| Required Books: Plautus, Five Comedies by Plautus & Terence, ISBN: 9780872203624, Hackett, 1999; Jones, World of Rome, ISBN: 0-2521386005, Cambridge University Press, 1997; Futrell, Roman Games, ISBN: 0-405115681, Blackwell Publishing, 2006. |
| Method of Instruction: This course is taught as a lecture. There are occational film clips shown. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: Students will take several quizzes, a midterm, and a final exam. |
CLAS 180 - CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY
| Call# | Type | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor | Comments |
| 2761 | Lecture B | 3 | 001 | 0230p-0320p | MWF | BURN 203 | G. Watley | |
| 2762 | Lecture A | 3 | 150 | 1230p-0120p | MF | LLS 102 | R. Gorman | Must also take Group A Recitation |
| 2763 | Recitation A | 152 | 1230p-0120p | W | NH W106 | Staff | ||
| 2764 | Recitation A | 153 | 0330p-0420p | W | BURN 119 | Staff | ||
| 2765 | Recitation A | 154 | 1230p-0120p | W | M&N B7 | Staff | ||
| 2766 | Recitation A | 156 | 0330p-0420p | W | OldH 305 | Staff | ||
| 2767 | Recitation A | 157 | 1030a-1120a | W | OldH 305 | Staff | ||
| 2768 | Recitation A | 158 | 0930a-1020a | W | HENZ 203 | Staff |
| NOTE: Register for one recitation from sections 151-158 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. 001): Hard, Apollodorus: The Library of Greek Mythology, ISBN: 9780199536320, Oxford UP, Required; Lombardo (tr), The Essential Homer, ISBN: 978-0-87220-540-6, Hackett Publishing, 2000, Required; Dutta, Greek Tragedy, ISBN: 9780141439365, Penguin Publishers, 2009, Required; Trzaskoma et al. (eds), Anthology of Classical Myth, ISBN: 978-0-87220-721-9, Hackett Publishing, 2004, Required. |
| Required Books (Sec. 150): Cicero, The Nature of the Gods, (tr. P. G. Walsh), ISBN: 0-19282-511-9, Oxford University Press, 1998, Required; Homer, The Iliad, (tr. Stanley Lombardo), ISBN: 0-87220-353-0, Hackett Publishing Co., 1997, Required; The Homeric Hymns, (tr. Apostolos N. Athanassakis), ISBN: 0-8018-1792-7, John Hopkins Univeristy Press, 1976, Required; Hesiod, Theogony, Works and Days, (tr. M. L. West), ISBN: 0-19-283941-1, Oxford University Press, 1988, Required; Plato, Selected Myths, (Edited by Catalin Partenie), ISBN: 9780192805089, Oxford University Press, 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 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. |
CLAS 245 - WAR IN THE CLASSICAL WORLD
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 00142 | 3 | 001 | 0930a-1020a | MWF | M&N 203 | 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, Gallic War Commentaries, ISBN: 9780192835826, Oxford UP, 1999; Required Strassler, The Landmark Thucydides, ISBN: 0-684-82790-5, Simon & Schuster, 1996; Required John Warry, Warfare in the Classical World, ISBN: 0-8061-2794-5, University of Oklahoma Press, 1995; Required Xenophon, A History of My Times, ISBN: 0-14-044175-1, Penguin, 1985; Required Xenophon, The Persian Expedition, ISBN: 0-14044007-0, Penguin, 1970; 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 252 - ARCHAEOLOGY: WORLD CIVILIZATION
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 2771 | 3 | 001 | 0200p-0315p | TR | M&N 203 | P. Demers |
| 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: Scarre, Ancient Civilizations, 3rd Ed., ISBN: 13-978-0131928787, Prentice Hall, 2007, Required |
| 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 |
| 2772 | 3 | 001 | 1130a-1220p | MWF | TEAC 112 | T. Winter |
| 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: The Classical Greek Reader, Ed., Atchity, ISBN: 9780195123036, Oxford, 1998. Required. |
| 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 |
| 2773 | 3 | 001 | 1030a-1120a | MWF | BURN 204 | 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: 9780872203525, VP, 2003; West, David (tr.), Aeneid: New Prose Translation, ISBN: 9780024277800, PH, 1987; Gardner, J., Gilgamesh, ISBN: 0-394-74089-8, Random Books, 1984; Johnson, John W., The Epic of Son-Jara, ISBN: 0-253-20713-5, Indiana Univ. Press, 1992; Heaney, Seamus, Beowulf, ISBN: 0-393-32097-8, W.W. Norton, 2000; Homer, Odyssey, (tr. Rieu), ISBN: 9780140449112, Viking Press, 2003; Hesiod Theogony and Works and Days, (ed. West), ISBN: 9780023153105, PH; Dalley, Stephanie, Myths from Mesopotamia, ISBN: 0-19-283589-5, Oxford Univ. Press, 1989; Chakravarthi V. Narassimhan, Mahabharata: An English Version, ISBN: 0-231-11055-6, Columbia Univ. Press, 1998; Nabokov, Vladimir (tr.), The Song of Igor's Campaign, ISBN: 0-87501-061-8, Ardis Publishers, 1989. |
| 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 (2-4 pages) on the readings. Quizzes count 10%, mid-term 25%, final 25%, papers 30%, attendance and participation 10%. Performance counts!. |
| CLAS 286 - LITERATURE OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST | |||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor | |
| 8821 | 3 | 001 | 0930a-1045a | TR | M&N B6 | G. Watley | |
| PREQ: Sophmore standing. |
| Description of Material Being Covered: The course will cover texts from various civilizations of the Ancient Near East, including Mesopotamia (Gilgamesh), Egypt (Isis and Osiris), Israel (Genesis), and Asia Minor (Hesiod's Theogony). We will also investigate these cultures through archaeological and art historical evidence. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the world view of these literary works, as well as their cross- cultural continuities. |
| Required Books: |
|
W. Kelly Simpson, The Literature of Ancient Egypt,
ISBN: 9780300099201, 3rd Edition, Yale UP; George, The Epic of Giglamesh, ISBN: 97801401449198, Penguin, 1999; Foster, From Distant Days, ISBN: 9781883053093, CDL Publishers, 1995; J. Black, Literature of Ancient Sumer, ISBN: 9780199296330, Oxford UP, 2006; H. Hoffner/G. Beckman, Hittite Myths, ISBN: 9780788504884, Society of Biblical Literature, 1998; S. B. Parker, Ugartic Narrative Poetry, ISBN: 9780788503375, Society of Biblical Literature, 1997. |
| Method of Instruction: Lecture and discussion. |
| CLAS 307/807 - EARLY CHRISTIANITY | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 2774/**** | 3 | 001 | 0200p-0315p | TR | OLDH 309 | J. Turner |
| Cross-Listed with Religion 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: 0-15-507856-7, 2003; Dungan and Cartlidge, Documents for the Study of the Gospels Revised, ISBN: 0-8006-2809-3, Fortress, 1994; Throckmorton, Gospel Parallels 5th Edition NRSV, ISBN: 0-8407-7484-2, Nelson, 1993; Holy Bible (RSV), ISBN: 0-452-00647-8, Plume, 1974. |
| 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 | |
| 2778/**** | 3 | 001 | 0930a-1045a | TR | ANDR 129 | 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; Marvin Meyer, ed., The Nag Hammadi Scriptures, ISBN: 0060523786, Harper. |
| 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. |
| GREK 101 - ELEMENTARY GREEK I | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 4188 | 5 5 |
001 001 |
0930a-1020a 0930a-1045a |
MW TR |
ANDR 11 ANDR 11 |
T. Rinkevich 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: Kleist, James, Kaegi's Greek Grammar, ISBN: 9780865162815, Bolchazy-Carducci, 2002, Required. |
| 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: 2 chapters a week, 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 301 - Greek Prose I | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 8893 | 3 | 001 | 0130p-0220p | MWF | BURN 202 | A. Duncan |
| PREQ: Greek 102 |
| Description of Material Being Covered: |
| Required Books: Jerram, Luciani Vera Historia, ISBN: 9780865162402, Bolchazy, 1990, Required. Liddell, Liddell & Scott's Greek English Lexicon, ISBN: 9781843560265. |
| 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 | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 4192/**** | 3 | 001 | 1130a-1220p | MWF | ANDR 241 | T. Winter |
| NOTE: Greek 491 can be repeated for credit towards the degree. |
| Description of Material Being Covered: Students will read Greek prose at an advanced level. In addition to the philological work of translation, consideration is given to an author's style, as well as to issues of genre and historical context. |
| Required Books: Holden, Plutarch's: Life of Pericles, ISBN: 9780865160262, Bolchazy-Carducci Publisher, Required. |
| Method of Instruction: To be announced. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: There are frequent quizzes, a midterm, and a final exam. In addition, students will present a brief oral report on a topic of their choice. Graduate students will write a short paper as well. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: To be announced. |
| This class has been cancelled! |
| 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 |
| ***** | 1-10 | 001 | Arranged | Arranged | Arranged | Staff |
| PREQ: Admission to the Masters Degree Program and permission of Major Advisor. |
| HEBR 101 - ELEMENTARY BIBLICAL HEBREW I | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 8651 | 3 | 001 | 1230p-0120 1230p-0145p |
MW TR |
ANDR 129 ANDR 129 |
G. Watley G. Watley |
| 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: 9780687157860, Abingdon Press, 1995; Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon, ISBN: 9781565632066; Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia, ISBN: 9783438052223. |
| 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). |
| The Use of Latin for Today's Student: For fifteen hundred years or more the Latin language was the life-blood of the intellectual development 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 -- Sec. 001: Orbert, Lingua Latina: Part I, Familia Romana, ISBN: 9781585102013. Required Books -- Sec. 002: Andrew Keller & Stephanie Russell, Learn to Read Latin (Set:Txt/Wkbk), ISBN: 9780300109375, Yale UP, 2003, Required. |
| 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 |
| 4768 | 3 | 001 | 0230p-0320p | MWF | BURN 102 | S. Lahey |
| PREQ: Latin 102. |
| Description of Material Being Covered: We shall be reading Plautus: Phormio in addition with vocabulary and student helps. |
| Required Books: Burton, Prudentius Psychomachia, ISBN: 9780929524610, Hackett, Required. |
| 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 quizzes, mid-term and final. |
| LATN 303 - LATIN PROSE | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 4769 | 3 | 001 | 1230p-0145p | TR | CBA 118 | A. Duncan |
| PREQ: Latin 102. |
| Description of Material Being Covered: Students will read Latin prose at an intermediate level. The course focuses on daily translation, as well as on review of grammar and on stylistic concepts. |
| Required Books: Halporn Pascio Sanctarum Perpetuae et Fleicitatis, ISBN: 9780929524474, Hackett Pub., 1942; Stevens, Cicernois Somnium Scipionis, ISBN: 9780929524979, Hackett Pub., 2002; Traupman, New College Latin & English Dictionary, ISBN: 9780553590128, Bantam Books, 2007. |
| Method of Instruction: |
| Number and Types of Assignments: There are frequent quizzes, a midterm, and a final exam. In addition, students will present a brief oral report on a grammatical topic of their choice. |
| 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: | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 4772/**** | 3 | 001 | 1100a-1215p | TR | ANDR 129 | R. Gorman |
| PREQ: Latin 302 or permission from the instructor. |
| Description of Material Being Covered: As of this notice we have a tacit agreement to engage in a reading in Latin of Taciti Annales, quam maximum, with discussion of the text, and the other works of Tacitus. A paper may be in the proposition queue, midterm and final examinations are de rigore. Full participation guaranteed. |
| Recommended Books: Simpson, Cassell's Latin Dictionary, ISBN: 0025225804; Bennett, New Latin Grammar, ISBN: 0865162611, Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 1994; Humphreys, Graphic Latin Grammar, ISBN: 0865164606, Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 1995. |
| 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 |
| ***** | 1-10 | 001 | Arranged | Arranged | Arranged | Staff |
| PREQ: Admission to the Masters Degree Program and permission of Major Advisor. |
| RELG 108 - WORLD RELIGIONS | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 7240 9124 |
3 3 |
001 002 |
0930a-1045a 1030a-1120a |
TR MWF |
RVB 123 RH 14 |
S. Wood Y. Komarovski |
| Cross-Listed: |
| Description of Material Being Covered - Sec. 001: This course surveys the main classical religious traditions of the world, including Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism. The approach taken is academic and comparative. We will examine methodologies for religious studies, and the worldviews and practices of each tradition's followers. In addition, we will compare and contrast religion in the pre-modern world with religion in the modern world. This will include investigations into how followers of each religion reconcile the demands of religious tradition with the demands of modern culture. |
| Description of Material Being Covered - Sec. 002: |
| Required Books -- Sec. 001: Mary Pat Fisher, Living Religions, 7th Edition, ISBN: 0-13-614105-1, Prentice Hall, 2008, Required; Mary Pat Fisher, Lee W. Bailey, An Anthology of Living Religions, ISBN: 0-13-206059-2, Prentice Hall, 2008, Required; plus various articles. |
| Required Books -- Sec. 002: Mary Pat Fisher, Living Religions, 7th Edition, ISBN: 0-13-614105-1, Prentice Hall, 2008, Required; Mary Pat Fisher, Lee W. Bailey, An Anthology of Living Religions, ISBN: 0-13-206059-2, Prentice Hall, 2008, Required; plus various articles. |
| Method of Instruction: Lecture and discussion. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: To be announced. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: To be announced. |
| RELG 150 - EXPLAINING RELIGION | |||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor | |
| 7241 | 3 | 001 | 1030a-1120a | MWF | ANDR 11 | S. Lahey | |
| Description of Material Being Covered: The field of Religious Studies incorporates a number of methodologies into the analysis of religion, borrowing approaches from history, social sciences, literature, and philosopy. The aim of this course will be to provide the student with an overview of these methods of examining religion, with attention to the role of myth, ritual, transformative experience, and ethics in religion. Following an overview of some theories of religion, the focus of the class will shift to analysis of a specific religious tradition, with the idea of testing the respective strengths and weaknesses of the varying theories. |
| Required
Books: Livingston, Anatomy of the Sacred, 6th Ed., ISBN: 9780136003809, Pearson, 2009; Kraybill, The Riddle of Amish Culture, ISBN: 9780801867729, John Hopkins, 2000. |
| Method of Instruction: Lecture and discussion. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: Students will be divided into groups of five or six and expected to give a brief weekly presentation, and submit a brief description paper online, for each chapter covered in Pals. In addition, there will be a final essay examination. |
| Examination Polices and Grading Information: To be announced. |
| RELG 307 - EARLY CHRISTIANITY | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 7246 | 3 | 001 | 0200p-0315p | TR | OLDH 309 | J. Turner |
| Cross-Listed with Classics 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: 0-15-507856-7, 2003; Dungan and Cartlidge, Documents for the Study of the Gospels Revised, ISBN: 0-8006-2809-3, Fortress, 1994; Throckmorton, Gospel Parallels 5th Edition NRSV, ISBN: 0-8407-7484-2, Nelson, 1993; Holy Bible (RSV), ISBN: 0-452-00647-8, Plume, 1974. |
| 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 |
| 8645 | 3 | 001 | 1230p-0145p | TR | OTHM 110 | 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: 9780872204461, Hackett Pub., 2000, Required; Augustine, Confessions, (tr. Pine-Coffin), ISBN: 9780140441147, Penguin, 1961, Required; Friedrich Schleiermacher, On Religion: Speeches to its Cultured Despisers, ISBN: 9780664255565, Westminster/John Knox, 1994, Required; Friedrich Nietzsche, The Gay Science ISBN: 9780394719856, Vintage Books, 1974, Required; Walpola Rahula, What the Buddha Taught, ISBN: 9780802130310, Grove Press, 1986, Required. Armstrong, Buddha, ISBN: 9780143034360, Penguin. |
| 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 340 - WOMEN IN THE BIBLICAL WORLD | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 8915 | 3 | 001 | 1100a-1215p | TR | ANDR 11 | S. Crawford |
| Description of Material Being Covered: What does the Bible have to say about women? This course will examine the portayal of women in the biblical literature, and the significance of that portrayal in contemporary society. The focus of the course will be on texts from the Bible which feature women, but we will also look at some sources outside the Bible, and utilize some secondary material. Prior knowledge of the Bible or of ancient Israel is not expected. |
| Required Books: The Harper Collins Study Bible with the Apocrypha, ISBN: 9780060786854, Harper Collins, 2006; Newsom, Women's Bible Commentary-Expanded Edition with Apocrypha, ISBN: 9780664257811, Westminster/John Knox, 1998; Kraemer, Women & Christian Origins, ISBN: 9780195103960, Oxford University Press, 1999. |
| Method of Instruction : Lecture/discussion. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: Mid-term and a final, a short paper, and an in-class report. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: To be announced. |
| RELG 398 - SPECIAL TOPICS: ARABIC I | |||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor | |
| 8653 | 3 | 001 | 1230p-0145p | TR | CBA 120 | B. Ben Taleb | |
| 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, 2nd Edition, ISBN: 9781589015067, Georgetown University Press, 2009, Required; Kristen Brustad, Mahmoud Al-Batal, Abbas Al-Tonsi, Al-Kitaab fii Ta'allum al-'Arabiyya: A Textbook for Arabic, Part One , ISBN: 9781589011045. Georgetown UP, 2004, Required. |
| 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 - SPECIAL TOPICS -INTRO. BUDDHISM | |||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor | |
| 9125 | 3 | 002 | 0130p-0220p | MWF | CBA 141 | Y. Komarovski | |
| Description of Material Being Covered: This survey course introduces students to a complex variety of Buddhist traditions from several perspectives that include, but are not limited to, historical, philosophical, contemplative, and ethical dimensions of Buddhism. The course is divided into four parts. In the first part, we will focus on the figure of Buddha and his basic teachings, development of the Buddhist community, and early forms of Buddhism. In the second part, we will examine the rise of Mahayana, Buddhist philosophical and contemplative systems, and different models of the Buddhist path and it stages. In the third part of the course, we will study about ritual, historical, and other aspects of several South and East Asian Buddhist traditions. In the final part, we will concentrate on contemporary issues in Buddhism, especially those related to ethics and bioethics, transformations of Buddhist practices in Europe and America, and contemporary Buddhist education in the West. |
| Required Books: Mitchell, Buddhism, Introducting the Buddhist Experience, ISBN: 9780195311037, Oxford UP, 2007; Keown, Buddhist Ethics: A Very Short Introduction, ISBN: 9780192804570, Oxford UP, 2005; Conze, Buddhist Scriptures, ISBN: 9780140440881, Penguin, 1959; Dalai Lama, Kindness, Clarity and Insight, ISBN: 9781559392518; Snow Lion Publications, 2006. |
| Method of Instruction: |
| Number and Types of Assignments: To be announced. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: To be announced. |
| RELG 398 - SPECIAL TOPICS: ARABIC III (Second Year Arabic) | |||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor | |
| 0077 | 3 | 003 | 0330p-0445p | TR | AVH 111 | 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, Abbas Al-Kitaab fii Ta'allum al'Arabiyya: A Textbook for Arabic, Part One, ISBN: 9781589011045, Georgetown University Press, 2004; Kristen Brustad, Abbas Al-Kitaab fii Ta'allum al'Arabiyya: A Textbook for Arabic, Part Two, ISBN: 9781589010963, Georgetown University Press. Recommended: Brustad,Al-Kitaab Part One, Audio on the Go, ISBN: 978589011502, Georgetown UP, 2007; Brustad, Al-Kitaab Part Two, Audio on the Go, ISBN: 9781589011519, Georgetown UP, 2007. |
| 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 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 409 - RELIGION IN LATE ANTIQUITY | |||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor | |
| 7249 | 3 | 001 | 0930a-1045a | TR | ANDR 129 | 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 Vol. 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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