Course Description Booklet
UPDATED: 08/22/2012
Arabic:
ARAB 101 - Arabic I
ARAB 201 - Second-Year Arabic I
Classics:
CLAS 116 - Scientific Greek & Latin
CLAS 141 - Entertainment: Rome Spectacle
CLAS 180 - Classical Mythology
CLAS 210 - Ancient Rome
CLAS 233 - Science in the Classical World
CLAS 281 - The World of Classical Greece
CLAS 307/807 - Early Christianity
CLAS 311 - Homer and the Trojan War
CLAS 399 - Independent Study
CLAS 399H - Honors Course
CLAS 401 - Research Seminar
CLAS 409/809 - Religion in Late Antiquity
CLAS 483 - Classical Drama
Greek:
GREK 101 - Elementary Greek I
GREK 301 - Greek Prose I
GREK 399 - Independent Study
GREK 399H - Honors Course
GREK 896 - Reading and Research
GREK 899 - Masters Thesis
GREK 961 - Seminar in Greek Literature
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
LATN 941 - Seminar in Latin Literature
Hebrew:
HEBR 399 - Independent Study
HEBR 896 - Reading and Research
Religious Studies:
RELG 108 - World Religions
RELG 118 - Introduction to Hinduism, Buddhism, and Daoism
RELG 208 - Intro to Islam
RELG 218 - Introduction to Buddhism
RELG 219 - Intro to Jewish History
RELG 307 - Early Christianity
RELG 335 - Buddhist Scriptures
RELG 399 - Independent Study
RELG 409 - Religion in Late Antiquity
| ARAB 101 - Beginning Arabic I | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 4979 | 5 5 |
001 001 |
1230-0120 1230-0120 |
MWF TR |
CBA 118 NH W129 |
Ahmed Ben-Ghuzzi Ahmed Ben-Ghuzzi |
| 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, 3rd Edition, ISBN: 97815809016323, Georgetown University Press, 2010, Required; Kristen Brustad, Mahmoud Al-Batal, Abbas Al-Tonsi, Al-Kitaab fii Ta'allum al-'Arabiyya: A Textbook for Arabic, Part One , 3rd Edition, ISBN: 9781589017368. Georgetown UP, 2011, Required. |
| Method of Instruction: To be announced. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: To be announced. |
| Examination Policy: To be announced. |
| ARAB 201 - Second-Year Arabic I | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 29430 | 3 | 001 | 0200-0315 | TR | AVERY 118 | S. Wood |
| Prerequisite: Arabic I is an essential prerequisite for this course. Students who have taken an equivalent course to Arabic I at another institution may be granted an exception to this requirement. Please note that equivalence (or lack thereof) is determined by the professor. |
| 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, Al-Kitaab fii Tacallum al-cArabiyya with DVDs, Part One, 3rd Edition, ISBN: 9781589017474, Georgetown UP, 2011; Kristen Brustad, Mahmoud Al-Batal, Abbas Al-Tonsi, Al-Kitaab fii Ta'allum al-'Arabiyya: A Textbook for Arabic, Part Two, 2nd Edition, ISBN: 9781589010963. Georgetown UP, 2005. |
| Method of Instruction: To be announced. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: To be announced. |
| Examination Policy: To be announced. |
CLAS 116/116X - SCIENTIFIC GREEK & LATIN
| Call# | Type | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 4279/4358 | Lecture | 2 | 700/900 | ARR | ARR | ARR | 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 8th Edition, ISBN: 9780323073080, Mosby Elsevier, 2012, 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 - ENTERTAINMENT: ROME SPECTACLE
| Call# | Type | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 4769 | Lecture | 3 | 001 | 1100-1215 | TR | HAH 112 | 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 & Terrance, Five Comedies by Plautus & Terence, ISBN: 087220362X, Hackett, 1999; Jones, The World of Rome: An Introduction to Roman Culture, ISBN: 0-2521386004, Cambridge University Press, 1997; Futrell, The Roman Games, ISBN: 0-405115696, 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. |
| NOTE: Must also take Group A Recitation. 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. 150): Hesiod, The Theogony, ISBN: 978023153105, Oxford University Press, 2009; Homer, The Odyssey, ISBN: 9780872204843, Hackett, 1993; Homer, The Odyssey, ISBN: 9781603842310, Hackett; Morford, Classical Mythology, 9th Edition, ISBN: 9780195397703, Oxford University Press, 2011; Seneca, Four Tragedies & Octavia, ISBN: 9780140441741, Viking Press; Sophocles, The Theban Plays, ISBN: 9780140444254, Dover Publishing, 2006; Euripides, Ten Plays, ISBN: 9780553213638, Bantam Books, 1990; Virgil, Aeneid, ISBN: 9780024277800, Philomel, 1987; Ovid, Metamorphoses, ISBN: 9780253200013, Indiana University Press, 1960. |
| 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 210 - Ancient Rome | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 29759 | 3 | 001 | 0200-0315 | TR | HAH 110 | V. Gorman |
| Description of Material Being Covered: The course will provide a comprehensive view of Roman History from the Iron Age to Justinian. Topics will include: foundation legends, the formation of the Republican government, the Struggle Between the Orders for social standing, the expansion of Rome from one village to the dominant power in the Mediterranean, the guiding influence of religion and the family, the Roman Revolution (e.g., Caesar, Pompey, Antony, and Augustus), the establishment and evolution of one-man rule, Christianity, the army, the Germanic migrations, the gradual decline of Rome in the West, and the onset of the Byzantine Empire. |
| Required Books: Boatwright, Romans: From Village to Empire, bundled with Plutarch Roman Lives, ISBN: 978-01999467, Oxford UP, 2011; Kirsch, God Against Gods, ISBN: 978-0142196335, Viking Press, 2004. Plutarch, Fall of the Roman Republic, ISBN: 9780140449341, Viking Press; 2005; Plutarch, Makers of Rome, ISBN: 9780140441581, Viking Press, 1965. |
| Method of Instruction: To be announced. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: To be announced. |
| Examination Policy: To be announced. |
| CLAS 233 - SCIENCE IN THE CLASSICAL WORLD | |||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor | |
| 32812 | 3 | 001 | 1130-1220 | MWF | CBA 117 | T. Winter | |
| PREQ: Sophomore standing. |
| Description of Material Being Covered: This course deals with Greek concepts of the natural and physical world, and looks with deep perspective at the interplay of technological development and cultural change. As now taught, it uses one general history of science and three book-length primary sources to see, for instance, Aristotle struggle with physics and mechanics in a time before pi, a time before inertia, a time before mechanical advantage, a time before the understanding of second-degree and third-degree levers; to see ancient medical writers attempt a unified theory of disease in a time before the microscope; and finally, in Vitruvius to see a Roman comprehension and synthesis of this understanding of the natural and physical world. In addition to subjects based on readings, the professor will present materials for which a good ancient written source does not exist but where the surviving materials themselves are the source. (e.g. the development of the lathe, the development of ancient metalwork, and others). |
| Required Books: Lucretius, On the Nature of the Universe, ISBN: 9780192817617, Oxford, 1999; Farrington, Benjamin, Greek Science: Its Meaning For Us, ISBN: 9780851246314, Coronet Books; Hippocratic Writings, Chadwick trans., ISBN: 97801404444513, Penguin; Vitruvius, The Ten Books on Architecture, ISBN: 9780486206455, Dover Pub. (It should be noted that when a Roman said architectura our "civil engineering" was meant.) |
| Method of Instruction: Lectures, slides, demonstrations. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: The students typically substitute a short paper (3 pages) for one of the quizzes. Also, each student is required to do individual research which results either in an essay of about 10 pages, or a project. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: Bi-weekly quizzes and a final examination. |
| CLAS 281 - THE WORLD OF CLASSICAL GREECE |
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 29410 | 3 | 001 | 0130-0220 | MWF | BURN 203 | 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: Handouts, Online |
| 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 307/807 - EARLY CHRISTIANITY | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor: |
| 3165/**** | 3 | 001 | 1100-1215 | TR | AVERY 111 | 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: 978-0155078567, 2003; Dungan and Cartlidge, Documents for the Study of the Gospels Revised, ISBN: 9780800628093, Fortress, 1994; Throckmorton, Gospel Parallels 5th Edition NRSV, ISBN: 9780840774842, Nelson, 1993; Holy Bible (RSV), ISBN: 9780452006478, 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 311 - HOMER AND THE TROJAN WAR | |||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor | |
| 32253 | 3 | 001 | 1100-1215 | TR | TEAC 205 | V. Gorman | |
| Cross-Listed: HIST 311 |
| Description of Material Being Covered: Analysis of the Aegean Bronze Age and early Iron Age of ancient Greece based on examination of archaeological evidence, early written documents, and the writing of Homer and other early Greek authors. Includes the Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations, the excavation of Troy, Linear B and alphabetic Greek writing, gender roles and social classes, methods of warfare, religion and political institutions. |
| Required Books: Lattimore, The Iliad of Homer, ISBN: 978-0226460498, 2011; Lattimore, The Odyssey of Homer, ISBN: 9780061244186, 2007; Schofield, The Mycenaeans, ISBN: 978-0892368679; Bryce, The Trojans and Their Neighbors, ISBN: 9780415349550, 2005; Dickinson, The Aegean From Bronze Age to Iron Age, ISBN: 978-0415135900, 2007. |
| Method of Instruction: |
| Number and Types of Assignments: To be announced. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: |
| 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 401 - RESEARCH SEMINAR | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| **** **** |
001 002 |
0200-0315 1100-1215 |
TR TR |
OLDF ?? ANDR ?? |
A. Duncan R. Gorman |
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| CLAS 409/809 - RELIGION IN LATE ANTIQUITY | |||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor | |
| 29682/**** | 3 | 001 | 0200-0315 | TR | ANDR 241 | 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: 97883110146929, Walter De Gruyter Inc., 1995; Luther H. Martin, Hellenistic Religions, ISBN: 9780195043914, Oxford UP, 1987; Jason L. Saunders, Greek and Roman Philosophy After Aristotle, ISBN: 9780684836430, Simon & Schuster, 1997; Marvin Meyer, ed., The Nag Hammadi Scriptures, ISBN: 9780061626005, Harper Collins, 2008; Rice, Sources for the Study of Greek Religion, Corrected Edition, ISBN: 9780891303473, Society of Biblical Literature, 2009. |
| 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 483/883 - CLASSICAL DRAMA | |||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor | |
| 31925/***** | 3 | 001 | 0330-0445 | TR | ANDR 241 | A. Duncan | |
| PREQ: Senior Standing |
| Cross-Listed with English 440. |
| Description of Material Being Covered: A history of ideas approach to Greek and Roman drama. Some familiarity with the Homeric poems as a source of background information is desirable. |
| Required Books : Lattimore, Greek Tragedies, Vol. 1, ISBN: 0226307905, University of Chicago Press; Moorwood, Eurpides: The Trojan Women and Other Plays, ISBN: 978-0199538812, Oxford, 2009; Watling, E. F., Four Tragedies and Octavia, ISBN: 9780140441741, Penguin Books, 1966. |
| Examination Policy: A mid-term exam and a final exam, both essay type; quizzes; presentations. In addition, the graduate students will write a research paper on a topic of interest to them. |
| GREK 101 - ELEMENTARY GREEK I | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 3520 | 5 5 |
001 001 |
0930-1020 0930-1045 |
MF 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: Kaegi, Kaegi's Greek Grammar, ISBN: 9780865162815, Bolchazy-Carducci, 1995; Kaegi, Greek Readings for Review, ISBN: 9780865165496, Bolchazy-Carducci, 2002. |
| 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 |
| 4280 | 3 | 001 | 0930-1045 | TR | ANDR 241 | A. Duncan |
| PREQ: Greek 102 |
| Description of Material Being Covered: |
| Required Books: Byrne, Longus' Daphnis and Chloe, ISBN: 978-0865165939, Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 2004. |
| 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 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. |
| GREK 961 - SEMINAR IN GREEK LITERATURE | ||||||
| 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 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: Andrew Keller & Stephanie Russell, Learn to Read Latin (Set:Txt/Wkbk), ISBN: 9780300103540, Yale UP, 2003, Required; Required Books -- Sec. 002: Andrew Keller & Stephanie Russell, Learn to Read Latin (Set:Txt/Wkbk), ISBN: 9780300103540, 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: |
| 3575 | 3 | 001 | 0200-0315 | TR | NH W185 | T. Rinkevich |
| PREQ: Latin 102. |
| Description of Material Being Covered: |
| Required Books: English, Mary, A Little Latin Reader, ISBN: 978-019-984622-1, Oxford U.P., 2012. |
| 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 II | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| **** | 3 | 001 | 0930-1020 | MWF | NH W185 | T. Winter |
| 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: Oerber, Hans, Lingua Latina: Pars I: Familia Romana, ISBN: 9781585102013, Focus Publishing, 2005; Nepos, Three Lives, ISBN: 0-86516-207-7, Bolchazy-Carducci, 1987; Latin Dictionary, trans. Traupman, 0877205612, AMSCO. |
| 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 |
| 3579/**** | 3 | 001 | 1100-1215 | TR | ANDR 11 | 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. |
| Required Books: Cicero, Pro Sexto Roscio edited by Dyck, ISBN: 9780521708869, Cambridge UP; Simpson, Cassell's Latin Dictionary, ISBN: 9780025225800, Recommended. |
| 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. |
| LATN 941 - SEMINAR IN LATIN LITERATURE | ||||||
| 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. |
| Description of Material Being Covered: This course surveys the main classical religious traditions of the world, including Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism. 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 historical roots of contemporary disputes, and inter-faith dialogue. |
| Required Books: (both sections) Mary Pat Fisher, Living Religions, 8th Edition, ISBN: 978-0205835850, Prentice Hall, 2010, Required; Mary Pat Fisher, Lee W. Bailey, An Anthology of Living Religions, ISBN: 978-0205246809, Prentice Hall, 2011, 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 118 - INTRODUCTION TO HINDUISM, BUDDHISM, AND DAOISM | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 4775 | 3 | 001 | 1030-1120 | MWF | BURN 204 | Y. Komarovski |
| Description of Material Being Covered: This course introduces students to the essential texts, ideas, beliefs and practices of the religious traditions of South and East Asia. Our emphasis will be on Hinduism and Jainism in South Asia, Confucianism, Daoism, and Shinto in East Asia, and Buddhism in South and East Asia. We will look at both traditional and modern expressions of these religions in Asia as well as the ways in which Asian religions have taken root in the West. Class lectures are designed to intellectually supplement and visually enrich, rather than merely reiterate, the information provided in the textbooks. |
| Required Books: E-books |
| Method of Instruction: To be announced. |
| RELG 208 - INTRODUCTION TO ISLAM | |||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor | |
| 29687 | 3 | 001 | 1100-1215 | TR | ANDN 109 | S. Wood | |
| Description of Material Being Covered: The course provides an introduction to the religion and history of Islam. Topics examined include the Prophet Muhammad, the Qur'an, the hadith, Islamic theology and law, Shi'ism, Sufism, and modern Islam. |
| Required Books: Mahmoud M. Ayoub, Islam: Faith and History, ISBN: 9781851683505; Oneworld Pub; Muhammad M. Pickthall, The Glorious Qur'an: Text and Explanatory Translation, ISBN: 9781879402164, Tahrike Tarsile Qur'an; Mark Sedgwick, Muhammad Abduh, ISBN: 9781851684328, Oneworld, 2009. |
| Method of Instruction: To be announced. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: To be announced. |
| Examination Polices and Grading Information: To be announced. |
| RELG 218 - INTRODUCTION TO BUDDHISM | |||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor | |
| 4627 | 3 | 001 | 1130-1220 | MWF | MABL 230 | 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; Strong, The Experience of Buddhism: Sources and Interpretations, 3rd Ed., ISBN: 10:0495094862, Wadsworth Publishing, 2008. |
| Method of Instruction: |
| Number and Types of Assignments: To be announced. |
| Required Books: Efron, John, The Jews: A History, ISBN: 9780131786875, Prentice Hall, 2009. |
| Method of Instruction: Lecture |
| Number and Types of Assignments: 2 short essays, two in-class examinatins and a final examination. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: |
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| RELG 307 - EARLY CHRISTIANITY
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| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor | |||||||
| 4061 | 3 | 001 | 1100-1215 | TR | AVERY 111 | 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. |
| RELG 335 - BUDDHIST SCRIPTURES | |||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor | |
| 32286 | 3 | 001 | 0130-0220 | MWF | BURN 119 | Y. Komarovski | |
| Description of Material Being Covered: This course focuses on the seminal texts from the Tibetan, Pali, and Chinese Buddhist canons that contain records of the Buddhas teachings as well as writings of his prominent followers that assumed canonical status. The courses objective is to introduce students to the seminal Buddhist scriptures as well as commentarial strategies used by their interpreters. Most of our readings will consist of primary Buddhist texts in English translation augmented by contemporary scholarly writings. The course will have four parts. We will start with several seminal sutras (recorded teachings of the Buddha) that provide details of his life, teaching career, development of community of his followers, and contain his discourses on such fundamental teachings as the four truths and the eightfold path. These scriptures are treated as authoritative by followers of both Mahayana and Theravadathe two main forms of Buddhism flourishing in the world today. In the second part of the course we will read such seminal scriptures as the Perfection of Wisdom, Lotus, Pure Land, Flower Garland, Descent to Lanka, and other sutras that comprise the Mahayana scriptural foundations. We will then study commentaries on those sutras and independent influential texts written by Nagarjuna, Vasubandhu, and other seminal Buddhist thinkers. In the last part of the course we will study in detail Shantidevas Way of the Bodhisattvathe seminal text that summarizes key elements of the Buddhist scriptures. No prerequisites |
| Required Books: The Nectar of Manjushri's Speech: A Detailed Commentary on Shantideva's Way of the Bodhisattva, ISBN: 10-1590306996; Lopez, Buddhist Scriptures, ISBN: 10-014044758X; William, Mahayana Buddism: The Doctrinal Foundations, ISBN: 10-0415356539; Lopez, The Heart Sutra Explained, ISBN: 10-0887065902. |
| Method of Instruction: Lecture/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 409 - RELIGION IN LATE ANTIQUITY | |||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor | |
| 29681 | 3 | 001 | 0200-0315 | TR | ANDR 241 | 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, ISBN: 97883110146929, Walter De Gruyter Inc., 1995; Luther H. Martin, Hellenistic Religions, ISBN: 9780195043914, Oxford UP, 1987; Jason L. Saunders, Greek and Roman Philosophy After Aristotle, ISBN: 9780684836430, Simon & Schuster, 1997; Marvin Meyer, ed., The Nag Hammadi Scriptures, ISBN: 9780060523787, Harper Collins; Rice, Sources for the Study of Greek Religion, Corrected Edition, ISBN: 0-89130-347-2, Society of Biblical Literature, 1997. |
| 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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