Course Description Booklet
SPRING 2006
Classics:
CLAS 116 - Scientific Greek and Latin
CLAS 180, Sec. 150 - Classical Mythology
CLAS 180, Sec. 250 - Classical Mythology
CLAS 180Z, Sec. 101 - Classical Mythology
CLAS 282 - World of Classical Rome
CLAS 300E - Introduction to Coptic
CLAS 315 - The Medieval World: Byzantium
CLAS 331 - Ancient Israel
CLAS 399 - Independent Study
CLAS 399H - Honors Course
Greek:
GREK 102 - Elementary Greek II
GREK 361 - Homer
GREK 399 - Independent Study
GREK 399H - Honors Course
GREK 492/892 - Topics in Greek Poetry: Callimachus
GREK 896 - Reading and Research
GREK 899 - Masters Thesis
GREK 962 - Seminar in Greek Literature
Latin:
LATN 102, Sec. 001 - Elementary Latin
LATN 102, Sec. 002 - Elementary Latin
LATN 201 - Accelerated Latin
LATN 302 - Latin Poetry-Vergil: Aeneid
LATN 304 - Latin Poetry II
LATN 399 - Independent Study
LATN 399H - Honors Course
LATN 492/892 - Topics in Latin Poetry: Vergil
LATN 896 - Reading and Research
LATN 899 - Masters Thesis
LATN 942 - Seminar in Latin Literature
Hebrew:
HEBR 102 - Elementary Biblical Hebrew II
HEBR 399 - Independent Study
HEBR 896 - Reading and Research
Religious Studies:
RELG 120W - World Religions
RELG 134W - Religious Diversity in the US
RELG 181 - Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
RELG 205 - Introduction to the Hebrew Bible
RELG 206 - Ways of Western Religion
RELG 212W - Life and Letters of Paul
RELG 225 - Science and Religion
RELG 308 - History of Comparative Religion
RELG 331 - Ancient Israel
RELG 332 - Jews in the Middle Ages
RELG 399 - Independent Study
RELG 489/889 - Medieval Literature & Theology
University Honors Program:
UHON 395H, Sec. 011 - University Honors Seminar: The Other Old Testament
| CLAS 116 - SCIENTIFIC GREEK & LATIN Instructor Schedule and Office Hours | |||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | SecTimeDaysBldg/Room | Instructor | ||||
| 2198 | 2 | 0010000-000000ON BLACKBOARD | 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 6th Edition, ISBN: 0-323-02805-5, Mosby Elsevier, 2005, Paperback, Required; Anderson, Kenneth N., Mosby's Medical, Nursing & Health Professionals Dictionary, 7th Edition, ISBN: 0-323-03562-0, Mosby, 2005, 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 180, SEC. 150 - CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY |
| Call#TypeCr HrsSecTimeDaysBldg/Room | Instructor |
| 2200Lecture A31501230p-0120pMFLL 102 | T. Rinkevich |
| 2201Recitation A--1511230p-0120pTCBA 107 | Staff |
| 2202Recitation A--1520230p-0320pWARR | Staff |
| 2203Recitation A--1530930a-1020aRFERG 112 | Staff |
| 2204Recitation A--1541230p-0120pWLL 102 | Staff |
| 2205Recitation A--1551230p-0120pRCBA 107 | Staff |
| 2207Recitation A--1571230p-0120pRAND 144 | Staff |
| NOTE: Must also take Group A Recitation. |
| Description of Material Being Covered (Sec. 150): We will read the significant sources of our information and ideas about Greco-Roman mythology. These include: Homer's Odyssey, Hesiod's Theogony, Sophocles' Three Theban Plays, four plays of Euripides, Vergil's Aeneid, Ovid's Metamorphoses, and Seneca's play Thyestes. Lectures will present and explain characters, plots, issues relating to literature, traditions, how the characters understand themselves as human beings, and what that implies. Attention is paid as well to the importance and influence of these stories. These pieces of literary art are among the greatest treasures of the human race. |
| Required Books (Sec. 150): Homer, The Odyssey, (ed. Cook), ISBN: 0-393-00744-8, Norton, 1968, Required; Hesiod, Theogony, (tr. Brown), ISBN: 0-02-315310-5, Prentice, 1953, Required; Seneca, Four Tragedies & Otavia (tr. Watling), ISBN: 0-14-044174-3, Penguin, 1966, Required; Sophocles, Three Theban Plays, ISBN: 0-14-044425-4, Penguin, 1984, Required; Euripides, Ten Plays, (tr. Hadas), ISBN: 0-553-21363-6, Bantam, 1984, Required; Virgil, The Aeneid of Virgil, (tr. Humphries), ISBN: 0-02-358500-5, Prentice, 1951, Required; Ovid, Metamorphoses, (tr. Humphries), ISBN: 0-253-20001-6, Indiana UP, 1955, Required; There is also a highly recommended but optional text: Morford and Lenardon, Classical Mythology 7th Edition, ISBN: 0-195-15344-8, Oxford, 2003, Optional. |
| Method of Instruction (Sec. 150): Two lectures/week and a recitation section. Attendance at the lectures is expected, and active participation in the discussion during recitation is required. There will be some audio-visual material (videos, overheads, etc.). |
| Number and Types of Assignments (Sec. 150): Continuous assignments of reading each week, 3-4 short papers. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information (Sec. 150): Two (2) hour-exams (40% of grade), 10-15 quizzes (quizzes and discussion=30% of grade), essays (25% of grade), attendance (5% of grade). Attendance and performance counts! Standard scale on scores and grades: ca. 97-100=A+; 93-96=A; 90-92=A-; 87-89=B+; 83-86=B; 80-82=B-; 77-79=C+; 73-76=C; 70-72=C-; 67-69=D+; 63-66=D; 60-62=D-; below 60=F. |
| NOTE: Must also take Group B Recitation. |
| Description of Material Being Covered (Sec. 250): The stories, gods and goddesses, heroes and heroines, monsters and villains, themes and images of ancient Greek and Roman mythology continue to influence Western culture in myriad ways. In this course we will read a representative selection of the great works of ancient literature through which the classical myths have come down to us, and seek to answer the questions "What is myth?" and "What is it good for?" |
| Required Books: Aeschylus, The Oresteia (tr. Fagles), ISBN: 0-14-044333-9, Penguin, 1984, Required; Euripides, Ten Plays (tr. Roche), ISBN: 0-451-52700-3, Penguin, 1998, Required; Homer, The Essential Homer (tr. Lombardo), ISBN: 0-87220-540-1, Hackett, 2000, Required; Sophocles, The Three Theban Plays (tr. Fagles), ISBN: 0-14-044425-4, Penguin, 1984, Required; Joint Association of Classical Teachers, The World of Athens, ISBN: 0-521-27389-7, Cambridge, 1984, Required; Stephen M. Trzaskoma, Anthology of the Classical Myth, ISBN: 0-87220-721-8, Hackett, 2004, Required. |
| Method of Instruction (Sec. 250): Lecture and discussion. |
| Number and Types of Assignments (Sec. 250): Weekly reading, in-class discussion, and tests; an essay; and a final exam. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information (Sec. 250): 25% attendance and participation; 25% weekly tests; 25% essay; 25% final exam. |
| CLAS 180Z, SEC. 101 - CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY |
| Call#Cr HrsSecTimeDaysBldg/Room | Instructor |
| 219931010630p-0920pTAND 11 | G. Watley |
| Description of Material Being Covered: The stories, gods and goddesses, heroes and heroines, monsters and villains, themes and images of ancient Greek and Roman mythology continue to influence Western culture in myriad ways. In this course we will read a representative selection of the great works of ancient literature through which the classical myths have come down to us, and seek to answer the questions "What is myth?" and "What is it good for?" |
| Required Books: Aeschylus, The Oresteia (tr. Fagles), ISBN: 0-14-044333-9, Penguin, 1984, Required; Euripides, Ten Plays (tr. Roche), ISBN: 0-451-52700-3, Penguin, 1998, Required; Homer, The Essential Homer (tr. Lombardo), ISBN: 0-87220-540-1, Hackett, 2000, Required; Sophocles, The Three Theban Plays (tr. Fagles), ISBN: 0-14-044425-4, Penguin, 1984, Required; Joint Association of Classical Teachers, The World of Athens, ISBN: 0-521-27389-7, Cambridge, 1984, Required; Stephen M. Trzaskoma, Anthology of the Classical Myth, ISBN: 0-87220-721-8, Hackett, 2004, Required. |
| Method of Instruction : Lecture and discussion. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: Weekly reading, in-class discussion, and tests; an essay; and a final exam. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: 25% attendance and participation; 25% weekly tests; 25% essay; 25% final exam. |
| CLAS 282 - WORLD OF CLASSICAL ROME | |||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor | |
| 2214 3 001 0130p-0220p MWFAND 11 | T. Winter | ||||||
| PREQ: Sophomore standing. |
| Cross-Listed with English 240B. |
| Description of Material Being Covered: This course covers many of the most important works of Latin Literature in English, with two main purposes: A. To study the literature per se; B. To use the literature as documents from which to see the culture of the Romans. |
| Required Books: Horace, Horace: Complete Odes & Epodes (tr. Shepherd), ISBN: 0-14-044422-X, Penguin, 1983, Required; Juvenal, Satires of Juvenal (tr. Humphries), ISBN: 0-253-20020-2, Indiana UP, 1958, Required; Plautus, Pot of Gold & Other Plays (tr. Watling), ISBN: 0-14-044149-2, Penguin, 1965, Required; Polybius, Riso of the Roman Empire (tr. Scott-Kilvert), ISBN: 0-14-044362-2, Penguin, 1980, Required; Cicero, On Government, (tr. Grant), ISBN: 0-14-044595-1, Penguin, 1994, Required; Terence, Comedies, (tr. Bovie), ISBN: 0-8018-4354-5, John Hopkins UP, 1992, Required; Catullus, Pliny, Letters of Pliny the Younger, (tr. Radice), ISBN: 0-14-044127-1, Penguin, 1976, Required; Virgil, Aeneid of Virgil (tr. Humphries), ISBN: 0-02-358500-5, Prentice Hall, 1997, Required. |
| Examination Policy : There will be a test at the end of each of the seven source documents. Each student will do a paper and a presentation. There will be a comprehensive final exam. |
| CLAS 300E - INTRO TO COPTIC | |||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg Room | Instructor | |
| 6999 | 3 | 001 | 1030a-1120a | TR | AND 241 | J. Turner | |
| Description of Material Being Covered: An introduction to Coptic (Sahidic dialect), the final written phase of the Egyptian language, (ca. 100 BCE-1850 CE) in which the words were written in capital Greek letters rather than hieroglyphic characters. Equips the student with a knowledge of Coptic grammar and vocabulary sufficient to interpret texts such as the Coptic Bible and the Nag Hammadi Codices at an elementary level. |
| Required Books: |
| Marvin W. Meyer, The Gospel of Thomas: The Hidden Sayings of Jesus, ISBN: 0-06-065581-X, Harper San Francisco, 1992, Hardcover, Required; |
| A Concise Coptic-English Lexicon 2nd Edition, ISBN: 0-88414-039-3, Society of Biblical Literature, 1999, Required. |
| Method of Instruction: Classroom recitation. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: To be announced. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: To be announced. |
| CLAS 399H - HONORS COURSE | |||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor | |
| 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. |
| GREK 102 - ELEMENTARY GREEK II | |||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor | |
| 3520 | 5 | 001 | 1130a-1220p | MTWRF | AND 11 | T. Rinkevich | |
| PREQ: GREK 101. |
| Description of Material Being Covered: This course is a continuation of Greek 101. The purpose of the course is to develop in the student the ability to read Classical and Koine Greek. |
| Required Books: Liddell, Henry G. & Scott, Robert; Abridged Greek-English Lexicon, ISBN: 0-19-910207-4, Oxford UP, 1972, Hardcover, Required. |
| Method of Instruction: Primarily supervised translation and analysis of Greek texts, with grammatical study. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: There will be assignments from each lesson on forms and meanings and readings from other sources. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: There will be nearly daily quizzes; there will be mid-term and final exams. |
| GREK 361 - HOMER | ||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor |
| 3521 | 3 | 001 | 1030a-1120a | MWF | AND 241 | N. Adkin |
| PREQ: GREK 371 or 372. |
| Description of Material Being Covered: Selections from Homer's Iliad, read in the original Greek. |
| Required Books: Homer, Iliad, Book 1, (ed. Draper), ISBN: 0-472-06792-3, Univ. of Chicago, 2002, Required. |
| Method of Instruction: Lecture and discussion. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: Quizzes, mid-term, and final. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information : To be announced. |
| GREK 399 - INDEPENDENT STUDY | |||||||
| Call#Cr HrsSecTimeDaysBldg/Room | Instructor | ||||||
| ****1-6001ArrangedArrangedArranged | Staff | ||||||
| PREQ: Permission of Instructor. Obtain call # from the Classics office (472-2460). |
| GREK 399H - HONORS COURSE | |||||||
| Call#Cr HrsSecTimeDaysBldg/Room | Instructor | ||||||
| ****1-4001ArrangedArrangedArranged | Staff | ||||||
| PREQ: Candidate for degree with distinction or with high distinction or with highest distinction in the College of Arts and Sciences. Obtain call # from Classics office (472-2460) |
| GREK 492/892 - TOPICS IN GREEK POETRY: CALLIMACHUS | |||||||
| Call#Cr HrsSecTimeDaysBldg/Room | Instructor | ||||||
| 7000/700130010200p-0315pTRAND 241 | N. Adkin | ||||||
| NOTE: GREK 492 can be repeated for credit towards the degree. |
| Description of Material Being Covered: Selections from the King of Hellenistic Poetry: Callimachus, read in the original Greek. |
| Required Books: Handout. |
| Method of Instruction : Lecture and discussion. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: Quizzes, mid-term, and final. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: To be announced. |
| GREK 896 - READING AND RESEARCH | |||||||
| Call#Cr HrsSecTimeDaysBldg/Room | Instructor | ||||||
| ****1-6001ArrangedArrangedArranged | Staff | ||||||
| PREQ: Permission of Instructor. Obtain call # from the Classics office (472-2460). |
| GREK 899 - MASTERS THESIS | |||||||
| Call#Cr HrsSecTimeDaysBldg/Room | Instructor | ||||||
| 35271-10001ArrangedArrangedArranged | Staff | ||||||
| PREQ: Admission to the Masters Degree Program and permission of Major Advisor. |
| GREK 962 - SEMINAR IN GREEK LITERATURE | ||||
| Call#Cr HrsSecTimeDaysBldg/Room | Instructor | |||
| 35281-6 0010000p-0000pARRARR |
STAFF | |||
| Description of Material Being Covered: To be announced. |
| 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. |
| LATN 102, Sec. 001 - ELEMENTARY LATIN | |||||||
| Call#Cr HrsSecTimeDaysBldg/Room | Instructor | ||||||
| 387750010930a-1020aMTWRFAND 11 | T. Winter | ||||||
| PREQ: Latin 101. |
| Description of Material Being Covered: This course will continue from Latin 101, with attention to grammar, syntax and vocabulary sufficient to begin reading elementary Latin prose. The student will encounter extracts from Caesar, Cicero, Catullus, Virgil, Livy, and Ovid, and will continue to develop their ability to understand and expand their vocabulary as well as their appreciation for grammatical structure. |
| Required Books: |
| Maurice Balme and James Morwood, Oxford Latin Course Parts II , ISBN: 0-19-521205-3, Oxford UP, 2002, Required; |
| Maurice Balme and James Morwood, Oxford Latin Course Parts III, ISBN: 0-19-521207-X, Oxford UP, 1997, Required; |
| Maurice Balme and James Morwood, Oxford Latin Course Reader, ISBN: 0-19-521209-6, Oxford UP, 1997, Required; |
| Method of Instruction: Students will learn by doing through extensive in-class translation and form drills. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: Frequent feedback, frequent quizzes. On your toes is a healthy place for a student to be. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: In addition to the drills, frequent quizzes and a mid-term and a final exam will make up the final grade. |
| LATN 102, Sec. 002 - ELEMENTARY LATIN | ||||
| Call#Cr HrsSecTimeDaysBldg/Room | Instructor | |||
| 387850020230p-0320pMTWRFAND 11 | R. Gorman | |||
| PREQ: Latin 101 or some high school Latin (see instructor if you have only high school Latin and are interested in this course). |
| 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: This course is a continuation of Latin 101. In this class the student will continue to learn the grammar of the adjective and noun. All indicative forms of the verb will also be learned. |
| Required Books: |
| Maurice Balme and James Morwood, Oxford Latin Course Parts II , ISBN: 0-19-521205-3, Oxford UP, 1996, Required; |
| Maurice Balme and James Morwood, Oxford Latin Course Parts III, ISBN: 0-19-521207-X, Oxford UP, 1997, Required.. |
| Maurice Balme and James Morwood, Oxford Latin Course Reader, ISBN: 0-19-521209-6, Oxford UP, 1997, Required; |
| Method of Instruction: Students will learn by doing through extensive in-class translation and form drills. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: In addition to the drill, frequent quizzes and a mid-term and a final exam will make up the final grade. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: To be announced. |
| LATN 201 - INTERMEDIATE LATIN | |||||||
| Call#Cr HrsSecTimeDaysBldg/Room | Instructor | ||||||
| 767630010930a-1020aMWFAND 241 | R. Gorman | ||||||
| PREQ: None. Note well that high school Latin is not expected or required). |
| Description of Material Being Covered: This course has been redesigned to serve as an accelerated introduction to reading Latin for the student who has little or no background in the subject. We will move rapidly from learning the basic morphology to reading extended prose passages. The workload will be heavy and dedication will be required. Latin 201 is well suited to graduate students and motivated advanced undergraduates. |
| Required Books: Rita M. Fleischer, Floyd L. Moreland, Latin: An Intensive Course, ISBN: 0-520-03183-0, Univ. of CA Press, 1978, Required; Latin Grammar Chart, required. |
| Method of Instruction: Students will learn by doing through extensive in-class translation and form drills. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: In addition to the drill, frequent quizzes and a mid-term and a final exam will make up the final grade. |
| LATN 302 - LATIN POETRY - VERGIL: AENEID | |||||||||||||||
| Call#Cr HrsSecTimeDaysBldg/Room | Instructor | ||||||||||||||
| 387930011230p-0120pMWFTeac 247 | N. Adkin | ||||||||||||||
| PREQ: Latin 201 or 301. |
| Description of Material Being Covered: Latin 302 is a continuation of Latin 301. Students will be introduced to some of the most fantastic works of Latin poetry as they continue to enhance their skills in translation and grammatical analysis. |
| Required Books: |
| Vergil's Aeneid, Books I-VI, (ed. Pharr), 2nd Edition, ISBN: 0-86516-421-5, Bolchazy-Carducci, 1998, required. |
| Method of Instruction: Discussion. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: Translation and grammatical analysis. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: Quizzes, mid-term and final. |
| LATN 304 - LATIN POETRY II | |||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor | |
| 7003 | 3 | 001 | 0130p-0220p | MWF | TEAC 247 | T. Rinkevich | |
| PREQ: Latin 201; Latin 301 or 303. |
| Description of Material Being Covered: Selected Latin poetry from the earliest to the latest times. Discussion of meters, styles, genres; translation of original Latin |
| Required Books: (Won't be needed until later in semester) J.A. Harrison, Horace in His Odes, ISBN: 0-86516-062-7, Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 1998. |
| Method of Instruction: Reading and translation cum discussion of selected Latin poetry from the earliest to the latest times. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: Daily assignments of poetic material, frequent quizzes. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: The grade will be the average of the grades for the individual assignments and quizzes. Mid-term, final exams. |
| LATN 399 - INDEPENDENT STUDY | ||||
| Call#Cr HrsSecTimeDaysBldg/Room | Instructor | |||
| ****1-6001ArrangedArrangedArranged | Staff | |||
| PREQ: Permission of Instructor. Obtain call # from the Classics office (472-2460). |
| LATN 399H - HONORS COURSE | |||||||
| Call#Cr HrsSecTimeDaysBldg/Room | Instructor | ||||||
| ****1-4001ArrangedArrangedArranged | 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 896 - READING AND RESEARCH | ||||
| Call#Cr HrsSecTimeDaysBldg/Room | Instructor | |||
| ****1-6001ArrangedArrangedArranged | Staff | |||
| PREQ: Permission of Instructor. Obtain call # from the Classics office (472-2460). |
| LATN 899 - MASTERS THESIS | ||||
| Call#Cr HrsSecTimeDaysBldg/Room | Instructor | |||
| 38851-10001ArrangedArrangedArranged | Staff | |||
| PREQ: ADMISSIONS TO THE MASTERS DEGREE PROGRAM AND PERMISSION OF MAJOR ADVISER. |
| LATN 942 - SEMINAR IN LATIN LITERATURE | ||||
| Call#Cr HrsSecTimeDaysBldg/Room | Instructor | |||
| 38863001ArrangedArrangedArranged | N. Adkin | |||
| HEBR 399 - INDEPENDENT STUDY | ||||
| Call#Cr HrsSecTimeDaysBldg/Room | Instructor | |||
| ****1-3001ArrangedArrangedArranged | Staff | |||
| PREQ: Permission of Instructor. Obtain call # from the Classics office (472-2460). |
| HEBR 896 - READING AND RESEARCH | ||||
| Call#Cr HrsSecTimeDaysBldg/Room | Instructor | |||
| ****3001ArrangedArrangedArranged | 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 | 1030a-1145a | TR | ARR | 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: Asma, Gods Drink Whiskey: Stumbling Toward Enlightenment, Harper San Francisco, 2005, Required Ernst, Following Muhammed, Univ. of NC, 2004, 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 134W - RELIGIOUS DIVERSITY IN THE US | |||||||
| Call#Cr HrsSecTimeDaysBldg/Room | Instructor | ||||||
| ****30011200p-1250pMWF308 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: Religion in the U.S. is vital and diverse and its study illuminates not only early American society, but also the current pluralism within our contemporary culture. This course will introduce religious traditions in the U.S. through thematic, historical, denominational and cultural considerations. Though the Puritan roots of U.S. religious history will be considered, this course emphasizes the variety and diversity of religious experiences in the U.S., including Native American, Protestant, Catholic, African-American, Judaism, Islamic, Hindu and Buddhist traditions |
| This class was created out of research that Prof. Lester and student researchers are conducting for the Harvard Pluralism Project on religious diversity in Lincoln. Resources from the Harvard Project (http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~pluralism/) will be used for this class and exceptional student research for this class will contribute to the Pluralism Project. |
| Required Books: |
| Religion and Sexuality; |
| Massa, Catholics and American Culture, Herder & Herder, 2001; |
| Finke & Stark, Churching of America, 1776-2005, Rutgers UP, 2005; |
| Sullivan, Impossibility of Religious Freedom, Princeton UP, 2005. |
| Objectives: |
| Acquaint students with the contributions of various religious traditions, denomination and movements in American culture and society as well as the effects of American culture on diverse religious faiths and practices, |
| Provide a broad survey of religions and religious life in the US, |
| Access the role and importance of marginalized peoples and religious traditions, |
| Increase students' analytical and critical skills, |
| Increase students' ability to express themselves effectively, |
| Help students understand the relevance of debates regarding God, nature, and society to current religious, social and political issues. |
| Course Requirements: |
| 1. Attendance. If the student is absent for 3 or more class sessions 5 points will be subtracted from their total grade for each absence beyond 3. No distinction is made between excused and unexcused absences. |
| 2. Each student will compose a religious family tree and autobiography, indicating both ethnicity and religious traditions of your birth and adoptive family which should be 2-4 pages in length. |
| 3. Students will be separated into teams to conduct research and fieldwork of a religious organiztion, group or community. Each team will do outside of class background reading on the religous groups and visit their site (if there is one, and talk with practitioners. Then, each team will write and revise an essay (with photos) and conduct an in-class presentation about that religious organization in the US, Nebraska and Lincoln. |
| 3. Exams (4 worth 100 each). |
| RELG 181 - JUDAISM, CHRISTIANITY, & ISLAM | |||||||
| Call#Cr HrsSecTimeDaysBldg/Room | Instructor | ||||||
| 565730011030a-1120aMWFFERG 112 | S. Wood | ||||||
| Description of Material Being Covered: This course offers an introductory survey of the three major monotheistic religious traditions originating in the Middle East: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. We will explore each tradition in some depth, paying particular attention to historical development, scripture, doctrine, and practice. |
| Required Books: |
| Mary Pat Fisher, Living Religions - Western Traditions, 1st Edition, ISBN: 0-13-182929-7, Prentice Hall, 2003, Required; |
| Bruce Lincoln, Holy Terrors: Thinking about Religion after September 11th, ISBN: 0-226-48195-6, Univ. of Chicago P, 2003, Required; |
| Plus various articles. |
| Method of Instruction: Lecture and discussion. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: Requirements will include short papers, mid-term, and final. In addition, students may be asked to lead class discussions on selected readings. |
| Examination Polices and Grading Information: To be announced. |
| RELG 205 - INTRO TO THE HEBREW BIBLE | |||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Room | Instructor | |
| 7027 | 3 | 001 | 0930a-1045a | TR | CBA 206 | S. Crawford | |
| Cross-Listed with Judaic Studies 205. |
| Description of Material Being Covered: The purpose of this course is to provide the student with an overview of the texts of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, to place those texts in a historical context, and to learn the methods of interpretation which scholars use when working with the text. The class will include material on the history of Ancient Israel, society and culture, gender roles, and archaeology. No prior knowledge of the Bible is assumed. |
| Required Books: |
| John J. Collins, Introduction to the Hebrew Bible, ISBN: 0-8006-2991-4, Augsburg Fortress Press, 2004; |
| (1/2 of class will be assigned this book) Eleanor Ferris Beach, The Jezebel Letters: Religion and Politics in Ninth-Century Israel, ISBN: 0/8006-3754-2, Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 2005; |
| (Other half of class will be assigned this book) James A. Michener, The Source: A Novel, ISBN: 0-375-76038-5, Random House, 2002; |
| Bible (any translation, preferably one including the apocryphal/deuterocanonical books) |
| Method of Instruction: Lecture and discussion. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: Weekly readings, a short oral presentation, and several short papers. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: Occasional quizzes and a final short paper. Attndance and quizzes = 15% of final grade, oral presentation = 10%, short papers = 60%, final paper = 15% |
| RELG 206 - WAYS OF WESTERN RELIGION | |||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor | |
| 5658 | 3 | 001 | 1230p-0145p | TR | AND 11 | J. Turner | |
| Description of Material Being Covered: Introduction to the academic study of religion through the reading and analysis of 15 significant literary works from the Bronze Age to the present. These works either reflect or have crucially shaped the western religious consciousness, and each in its own way raises the root questions concerning human existence in an incisive and memorable way: life and death, mortality and immortality, human excellence and failure, ambiguity and paradox versus the logical and straightforward, and the relation between God, man and world, reason and revelation, what can and cannot be known. Each week of the semester will be devoted to the study of a single author in his or her historical context, and how the work invites the reader to perceive and attach significance to the world of human experience. Short weekly papers will be submitted by the student, which may be used as the basis for contributing to class discussion. |
| Required Books: |
| Henry David Thoreau, Walden or, Life in the Woods and the Duty of Civil Disobedience, ISBN: 0-06-080615-X, Perennial, 1973; |
| St. Augustine, Confessions, ISBN: 0-14-044114-X, Viking Press, 1961; |
| R.J. Hollingdale, Twilight of the Idols and the Antichrist ISBN: 0-14-044514-5, Viking Press, 1990; |
| Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Goethe's Faust, ISBN: 0-385-03114-9, Anchor Books/Doubleday, 1962; |
| John Gardner (Ed.), Gilgamesh: Translated from the Sin-Legi-Unninni Version, ISBN: 0-394-74089-0, Random House, 1985; |
| Dante Alighieri, Inferno, ISBN: 0-451-52798-4, Penguin, 2001; |
| Franz Kafka, Complete Stories of Franz Kafka, ISBN: 0-8052-1055-5, Schocken, 1995; |
| Samuel Becket, Waiting for Godot, ISBN: 0-8021-3034-8, Grove Press, 1997; |
| Euripides, The Bacchae of Euripides: A New Translation with a Critical Essay, ISBN: 0-8032-5194-7, Univ. of NE Press, 1968; |
| Gershom Scholem, Zohar: The Book of Splendor: Basic Readings from the Kabbalah, ISBN: 0-8052-1034-2, Schocken Books, 1995; |
| Plato, The Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, and Phaedo: Apology; Crito; Phaedo (Great Books in Philosophy), ISBN: 0-87975-496-6, Prometheus Books, 1988; |
| Martin Luther, Erasmus Desiderius, Discourse on Free Will, ISBN: 0-8044-6140-6, Frederick Unger, 1961. |
| Method of Instruction: Daily discussion sessions. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: Fourteen 2-3 page weekly papers; no exams or term papers. |
| Description of Material Being Covered: A study of Pauline literature, Paul's interpretation of Jesus and his work as missionary to the Gentiles. Acts and the Pauline Epistles are primary sources. Some contemporary analyses of Pauline thought and its important for the contemporary situation will be emphasized. |
| Required Readings:
Apostle Paul Victor Paul Furnish, The Moral Teaching of Paul. Selected Issues, 2nd ed., ISBN: 0-687-27181-9, Abingdon Press, 1985; E.P. Sanders, Paul, A Very Short Introduction, ISBN: 0-19-287679-1, Oxford University Press, 1991; Marion L. Soards, The Apostle Paul: An Introduction to his Writings and Teaching, ISBN: 0-8091-2864-0, Paulist, 1987; Krister Stendahl, Paul Among Jews and Gentiles and Other Essays, ISBN: 0-8006-124-8, Fortress, 1977; Selections from any standard translation of the Bible. No not use The Living Bible (including The Way or The Book) or The Amplified Bible. These are not translations but paraphrases. If you do not now own a Bible, the editions listed below are good study Bibles: Michael D. Coogan, The New Oxford Annotated Bible with the Apocryphal/Deuteronomical Books: New Revised Standard Version, 3rd ed., ISBN: 019528478X. Wayne A. Meeks et al. with the Society of Biblical Literature, The HarperCollins Study Bible New Revised Standard Version with the Apocrypal/Deuterocanonical Books, (hardcover, ISBN: 0-06-065580-1; paperback 1997, ISBN: 0-06-065527-5), HarperCollins, 1993. |
| Method of Instruction: To be announced. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: A written outline of the required reading for the day and two 8-10 page papers. |
| Examination Polices and Grading Information: There will be no major examinations in this course, but pop quizzes may be given on the required readings from time to time. Although there will be no formal final examination, the class will meet during exam week to conclude its work. Daily preparation (including written outlines of the required readings, the letters of Paul and oral discussion of the assigned readings) = 20%, first paper = 40%, second paper = 40%. |
| RELG 225 - SCIENCE AND RELIGION | |||||||
| Call#Cr HrsSecTimeDaysBldg/Room | Instructor | ||||||
| 702930011030a-1120aMWFAND 11 |
D. Crawford | ||||||
| Description of Material Being Covered: As science has progressed in the modern era, religion has been in retreat, having to conform its doctrines to advances in scientific knowledge. We will ask whether science and religion are fundamentally opposed. Are current theories of the beginning of the universe, and of the evolution of matter, life, and mind consistent with belief in a creator-god? Has the Intelligent Design Theory given any good reasons for doubting Darwinism? To help in understanding the present, we will examine past clashes between science and religion, beginning with the discoveries of Copernicus and Galileo, through Darwin's evolutionary theory, to modern Big Bang cosmology, and the various ways in which religion has responded to these challenges. (The course will not presuppose any special background in science or religious studies, although some of the readings will be somewhat technical.) |
| Required Readings: Paul Davies, The Mind of God, (1993); William Dembski & Michael Ruse (Eds), Debating Design: From Darwin to DNA, (2004); and a course packet. |
| Method of Instruction: Lecture and discussion. |
| Course Requirements: Four short papers (3-4 pages), an oral presentation, and a final paper (or take-home test). |
| RELG 308 - HISTORY OF COMPARATIVE RELIGION | |||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor | |
| 7032 | 3 | 002 | 0230p-0320p | MWF | OldH 208 | S. Wood | |
| 7030 | 3 | 001 | 1230p-0120p | MWF | OldH 20 | S. Wood | |
| Cross-Listed with History 308. |
| Description of Material Being Covered: This course surveys the main classical religious traditions of the world, including Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism. The approach taken is academic and comparative. We will examine methodologies for religious studies, the worldviews of each tradition's followers, and such topics as the role of scripture, the status of women, inter-faith dialogue, "fundamentalism," and religion and violence. |
| Required Books: Mary Pat Fisher, Living Religions, 6th Edition, ISBN: 0-13-193315-9, Prentice Hall, 2005, Required; Mary Pat Fisher, Lee W. Bailey, An Anthology of Living Religions, ISBN: 0-13-015657-4, Prentice Hall, 1999, 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 331 - ANCIENT ISRAEL | |||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor | |
| 5661 | 3 | 001 | 1030p-1120p | MWF | OldH 205 | S. Burnett | |
| PREQ: Sophmore standing or permission. |
| Cross-Listed with Religion and Judaic Studies 331. |
| Description of Material Being Covered: This course will survey the history of Israel from the patriarchs to the emergence of Christianity and rabbinic Judaism. Major themes will include the nature of the Bible's witness to Israel's history, Israel's place within broader Near Eastern and Mediterranean history, and the use of archaeological findings for understanding Israelite history, religion, and culture. |
| Required Books: |
| Bright, John, A History of Israel, 4th Edition, ISBN: 0-664-22068-1, Westminster John Knox P, 2001; |
| Heschel, Abraham Joshua, The Prophets, Volume 1, ISBN: 0-06-093699-1, Perennial, 2001; |
| Niditch, Susan, Ancient Israelite Religion in Historical Perspective, ISBN: 0-19-509128-0Oxford Univ. Press. |
| Method of Instruction: Lecture with discussion of texts. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: Several reader response papers based upon readings of primary or secondary sources. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: Two in-class examinations and a final examination. |
| RELG 332 - JEWS IN THE MIDDLE AGES | |||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor | |
| 8149 | 3 | 001 | 1230p-0145p | TR | FERG 111 | S. Burnett | |
| PREQ: Sophmore standing or permission from the instructor. |
| Cross-Listed with History 332 and Judaic Studies 332. |
| Description of Material Being Covered: This course traces the development of rabbinic Judaism from its birth under the Roman Empire until the seventeenth century orthodox synthesis of talmudic learning, kabbalah and custom. Along the way we will examine the emergence of a distinctive Jewish civilization, the interaction of Jews with majority cultures (Islamic and European Christian), and the impact of Jews and Jewish learning upon western culture. |
| Required Books: Kenneth Stow, Alienated Minority: The Jews of Medieval Latin Europe, ISBN:6-674-01593-2, Harvard UP., 1998, Required; Norman Stillman, The Jews of Arab Lands: A History and Source Book, ISBN: 0-8276-0198-0, Jewish Publication Society, Required; Mark Cohen, Under Cross and Crescent, ISBN: 0-691-01082-X, Princeton UP, Required; Gluckel of Hameln, Memoires of Gluckel of Hameln, ISBN: 0-8052-0572-1, Random House, 1987, Required. |
| Method of Instruction: To an announced. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: Two exams (mid-term and final) and three short papers. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: To an 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 489/889 - MEDIEVAL LITERATURE & THEOLOGY | |||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor | |
| 7024/7025 | 3 | 001 | 1230p-0120p | MWF | CBA 105 | S. Lahey | |
| Description of Material Being Covered: To be announced. | |||||||
| Required Books: |
| Richard Woods, Mysticism & Prophecy, ISBN: 1-57075-206-0, Orbis Books, 1998; |
| Simon Tubwell, Albert & Thomas: Selected Writings, ISBN: 0-8091-3022-X, Paulist Press, 1988; |
| Suzanne Noffke, Catherine of Siena: The Dialogue, ISBN: 0-8091-2233-2, Paulist Press, 1980; |
| Method of Instruction: To be announced. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: To be announced. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information: To be announced. |
| UHON 395H, SEC 011 - UNIV. HONORS SEMINAR: THE OTHER OLD TESTAMENT | |||||||
| Call# | Cr Hrs | Sec | Time | Days | Bldg/Room | Instructor | |
| **** | 3 | 001 | 1230p-0145p | TR | CBA 362 | G. Watley | |
| PREQ: Obtain call # from the Honors Program. |
| Description of Material Being Covered: Alongside the books that eventually became the Old Testament, many other books about Old Testament persons and events were written, read, and regarded as scripture, by various early Jewish and Christian groups. These books didn't make it into the Bible, but they tell us quite a lot about how Jews and Christians in antiquity interpreted the books that did, and they have profoundly influenced Jewish and Christian theology ever since. In this course we will study a representative sample of texts from this "Other Old Testament", some of them known all along, others rediscovered only recently. |
| Required Books: |
| Geza Vermes (tr.), The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English, ISBN: 0-140-44952-3, Penguin, 2004, Required; |
| James H. Charlesworth (ed.) The Old Textament Pseudepigrapha, Volume I, ISBN: 0-385-09630-5, Doubleday, 1983, Required; |
| James H. Charlesworth (ed.) The Old Textament Pseudepigrapha, Volume 2, ISBN: 0-385-18813-7, Doubleday, 1985, Required; |
| The Bible (any translation will do), Required. |
| Method of Instruction: Lecture/discussion. |
| Number and Types of Assignments: Weekly readings and in-class discussion; participation and leadership in Blackboard discussion forums; an essay; and a final exam. |
| Examination Policies and Grading Information : 25% attendance and participation; 25% Blackboard participation and leadership; 25% essay; 25% final exam. |
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