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Course Description Booklet

SUMMER 2003

This is the final list of courses that will be offered this summer. 

Pre-Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 19 - June 6
8-Week Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 19 - July 11
1st 5-Week Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 9 - July 11
2nd 5-Week Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 14 - Aug. 14

PRESESSION 
CLAS 307/807 - Early Christianity
GREK 896 - Reading and Research
GREK 899 - Masters Thesis
LATN 896 - Reading and Research
LATN 899 - Masters Thesis
RELG 307 - Early Christianity
CLAS 307/807 - EARLY CHRISTIANITY 
Call# Cr Hrs Sec Time Days Bldg/Room Instructor
1834/1837 3 301 1030a-0120p MTWRF AND 11 J. Turner
Cross-Listed with Religious Studies 307 and History 307/807. 
Description of Material Being Covered:  Introduction to the history, institutions and thought of early Christianity from the beginnings until A.D. 150 as reconstructed from the New Testament and other early Christian literature.
Required Books: 
The New Testament (RSV);
Duling and Perrin, Introduction to the New Testament;
Dungan and Cartlidge, Documents for the Study of the Gospels;
Throckmorton, Gospel Parallels 5th NRSV.
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.
GREK 896 - READING AND RESEARCH 
Call# Cr Hrs Sec Time Days Bldg/Room Instructor
**** 1-3 301 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
**** 1-3 301 Arranged Arranged Arranged Staff
PREQ:   Admission to the Masters Degree Program and Permission of Major Advisor.
Obtain call # from the Classics office (472-2460). 
LATN 896 - READING AND RESEARCH 
Call# Cr Hrs Sec Time Days Bldg/Room Instructor
**** 1-3 301 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
**** 1-3 301 Arranged Arranged Arranged Staff
PREQ:   Admission to the Masters Degree Program and Permission of Major Advisor.
Obtain call # from the Classics office (472-2460). 
RELG 307 - EARLY CHRISTIANITY 
Call# Cr Hrs Sec Time Days Bldg/Room Instructor
3972 3 301 1030a-0120p MTWRF AND 11 J. Turner
Cross-Listed with Classics 307/807 and History 307/807. 
Description of Material Being Covered:  Introduction to the history, institutions and thought of early Christianity from the beginnings until A.D. 150 as reconstructed from the New Testament and other early Christian literature.
Required Books: 
Holy Bible (RSV);
Duling and Perrin, Introduction to the New Testament;
Dungan and Cartlidge, Documents for the Study of the Gospels, Revised;
Throckmorton, Gospel Parallels 5th NRSV.
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.
1ST-FIVE WEEK SESSION 
CLAS 180, Sec. 501 - Classical Mythology
CLAS 399 - Independent Study
GREK 399 - Independent Study
GREK 896 - Reading and Research
GREK 899 - Masters Thesis
LATN 399 - Independent Study
LATN 896 - Reading and Research
LATN 899 - Masters Thesis
CLAS 180, SEC. 501 - CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY 
Call# Type Cr Hrs Sec Time Days Bldg/Room Instructor
1832 Lecture A 3 501 1245p-0220p MTWRF AND 11 T. Rinkevich
Description of Material Being Covered (Sec. 501):   A reading and discussion of the major stories of the ancient Greeks and Romans, in epic and dramatic forms, including Homer, Hesiod, Sophocles, Euripides, Vergil, Ovid, and Seneca as sources.
Required Books (Sec. 501): 
 Homer, The Odyssey, (tr. Cook), Norton;
Hesiod, Theogony, (tr. Brown), (Bobbs-Merrill);
Sophocles, Three Theban Plays, (tr. Kitto), (Oxford);
Euripides, Ten Plays, (tr. Hadas), (Bantam);
Vergil, The Aeneid, (Humphries), (Indiana Univ. Press);
Ovid, Metamorphoses, (tr. Humphries), (Indiana Univ. Press);
Seneca, Four Tragedies and Octavia, (tr. Watling), (Penguin Classics)
Method of Instruction (Sec. 501): 
- Lecture and discussion, coupled with quizzes and papers (vide infra)
- Questions and comments strongly desired
- Some audio-visuals
Number and Types of Assignments (Sec. 501):  
1 - Several quizzes on the readings and lecture, at least one for each book
2 - 3-5 short papers, 3-5 pages long
3 - Regular reading assignments
Examination Policies and Grading Information (Sec. 501): 
2-3 exams (last one being the final!), chiefly objective; at least seven (7) quizzes.
The grade will be approximately - Quizzes = 25%; Papers = 25%; Exams = 40%; Discussion = 10% for a total of 100%.
CLAS 399 - INDEPENDENT STUDY 
Call# Cr Hrs Sec Time Days Bldg/Room Instructor
**** 1-6 501 Arranged Arranged Arranged Staff
PREQ:   Permission of Instructor. Obtain call # from the Classics office (472-2460). 
GREK 399 - INDEPENDENT STUDY 
Call# Cr Hrs Sec Time Days Bldg/Room Instructor
**** 1-6 501 Arranged Arranged Arranged Staff
PREQ:   Permission of Instructor. Obtain call # from the Classics office (472-2460). 
GREK 896 - READING AND RESEARCH 
Call# Cr Hrs Sec Time Days Bldg/Room Instructor
**** 1-6 501 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
**** 1-6 501 Arranged Arranged Arranged Staff
PREQ:  Admission to the Masters Degree Program and permission of Major Advisor.
Obtain call # from the Classics office (472-2460). 
LATN 399 - INDEPENDENT STUDY 
Call# Cr Hrs Sec Time Days Bldg/Room Instructor
**** 1-6 501 Arranged Arranged Arranged Staff
PREQ:   Permission of Instructor. Obtain call # from the Classics office (472-2460). 
LATN 896 - READING AND RESEARCH 
Call# Cr Hrs Sec Time Days Bldg/Room Instructor
**** 1-6 501 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
**** 1-6 501 Arranged Arranged Arranged Staff
PREQ:   Admission to the Masters Degree Program and Permission of Major Advisor.
Obtain call # from the Classics office (472-2460). 
2ND-FIVE WEEK SESSION 
CLAS 399 - Independent Study
GREK 399 - Independent Study
GREK 896 - Reading and Research
GREK 899 - Masters Thesis
LATN 399 - Independent Study
LATN 896 - Reading and Research
LATN 899 - Masters Thesis
CLAS 399 - INDEPENDENT STUDY 
Call# Cr Hrs Sec Time Days Bldg/Room Instructor
**** 1-6 601 Arranged Arranged Arranged Staff
PREQ:   Permission of Instructor. Obtain call # from the Classics office (472-2460). 
GREK 399 - INDEPENDENT STUDY 
Call# Cr Hrs Sec Time Days Bldg/Room Instructor
**** 1-6 601 Arranged Arranged Arranged Staff
PREQ:   Permission of Instructor. Obtain call # from the Classics office (472-2460). 
GREK 896 - READING AND RESEARCH 
Call# Cr Hrs Sec Time Days Bldg/Room Instructor
**** 1-6 601 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
**** 1-6 601 Arranged Arranged Arranged Staff
PREQ:  Admission to the Masters Degree Program and permission of Major Advisor.
Obtain call # from the Classics office (472-2460). 
LATN 399 - INDEPENDENT STUDY 
Call# Cr Hrs Sec Time Days Bldg/Room Instructor
**** 1-6 601 Arranged Arranged Arranged Staff
PREQ:   Permission of Instructor. Obtain call # from the Classics office (472-2460). 
LATN 896 - READING AND RESEARCH 
Call# Cr Hrs Sec Time Days Bldg/Room Instructor
**** 1-6 601 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
**** 1-6 601 Arranged Arranged Arranged Staff
PREQ:   Admission to the Masters Degree Program and Permission of Major Advisor.
Obtain call # from the Classics office (472-2460). 
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