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Course Description Booklet

SUMMER 2007

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

Pre-Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 21 - June 8
8-Week Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 21 - July 13
1st 5-Week Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 11 - July 13
2nd 5-Week Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 16 - Aug. 16

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
1579/1582 3 301 1030a-0120p MTWRF Teac 105 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: 
Duling and Perrin, Introduction to the New Testament, 4th Edition, ISBN: 0-15-507856-9, ITP, Required;
Dungan and Cartlidge, Documents for the Study of the Gospels, ISBN: 0-8006-2809-8, Fortress, Required;
Throckmorton Jr., Gospel Parallels (NRSV) 5th Edition, ISBN: 0-8407-7484-2, Nelson, Required;
Holy Bible (Revised Standard Version), ISBN: 0-452-00647-3, Plume, 1974, Required.
Method of Instruction:  Mostly lecture, but ample opportunity for discussion.
Number and Types of Assignments:  To be announced.
Examination Policies and Grading Information:  Short quizzes, mid-term, and final exam.
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.
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.
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
3165 3 301 1030a-0120p MTWRF Teac 105 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: 
Duling and Perrin, Introduction to the New Testament, 4th Edition, ISBN: 0-15-507856-9, ITP, Required;
Dungan and Cartlidge, Documents for the Study of the Gospels, ISBN: 0-8006-2809-8, Fortress, Required;
Throckmorton Jr., Gospel Parallels (NRSV) 5th Edition, ISBN: 0-8407-7484-2, Nelson, Required;
Holy Bible (Revised Standard Version), ISBN: 0-452-00647-3, Plume, 1974, Required.
Method of Instruction:  Mostly lecture, but ample opportunity for discussion.
Number and Types of Assignments:  To be announced.
Examination Policies and Grading Information:  Short quizzes, mid-term, and final exam.
1ST-FIVE WEEK SESSION 
CLAS 180 - 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
RELG 150 - Explaining Religion
CLAS 180 - CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY 
Call# Type Cr Hrs Sec Time Days Bldg/Room Instructor
1578 Lecture A 3 501 1245p-0220p MTWRF AND 11 G. Watley
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): 
 Aeschylus, Aeschylus 1: Oresteia, ISBN: 0-8122-1627-X, University of Pennsylvania, 1998;
Eurpides, Eurpides 3, ISBN: 0-8122-1650-4, University of Pennsylvania, 1998;
Homer, Essential Homer, ISBN: 0-87220-540-1, Hackett Publishing, 2000;
Sophocles, Sophocles II, ISBN: 0-8122-1666-0, 1999;
Apollodorus, The Library of Greek Mythology, ISBN: 0-19-283924-1, Oxford UP, 1999;
Hesiod, Work & Days/Theogony, ISBN: 0-872201791, Hackett Publishing, 1993;
Rayor, Homeric Hymns, ISBN: 0-520239938, University of California Press, 2004;
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.
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.
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). 
RELG 150 - EXPLAINING RELIGION 
Call# Cr Hrs Sec Time Days Bldg/Room Instructor
3813 3 501 1245p-0220p MTWRF CBA 118 S. Lahey
Description of Material Being Covered:  Our task in this class will be to examine the phenomenon of religion as a whole; not concentrating on any particular religion, but on the force of the "holy" that appears universal in the human experience and how it plays out in history. It is important to recognize that "religion" is not the same as "theology." Theology is the study of the divine, our attempt to reach out to a force or forces that may (or may not) far exceed the human experience. Religion is the man-made structure in which these attempts are translated into theory and practice on which human beings pattern their lives. There will be no presupposed religious or anti-religious standpoint from which our analysis will proceed.
Required Books: 
Will Deming, Rethinking Religion, ISBN: 0-19-516981-6, Oxford, 2004;
Donovan, Buddha Da, ISBN: 0-78671336-4, Avalon Publishing Group, Inc., 2002
Rushkoff, Nothing Sacred, ISBN: 1-40005139-8, Random House, 2004
Eller, Revealing World Religions, CD-ROM, Product Number: WR14, Thinking Strings, LLC
Method of Instruction: Lecture and discussion.
Number and Types of Assignments:  Requirements will include several short papers (one will involve a presentation), a mid-term and either a final take-home exam or a final paper. There is also a "fieldwork" requirement to visit and report on some group that practices a faith other than your own.
Examination Polices and Grading Information: To be announced.
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
****1-6601ArrangedArrangedArranged Staff
PREQ:   Permission of Instructor. Obtain call # from the Classics office (472-2460). 
GREK 399 - INDEPENDENT STUDY 
Call#Cr HrsSecTimeDaysBldg/Room Instructor
****1-6601ArrangedArrangedArranged Staff
PREQ:   Permission of Instructor. Obtain call # from the Classics office (472-2460). 
GREK 896 - READING AND RESEARCH 
Call#Cr HrsSecTimeDaysBldg/Room Instructor
****1-6601ArrangedArrangedArranged Staff
PREQ:   Permission of Instructor.
GREK 899 - MASTERS THESIS 
Call#Cr HrsSecTimeDaysBldg/Room Instructor
****1-6601ArrangedArrangedArranged 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 HrsSecTimeDaysBldg/Room Instructor
****1-6601ArrangedArrangedArranged Staff
PREQ:   Permission of Instructor. Obtain call # from the Classics office (472-2460). 
LATN 896 - READING AND RESEARCH 
Call#Cr HrsSecTimeDaysBldg/Room Instructor
****1-6601ArrangedArrangedArranged Staff
PREQ:   Permission of Instructor.
LATN 899 - MASTERS THESIS 
Call#Cr HrsSecTimeDaysBldg/Room Instructor
****1-6601ArrangedArrangedArranged 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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