Course Description Booklet

SUMMER 2009

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

Pre-Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 18 - June 5
8-Week Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 18 - July 10
1st 5-Week Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 08 - July 10
2nd 5-Week Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 13 - Aug. 13

Updated February 12, 2009

PRESESSION

CLAS 307/807 - Early Christianity
GREK 899 - Masters Thesis
LATN 899 - Masters Thesis
RELG 307 - Early Christianity

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CLAS 307/807 - EARLY CHRISTIANITY
Call#	Cr Hrs	Sec	Time	Days	Bldg/Room	Instructor
1646/****	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.

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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).

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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).

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RELG 307 - EARLY CHRISTIANITY
Call#	Cr Hrs	Sec	Time	Days	Bldg/Room	Instructor
3307	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.

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1ST-FIVE WEEK SESSION

CLAS 180 - Classical Mythology CLAS 252 - Archaeology - World Civilization CLAS 399 - Independent Study GREK 399 - Independent Study GREK 899 - Masters Thesis LATN 399 - Independent Study LATN 899 - Masters Thesis

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CLAS 180 - CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY  Call# Type Cr Hrs Sec Time Days Bldg/Room Instructor 1645 Lecture 3 501 0915a-1050a MTWRF ANDR 11 T. Winter 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): Eurpides, Ten Plays, ISBN: 9780553213638, Bantam, 1960; Homer, Odyssey, ISBN: 978039007442, W. W. Norton, 1967; Sophocles, Three Theban Plays, ISBN: 9780140444254, Penguin, 1982; Apollodorus, The Library of Greek Mythology, ISBN: 9780192839244, Oxford UP, 1997; Hesiod, Theogony, ISBN: 9780023153105, Hackett Publishing; Ovid, Metamorphoses, ISBN: 9780253200013, Indiana Press, 1955 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 252 - ARCHAEOLOGY:  WORLD CIVILIZATION  Call# Cr Hrs Sec Time Days Bldg/Room Instructor 4239 3 501 0915a-1050a MTWRF Arranged/Arranged C. Sanchez Cross-Listed with Anthropology 252.  Description of Material Being Covered :  An introduction to the study of complex societies, called civilizations, in both the Old and the New Worlds. Examines anthropological theories and models dealing with the evolution of cultural complexity and reviews archaeological data from specific regions, e.g. Near East, Far East, Mediterranean, Europe, Mesoamerica, Peru, etc. Required Books:  Scarre, Ancient Civilizations, ISBN: 9780131928787, Prentice Hall, 2008. Method of Instruction:  To be announced. Number and Types of Assignments:  To be announced. Examination Policies and Grading Information:   To be announced. 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 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 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 899 - Masters Thesis LATN 399 - Independent Study LATN 899 - Masters Thesis RELG 150 - Explaining Religion 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 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 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).  RELG 150 - EXPLAINING RELIGION  Call# Cr Hrs Sec Time Days Bldg/Room Instructor 3873 3 601 1245p-0220p MTWRF ANDR 241 G. Watley 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:  Chatwin, The Songlines, ISBN: 9780140094299, Penguin, 1988; Foltz, Religions of the Silk Road, ISBN: 9780312233389, St. Martin's Griffin, 1999; Hock, The Infancy Gospels of James and Thomas, ISBN: 9780944344477, Polebridge, 1996; Mesle, Process-Relational Philosophy, ISBN: 9781599471327, Templeton Foundation, 2008; Smith, Cleansing the Doors of Perception, 3rd Edition, ISBN: 9781591810087, Sentient Publications, 2000; Woodruff, Reverence, Renewing a Forgotten Virtue, ISBN: 9780195157956, Oxford, 2001. 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. To Top