Course Description Booklet

This is the list of courses that will be offered this summer with tentative dates. 

Pre-Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 20 - June 7
8-Week Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 20 - July 12
1st 5-Week Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 10 - July 12
2nd 5-Week Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . July 15 - August 15

Summer Sessions

Updated January 17, 2013

PRESESSION 
GREK 896 - Reading and Research
GREK 899 - Masters Thesis
LATN 896 - Reading and Research
LATN 899 - Masters Thesis
RELG 215 - Vikings, Monks, and Kings**This class has been cancelled**
RELG 398 - Japanese Literature & Religious Culture
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
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
RELG 215 - VIKINGS, MONKS, AND KINGS: RELIGION & CULTURE BEFORE 1000 C.E.
Call# Cr Hrs Sec Time Days Bldg/Room Instructor
***** ***** ***** ***** ***** ***** *****
RELG 398 - JAPANESE LITERATURE & RELIGIOUS CULTURE
Call# Cr Hrs Sec Time Days Bldg/Room Instructor
8005 1-3 391 Arranged Arranged Japan Y. Komarovski
1ST-FIVE WEEK SESSION 
CLAS 180 - Classical Mythology
CLAS 281 - World Classical Greece
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 181 - Judaism, Christianity & Islam
CLAS 180 - CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY 
Call# Type Cr Hrs Sec Time Days Bldg/Room Instructor
2646 Lecture 3 501 0915-1050 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, 1990;
Homer, Odyssey, ISBN: 9780393964059, W. W. Norton, 1993;
Sophocles, Three Theban Plays, ISBN: 9780486450490, Dover Publishing, 2006;
Apollodorus, The Library of Apollodorus, ISBN: 9780199436320, Oxford UP, 2008;
Hesiod, Theogony, ISBN: 9780199538317, Oxford UP, 2009;
Ovid, Metamorphoses, ISBN: 9780253200013, Indiana University Press, 1960.
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 281 - THE WORLD OF CLASSICAL GREECE
Call# Cr Hrs Sec Time Days Bldg/Room Instructor
8011 3 501 1245-0220 MTWRF ANDR 11 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 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
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
RELG 181 - SPECIAL TOPICS: JUDAISM, CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM 
Call# Cr Hrs Sec Time Days Bldg/Room Instructor
8004 3 501 1245p-0220p MTWRF Abla Hasan
Description of Material Being Covered:  This course offers an introductory survey of the three major monotheistic relgious traditions originating in the Middle East: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. We will explore each tradtition in some depth, paying attention to the historical development, scripture, doctrine, and practice.
Required Books: 
Solomon, Judaism, A Very Short Introduction, ISBN: 9780192853905, Oxford University Press, 2000;
Woodhead, Christianity, A Very Short Introduction, ISBN: 9780192803221, Oxford University Press, 2005;
Ruthven, Islam, A Very Short Introduction, ISBN: 9780199642878, Oxford University Press, 2012.
Method of Instruction: Lecture with discussion.
Number and Types of Assignments:
Examination Policies and Grading Information:
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.
GREK 899 - MASTERS THESIS 
Call# Cr Hrs Sec Time Days Bldg/Room Instructor
**** 1-6 601 Arranged Arranged Arranged Staff
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.
LATN 899 - MASTERS THESIS 
Call# Cr Hrs Sec Time Days Bldg/Room Instructor
**** 1-6 601 Arranged Arranged Arranged Staff
Chatwin, The Songliness, ISBN: 978-0140094299, Penguin, 1988;
Holmes, The Faiths of the Founding Fathers, ISBN: 978-0195300925, Oxford U.P., 2006;
Melse, Process-Relational Philosophy: An Introduction to Alfred North Whitehead, ISBN: 978-1599471327, Templeton Foundation, 2008;
Smith, Cleansing the Doors of Perception, ISBN: 978-1591810087, Sentient Publications, 2003;
Woodruff, Reverence: Renewing a Forgotten Virtue, ISBN: 978-0195157956, Oxford U.P., 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.
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