Classics (CLASS)Arts and Sciences

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CLASS 1331

An introduction to the essentials of Sanskrit grammar. Designed to enable the student to read classical and epic Sanskrit as soon as possible. view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LING 1131SANSK 1131

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6471 CLASS 1331   SEM 101

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CLASS 1451

For over two thousand years, from the Middle Kingdom (ca. 2100 BCE) into the Roman era, Egyptian monuments were inscribed with hieroglyphs of the Middle Egyptian writing system. In this second of three ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: NES 1451

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 15830 CLASS 1451   SEM 101

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CLASS 1531

The course will focus on the stories about the gods and heroes of the Greeks as they appear in the works of ancient Greek literature. We will read a selection from Greek authors, inquiring into the relationship ... view course details

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  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17464 CLASS 1531   SEM 101

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  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17465 CLASS 1531   SEM 102

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17907 CLASS 1531   SEM 103

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CLASS 2351

Review of grammar and reading of selections from Sanskrit epic poetry and narrative prose. view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LING 2251SANSK 2251

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  6799 CLASS 2351   SEM 101

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    Prerequisite: SANSK 1132 or permission of instructor.

CLASS 2601

Introduction to the literature and thought of ancient Greece. Topics include epic and lyric poetry, tragedy and comedy, and historical, political, philosophical, and scientific writings. Some attention ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8932 CLASS 2601   LEC 001

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CLASS 2603

Knowledge of Greek or Latin is not necessary, since all texts are in translation. What is necessary is the willingness to participate in three one-hour seminars each week and also a supplementary one- ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6085 CLASS 2603   LEC 001

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    Intended especially for first-year students. Students must apply in writing to chair, Department of Classics, 120 Goldwin Smith Hall.

CLASS 2604

Survey of the Greek myths, with emphasis on the content and significance of the myths in Mediterranean society, including the place of myth in Greek life and consciousness; the factors and influences involved ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6086 CLASS 2604   LEC 001

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CLASS 2631

This course offers an overview of Rabbinic Literature from the first century BCE through the eight century of the Common Era. Each class will combine broad historical background with the close reading ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: JWST 2777NES 2777RELST 2777

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16712 CLASS 2631   LEC 001

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CLASS 2634

This course examines the cultural and historical interaction of Muslims and Jews from the emergence of Islam in the seventh century through the classical age of Islam down to the turn of the thirteenth ... view course details

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  • 15986 CLASS 2634   LEC 001

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CLASS 2641

In this course we will study the technologies – aqueducts, automata, catapults, concrete and more – that allowed the Roman Empire to prosper and expand. Technical and historical background will accompany ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ARKEO 2641

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9010 CLASS 2641   LEC 001

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  •  9139 CLASS 2641   DIS 201

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  • 18156 CLASS 2641   DIS 202

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CLASS 2651

The origins of comic drama in ancient Greece and Rome, and its subsequent incarnations especially in the Italian renaissance (Commedia erudita and Commedia dell'arte), Elizabethan England, 17th-century ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 2230PMA 2635

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16402 CLASS 2651   LEC 001

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CLASS 2661

An introductory survey of ancient Greek philosophy from the so-called Presocratics (6th century BCE) through the Hellenistic period (1st century BCE) with special emphasis on the thought of Socrates, Plato, ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: PHIL 2200

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8581 CLASS 2661   LEC 001

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  •  8583 CLASS 2661   DIS 201

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  •  8585 CLASS 2661   DIS 203

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CLASS 2675

A survey of Greece from the earliest times to the end of the Classical period in the late fourth century B.C. The course focuses on the Greek genius: its causes, its greatness, its defects, and its legacy. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 2650

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16045 CLASS 2675   LEC 001

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CLASS 3391

No description available. view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6194 CLASS 3391   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Staff

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CLASS 3637

This course traces the historical development of Christianity from its roots in 1st century Palestinian Judaism to the emergence of Islam in the early 7th century, with special emphasis on the period prior ... view course details

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  • 15828 CLASS 3637   LEC 001

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CLASS 3661

An examination of the doctrines of the Greek philosophers working in the three centuries after the death of Aristotle. Emphasis on Stoicism, Epicureanism, and Skepticism. view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHIL 3204

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16813 CLASS 3661   LEC 001

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CLASS 3686

No description available. view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6193 CLASS 3686   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Mankin, D

      Platt, V

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CLASS 3750

Introduction and training in dendrochronology and its application to archaeology, art history, and environment through participation in a research project dating ancient to modern tree-ring samples especially ... view course details

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  •  5808 CLASS 3750   LEC 001

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  •  6723 CLASS 3750   LAB 401

    • TBA
    • Manning, S

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CLASS 4604

A graduate level discussion of the role of sensation in philosophy of art, and its relation to conceptions of objectivity and perfection. We'll aim to transform our understanding of a range of issues raised ... view course details

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  • 16954 CLASS 4604   SEM 101

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CLASS 4625

In the fourth century C.E. the Roman emperors decided to favor Christianity and shortly thereafter to forbid non-Christian activity. The 'end of paganism' however did not occur all at once if it ever did. ... view course details

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  • 17321 CLASS 4625   SEM 101

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CLASS 4665

Augustine's De Trinitate 10 argues that the mind is an immaterial substance that models in some respects the divine trinity. This course will study Augustine's conception of the mind, focusing on his arguments ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHIL 4210RELST 4665

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16408 CLASS 4665   SEM 101

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CLASS 4677

How and why do landscapes come to inspire the religious imagination? And how do sensory landscapes, more specifically-territories of sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell-inform, inflect, and engage the ... view course details

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  • 15914 CLASS 4677   SEM 101

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CLASS 4721

See "Honors" under Classics front matter. view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  6515 CLASS 4721   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Platt, V

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CLASS 4746

Topic for fall 2014: Reproducing Greek and Roman Art view course details

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  • Topic: Reproducing Greek & Roman Art

  •  9251 CLASS 4746   SEM 101

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CLASS 4751

The installation and dissemination of portraits of living political leaders ("rulers") is frequently perceived as a hallmark of twentieth-century regimes, especially those labeled as "totalitarian" or ... view course details

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  • 16385 CLASS 4751   SEM 101

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CLASS 4755

An introduction to the field of Dendrochronology and associated topics with an emphasis on their applications in the field of archaeology and related heritage-buildings fields. Course aimed at graduate ... view course details

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  • 18189 CLASS 4755   LEC 001

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  • 18190 CLASS 4755   LAB 401

    • TBA
    • Manning, S

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CLASS 4760

What is the relationship between archaeology and politics? What role has archaeology played in the making of "the East"? And how has material culture been implicated in the discourses that conjure the ... view course details

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  • 15938 CLASS 4760   SEM 101

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CLASS 4999

This seminar investigates concepts of sensation in classical and early modern literature and philosophy, with a particular focus on 16th and 17th century writers. On the one hand, changing ideas of sensation ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 4028ENGL 4999SHUM 4999

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17905 CLASS 4999   SEM 101

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CLASS 6625

No description available. view course details

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  • 17417 CLASS 6625   LEC 001

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CLASS 7173

Advanced discussion of topics in ancient philosophy. view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHIL 6200

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Topics in Ancient Epistemology

  • 17003 CLASS 7173   SEM 101

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CLASS 7346

A course for all pre-A exam graduate students that will both prepare them to be professional ABD classicists and help review progress in language and reading list exams preparation. view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 0 Credits Sat/UnSat

  • 16864 CLASS 7346   SEM 101

    • TBA
    • Rebillard, E

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CLASS 7663

An in-depth study of a book, author, or debate in ancient political thought in its own right and also with a view to its bearing on contemporary democratic theory. In fall 2014, this course will focus ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 6736

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17750 CLASS 7663   SEM 101

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CLASS 7741

This seminar course aims to provide students with a review of, and encounter with, a key selection of the main methods and techniques used in current archaeological work, and to develop an understanding ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARKEO 7741

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17000 CLASS 7741   SEM 101

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CLASS 7746

Topic for fall 2014: Reproducing Greek and Roman Art Since its inception in classical antiquity the creation of art has been intricately linked to practices of copying and reproduction. This class will ... view course details

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  • Topic: Reproducing Greek & Roman Art

  •  9253 CLASS 7746   SEM 101

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CLASS 7751

The installation and dissemination of portraits of living political leaders ("rulers") is frequently perceived as a hallmark of twentieth-century regimes, especially those labeled as "totalitarian" or ... view course details

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  • 16391 CLASS 7751   SEM 101

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CLASS 7950

No description available. view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6237 CLASS 7950   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Staff

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CLASS 7960

No description available. view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6719 CLASS 7960   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Staff

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CLASS 9900

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  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 0 Credits Graded

  •  6831 CLASS 9900   RSC 701

    • TBA
    • Staff

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