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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2014-2015.
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CLASS 1331
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LING 1131, SANSK 1131
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- MTRF Goldwin Smith Hall 144
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Golovkova, A
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CLASS 1451
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: NES 1451
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR White Hall 417
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Monroe, C
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CLASS 1531
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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
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- MW Balch Hall - Tatkon Ctr 3331
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Binek, N
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FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- TR Rockefeller Hall 183
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Fulton, C
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FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- TR Stimson Hall 206
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Blome, D
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CLASS 2351
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Review of grammar and reading of selections from Sanskrit epic poetry and narrative prose. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LING 2251, SANSK 2251
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- MTRF Uris Hall 375A
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Clary, T
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Prerequisite: SANSK 1132 or permission of instructor.
CLASS 2601
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 122
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Ahl, F
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CLASS 2603
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 124
Instructors
Pucci, P
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Intended especially for first-year students. Students must apply in writing to chair, Department of Classics, 120 Goldwin Smith Hall.
Department Consent Required (Add)
CLASS 2604
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Baker Laboratory 200
Instructors
Mankin, D
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Instructor Consent Required (Add)
CLASS 2631
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: JWST 2777, NES 2777, RELST 2777
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- MWF White Hall 110
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Septimus, Z
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CLASS 2634
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 2634, JWST 2634, NES 2634, RELST 2634
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR White Hall 106
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Brann, R
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CLASS 2641
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ARKEO 2641
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Rockefeller Hall 231
Instructors
Roby, C
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- F Rockefeller Hall 183
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Roby, C
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- R Goldwin Smith Hall 156
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Roby, C
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CLASS 2651
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 2230, PMA 2635
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 124
Instructors
Rusten, J
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CLASS 2661
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: PHIL 2200
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Rockefeller Hall 230
Instructors
Brennan, T
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- T Rockefeller Hall 128
Instructors
Brennan, T
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- R White Hall 106
Instructors
Brennan, T
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CLASS 2675
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 2650
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G76-Lewis
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Pilkington, N
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CLASS 3637
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: JWST 3637, MEDVL 3637, NES 3637, NES 6637, RELST 3637
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Lincoln Hall 107
Instructors
Haines-Eitzen, K
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CLASS 3661
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PHIL 3204
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 348
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Brennan, T
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CLASS 3750
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: ARKEO 3090, ARKEO 4755, ARTH 3250, CLASS 4755, MEDVL 3750
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- W Goldwin Smith Hall B48
Instructors
Manning, S
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Instructor Consent Required (Add)
CLASS 4604
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GERST 4996, PHIL 4596, SHUM 4996, VISST 4996
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- R A D White House 110
Instructors
McGonigal, A
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CLASS 4625
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 6625, HIST 4825, HIST 6825, RELST 4825
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- F Goldwin Smith Hall 124
Instructors
Rebillard, E
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CLASS 4665
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PHIL 4210, RELST 4665
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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- W Olin Library 603
Instructors
Brittain, C
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CLASS 4677
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: JWST 4557, MEDVL 4557, NES 4557, RELST 4557
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T White Hall B06
Instructors
Haines-Eitzen, K
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CLASS 4746
Course Description
Topic for fall 2014: Reproducing Greek and Roman Art view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 4233, ARKEO 6233, ARTH 4233, ARTH 6233, CLASS 7746
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Section Topic
Topic: Reproducing Greek & Roman Art
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- M Goldwin Smith Hall 160
Instructors
Alexandridis, A
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CLASS 4751
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 4450, ARKEO 7450, ARTH 4350, ARTH 6350, CLASS 7751, MEDVL 4350, MEDVL 6350, VISST 4350
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- T White Hall B06
Instructors
Anderson, B
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CLASS 4755
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one laboratory. Combined with: ARKEO 3090, ARKEO 4755, ARTH 3250, CLASS 3750, MEDVL 3750
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Goldwin Smith Hall B48
Instructors
Manning, S
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Instructor Consent Required (Add)
CLASS 4760
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 4120, ANTHR 6120, ARKEO 4120, ARKEO 6120, NES 4620, NES 6620
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Meeting Pattern
- R McGraw Hall 125
Instructors
Khatchadourian, L
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CLASS 4999
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 4028, ENGL 4999, SHUM 4999
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R A D White House 110
Instructors
Parris, B
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CLASS 6625
Course Description
No description available. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 4625, HIST 4825, HIST 6825, RELST 4825
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Goldwin Smith Hall 124
Instructors
Rebillard, E
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CLASS 7173
Course Description
Advanced discussion of topics in ancient philosophy. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PHIL 6200
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Section Topic
Topic: Topics in Ancient Epistemology
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Goldwin Smith Hall 144
Instructors
Fine, G
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CLASS 7346
Course Description
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
CLASS 7663
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 6736
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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- R Uris Hall 382
Instructors
Frank, J
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CLASS 7741
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 7741
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W McGraw Hall 125
Instructors
Manning, S
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CLASS 7746
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 4233, ARKEO 6233, ARTH 4233, ARTH 6233, CLASS 4746
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Section Topic
Topic: Reproducing Greek & Roman Art
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Goldwin Smith Hall 160
Instructors
Alexandridis, A
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Instructor Consent Required (Add)
CLASS 7751
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 4450, ARKEO 7450, ARTH 4350, ARTH 6350, CLASS 4751, MEDVL 4350, MEDVL 6350, VISST 4350
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T White Hall B06
Instructors
Anderson, B
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