Classics (CLASS)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2015-2016.

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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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LING 1131SANSK 1131

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  6458 CLASS 1331   SEM 101

CLASS 1531

This course will focus on the stories about the gods and heroes of the Greeks as they appear in ancient literature and art. We will examine the relationship between myths and the cultural, religious, and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18205 CLASS 1531   SEM 101

  • For more information about First-year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 18206 CLASS 1531   SEM 102

  • For more information about First-year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute

CLASS 1615

Ancient Rome was a village the size of Ithaca that grew into a world empire. In this course students will be introduced to some of its literature, art, and famous personalities in the classical period ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 16689 CLASS 1615   LEC 001

CLASS 1632

This course is preparation for a performance of ancient theater in the Black Box Theatre at the end of the semester.  It will involve background reading about the play, learning and acting the lines, and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Sat/Unsat

  • 18776 CLASS 1632   STU 501

    • TBA
    • Ahl, F

CLASS 2351

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LING 2251SANSK 2251

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  6766 CLASS 2351   SEM 101

  • Prerequisite: SANSK 1132 or permission of instructor.

CLASS 2601

Introduces students to the literature and intellectual life of ancient Greece from Homer to the early centuries of Roman rule. We will read and discuss ancient writers as creative artists in their own ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8612 CLASS 2601   LEC 001

CLASS 2603

Limited to 18 students. Intended especially for first-year students. Students must apply in writing to chair, Department of Classics, 120 Goldwin Smith Hall. No prior knowledge necessary (all texts are ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6094 CLASS 2603   LEC 001

  • 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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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6095 CLASS 2604   LEC 001

CLASS 2613

This course provides a literary and historical introduction to the earliest Christian writings, most of which eventually came to be included in the New Testament. Through the lens of the gospel narratives ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: JWST 2629NES 2629RELST 2629

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17456 CLASS 2613   LEC 001

CLASS 2646

Modern perceptions of Classical civilizations often stress those aspects of their cultures that are compatible with contemporary concepts of "rational thought." Certainly, Greek and Roman scholars did ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ANTHR 2846ARKEO 2846NES 2546

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16709 CLASS 2646   LEC 001

  • 16710 CLASS 2646   DIS 201

  • 16711 CLASS 2646   DIS 202

  • 16712 CLASS 2646   DIS 203

CLASS 2651

Study and analysis of 2500 years of comedy (all in English), from Greece (Aristophanes, Menander), Rome (Plautus and Terence), Italy (Machiavelli, The commedia dell' arte), Elizabethan (Shakespeare, Ben ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 2230PMA 2635

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9417 CLASS 2651   LEC 001

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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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: PHIL 2200

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8342 CLASS 2661   LEC 001

  •  8344 CLASS 2661   DIS 201

  •  8346 CLASS 2661   DIS 203

CLASS 2681

Rome's beginnings and the Roman Republic. The course is a general introduction to Roman history from the foundation of Rome in the middle of the eighth century bc to the end of the Republic (31 bc). It ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: HIST 2670

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18117 CLASS 2681   LEC 001

  • 18118 CLASS 2681   DIS 201

  • 18119 CLASS 2681   DIS 202

CLASS 2729

An introduction to the story of how human history from the earliest times through to the recent period interrelates with changing climate conditions on Earth. The course explores the whole expanse of human ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 16755 CLASS 2729   LEC 001

CLASS 2801

Joins us to explore a lost world of wine and song! The symposium (or "drinking party") was a major social institution within Greek culture - a forum for well-born men (and select female companions) to ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16756 CLASS 2801   SEM 101

CLASS 3391

To be taken only in exceptional circumstances. Must be arranged by the student with his or her advisor and the faculty member who has agreed to direct the study. To be approved by the DUS. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6194 CLASS 3391   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Staff

CLASS 3395

Selected readings in Sanskrit literary and philosophical texts. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: SANSK 3301

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  • 18092 CLASS 3395   LEC 001

    • TBA
    • McCrea, L

  • Prerequisite: 2nd year Sanskrit or equivalent.

CLASS 3629

A weekly seminar that may be taken in addition to NES 2629 - New Testament/Early Christian Literatures 357492. The seminar will provide an opportunity to read portions of the New Testament and other early ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: JWST 3629NES 3629RELST 3629

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  • 17466 CLASS 3629   SEM 101

    • TBA
    • Haines-Eitzen, K

  • Prerequisite: One year of Greek or permission of instructor. Students must be enrolled in NES 2629 or have permission of instructor.

CLASS 3669

We will study several of Plato's major dialogues, including the Apology, the Meno, Phaedo, and Republic. Topics include knowledge and reality; morality and happiness; and the nature of the soul. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHIL 3202

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16407 CLASS 3669   LEC 001

CLASS 3675

A historical introduction to democratic theory through the writings of its greatest thinkers and their critics. Beginning with a study of the theory and practice of democratic rule in ancient Athens, we ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 3678GOVT 3675

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 16606 CLASS 3675   LEC 001

  • 16677 CLASS 3675   DIS 201

  • 16678 CLASS 3675   DIS 202

  • 16679 CLASS 3675   DIS 203

CLASS 3686

To be taken only in exceptional circumstances. Must be arranged by the student with his or her advisor and the faculty member who has agreed to direct the study. To be approved by the DUS. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6193 CLASS 3686   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Rusten, J

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19153 CLASS 3686   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Fontaine, M

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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Syllabi: none
  •  5820 CLASS 3750   LEC 001

  •  6693 CLASS 3750   LAB 401

    • TBA
    • Manning, S

CLASS 4500

This seminar investigates some of the university's old and often neglected teaching collections. Focus is on those collections that consist of replicas (e.g. musical instruments, Rau plow collection, plaster ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 17346 CLASS 4500   SEM 101

CLASS 4635

This course provides an introduction to ancient Greek and Roman culture for graduate students and advanced undergraduates. First-year PhD students in the Classical Archaeology track may use this course ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARKEO 4635

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17282 CLASS 4635   SEM 101

CLASS 4639

This course explores the organization of cultural and scientific knowledge in the form of so-called "encyclopedias", beginning with Pliny the Elder's Natural History and tracing its development in later ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 17170 CLASS 4639   SEM 101

CLASS 4644

From the ringing of Tibetan singing bowls to the quiet of desert monasticism, religious imagination and ritual is replete with sound and silence.  Cityscapes resound with church bells and calls from the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 17450 CLASS 4644   SEM 101

CLASS 4662

Advanced discussion of topics in ancient philosophy. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CLASS 7173PHIL 4200PHIL 6200

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17531 CLASS 4662   SEM 101

CLASS 4721

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  6496 CLASS 4721   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Roby, C

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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Syllabi: none
  •  9973 CLASS 4755   LEC 001

  •  9974 CLASS 4755   LAB 401

    • TBA
    • Manning, S

CLASS 6729

An introduction to the story of how human history from the earliest times through to the recent period interrelates with changing climate conditions on Earth. The course explores the whole expanse of human ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 18845 CLASS 6729   LEC 001

  • This course will co-meet with CLASS 2729/ARKEO 2729.

CLASS 7173

Advanced discussion of topics in ancient philosophy. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CLASS 4662PHIL 4200PHIL 6200

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17984 CLASS 7173   SEM 101

CLASS 7345

No description available. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  • 16760 CLASS 7345   LEC 001

    • TBA
    • Clary, T

CLASS 7639

This course explores the organization of cultural and scientific knowledge in the form of so-called "encyclopedias", beginning with Pliny the Elder's Natural History and tracing its development in later ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 17172 CLASS 7639   SEM 101

CLASS 7950

Independent study for graduate students only. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6230 CLASS 7950   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Staff

CLASS 7960

Independent study for graduate students only. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6689 CLASS 7960   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Staff