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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2015-2016.
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Classes
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 GradeNoAud(Graded(GRI))
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- MTRF Goldwin Smith Hall 164
Instructors
Clary, T
CLASS 1531
Course Description
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
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Lincoln Hall B08
Instructors
Carrington, J
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Additional Information
For more information about First-year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall 498
Instructors
Nabel, J
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Additional Information
For more information about First-year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute
CLASS 1615
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Opt NoAud(Student Option(OPI))
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- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall G64-Kau Aud
Instructors
Fontaine, M
CLASS 1632
Course Description
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
CLASS 2351
Course Description
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 GradeNoAud(Graded(GRI))
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall G20
Instructors
Golovkova, A
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Additional Information
Prerequisite: SANSK 1132 or permission of instructor.
CLASS 2601
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall 498
Instructors
Ahl, F
CLASS 2603
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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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
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 124
Instructors
Kirk, A
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Additional Information
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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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Baker Laboratory 200
Instructors
Mankin, D
CLASS 2613
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: JWST 2629, NES 2629, RELST 2629
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 142
Instructors
Haines-Eitzen, K
CLASS 2646
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ANTHR 2846, ARKEO 2846, NES 2546
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Rockefeller Hall 103
Instructors
Barrett, C
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- M Lincoln Hall B08
Instructors
Barrett, C
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- W Goldwin Smith Hall 124
Instructors
Barrett, C
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- R Lincoln Hall B08
Instructors
Barrett, C
CLASS 2651
Course Description
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
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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Class Number & Section Details
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- MWF Rockefeller Hall 122
Instructors
Rusten, J
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 White Hall 104
Instructors
Brennan, T
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- R A D White House 110
Instructors
Brennan, T
CLASS 2681
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: HIST 2670
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Rockefeller Hall 132
Instructors
Pilkington, N
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- M Lincoln Hall 107
Instructors
Pilkington, N
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- F Rockefeller Hall 102
Instructors
Pilkington, N
CLASS 2729
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 2729, ANTHR 6729, ARKEO 2729, ARKEO 6729, CLASS 6729
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Malott Hall 253
Instructors
Manning, S
CLASS 2801
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 122
Instructors
Platt, V
CLASS 3391
Course Description
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
CLASS 3395
Course Description
Selected readings in Sanskrit literary and philosophical texts. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: SANSK 3301
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits GradeNoAud(Graded(GRI))
CLASS 3629
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: JWST 3629, NES 3629, RELST 3629
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
CLASS 3669
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PHIL 3202
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G24
Instructors
Fine, G
CLASS 3675
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AMST 3678, GOVT 3675
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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- TR Uris Hall 394
Instructors
Livingston, A
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Class Number & Section Details
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- M Rockefeller Hall 183
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Livingston, A
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- F Ives Hall 107
Instructors
Livingston, A
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Class Number & Section Details
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- F Sibley Hall 318
Instructors
Livingston, A
CLASS 3686
Course Description
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
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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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Goldwin Smith Hall B48
Instructors
Manning, S
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Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
CLASS 4500
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4500, MUSIC 4336, SHUM 4500, STS 4501
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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 A D White House 109
Instructors
Alexandridis, A
CLASS 4635
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 4635
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Graded)
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Class Number & Section Details
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- W Goldwin Smith Hall 162
Instructors
Barrett, C
CLASS 4639
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 7639, COML 4639, COML 6639, STS 4631, STS 7631
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Credits and Grading Basis
3-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Goldwin Smith Hall 122
Instructors
Platt, V
Roby, C
CLASS 4644
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: JWST 4545, MUSIC 4345, NES 4545, NES 7545, RELST 4545
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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 Lincoln Hall B08
Instructors
Haines-Eitzen, K
CLASS 4662
Course Description
Advanced discussion of topics in ancient philosophy. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 7173, PHIL 4200, PHIL 6200
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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
- W Uris Hall 382
Instructors
Brennan, T
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Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
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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Additional Information
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
CLASS 6729
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 2729, ANTHR 6729, ARKEO 2729, ARKEO 6729, CLASS 2729
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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
- TR Malott Hall 253
Instructors
Manning, S
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Additional Information
This course will co-meet with CLASS 2729/ARKEO 2729.
CLASS 7173
Course Description
Advanced discussion of topics in ancient philosophy. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 4662, PHIL 4200, PHIL 6200
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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
- W Uris Hall 382
Instructors
Brennan, T
CLASS 7639
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 4639, COML 4639, COML 6639, STS 4631, STS 7631
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Credits and Grading Basis
3-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Student Option)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Goldwin Smith Hall 122
Instructors
Platt, V
Roby, C