Classics (CLASS)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2019-2020.

CLASS 1332

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.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: LING 1132SANSK 1132

  • 4 Credits Opt NoAud

  •  5245 CLASS 1332   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
    Prerequisite: CLASS 1331 or permission of instructor.

  • 16887 CLASS 1332   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

  • 16888 CLASS 1332   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

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 Stdnt Opt

  • 17420 CLASS 1531   SEM 101

    • MWF Uris Hall 303
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Osorio, P

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

Syllabi: none
  •   FWS Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19175 CLASS 1531   SEM 102

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
    For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.

CLASS 1699

Where do the words we use come from? This course examines the history and structure of the English vocabulary from its distant Indo-European roots to the latest in technical jargon and slang. Topics include ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: LING 1109

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16782 CLASS 1699   LEC 001

    • MW Morrill Hall 106
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Nussbaum, A

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

  • 16783 CLASS 1699   DIS 201

    • F Morrill Hall 106
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Nussbaum, A

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

  • 16784 CLASS 1699   DIS 202

    • F Morrill Hall 106
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Nussbaum, A

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

CLASS 1702

This introductory course surveys the archaeology of the ancient Greek and Roman Mediterranean. Each week, we will explore a different archaeological discovery that transformed scholars' understanding of ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARKEO 1702NES 1602

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16255 CLASS 1702   LEC 001

    • TR Uris Hall G01
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Barrett, C

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

CLASS 2352

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 2252SANSK 2252

  • 3 Credits Opt NoAud

  •  7397 CLASS 2352   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
    Prerequisite: CLASS 2651 or permission of instructor.

CLASS 2613

This course provides a literary and historical introduction to the earliest Christian writings, especially those that eventually came to be included in the New Testament.  Through the lens of the Gospel ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: JWST 2629NES 2629RELST 2629

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16464 CLASS 2613   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

  • 16510 CLASS 2613   DIS 201

    • F White Hall 104
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

  • 16511 CLASS 2613   DIS 202

    • F White Hall 106
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

CLASS 2630

This course examines the production and exchange of wine, beer, coffee and tea, and the social and ideological dynamics involved in their consumption. We start in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, and end ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARKEO 2522JWST 2522NES 2522

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16471 CLASS 2630   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

CLASS 2689

This course offers an introduction to the history of the Roman empire, from the prehistoric settlements on the site of Rome to the fall of the Western empire in the fifth century and its revival in the ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: CLASS 7689HIST 2689HIST 7689

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16270 CLASS 2689   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

  • 16271 CLASS 2689   DIS 201

    • F Uris Hall G26
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

  • 16272 CLASS 2689   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

CLASS 2700

Did the Greeks really paint their marble statues? Did the Romans make wax death masks? Should the British Museum return the Parthenon Marbles to Greece? Come and explore all these questions and more in ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ARKEO 2700ARTH 2200

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16408 CLASS 2700   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

  • 16409 CLASS 2700   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

  • 16411 CLASS 2700   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

CLASS 2806

This course presents a cultural and historical perspective on ideas of agency, responsibility, and punishment through foundational texts of western law. We will primarily focus on three main areas of law: ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: FGSS 2806GOVT 2806LAW 6803

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9001 CLASS 2806   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

CLASS 2810

This course explores the complex interactions between wine and culture. From a source of nutrition to an enduring cultural symbol of the good life, a religious ritual to a forbidden substance, an artistic ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: VIEN 2810

  • 2 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 17950 CLASS 2810   LEC 001

    • MW Riley-Robb Hall 105
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Fontaine, M

      Vanden Heuvel, J

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

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

  •  6501 CLASS 3391   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
    Permission of DUS, in special circumstances only. To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

CLASS 3396

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: SANSK 3302

  • 4 Credits Opt NoAud

  •  8971 CLASS 3396   LEC 001

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • McCrea, L

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
    Prerequisite: Two years of Sanskrit or equivalent.

CLASS 3645

Tragedy and its audiences from ancient Greece to modern theater and film. Topics: origins of theatrical conventions; Shakespeare and Seneca; tragedy in modern theater and film. Works studied will include: ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: COML 3440PMA 3724

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16276 CLASS 3645   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

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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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHIL 3204

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16279 CLASS 3661   LEC 001

    • MW Statler Hall 445
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Brittain, C

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

CLASS 3686

May be taken upon completion of one semester of work at the 3000-level. To be taken only in exceptional circumstances. Must be arranged by the student with his or her advisor and the faculty member who ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5220 CLASS 3686   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person
    Permission of DUS, in special circumstances only. To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8737 CLASS 3686   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

CLASS 4604

The modern world relies on a vast array of natural resources to drive its activities, but for most of human history, animals have provided energy to people. Animals were, and often still are, the energy ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 18540 CLASS 4604   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

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
  • 16518 CLASS 4644   SEM 101

    • W White Hall B02
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Haines-Eitzen, K

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

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

  •  8200 CLASS 4662   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

CLASS 4721

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  • 19373 CLASS 4721   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

CLASS 4722

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5440 CLASS 4722   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Fontaine, M

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8397 CLASS 4722   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Pelliccia, H

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9004 CLASS 4722   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  9005 CLASS 4722   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

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

  • Topic: Platonism after Plato

  •  8537 CLASS 7173   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

CLASS 7345

Pedagogical instruction and course coordination. Requirement for all graduate student teachers of LATIN 1201-LATIN 1202 and first-year writing seminars. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  •  7890 CLASS 7345   LEC 001

    • TBA
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Roby, C

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

CLASS 7634

Topic: Ancient Slavery. In this course we will predominantly examine the Athenian and Roman institutions of slavery. Special attention will be devoted to the different approaches employed in the study ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Ancient Slavery

  • 16281 CLASS 7634   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

CLASS 7689

Offers a survey of Roman history, 700 BCE-500 CE in the lectures and both an introduction to the different disciplines studying the non-literary sources for Roman history (epigraphy, archaeology, among ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: CLASS 2689HIST 2689HIST 7689

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16284 CLASS 7689   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

  • 16285 CLASS 7689   DIS 201

    • F Olin Library 603
    • Jan 21 - May 5, 2020
    • Rebillard, E

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

CLASS 7758

What is "religion," and how can we use material culture to investigate ancient beliefs and rituals? This course (1) explores major themes and problems in the archaeology of ancient Greek religion, and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 17513 CLASS 7758   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person

CLASS 7808

Topic: Classics and Cognitive Science. This course will introduce a variety of cognitive science methodologies which have recently come into use in Classics scholarship and elsewhere in the humanities, ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16283 CLASS 7808   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: Hybrid - Online & In Person