Course introduces students to "Classical" civilizations on three continents (Europe, Africa, and Asia) demonstrably interconnected by an ancient world system. Course focuses on essential themes of past civilization: religion, philosophy, surviving texts, gender relations, urbanism, technology, social and political formations.

CLCS 18100 Classical World Civilizations

Classical World Civilizations

Introduction to Ancient Greek literature from homer to Plato. All readings in English.

CLCS 23010 Survey Of Greek Literature In Translation

Survey Of Greek Literature In Translation

Highlights of literature written in Ancient Rome at times of political, social, and intellectual turbulence.  Reading (all in English) includes Vergil's Aeneid, as well as selections from other influential Latin texts.  Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

CLCS 23100 Survey Of Latin Literature

Survey Of Latin Literature

This is an introduction to English etymology with emphasis on building vocabulary. Students will learn English derivatives from both classical Greek and Latin. All texts to be read in English. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

CLCS 23200 Classical Roots Of English Words

Classical Roots Of English Words

Comparative study of the myths of major ancient cultures, with emphasis on shared typological features.  Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.

CLCS 23300 Comparative Mythology

Comparative Mythology

Ninety to ninety-five percent of scientific technical vocabulary and medical terminology come from Latin and Greek roots and affixes. This course will enable students in scientific and medical disciplines to develop a foundational core of Greek and Latin roots and affixes from which they will be able to decipher and easily commit to memory the core terminology in the various sciences and medicine.

CLCS 23400 Medical And Scientific Terminology From Greek And Latin Roots

Medical And Scientific Terminology From Greek And Latin Roots

How identities based on gender, sexual behavior and sexual desire, and socio-economic status are established in ancient Greece and Rome.  Exploration of why these ancient views of gender and sexuality remain of continuing importance in the 21st century.  All readings in English.  Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

CLCS 23700 Gender And Sexuality In Greek And Roman Antiquity

Gender And Sexuality In Greek And Roman Antiquity

Greek and Roman tragedy from their beginnings until today. Readings in English from representative authors such as Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Seneca; later receptions of ancient tragedy in drama and other media. Course may include performance, theories of comedy and tragedy, or recent and current expressions of the tragic in film and other media. Typically offered Fall Spring.

CLCS 23800 The Tragic Vision

The Tragic Vision

This course investigates Greek and Roman comedy from their beginnings until today. The course will feature readings in English from representative authors such as Aristophanes, Menander, Plautus, and Terence, as well as later receptions of ancient comedy in drama and other media. This course may include performance, theories of comedy and tragedy, theories of humor, or recent and current expressions of the comic in film and other media.

CLCS 23900 The Comic Vision

The Comic Vision

Study of the epic in four ancient cultures, with emphasis on its structure, nature, and social functions. Readings may include Gilgamesh, Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid, Beowulf, Tain, Mahabharata, and others.  Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

CLCS 33700 The Ancient Epic

The Ancient Epic

Course examines the career of Alexander the Great and the rise of Macedonia in the Hellenistic Era. Topics include the emergence of Macedonia under Philip II; the achievements of Alexander the Great; and the wars of succession following his demise. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.

CLCS 38000 Alexander The Great And Hellenistic World

Alexander The Great And Hellenistic World

Course examines the career of Julius Caesar by focusing on events from Caesar's birth (100 BCE) through his assassination in 44 BCE. Course places Caesar's complex personality within the context of political, military, economic, social, and cultural upheaval during the Late Roman Republic.

CLCS 38100 Julius Caesar: Statesman, Soldier, Citizen

Julius Caesar: Statesman, Soldier, Citizen

Course examines developments from the Augustan Settlement to the end of the Roman Empire (27BCE - 476CE), along with aspects of religious, social, sexual and material culture throughout the Mediterranean at that time. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.

CLCS 38300 The Roman Empire

The Roman Empire

Historical and cultural study of Western medicine, from Mesopotamian origins to the late Roman Empire, based on written texts and archaeological evidence. Addresses the development of rational medical frameworks against the background traditional beliefs about illness as a sign of demonic possession, and charts the growth of the medical profession from individual avocation to institutional practice.

CLCS 38400 Ancient Western Medicine

Ancient Western Medicine

Study of the religious beliefs and practices of ancient Greece, based on written, artistic, and archaeological evidence of their forms and functions.  Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

CLCS 38600 Ancient Greek Religion

Ancient Greek Religion

Study of the religious beliefs and practices of ancient Rome, based on written, artistic, and archaeological evidence of their forms and functions.

CLCS 38700 Roman Religion

Roman Religion

Course covers the range of eastern Mediterranean ceramics encountered in Rough Cilicia Archaeological Survey Project from the Bronze Age to the Later Roman Empire. Course also explores strategies employed by archaeologists and historians to exploit ceramics as research materials. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.

CLCS 48000 Potters And Society In Antiquity

Potters And Society In Antiquity

Course examines the military, political, economic, and social developments that enabled the Roman people to expand from an Italian city-state to a trans-Mediterranean empire, and the consequences that initiated the decline and transition in their republican form of government. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.

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