Courses of Study 2015-2016 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Course Descriptions
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CHLIT—Chinese Literature |
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CHLIT 4422 - Directed Study
(CU-UGR)
Fall, spring. 2-4 credits, variable.
Permission of instructor required.
Staff.
Students choose a faculty member to oversee this independent study. The student and the faculty member work together to develop course content. (LL)
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CHLIT 6614 - Violence, Sex, and Justice in Premodern Chinese Novel
Fall. 4 credits.
Prerequisite: two years or more of Chinese or instructor’s consent. Co-meets with CHLIT 3314 .
S. Son.
This course centers on close reading of four masterworks of Chinese novel of the sixteenth century, such as Romance of Three Kingdoms (Sanguo yanyi), Journey to the West (Xiyou ji), Water Margin (Shuihu zhuan), and The Plum in the Golden Vase (Jin Ping Mei) in their original form. By a combination of translating selective chapters and discussing secondary scholarship, the course aims to examine the novels both as literary and historical artifacts evolving with the society in which they were created and circulated. (LL)
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CHLIT 6618 - [Medieval Chinese Tales]
Fall. Next offered 2016-2017. 4 credits.
Prerequisite: at least three years of Chinese language training and preferably one year classical Chinese. Co-meets with CHLIT 4418 .
D.X. Warner.
Through guided reading in Chinese, students in this course explore topics, themes and techniques that define the body of works known as chuanqi (stories of the marvelous) and zhiguai (stories of the strange). The aim of the course is to help students achieve an appreciation for the early development of Chinese narrative tradition in the context of Chinese literary and popular culture of Tang dynasty China. (LL)
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CHLIT 6620 - [Tang Poetry: Themes and Contexts]
Spring. Next offered 2016-2017. 4 credits.
Permission of instructor required. Co-meets with CHLIT 4420 , CAPS 4420 .
D. X. Warner.
Through guided readings in Chinese of selected poems of the Tang dynasty (618-907) on various themes and in different styles, students develop the essential analytical skills for reading Tang poetry while gaining an understanding of its social, cultural, and historical contexts. Students will also be introduced to essential bibliographical materials and critical literature for advanced study of Tang poetry. (LL)
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CHLIT 6621 - Advanced Directed Reading
Fall. 2-4 credits, variable.
Permission of instructor required.
Staff.
Students choose a faculty member to oversee this independent study. The student and the faculty member work together to develop class readings. (LL)
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CHLIT 6622 - Advanced Directed Reading
Spring. 1-4 credits, variable.
Permission of instructor required.
Staff.
Students choose a faculty member to oversee this independent study. The student and the faculty member work together to develop class readings. (LL)
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CIS—Computing & Information Science |
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CS 6832 - Applied Cryptography
Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite: undergraduate security and cryptography recommended but not required.
E. Shi.
We will explore how to program and adopt cryptography in secure systems design, including applications such as cloud computing and cryptocurrencies. We will also explore interesting research questions and how to do research in applied cryptography. Background recommended but not required: undergraduate-level security or cryptography. We welcome students from non-cryptography areas such as programming languages and systems to participate and contribute to our discussions.
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CLASS—Classics |
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CLASS 1331 - Elementary Sanskrit I (crosslisted) LING 1131 , SANSK 1131
Fall. 4 credits. Letter grades only (no audit).
T. Clary.
For description, see SANSK 1131 .
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CLASS 1332 - Elementary Sanskrit II (crosslisted) LING 1132 , SANSK 1132
Spring. 4 credits. Letter grades only (no audit).
Prerequisite: CLASS 1331 or permission of instructor.
T. Clary.
For description, see SANSK 1132 .
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CLASS 1450 - [Ancient Egyptian I: Introduction to Middle Egyptian Hieroglyphs] (crosslisted) NES 1450
Spring. Next offered 2015-2016. 4 credits.
C. Barrett.
For description, see NES 1450 .
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CLASS 1451 - [Ancient Egyptian II: Introduction to Middle Egyptian Hieroglyphs] (crosslisted) NES 1451
(GHB) (CA-AS)
Fall. Next offered 2016-2017. 4 credits.
Prerequisite: CLASS 1450 .
C. Monroe.
For description, see NES 1451 .
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CLASS 1531 - FWS: Greek Myth
Fall, spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
First-Year Writing Seminar.
Staff.
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 political conditions of the society in which they took shape. Beginning with theories of myth and proceeding to the analysis of individual stories and cycles, the material will serve as a vehicle for improving your written communication skills. Assignments include preparatory writing and six essays focusing on readings and discussions in class. (FWS)
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CLASS 1546 - FWS: Classics and Comics
Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
First-Year Writing Seminar.
C. Roby.
Contemporary literature, graphic novels, cinema, and even games often appeal to stories, characters, and imagery from ancient Greece, Rome, and other ancient cultures. What makes these stories and characters so persistently powerful? Part of the answer lies in the art and literature from ancient cultures where low literacy rates fostered effective combinations of verbal and visual storytelling techniques. In this class, we’ll explore ancient stories like Homer’s Iliad and their modern reimaginings, discussing how they preserve as well as alter elements of their ancient “originals.” We will compare highlights of visual narrative from the ancient world to the narrative techniques used in modern graphic novels, visual art, and cinema, analyzing parallels between the strong orientation toward the visual in ancient cultures and our own.
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CLASS 1615 - Introduction to Ancient Rome
(GHB) (LA-AS)
Fall. 3 credits.
M. Fontaine.
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 (2nd c. BCE – 2nd c. CE). In it we will read the masterpieces of Latin literature, from Virgil’s Aeneid to Ovid’s Metamorphoses and from Catullus’ lyrics to Livy’s moralizing History of Rome. Special attention will be given to the late republic and Augustan period. No prior knowledge of the ancient world is necessary. All readings are in English.
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CLASS 1632 - Ancient Theater Performance
Fall. 2 credits.
F. Ahl.
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 preparing the costuming, programming and sets. The play will be selected after auditions among the members of the class are held. All those who receive credits will be acting in the play.
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CLASS 1665 - [Introduction to Early History of Political Philosophy] (crosslisted) GOVT 3626 , PHIL 1410
(HB) (KCM-AS)
Fall or spring. Not offered 2015-2016. 3 credits.
T. Brennan.
For description, see PHIL 1410 .
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CLASS 1680 - [Ancient Greece from Achilles to Cleopatra] (crosslisted) HIST 1550
(HB) (HA-AS)
Spring. Next offered 2017-2018. 4 credits.
B. Strauss.
For description, see HIST 1550 .
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CLASS 1692 - Biomedical Terminology (crosslisted) BIOMI 1720
(HA-AS)
Summer. 3 credits. Letter grades only.
D. Bowman, H. Roisman.
A study of the Greek and Latin word elements that combine to form most of the specialized terms in the biological sciences. The student who learns the meanings of those elements and the rules of word formation can usually recognize the basic meaning of any unfamiliar word in that field. This skill is especially valuable for pre-law, pre-medical, pre-dental, pre-veterinary students and for those in other health and legal fields, as well as for students who would like to broaden their general vocabulary. This course would be excellent preparation for students prior to taking standardized test: e.g., SAT, GRE, MCAT, TOEFL, LSAT, etc.
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CLASS 1699 - English Words: Histories and Mysteries (crosslisted) LING 1109
(HB) (HA-AS)
Spring. 3 credits.
A. Nussbaum.
For description, see LING 1109 .
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CLASS 2351 - Intermediate Sanskrit I (crosslisted) LING 2251 , SANSK 2251
(GHB) Satisfies Option 1.
Fall. 3 credits. Letter grades only (no audit).
Prerequisite: CLASS 1332 or permission of instructor.
L. McCrea.
For description, see SANSK 2251 .
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CLASS 2352 - Intermediate Sanskrit II (crosslisted) LING 2252 , SANSK 2252
(GHB) Satisfies Option 1.
Spring. 3 credits. Letter grades only (no audit).
Prerequisite: one year prior Sanskrit study or permission of instructor.
L. McCrea.
For description, see SANSK 2252 .
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CLASS 2601 - The Greek Experience
(HB) (CA-AS)
Fall. 3 credits.
F. Ahl.
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 right, to develop a clearer sense of what the Greeks themselves sought to express, rather than as sources for a synthetic modern overview of antiquity. Among our texts will be Homer’s Odyssey, Greek lyric poetry, the tragedians, Aristophanes, Plato, and Lucian, set against a backdrop of Greek geography, history, and art. No knowledge of Ancient Greece (or Greek) is either assumed or required. Texts will be read in English translation. But students wishing to read parts of any assigned works in the original may apply do so independently with the instructor for additional credit.
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CLASS 2603 - Initiation to Greek Culture
(HB) (LA-AS)
Fall. 4 credits.
Enrollment is limited to: 18 freshmen. Students must apply in writing to chair, Department of Classics, 120 Goldwin Smith Hall.
A. Kirk.
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 in translation). What is necessary is a willingness to participate actively in two seminar meetings each week and occasional supplementary workshops with specially invited guests. This course covers a wide range of Greek literary and philosophical works as well as modern critical and philosophical writings. The focus throughout is on the status of language, the many forms of discourse that appear in the literature, and the attempts the Greeks themselves made to grapple with the challenges inherent in language as the medium of poetry and philosophy. The course inquires into the intellectual development of a culture infused with traditional, mythological accounts of the cosmos. It asks how poetic forms such as tragedy engage with philosophical discourse while creating intense emotional effects on audiences both during antiquity and beyond.
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CLASS 2604 - Greek Mythology
(HB) (LA-AS)
Fall, winter, summer. 3 credits.
Enrollment limited to: 50 students in summer; 300 students in fall. Winter semester is distance learning.
D. Mankin; winter, M. Fontaine.
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 in the creation of myths; and the use of myths for our understanding of Greek literature, religion, and moral and political concepts.
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CLASS 2605 - Theater, Sport, and Spectacle: Performance and Competition in Greece and Rome (crosslisted) PMA 2605
(HB) (CA-AS)
Spring. 3 credits.
J. Rusten.
A study of richly documented tradition of competitive artistic, athletic, and spectacular performances sponsored by cities, wealthy individuals, and kings/emperors in antiquity, with special attention to the ongoing connections and cross-influences between music/theater, athletics, and human/animal combats. We will take our comparative material from the fifth century bce to the late Roman empire. Topics include organizational frameworks, funding sources, associations of performers and their ideologies and rivalries, regulation and hierarchies of audiences, public claques, the adaptation of performance to political events, influence on art, and institutional and intellectual opposition. Evidence will include ancient treatises, inscriptions, mosaics, wall-paintings, and terracottas; all source readings available in English.
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CLASS 2612 - [The Roman Experience]
(HB) (CA-AS)
Spring. Next offered 2016-2017. 3 credits.
D. Mankin.
Introduction to the civilization of the Romans as expressed in their literature, religion, and social and political institutions.
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CLASS 2613 - New Testament/Early Christian Literatures (crosslisted) JWST 2629 , NES 2629 , RELST 2629
(GHB) (HA-AS)
Fall. 3 credits.
K. Haines-Eitzen.
For description, see NES 2629 .
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CLASS 2630 - Drinking through the Ages: Intoxicating Beverages in Near Eastern and World History (crosslisted) ARKEO 2522 , JWST 2522 , NES 2522
(GHB) (CA-AS)
Spring. 3 credits.
C. Monroe.
For description, see NES 2522 .
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CLASS 2631 - [Introduction to Rabbinic Literature and History] (crosslisted) JWST 2777 , NES 2777 , RELST 2777
(GHB) (LA-AS)
Fall. Not offered 2015-2016. 3 credits.
Z. Septimus.
For description, see NES 2777 .
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CLASS 2632 - [Paranoia and Conspiracy Fact or Fiction] (crosslisted) COML 2632
(HB) (LA-AS)
Fall. Not offered 2015-2016. 3 credits.
M. Fontaine.
Conspiracy theory pervades the literature of the ancient world, from Greek drama to Roman history. Historical writers of Ancient Greece and Rome often resort to paranoid and conspiratorial modes of analysis to explain why things happen the way they do. This course examines actual conspiracies in these societies alongside fictional representations of them in a range of texts, together with the rhetoric of self-delusion and fearmongering in which they are couched. Readings include selections from Homer’s Odyssey, Greek tragedy, Roman comedy, and Greek and Roman historians. Modern theories will also be considered.
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CLASS 2635 - [Ancient Iraq: Cities, Migrations, and Kings] (crosslisted) JWST 2625 , NES 2625
(GHB) (HA-AS)
Fall. Not offered 2015-2016. 3 credits.
J. Tenney.
For description, see NES 2625 .
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CLASS 2636 - [Introduction to Christian History] (crosslisted) JWST 2695 , NES 2695 , RELST 2695
(HB) (HA-AS)
Spring. Not offered 2015-2016. 3 credits.
K. Haines-Eitzen.
For description, see NES 2695 .
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CLASS 2638 - [Greek Life Across the Ages: The Ancient Roots of Fraternal Organizations]
(HB) (LA-AS)
Spring. Next offered 2016-2017. 3 credits.
A. Kirk.
From Isis and Osiris to Quill and Dagger, this course explores the ancient origins of modern fraternities and sororities. Beginning with ancient Greek and Roman mystery cults, religious orders, and elite drinking parties, we trace “Greek life” through medieval guilds and fraternal orders to modern American literary groups, secret societies, and lettered societies. Lectures and discussion will focus on primary and secondary readings as well as portraits of fraternities and sororities in art and film. Throughout the course, we will take a comparative approach to our topic, observing how these societies behave within their larger cultural contexts and analyzing how they change or intersect across time and space. Assignments and class discussions will include critical reading and visual analysis skills, analytical and creative writing.
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CLASS 2640 - Introduction to Ancient Medicine (crosslisted) ARKEO 2640 , BSOC 2640
(HB) (CA-AS)
Spring. 4 credits.
C. Roby.
An introduction to the origins and development of Western medicine in ancient Greece and Rome. We will read a variety of sources on the ancient theory and practice of medicine, including pre-Hippocratic works, the Hippocratic corpus, and the prolific and opinionated Galen. These texts will be complemented by secondary sources which will put them in scientific and social context, as well as by visual and material evidence. Questions to be considered will include the treatment of women, the relationship between medicine and magic, the evolving state of the arts of anatomy and physiology, and rival schools of thought about the right way to acquire medical knowledge. All readings will be in English.
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CLASS 2641 - [The Technology of Ancient Rome] (crosslisted) ARKEO 2641
(HB) (HA-AS)
Fall. Next offered 2016-2017. 4 credits.
C. Roby.
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 hands-on work and discussion of philosophy of technology.
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CLASS 2646 - Magic and Witchcraft in the Greco-Roman World (crosslisted) ANTHR 2846 , ARKEO 2846 , NES 2546
(HB) (CA-AS)
Fall. 4 credits.
C. Barrett.
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 make great achievements in science, medicine, and philosophy - but these multifaceted societies also had a place for magical amulets, love potions, and curse tablets. Drawing on both archaeological and textual evidence, we will (1) investigate a range of ancient and modern approaches to the concept of “magic,” and (2) explore the role of magical practices in ancient Greek and Roman society.
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CLASS 2651 - The Comic Theatre (crosslisted) COML 2230 , PMA 2635
(HB) (LA-AS)
Fall. 3 credits.
J. Rusten.
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 Jonson) and Restoration (Congreve, Wycherley) England, France (Molière), Hollywood (Keystone and Hal Roach studios, Screwball comedies of the 30’s, Sitcoms) and others besides.
Themes traced include Tricksters (from chaos to order), Farce (from order to chaos), Comic Flaws (exaggeration of character traits), Parody (imitation that is not flattering) and Misrule (rebellion for its own sake).
Comparison of plot and character types, performance styles, social impact, conservative vs. subversive potential; development of a checklist of techniques (e. g. stereotypes of gender, race and ethnicity, repetition, willful misinterpretation) and motives (e. g., sex, money, alcohol) to guide our observations; comedy’s claim to be a social benefit, and the case against it and in favor of censorship.
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CLASS 2661 - Ancient Philosophy (crosslisted) PHIL 2200
(HB) (KCM-AS)
Fall. 4 credits.
T. Brennan.
For description, see PHIL 2200 .
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CLASS 2675 - [Ancient Greece from Homer to Alexander the Great] (crosslisted) HIST 2650
(HB) (HA-AS)
Fall. Next offered 2017-2018. 4 credits.
B. Strauss.
For description, see HIST 2650 .
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CLASS 2676 - Periclean Athens (crosslisted) GOVT 2676 , HIST 2676
(HB) (HA-AS)
Spring. 3 credits.
J. Rusten.
Beginning with the archaic background of aristocratic, religious, cultural and military traditions of mainland Greece, we will follow the Athenian plunge into democracy, the theatrical translation of traditional myths into contemporary issues, radical speculation on religion, science, natural law, national identities, economically supported by a large class of slaves and an unquestioned commitment to aggressive imperialism. The center of this period is marked by the political leadership (446-429 BCE) of Pericles. The resulting three decade war with the Peloponnesian league, as recorded by Thucydides and others, forms the third major topic, and the final weeks will trace the fate of Socrates. Fifth century Athens is richly documented: readings (all in English) from Herodotus, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Thucydides, Plato and other texts and inscriptions.
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CLASS 2681 - History of Rome I (crosslisted) HIST 2670
(HB) (HA-AS)
Fall. 4 credits.
Open to first-year students.
N. Pilkington.
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 is the first part of a two-semester survey of Roman history up to the deposition of the last Roman emperor in the West (476 ad). Examines the rise of Rome from a village in Italy to an imperial power over the Mediterranean world and considers the political, economic, and social consequences of that achievement.
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CLASS 2682 - [History of Rome II] (crosslisted) HIST 2671
(HB) (HA-AS)
Spring. Not offered 2015-2016. 4 credits.
Open to first-year students. CLASS 2681 is not a prerequisite for CLASS 2682.
E. Rebillard.
This course is the second part of a two-term survey of Roman history and will examine the history of the Roman Empire from the beginnings of the Augustan Principate (31 BC) to the fall of the Western Empire in the fifth century (476 AD). We will consider the creation and development of the imperial regime, explore the various types of challenges (military, cultural, and religious) to the hegemony of the Roman state, and try to understand the transformations of Roman society and culture down to the middle of the fifth century AD.
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CLASS 2685 - Egyptomania: Imagining Egypt in the Greco-Roman World (crosslisted) ANTHR 2285 , ARKEO 2285 , NES 2985
(GHB) (CA-AS)
Spring. 4 credits.
C. Barrett.
Throughout Greek and Roman history, the idea of Egypt inspired powerful imaginative responses ranging from fascination to fear. This course investigates Egyptian interactions with the Greco-Roman world and the changing Greek and Roman attitudes towards Egypt. Readings will cover subjects including the earliest Egyptian-Aegean trade, Herodotus’ accounts of Egypt, Greco-Macedonian kings on the throne of the pharaohs, Roman perceptions of the notorious Cleopatra, the worship of Egyptian gods in the Greco-Roman world, and the incorporation of Egypt into the Roman empire (among other topics). Through an examination of Greek and Roman representations of Egypt, we will investigate how Greeks and Romans conceived of their own societies and cultural identities. Finally, we will also address images of Egypt in modern popular culture; how have Greco-Roman portrayals of Egypt helped shape today’s view of the Pharaonic world?
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CLASS 2687 - Introduction to Military History (crosslisted) HIST 2321
(HB) (HA-AS)
Spring. 4 credits.
B. Strauss.
For description, see HIST 2321 .
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CLASS 2688 - [Cleopatra’s Egypt: Tradition and Transformation] (crosslisted) ARKEO 2688 , JWST 2688 , NES 2688
(GHB) (HA-AS)
Fall. Next offered 2016-2017. 3 credits.
C. Barrett.
Under a Greco-Macedonian ruling dynasty, the Ptolemies, Egypt became a crossroads for the entire Mediterranean. Popular culture today remembers Ptolemaic Egypt best for the exploits of the famous queen Cleopatra, but a deeper study of this diverse society provides a unique window onto the ways that Greeks and Egyptians viewed the concepts of “Hellenicity” and “Egyptianness.” In this course, we will examine a variety of social, political, economic, and cultural perspectives on Ptolemaic Egypt and its relationships with the rest of the Mediterranean world. Topics include (1) the political and economic history of Ptolemaic Egypt; (2) the multicultural character of Ptolemaic society; (3) the interaction of Greek and Egyptian religious systems, and the creation of “fusion” gods; (4) Ptolemaic relations with the rest of the Hellenistic world and beyond; and (5) the relevance of Ptolemaic Egypt to an understanding of modern phenomena such as globalism, tourism, and colonialism.
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CLASS 2695 - [Introduction to Christian History] (crosslisted) JWST 2695 , NES 2695 , RELST 2695
Spring. Not offered 2015-2016. 3 credits.
K. Haines-Eitzen.
For description, see NES 2695 .
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CLASS 2700 - Introduction to Art History: The Classical World in 24 Objects (crosslisted) ARKEO 2700 , ARTH 2200
(HB) (HA-AS)
Spring. 4 credits.
V. Platt.
For description, see ARTH 2200 .
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CLASS 2710 - [Roman Wall Painting] (crosslisted) ARKEO 2710 , ARTH 2710
(HB) (CA-AS)
Spring. Not offered 2015-2016. 3 credits.
V. Platt.
Some of our very best evidence for Roman art survives in the form of frescoes in Rome, Ostia and (especially) the area surrounding Pompeii. This course will take you through imperial palaces, rural villas, town houses, shops, baths, tombs, taverns and gardens, examining the visual dynamics and socio-cultural significance of wall-paintings within their original archaeological contexts. The study of frescoes offers an exciting means of tackling important questions relating to Roman social history (issues of class, gender, familial and political structures), while inviting us to explore visual themes such as the relationship between art and nature, the use of myth, the spatial dynamics of domestic decorative schemes and concepts of ornament.
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CLASS 2729 - Climate, Archaeology and History (crosslisted) ANTHR 2729 , ARKEO 2729
(HB) (HA-AS)
Fall. 3 credits.
S. Manning.
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 history, but concentrates on the most recent 15,000 years through to the Little Ice Age (14th-19th centuries AD). Evidence from science, archaeology and history are brought together to assess how climate has shaped the human story.
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CLASS 2730 - [Ancient Greece: A Cultural History] (crosslisted) ARTH 2230
(HB) (CA-AS)
Next offered 2017-2018. 4 credits.
A. Alexandridis.
For description, see ARTH 2230 .
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CLASS 2743 - [Archaeology/Roman Private Life] (crosslisted) ARKEO 2743 , ARTH 2221
(HB) (CA-AS)
Spring. Next offered 2016-2017. 3 credits.
A. Alexandridis.
What was it like to live in the Roman world? What did that world look, taste and smell like? How did Romans raise their families, entertain themselves, understand death, and interact with their government? What were Roman values and how did they differ from our own? This course takes as its subject the everyday lives of individuals and explores those lives using the combined tools of archaeology, architecture and art, as well as some primary source readings. In doing so, it seeks to integrate those monuments into a world of real people, and to use archaeology to narrate a story about ancient lives and life habits. Some of the topics explored will include the Roman house; the Roman family, children and slaves; bathing and hygiene; food; gardens, agriculture and animals.
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CLASS 2801 - Drink, Talk, Love Like a Greek: Approaches to the Classical Symposium
(HB) (CA-AS)
Fall. 3 credits.
This course is required of all Classical Civilization majors, and is also enthusiastically recommended for Classics majors and all minors.
V. Platt.
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 celebrate victory in athletic and poetic contests, engage in debate, enjoy performances of music and poetry, and honor the god Dionysus. We will explore archaeological evidence for Greek practices of dining and drinking, such as the layout of domestic spaces and Greek practices of viticulture; visual portrayals of symposia, such as those we find in Attic vase-paintings; the social history of dining, including the role of religion and issues of gender and class; the significance of symposia in works of historiography; the role of poetic performance in sympotic contexts; and the relationship between elite sympotic culture and Greek philosophy, most famously in Plato’s Symposium. You will thus be introduced to a range of skills and methods employed in archaeology, art history, ancient history, philology and philosophy, which you will find very helpful in your other Classics courses. This course is required of all Classics and Classical Civilization majors, and is taught in alternate years. Non-Classics majors are also very welcome.
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CLASS 2802 - [Classical Tradition]
(HB) (HA-AS)
Spring. Next offered 2016-2017. 4 credits. Letter grades only.
This course is required of all Classical Civilization majors, and is also enthusiastically recommended for Classics majors and all minors.
Staff.
Greece and Rome left behind a cultural legacy that still shapes the artistic, literary, scientific, and legal aspects of the world we live in today. This course traces those continuities of influence, while simultaneously tracking how they were transformed by later societies to fit their own cultural, intellectual, and technological circumstances. Readings that illuminate the adaptations and reconfigurations of Classical culture will be focused on a different theme each year.
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CLASS 2806 - Roman Law: Slavery, Crime, and Gender (crosslisted) FGSS 2806
(HB) (HA-AS)
Spring. 4 credits.
N. Giannella.
This course investigates the rich body of Roman laws on slaves, crime, and women and children. Students will explore the evolution of power over marginalized groups and penalties for crimes at the beginnings of the Western legal system in order to consider ideas of identity, agency, responsibility, and punishment from a cultural and historical perspective. Through an examination of the legal sources (in translation) and the study of the rise and changes of governmental institutions of justice, this course will examine the evolution of jurisprudence: the development of conceptions of power and shifts in the understanding of just punishment. The course is designed as an introduction to these topics suitable for all students.
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CLASS 2808 - The Animal in Greek Literature and Thought: Friend, Foe, or Food?
(HB) (LA-AS)
Spring. 3 credits.
A. Kirk.
How did the Ancient Greeks understand the world of non-human animals around them as they hunted, sacrificed, consumed, and worshipped? In this course we will read examine ancient attitudes toward animals through Greek literature, history, and philosophy. Topics of our study will include animal consciousness, human-animal relationships, animals as literary characters, and animal ethics, drawn from such authors as: Homer, Aesop, Herodotus, Aristophanes, Aristotle, and Plutarch. We will also examine modern animal studies in conjunction with our ancient texts, reading from contemporary theorists on this topic. As well as reading a diverse body of primary ancient material, students in this course develop their critical reading, research, analytical writing, and discussion skills.
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CLASS 2810 - Wine Culture (crosslisted) VIEN 2810
Spring. 2 credits. Letter grades only.
J. Vanden Heuvel, M. Fontaine.
For description and learning outcomes, see VIEN 2810 .
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CLASS 3359 - [Seminar in Vedic Philology] (crosslisted) LING 3359 , SANSK 3359
(GHB) (HA-AS)
Spring. Next offered 2016-2017. 4 credits.
Prerequisite: two years of Sanskrit or permission of instructor. Co-meets with ASIAN 6659 /CLASS 7459 /LING 6659 .
M. Weiss.
For description, see LING 3359 .
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CLASS 3391 - Independent Study in Sanskrit, Undergraduate Level
(CU-UGR)
Fall, spring. 1-4 credits, variable.
Permission of department required.
Staff.
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.
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CLASS 3395 - Advanced Sanskrit I (crosslisted) SANSK 3301
(GB) Satisfies Option 1.
Fall. 4 credits. Letter grades only (no audit).
Prerequisite: two years study of Sanskrit or equivalent.
L. McCrea.
For description, see SANSK 3301 .
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CLASS 3396 - Advanced Sanskrit II (crosslisted) SANSK 3302
(GB) Satisfies Option 1.
Spring. 4 credits. Letter grades only (no audit).
Prerequisite: two years study of Sanskrit or equivalent.
L. McCrea.
For description, see SANSK 3302 .
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CLASS 3629 - Greek New Testament Readings (crosslisted) JWST 3629 , NES 3629 , RELST 3629
(GHB) (HA-AS)
Fall. 1 credit.
Prerequisite or corequisite: NES 2629 or one year of ancient Greek.
K. Haines-Eitzen.
For description, see NES 3629 .
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CLASS 3631 - [Sages and Satirists, Pirates and Pilgrims: Doubt and Belief in the Literary World of Roman Empire] (crosslisted) NES 3931 , RELST 3631
(HB) (LA-AS)
Fall. Next offered 2016-2017. 4 credits.
J. Rusten.
The second century CE was at once the “most happy and prosperous” period of human history (Gibbon), and an “Age of Anxiety” (E. R. Dodds). This course will examine how the struggle between skepticism and belief in a world of opportunity and danger played itself out in the pages of (mostly) Greek popular literature, for example in doubts about traditional religion (oracles, mockery of myth, unmasking of charlatans), strategies for reviving belief (retreat, personal faith, travel, Christianity), or systems of prediction (dreams, physiognomy). We will conclude by studying two historical accounts of traveling missionaries (Acts of the Apostles and The Life of Apollonius of Tyana), and two novels of self-discovery (Apuleius’ Metamorphoses and Heliodorus’ Ethiopica).
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CLASS 3642 - [Greeks, Romans, and Victorians] (crosslisted) COML 3820
(HB) (LA-AS)
Spring. Not offered 2015-2016. 4 credits.
F. Ahl.
This course explores how 19th-century (and especially Victorian English and Irish) poets, dramatists, and to a lesser extent, novelists, present Greco-Roman antiquity. The varied influences of Vergil and Homer, Seneca and Sophocles, Plautus and Aristophanes, Horace, and Greek lyric poetry will be discussed in selected works of Thomas Moore, Shelley, Byron, Swinburne, W. S. Gilbert, Oscar Wilde, and the pre-Raphaelites and Victorian poets.
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CLASS 3644 - [Sages and Saints/Ancient World] (crosslisted) HIST 3644 , RELST 3644
(HB) (HA-AS)
Spring. Next offered 2016-2017. 4 credits.
E. Rebillard.
This course studies the continuities and changes in the figure of the holy man in the ancient world, from the sages of classical antiquity to the saints of early Christianity. We will condsider, among others: Pythagoras, Socrates, Diogenes the Cynic, Appollonius of Tyana, Jesus, the Apostles, Christian martyrs, Antony, Martin of Tours, Symeon Stylites, Proclus. Readings will include contemporary primary works as well as modern historiography.
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CLASS 3645 - [The Tragic Theatre] (crosslisted) COML 3440 , PMA 3724
(HB) (LA-AS)
Spring. Not offered 2015-2016. 4 credits.
Enrollment limited to: 40 students.
F. Ahl.
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: Aeschylus’ Agamemnon; Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannus, Philoctetes; Euripides’ Alcestis, Helen, Iphigeneia in Aulis, Orestes; Seneca’s Thyestes, Trojan Women; Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, Titus Andronicus, Othello; Strindberg’s The Father; Durrenmatt’s The Visit; Bergman’s Seventh Seal; Cacoyannis’ Iphigeneia.
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CLASS 3646 - [The Art of Subversive Writing] (crosslisted) COML 3460
(HB) (LA-AS) (CU-UGR)
Fall. Next offered 2015-2016. 4 credits.
F. Ahl.
For description, see COML 3460 .
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CLASS 3661 - [Hellenistic Philosophy] (crosslisted) PHIL 3204
(HB) (KCM-AS)
Fall. Not offered 2015-2016. 4 credits.
T. Brennan.
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.
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CLASS 3662 - [History of Battle] (crosslisted) HIST 3630
(HB) (HA-AS)
Spring. Not offered 2015-2016. 4 credits.
B. Strauss, E. Baptist.
For description, see HIST 3630 .
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CLASS 3664 - Aristotle (crosslisted) PHIL 3203
(HB) (KCM-AS)
Spring. 4 credits.
Prerequisite: at least one previous course in philosophy at the 2000 level or above; or permission of the instructor.
T. Brennan.
For description, see PHIL 3203 .
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CLASS 3669 - Plato (crosslisted) PHIL 3202
(HB) (KCM-AS)
Fall. 4 credits.
Prerequisite: at least one philosophy course at 2000 level or above; or permission of instructor.
G. Fine.
For description, see PHIL 3202 .
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CLASS 3674 - [Introduction to Indian Philosophy] (crosslisted) ASIAN 3344 , RELST 3344 , PHIL 3530
(GHB) (KCM-AS)
Spring. Next offered 2016-2017. 4 credits.
L. McCrea.
For description, see ASIAN 3344 .
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CLASS 3675 - Democracy and its Discontents (crosslisted) AMST 3678 GOVT 3675
(HB) (HA-AS)
Fall. 4 credits. Letter grades only.
A. Livingston.
For description, see GOVT 3675 .
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CLASS 3686 - Independent Study in Classical Civilization, Undergraduate Level
(CU-UGR)
Fall, spring. 1-4 credits, variable.
Permission of director of undergraduate studies, in extraordinary circumstances only.
Staff.
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.
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CLASS 3724 - [Death in the Roman Empire] (crosslisted) ARKEO 3724 , ARTH 3724 , RELST 3724
(HB) (CA-AS)
Spring. Not offered 2015-2016. 4 credits.
V. Platt, A. Alexandridis.
This co-taught class will explore Roman culture from the late Republic to Late Antiquity through the lens of death and remembrance. We will focus on visual, epigraphic and literary evidence for the ways in which different social groups dealt with loss and mortality and used the context of the tomb to express their social, ethnic, religious and familial identities, both for themselves and to society at large. As well as focusing on Roman Italy, we will explore the blending of Roman and local funerary traditions in diverse contexts within the empire, from the province of Britannia to the Egyptian Fayum and Syrian Palmyra. In addition to the themes of burial ritual, funerary portraiture, the use of mythological and religious iconography, and the influence of Roman traditions upon early Christian burial practices, we will explore the wider significance of death in Roman culture, including the display of death as spectacle in the arena, the impact of imperial funerary monuments upon the urban landscape, and the notion of the “good death” in the Roman moral tradition. The class will be a mixture of lecture and seminar, i.e. students are required to present short papers.
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CLASS 3727 - [Iconography of Greek Myth] (crosslisted) ARKEO 3130 , ARTH 3230
(HB) (HA-AS)
Next offered 2017-2018. 4 credits.
A. Alexandridis.
For description, see ARTH 3230 .
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CLASS 3735 - [Archaic & Classical Greece] (crosslisted) ARKEO 3225 , ARTH 3225
(HB) (CA-AS)
Next offered 2016-2017. 4 credits.
A. Alexandridis.
For description, see ARTH 3225 .
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CLASS 3736 - [The Archaeology of the City of Rome] (crosslisted) ARKEO 3010 , ARTH 3210
(HB) (CA-AS)
Next offered 2017-2018. 4 credits.
A. Alexandridis.
For description, see ARTH 3210 .
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CLASS 3750 - Introduction to Dendrochronology (crosslisted) ARKEO 3090 , ARTH 3250 , MEDVL 3750
(HB) (HA-AS)
Fall. 4 credits. Letter grades only.
Permission of instructor required. Enrollment limited to: 10 students. Co-meets with ARKEO 4755 /CLASS 4755 .
S. Manning.
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 from the Mediterranean. Supervised reading and laboratory/project work. A possibility exists for summer fieldwork in the Mediterranean.
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CLASS 4490 - [Sanskrit Comparative Grammar] (crosslisted) LING 4460
(KCM-AS)
Fall. Not offered 2015-2016. 4 credits.
Prerequisite: reasonable familiarity with classsical Sanskrit morphology.
A. Nussbaum or staff.
Survey of the historical phonology and morphology of Sanskrit in relation to the Indo-Iranian and Indo-European comparative evidence.
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CLASS 4625 - [Change in Late Antiquity] (crosslisted) HIST 4825 , RELST 4825
(HB) (HA-AS)
Fall. Next offered 2017-2018. 4 credits. Letter grades only.
Co-meets with CLASS 6625 /HIST 6825 .
E. Rebillard.
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. This seminar will focus on the approaches to the problem of Christianization and on its documentation. Through readings and discussion, we will chart the transformations of the Roman world from 250 to 600 C.E.
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CLASS 4634 - [Topics in Medieval Commentaries] (crosslisted) MEDVL 4301
(HB)
Spring. Not offered 2015-2016. 4 credits. Letter grades only.
Co-meets with CLASS 7632 /MEDVL 6301 .
A. Hicks.
For description, see MEDVL 4301 .
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CLASS 4635 - Advanced Introduction to Greek and Roman Culture (crosslisted) ARKEO 4635
(HB) (CA-AS)
Fall. 4 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite: Some previous background in Classics or Classical archaeology.
C. Barrett.
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 as partial preparation for the first-year examination.
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CLASS 4636 - [Gnosticism and Early Christianity] (crosslisted) JWST 4628 , NES 4628 , RELST 4628
(GHB) (HA-AS)
Spring. Not offered 2015-2016. 4 credits.
K. Haines-Eitzen.
For description, see NES 4628 .
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CLASS 4637 - [Talmud and the Art of Reading] (crosslisted) JWST 4776 , NES 4776 , RELST 4776
(GB) (LA-AS)
Spring. Not offered 2015-2016. 4 credits.
Z. Septimus.
For description, see NES 4776 .
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CLASS 4638 - [Roman Social History: Problems and Methods] (crosslisted) HIST 4383
(HB) (HA-AS)
Fall. Not offered 2015-2016. 4 credits.
Prerequisite: CLASS 2681 /HIST 2670 and CLASS 2682 /HIST 2671 . Co-meets with CLASS 7688 /HIST 6383 .
E. Rebillard.
This course will offer both an introduction to the different disciplines studying the non-literary sources for Roman history (epigraphy, archaeology, among others) and a discussion of important topics relevant to Roman social history (travel, voluntary associations, death and burial, etc.).
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CLASS 4639 - Ordering Knowledge: Pliny’s Encyclopedia and its Successors (crosslisted) COML 4639 , STS 4631
(HB) (HA-AS)
Fall. 3-4 credits, variable.
Co-meets with CLASS 7639 /COML 6639 /STS 7631 .
V. Platt, C. Roby.
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 western culture, including Diderot’s Encyclopédie. In particular, we will focus on the combination of natural science and art history that informs Pliny’s text, and the notions of enkyklios paedia (or “general education”) with which it has been problematically associated. The course will include sessions in the library’s Special Collections, focusing on Cornell’s prized collection of early printed editions of the Natural History. All works will be taught in translation; students may acquire an additional credit by attending sessions in which we will read Pliny in the original Latin.
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CLASS 4642 - [Slavery and Human Bondage in the Ancient Near East] (crosslisted) NES 4512
(GHB) (HA-AS)
Spring. Not offered 2015-2016. 4 credits.
J. Tenney.
For description, see NES 4512 .
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CLASS 4650 - [Hellenistic Religions] (crosslisted) ARKEO 4650 , NES 4650
(HB) (CA-AS)
Spring. Not offered 2015-2016. 4 credits. Letter grades only.
Recommended prerequisite: some background in Classics.
C. Barrett.
The turbulent aftermath of Alexander the Great’s conquests reshaped the Mediterranean not only politically, but also socially and culturally. In the multi-ethnic empires of Alexander’s successors, and in cosmopolitan trading centers like Delos and Alexandria, Greek gods shared worshippers - and sometimes exchanged traits, names, and identities - with foreign divinities. However, change coexisted with continuity, and traditional civic cults also remained vital in cities such as Athens. The religious world of the Hellenistic Mediterranean was thus at once highly interconnected and regionally specific, encompassing cults both pan-Mediterranean and local. This course will take an archaeological approach to the variety of religious practices across the Hellenistic world, investigating the ways in which religious developments both reflected and influenced other aspects of society: political, economic, and cultural. In addition to the primary emphasis on material culture, the course will also examine a range of primary sources (in translation) from the literary to the epigraphic.
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CLASS 4665 - [Augustine] (crosslisted) PHIL 4210 , RELST 4665
(HB) (LA-AS)
Fall. Not offered 2015-2016. 4 credits.
C. Brittain.
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 for the mind’s self-knowledge and their relation to Greek and Latin philosophical antecedents.
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CLASS 4670 - [Archaeology of the Phoenicians] (crosslisted) ARKEO 4550 , JWST 4550 , NES 4550
(GHB) (CA-AS)
Fall. Not offered 2015-2016. 4 credits. Letter grades only.
C. Monroe.
For description, see NES 4550 .
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CLASS 4721 - Honors: Senior Essay I
(CU-UGR)
Fall, spring. 4 credits. Letter grades only.
Student must choose advisor by end of sixth semester. Topics must be approved by Standing Committee on Honors by beginning of seventh semester.
Staff.
See “Honors” under Classics front matter.
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CLASS 4722 - Honors: Senior Essay II
(CU-UGR)
Fall, spring. 4 credits. Letter grades only.
Prerequisite: CLASS 4721 . Student must choose advisor by end of sixth semester. Topics must be approved by Standing Committee on Honors by beginning of seventh semester.
Staff.
See “Honors” under Classics front matter.
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