Classical Studies

Programs

Courses

CLA 1250: Enemies of Rome

Credits 3

Examination of the growth of the Roman Empire throughtout the Mediterranean world, with an emphasis on issues of imperialism and cultural identity.

Last Offered
Fall 2024, Fall 2022, Summer 2021, Fall 2020
Effective Term
202420

CLA 1975: Literature and Classics

Credits 3

Survey of ancient and modern classical literature, varying in topic and theme, guiding students in written and oral analysis of themes in texts of the varying genres of epic, tragedy, comedy, novel, short story, film, et al., fulfilling core literature requirement.

Last Offered
Spring 2025, Summer 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022
Effective Term
202420

CLA 2021: Language of Science & Medicine

Credits 3

Language of Science and Medicine Greek and Latin prefixes, roots, and suffixes in modern vocabulary; vocabulary building, with emphasis on technical terminology in scientific and medical usage. Knowledge of the languages is not required.

Last Offered
Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022
Effective Term
202420

CLA 2032: Classical Mythology

Credits 3

The myths, legends and folklore of the Greeks and Romans as they developed in their life, thought and literature; their influence on the Renaissance and modern times.

Last Offered
Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
Effective Term
202420

CLA 2051: Cities of Ancient Greece

Credits 3

Classical archaeology and architecture of Greece. Selected sites in the Greek world with emphasis on their architectural, artistic and history significance.

Last Offered
Spring 2024, Summer 2022, Fall 2017, Fall 2014
Effective Term
202420

CLA 2052: Rome: The Ancient City

Credits 3

Classical archaeology and architecture of Italy. Selected sites in the Roman world with emphasis on their architectural, artistic and historical significance.

Last Offered
Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Fall 2019
Effective Term
202420

CLA 3001: Independent Study

Credits 3

Reading of selected material in Latin or Greek or in classical literature in translation under the direction of a member of the staff.

Last Offered
Spring 2017, Spring 2016, Fall 2014, Fall 2012
Effective Term
202420

CLA 3040: Studies in the Classics

Credits 3

Selected themes of special interest. Topics vary according to interests of students and instructor: e.g. Women in the Classical World, Slavery in the Ancient World, Classical Rhetoric, etc.

Last Offered
Fall 2025, Summer 2025, Spring 2025, Summer 2024
Effective Term
202420

CLA 3052: Roman Law

Credits 3

The origins, nature, and history of Roman Law during the Republic and Empire; evolution of the court system; civil and criminal codes; judicial procedure; social, business and economic institutions and the law; government and administration of the empire.

Effective Term
202420

CLA 5900: CLA: Independent Study

Credits 3

Supervised study, activity, or research. May be taken more than once. Prior approval of chair and instructor.

Last Offered
Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Spring 2023
Effective Term
202420

CLA 6001: Senior Classics Capstone

Credits 3

A reading, research, and conference course on selected topics of classical culture and history; introduction to research in classical studies.

Last Offered
Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
Effective Term
202420

GRK 1113: Intensive Intro. Ancient Greek

Credits 3

Intensive one-semester course covering all basic skills (grammar, morphology, vocabulary) needed to translate Ancient Greek. Graduate Students (or Undergraduates with permission of Classical Studies' Department Chair).

Effective Term
202420

GRK 1121: Intermediate Ancient Greek I

Credits 3

Having reviewed the primary grammar and syntax of Attic Greek, this course will examine selections from several principal prose authors of the classical period (e.g. Herodotus, Plato, Thucydides, et al).

Prerequisites

GRK 1111 and GRK 1112

Prerequisite Courses
Last Offered
Fall 2022, Fall 2013, Fall 2011, Fall 2009
Effective Term
202420

GRK 3001: Readings in Authors

Credits 3

Selected readings from a variety of Greek authors. Fulfills advanced literature requirements.

Last Offered
Spring 2018, Spring 2009, Fall 2008, Spring 2008
Effective Term
202420

GRK 4250: Greek Historians

Credits 3

Selections from the works of Herodotus, Thucydides, or Polybius. Fulfills advanced literature requirements.

Last Offered
Spring 2005, Spring 2004, Spring 2003
Effective Term
202420

GRK 4350: Greek Orators

Credits 3

Selected Orations; the style and structure of the speeches, their relations to the historical occasions for which they were composed, and the contribution of rhetoric to the intellectual life of the fourth century.

Last Offered
Fall 1997
Effective Term
202420

GRK 5250: Homer

Credits 3

Introduction to Homeric Greek and a study of Homeric epics.

Last Offered
Fall 2009, Spring 1995
Effective Term
202420

GRK 5850: Greek Tragedy

Credits 3

Selected plays, read and interpreted in the light of contemporary Greek institutions and thought, with attention to their poetic and dramatic structure.

Effective Term
202420

GRK 5900: Greek: Indpendent Study

Credits 3

Supervised study, activity or research. May be taken more than once. Prior approval of chair and instructor.

Last Offered
Fall 2025, Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023
Effective Term
202420

GRK 5950: Greek Comedy

Credits 3

Selected plays, read and interpreted in the light of contemporary Greek institutions and thought, with special attention to their poetic and dramatic structure.

Effective Term
202420

LAT 4051: Cicero

Credits 3

Reading of selected orations with special emphasis on the historical background. Selection from rhetorical and philosophical works and letters.

Last Offered
Fall 2005, Spring 1997
Effective Term
202420

LAT 4150: Caesar

Credits 3

Reading and interpretation of Julius Caesar's commentaries. Fulfills advance literature requirements.

Last Offered
Fall 2002
Effective Term
202420

LAT 4350: Livy

Credits 3

Extensive reading in the Ab Urbe Condita; Livy as historian of Rome.

Last Offered
Spring 2001
Effective Term
202420

LAT 4450: Tacitus

Credits 3

Extensive reading in the Annales; Tacitus as historian of the early principate. Fulfills advanced literature requirements.

Effective Term
202420

LAT 5250: Vergil

Credits 3

The Aeneid, read and interpreted in the light of ancient poetical theory and the epic tradition; the civilized epic as a new form; Vergilian epic techniques; careful reading of selections from the Eclogues and Georgics.

Last Offered
Fall 2000
Effective Term
202420

LAT 5350: Ovid

Credits 3

Ovid as an epic poet of the Augustan age.

Last Offered
Spring 2017, Fall 2004, Fall 1999, Fall 1996
Effective Term
202420

LAT 6001: Senior Latin Capstone

Credits 3

A reading, research, and conference course on selected topics of Roman literature and history; introduction to research in classical studies. Fulfills advanced literature requirements.

Last Offered
Fall 2010, Fall 2009, Fall 2008, Fall 2007
Effective Term
202420