CLASSIC Course Descriptions for 2025-2026

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CourseTitleInstructorDescription
CLASSIC 10MEDICAL TERMINOLOGYHERNANDEZ, A.A study of English terms derived from Greek and Latin that are important to contemporary medicine, science, and other professions. Emphasis on development of word-building skills. No prior knowledge of Greek or Latin required.
CLASSIC 36AEARLY GREECEBRANSCOME, D.A survey of ancient Greek civilization from its origins in the Bronze Age to the mid-Archaic period. Examines political and social history, as well as literature, art, religion, and archaeological remains.

Same as HISTORY 36A.

(IV)
CLASSIC 37AEARLY ROMEZISSOS, P.A survey of the development of Roman civilization from its eighth century BCE beginnings to the civil wars of the first century BCE. Examines political and social history, as well as literature, art, architecture, and religion.

Same as HISTORY 37A.

(IV)
CLASSIC 37CTHE FALL OF ROMEZISSOS, P.A survey of Roman civilization from the crisis of the third century CE to the so-called “fall of Rome” in 476 CE. Examines political and social history, as well as literature, art, architecture, and religion.

Same as HISTORY 37C.

(IV)
CLASSIC 45ATHE GODSGIANNOPOULOU, Z.An overview of the main myths of the gods of the ancient Greeks and Romans and their influence in contemporary and later literature and art. Includes readings from both ancient and modern sources.

(IV)
CLASSIC 166DECOLONZNG CLASSICSGIANNOPOULOU, Z.This interdisciplinary course examines the colonial and postcolonial appropriations of some of the most emblematic texts of classical antiquity. In a world where the classics face important criticisms from many quarters, this class forges critical dialogues between, on the one hand, select Greek plays and philosophical writings and, on the other, plays, films, and visual media of the late twentieth and twenty-first centuries from Africa, Latin America, and Korea in order to explore ways in which the ancient materials enact and challenge Eurocentric legacies of “enlightened” oppression (rationality, individuality, aristocratic/monarchic rule) only further to contest those same legacies in colonial and postcolonial settings. By projecting their own cultural contexts into the classical material as content, the adaptations both reconfigure them as target texts and replace them as source texts in critically potent role reversals. The primary sources are historically, culturally, and socio-politically contextualized and accompanied by readings from critical theory, translation studies, film analysis, and performance theory. Grade is based on class participation, an oral presentation, and a final project. 
CLASSIC 198DIRECTED GROUP STDYSTAFFSpecial topics in Classical studies through directed reading and research.

Repeatability: May be repeated for credit unlimited times.
CLASSIC 199INDEPENDENT STUDYSNYDER, R.Independent research with Classics faculty.

Repeatability: May be repeated for credit unlimited times.
CLASSIC 199INDEPENDENT STUDYGIANNOPOULOU, Z.Independent research with Classics faculty.

Repeatability: May be repeated for credit unlimited times.
CLASSIC 199INDEPENDENT STUDYKARANIKA, A.Independent research with Classics faculty.

Repeatability: May be repeated for credit unlimited times.
CLASSIC 199INDEPENDENT STUDYCERETI, C.Independent research with Classics faculty.

Repeatability: May be repeated for credit unlimited times.
CLASSIC 199INDEPENDENT STUDYHERNANDEZ, A.Independent research with Classics faculty.

Repeatability: May be repeated for credit unlimited times.
CLASSIC 199INDEPENDENT STUDYZISSOS, P.Independent research with Classics faculty.

Repeatability: May be repeated for credit unlimited times.
CLASSIC 199INDEPENDENT STUDYPANTELIA, M.Independent research with Classics faculty.

Repeatability: May be repeated for credit unlimited times.
CLASSIC 399UNIVERSITY TEACHINGGIANNOPOULOU, Z.
CLASSIC 399UNIVERSITY TEACHINGZISSOS, P.