| Course | Title | Instructor | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLASSIC 36B | CLASSICAL GREECE | CLAXTON, C. | This Classical Civilization course is a survey of ancient Greece during the Late Archaic and Classical Periods. We will examine its main cultural achievements, especially those in the fields of literature, philosophy, historiography, and art. Special attention will be paid to these achievements as a reaction to the major historical events of the period and their overall cultural settings. We will also examine the development of democracy in Athens and contrast this with the political system in Sparta. Readings will include selections from the works of ancient authors such as Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Herodotus, Thucydides, Aristophanes, Plato and others. Quizzes, midterm, and final exam. Same as History 36B. |
| CLASSIC 45C | CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY | GIANNOPOULOU, Z. | Classics 45C is the third part of the Classical Mythology series. This class will focus on a few important Greek myths, their interpretations, and the influence they have exerted on modern literature and film. We will use a standard textbook, as well as readings from ancient and modern works of literature. |
| CLASSIC 99 | SPEC STDS:CLASSICS | CLAXTON, C. | |
| CLASSIC 160 | RENAISSANCE EPIC | CHIAMPI, J. | Listed in SOC as "ITALIAN 150" (Course Code: 28881) An overview of the development of epic in the West, its themes, topoi and motifs. Understanding the role, nature and identity of the hero; the role of women and the figuration of gender; the development of the person; the nature and possibility of civic life; virtue, vice and their consequences; the relationship between city and countryside, private satisfaction and civic concern. Familiarity with the development of such themes and topoi as the Earthly Paradise; the locus amoenus; vows; rigidity versus flexibility; the meaning of Christian epic; control and containment; disguise; unity and multiplicity; illusion and reality; prudence and recklessness - and their interpenetration and redefinition. |
| CLASSIC 170 | ANCIENT MEDICINE | GIANNOPOULOU, Z. | This course will offer an overview of the origins and development of Western medicine in ancient Greece and Rome. It will track the trajectory of ancient medicine starting from the Pythagoreans (c. 6th century BCE) and their belief in the special powers of numbers (e.g. they considered the number 40 to be sacred—hence, quarantine) and ending with Galen (2nd century AD), the physician and philosopher of the late Roman empire. We will begin with a brief account of medicine in Mesopotamia and Egypt (the Edwin Smith Papyrus) and work our way through Homer, the Greek rationalists, the Hippocratic writers, the theory of humors, Thucydides, the tragedians, Plato, Aristotle, Herophilus, Soranus, the Gospel of Matthew, and Galen. We will ask questions such as: how did western medicine begin? What led the Greeks and Romans to “invent” medical theories and practices? How did they think of medical effectiveness and failure? How did the Greeks and Romans understand the complex relationships between mind, body, and spirit? What led them to prescribe regular exercise, healing baths, special diets, the use of specific herbal remedies, and healing ointments? How do we separate medicine from other healing methods such as folk medicine, magic, and especially the cult of the god Asclepius? How did purges, cold baths, and prayers to the gods affect health and wellness? Paying special attention to how gender, ethnicity, and social order influenced medical knowledge, students in this course will learn about ancient notions of health, disease, and healing that may still have relevance to contemporary medical practices. They will also explore ancient attitudes towards the body and disability; the relationship between medical theory and medical practice; and Greek and Roman reactions to bodily suffering, healing, illness, injury, and the epidemics that occasionally swept across whole populations. Grading will be based on class participation, two non-cumulative exams, one oral report, and one short paper (5 pages). |
| CLASSIC 176 | ANCT & MED SENSES | BETANCOURT, R. | Considering the interrelations between the senses and the imagination, this course surveys classical, late antique, and medieval theories of vision to elaborate on how various spheres of the medieval world categorized and comprehended sensation and perception. The class focuses on how the affordances and limitations of the senses came to contour the manner in which art and rhetoric communicate. This would similarly come to define how ancient and medieval religious culture could also go about accessing the sacred, the image serving as a site of desire for the mediated representation of the Divine. |
| CLASSIC 192B | SENIOR CAPSTONE | GIANNOPOULOU, Z. | Under the guidance of a faculty mentor, students design and execute a senior project. Students may plan a project centering on an area of strong interest and may write a research paper, design a creative project, a primary or secondary school curriculum, or other similar projects. |
| CLASSIC 192B | SENIOR CAPSTONE | KARANIKA, A. | Under the guidance of a faculty mentor, students design and execute a senior project. Students may plan a project centering on an area of strong interest and may write a research paper, design a creative project, a primary or secondary school curriculum, or other similar projects. |
| CLASSIC 192B | SENIOR CAPSTONE | PANTELIA, M. | Under the guidance of a faculty mentor, students design and execute a senior project. Students may plan a project centering on an area of strong interest and may write a research paper, design a creative project, a primary or secondary school curriculum, or other similar projects. |
| CLASSIC 192B | SENIOR CAPSTONE | CLAXTON, C. | Under the guidance of a faculty mentor, students design and execute a senior project. Students may plan a project centering on an area of strong interest and may write a research paper, design a creative project, a primary or secondary school curriculum, or other similar projects. |
| CLASSIC 192B | SENIOR CAPSTONE | ZISSOS, P. | Under the guidance of a faculty mentor, students design and execute a senior project. Students may plan a project centering on an area of strong interest and may write a research paper, design a creative project, a primary or secondary school curriculum, or other similar projects. |
| CLASSIC 198 | DIRECTED GROUP STDY | ZISSOS, P. | |
| CLASSIC 280 | INDEPENDENT STUDY | JARRATT, S. | |
| CLASSIC 280 | INDEPENDENT STUDY | ZISSOS, P. | |
| CLASSIC 280 | INDEPENDENT STUDY | KARANIKA, A. | |
| CLASSIC 280 | INDEPENDENT STUDY | PANTELIA, M. | |
| CLASSIC 280 | INDEPENDENT STUDY | CLAXTON, C. | |
| CLASSIC 280 | INDEPENDENT STUDY | GIANNOPOULOU, Z. | |
| CLASSIC 290 | RESEARCH IN CLASSIC | CLAXTON, C. | |
| CLASSIC 290 | RESEARCH IN CLASSIC | ZISSOS, P. | |
| CLASSIC 290 | RESEARCH IN CLASSIC | PANTELIA, M. | |
| CLASSIC 290 | RESEARCH IN CLASSIC | KARANIKA, A. | |
| CLASSIC 290 | RESEARCH IN CLASSIC | GIANNOPOULOU, Z. | |
| CLASSIC 299 | DISSERTATN RESEARCH | CLAXTON, C. | |
| CLASSIC 299 | DISSERTATN RESEARCH | KARANIKA, A. | |
| CLASSIC 299 | DISSERTATN RESEARCH | PANTELIA, M. | |
| CLASSIC 299 | DISSERTATN RESEARCH | MILES, M. | |
| CLASSIC 299 | DISSERTATN RESEARCH | ZISSOS, P. | |
| CLASSIC 299 | DISSERTATN RESEARCH | GIANNOPOULOU, Z. |