CLASSIC Course Descriptions for 2022-2023

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CourseTitleInstructorDescription
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 36BCLASSICAL GREECEHERNANDEZ, A.A survey of ancient Greek civilization from the Late Archaic period to the Classical period. Focuses on major institutions and cultural phenomena as seen through the study of ancient Greek literature, history, archaeology, and religion.

Same as HISTORY 36B.

(IV)
CLASSIC 45CCLASSICAL MYTHOLOGYGIANNOPOULOU, Z.Detailed examination of key Greek and Roman myths, their interpretations, and the influence they have exerted on literature, art, and popular culture in subsequent periods.

(IV)
CLASSIC 99SPEC STDS:CLASSICSSTAFFLower-division level independent research with Classics faculty.

Repeatability: May be repeated for credit unlimited times.
CLASSIC 160UNSUNG WMN OF ANTQTGIANNOPOULOU, Z.This interdisciplinary course sheds light on relatively obscure women of the Greco-Roman literature, female characters whose whisper or soft voice may be eclipsed by the roar of Medea, Antigone, and Clytemnestra. There are four parts to the course. In the first part, we explore the seductive female voice (the Sirens) and the silenced female voice (Philomela and Procne); in the second part, we probe the connections between women and death (Persephone, Eurydice, and Alcestis); in the third part, we look at women who save men or nations only to be victimized or villainized by them (Ariadne and Helen); and in the last part, we examine women as collective war victims (women of Troy). Each of these women or set of women is studied first in a Greek or Roman text composed between the 8th c. BCE and the 1st c. CE (epic poetry, tragedy, epistolary poetry, history, philosophy) and then in 20th-21st century adaptations of it (novel, short story, novella, poetry, theatre, performance art, film, paintings).

            Why do these female characters tend to be overlooked in favor of others? What are the tropes (cultural, literary, rhetorical, etc.) that authors use to present them as marginal or as deserving less attention than other male or female characters? How do these women acquiesce to or rebel against their devaluation by their authors or other characters in the narrative? What motivates our sympathy for them? How do these women fare when transplanted in genres and places of the 20th and the 21st centuries where race, class, religion, and nationality affect or even determine social visibility? Secondary materials (articles, blogs, film essays) accompany the primary sources, and the amount of reading is evenly distributed across the quarter.

            Grading is based on class-participation, a weekly post, an oral presentation, and a final project (academic paper, creative project, etc.).
CLASSIC 192BSENIOR CAPSTONESNYDER, R.Under the guidance of a faculty mentor, majors design and execute a senior project. This project may be a research paper, dramatic production, school curriculum, etc. All projects must be approved by the faculty mentor.

Prerequisite: CLASSIC 192A. Satisfactory completion of the Lower-Division Writing requirement.
CLASSIC 192BSENIOR CAPSTONEKARANIKA, A.Under the guidance of a faculty mentor, majors design and execute a senior project. This project may be a research paper, dramatic production, school curriculum, etc. All projects must be approved by the faculty mentor.

Prerequisite: CLASSIC 192A. Satisfactory completion of the Lower-Division Writing requirement.
CLASSIC 192BSENIOR CAPSTONEPANTELIA, M.Under the guidance of a faculty mentor, majors design and execute a senior project. This project may be a research paper, dramatic production, school curriculum, etc. All projects must be approved by the faculty mentor.

Prerequisite: CLASSIC 192A. Satisfactory completion of the Lower-Division Writing requirement.
CLASSIC 192BSENIOR CAPSTONEZISSOS, P.Under the guidance of a faculty mentor, majors design and execute a senior project. This project may be a research paper, dramatic production, school curriculum, etc. All projects must be approved by the faculty mentor.

Prerequisite: CLASSIC 192A. Satisfactory completion of the Lower-Division Writing requirement.
CLASSIC 192BSENIOR CAPSTONEHERNANDEZ, A.Under the guidance of a faculty mentor, majors design and execute a senior project. This project may be a research paper, dramatic production, school curriculum, etc. All projects must be approved by the faculty mentor.

Prerequisite: CLASSIC 192A. Satisfactory completion of the Lower-Division Writing requirement.
CLASSIC 192BSENIOR CAPSTONEGIANNOPOULOU, Z.Under the guidance of a faculty mentor, majors design and execute a senior project. This project may be a research paper, dramatic production, school curriculum, etc. All projects must be approved by the faculty mentor.

Prerequisite: CLASSIC 192A. Satisfactory completion of the Lower-Division Writing requirement.
CLASSIC 198DIRECTED GROUP STDYZISSOS, P.Special topics in Classical studies through directed reading and research.

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 199INDEPENDENT STUDYKARANIKA, A.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 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 STUDYSNYDER, R.Independent research with Classics faculty.

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