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4.00 Credits
summer 2008 Course offered as part of the Whitman Summer Studies in China program. Taught in China over a period of four weeks by Whitman-selected instructors from China and supervised by the Whitman faculty member who is resident director. This course teaches conversational Chinese based on the vocabulary and sentence patterns the students have learned from Chinese 305 and 306, plus new phrases the students will need living and studying in China. Classes meet three hours per day, five days per week, for a total of 60 hours. Requirements: daily homework, weekly tests, and a final exam covering listening comprehension and spoken Chinese. Prerequisite: Chinese 306 or its equivalent and admission to the Whitman Summer Studies in China program.
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4.00 Credits
Zhao This course reads authentic Chinese texts. The students practice conversational skills by discussing the reading materials and presenting oral reports. They also are required to write essays and take written exams. Prerequisites: Chinese 306 or equivalent. Distribution area: humanities and alternative voices.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Zhao For students who have completed Chinese 406 or equivalent and who desire further studies in Chinese language, literature, or culture. With guidance from the instructor the student may choose readings which interest him or her, discuss them in conference with the instructor, using Chinese as the language of discussion, and/or submit written evidence of his or her work. Prerequisites: Chinese 406 and consent of the instructor. The program in Chinese also includes courses in classical and modern Chinese literature in translation. These classes are listed below and in the World Literature section of the catalog.
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4.00 Credits
not offered 2008-09 An introduction to the language of ancient Rome. The class is devoted to giving the students the ability to read ancient texts as soon as possible. Along with a systematic presentation of Latin grammar, this course offers opportunities to read selections from Roman literature in their original language. Offered in alternate years.
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4.00 Credits
not offered 2008-09 Students will learn the structures of English grammar. The grammars of Ancient Greek and Latin will be introduced as tools for the understanding of contemporary English grammar. The history of the Indo-European language family will demonstrate the relations between ancient and modern grammars. Techniques of sentence diagramming will show the parts of speech and their syntactic relations. Types of clauses and the relations between clauses will dominate the more advanced sections of the course. Open to all students.
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4.00 Credits
x Vandiver Through analysis of primary literary sources students will study the structures and functions of myth in ancient Greek and Roman cultures. Some comparative material from Mesopotamia will be considered. We also will examine modern theories of myth, especially as they apply to specific categories of ancient myths. Open to all students. Offered in alternate years.
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4.00 Credits
not offered 2008-09 The role of women in public and private life in ancient Greece and Rome. Students will examine literary, documentary, archaeological, and visual sources as evidence for the lives of women in these ancient cultures. Students will explore modern theories of gender in conjunction with ancient evidence. This course is interdisciplinary and open to all students. Offered in alternate years.
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4.00 Credits
x D. Burgess The Greek term "physis" and the Latin word "natura" refer to coming into being and birth. In both cultures Nature is what has come to be, as well as the process of coming into being. This course will consider a broad range of ancient (and some early modern) texts which develop important concepts of Nature. On the one hand, we will read philosophic texts, prSocratics, Stoics and Lucretius, which treat the above categories with great rigor. On the other, we will read highly literary and artificial poetic authors, Theocritus, Virgil and Horace, who give rise to later European pastoral poetry. In addition, we will encounter other texts in various genres which contribute some of the ideas which inform the complex and changing concepts of Nature. This course may be used by environmental studies-humanities students toward their critical thinking requirements in the major. All other environmental studies students may use this course to fulfill humanities requirements for their combined majors.
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4.00 Credits
Fall: T. Davis, Spring: Carey A close reading of selected texts from Plato and Aristotle. May be elected as Philosophy 201.
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4.00 Credits
Substantial readings from ancient authors in conjunction with a thorough review of all aspects of Latin grammar. Readings will focus on two authors each semester, with a balance between prose and verse. Prerequisite: Latin 106 or consent of instructor. Offered in alternate years.
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