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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
(same as HIS 111) Examines western Eurasia and the Mediterranean from the third to the ninth century C.E. Topics include the fall of Rome; the impact of contacts between Roman and barbarian populations (Huns, Vandals, Goths, etc.); barbarian society and culture; artistic developments; relations among Christians, Jews, Muslims, and pagans. Attention is drawn to marginal social groups (e.g., the poor and women) as well as the dominant male elites.
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4.00 Credits
This is a Topics Course with no prerequisites, open to and appropriate for first-year students.
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4.00 Credits
(same as PHL 201) (once per year; typically fall) Course tracing the development of philosophy in the West from its beginnings in 6th century B.C. Greece through the thought of Plato and Aristotle, especially focusing on question concerning reality, knowledge, human nature, and the good life. Attention is also given to the influence of the Greek philosophers on the Western tradition to the present day.
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4.00 Credits
(same as AAH 201) The course will deal with major monuments of Greek architecture, painting, sculpture, and minor arts from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic Period. The emphasis will be on developments in Athens, the Peloponnesus and the mainland but monuments of art and architecture in Magna Graecia, Asia Minor, and the Greek islands will be included as well. Major emphasis will be placed on the principal forms of Greek art and architecture, with their stylistic development and social context. Students will also be introduced to questions of production and trade, as well as the religious, political, and social roles of Greek art. Different archaeological theories and interpretations and their relationship to Greek art and architecture will also be included. Slide lectures, museum trips, and critical and theoretical texts will be used to illustrate and illuminate the meanings and purposes of Greek art and architecture of this important period.
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4.00 Credits
(same as LIT 230 and CMP 230) Introduces students to a literary tradition that originates in the classical period. The course will put readings into literary and historical context by focusing on a pivotal literary moment or text. The course will explore literary and historical relations - the textual ancestors and progeny that make up the particular classical tradition under consideration, as well as the surrounding philological, social, and political contexts of the selected pivotal moment in that tradition. The course will also draw upon at least two distinct cultures, at least one of which must be classical.
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to ancient Greek mythology through primary texts in English translation such as Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, Aeschylus' Agamemnon, Sophocles' Ajax, etc. Focuses on the Trojan War cycle of myths and its greatest heroes in order to understand how the ancient Greeks explored important aspects of their society through literature that ostensibly presents mythological events and characters. Attention is also given to visual representations of myth in sculpture and on vases and to differentiating the ancient Greek concept of myth from our own.
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4.00 Credits
This is a Topics Course with no prerequisites, offered primarily for sophomores, juniors, and seniors. It may not be appropriate for freshmen.
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4.00 Credits
(same as HIS 301) Investigation into the development of Classical Greek civilization, beginning with Homer and going through the Peloponnesian Wars.
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4.00 Credits
(same as HIS 302) Investigation into the disintegration of the Classical Greek world and the emergence of successor civilizations in the Hellenistic Era.
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4.00 Credits
(same as HIS 303) Development of Rome from one of the ancient Italian city states to a position of mastery over Italy and the Mediterranean World.
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