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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; extra reading, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Explores the ancient scientific traditions of China and Greece and compares to modern scientific categories. Includes ideas about nature, the body, and systematic accounts of the natural world. Cross-listed with AST 131, CHN 131, and CPAC 131.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; outside research, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Comparative examination of the early development of Western medical traditions in classical Greece and the origins and development of the Chinese medical systems now referred to as traditional Chinese medicine, with specific attention to their cultural and social contexts. Cross-listed with AST 132, CHN 132, and CPAC 132.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; outside research, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Comparative study of ancient warfare and hegemony in two or more civilizations of the ancient world. Perspectives may include social and political contexts, gender and war, acquisition of empire, religious wars, and weapons, strategies and tactics in theory and practice. Study of primary source material in texts and visual arts. Cross-listed with AST 145, CHN 141, CPAC 141, and POSC 140.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; term paper, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Survey of the rich diversity of religious belief and systems of worship in the Greco-Roman world, from Bronze Age and Classical Greeks, to the Romans of the late Empire. Texts, documents, and archaeological evidence are examined to explore these unique constructions of ritual and creed. Scanlon
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1.00 - 5.00 Credits
To be taken with the consent of the chairman of the department as a means of meeting special curricular problems or deficiencies. Course is repeatable.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; outside research, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): none. An introduction to the comparative study of ancient civilizations of the world, their origins and development, some of the common traits and themes of world civilizations, and some of the unique qualities of particular cultures. Fulfills either the Humanities or Social Sciences requirement for the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, but not both.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; outside research, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): none. Asks how people conceptualize ancient civilization and make claims to it as a source of their cultural heritage. By examining a number of exemplary cases, explores ways in which the idea of an ancient civilization in either the East or the West, the "Old World" and the "New," is constructeassimilated, and appropriated by later times and other cultures inter alia for political empowerment and cultural legitimation. Fulfills either the Humanities or Social Sciences requirement for the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, but not both.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; outside research, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. Topical survey of aspects of ancient civilizations appropriated and re-applied to modern cultures. Course is repeatable as content changes to a maximum of 12 units. Cross-listed with CLA 102. Fulfills either the Humanities or Social Sciences requirement for the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, but not both.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; outside research, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. A survey of the literary aspects of historical writing in ancient cultures, with some comparison of the ancient contribution to later authors of the genre. Cross-listed with CLA 113 and HISE 113. See the Student Affairs Office in the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences for breadth requirement information.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, 3 hours; outside research, 3 hours. Prerequisite(s): upper-division standing or consent of instructor. A cross-cultural survey of the institution of monarchy in the ancient world and its role in political, social, economic, and religious life. Cross-listed with CLA 121 and POSC 121. Fulfills either the Humanities or Social Sciences requirement for the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, but not both.
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