(Formerly offered as CLAS 101.) First semester. Three credits. A knowledge of Greek is not required. Travis

A survey of classical Greece, with emphasis on literature, thought, and influence on contemporary culture.

(Formerly offered as CLAS 102.) Second semester. Three credits. A knowledge of Latin is not required. Johnson

A survey of classical Rome, with emphasis on literature, thought, and influence on contemporary culture.

(Formerly offered as CLAS 103.) Either semester. Three credits. A knowledge of Greek or Latin is not required. Travis

Origin, nature, and function of myth in the literature and art of Greece and Rome and the re-interpretation of classical myth in modern art forms.

(Formerly offered as CLAS 104.) Either semester. Three credits. A knowledge of Greek or Latin is not required. 

The historical relationship of English to Greek and Latin in vocabulary and structure. Greek and Latin prefixes, suffixes and bases, learned and applied to the analysis of unfamiliar words. Introduction to the specialized vocabularies of various academic areas.

(Formerly offered as CLAS 105.) Either semester. Three credits. A knowledge of Greek or Latin is not required. 

The Greek and Latin elements most used in the technical vocabulary of the biological and health sciences, with practice in the analysis of representative terms.

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(Formerly offered as CLAS 193.) 

(Formerly offered as CLAS 241W.) Either semester, alternate years. Three credits. Recommended preparation: CAMS 101 or 102 or 103. A knowledge of Greek or Latin is not required. 

A study of classical epic, with special emphasis on Homer's Iliad and Odyssey and Vergil's Aeneid, but including also other examples of the genre. Oral and literary epic, their social and political contexts, and the influence of classical epic on later literature.

(Formerly offered as CLAS 242W.) Either semester, alternate years. Three credits. Recommended preparation: CAMS 101 or 102 or 103. A knowledge of Greek or Latin is not required. 

Selected plays from the works of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Plautus, Terence, and Seneca. The origin and development of Greek drama, its transformation in the Roman period, and the influence of classical drama on later literature.

(Also offered as HIST 217.) (Formerly offered as CLAS 243.) Either semester. Three credits. 

The profound social and cultural changes that redefined the cities, the frontiers, and the economies of the classical world and led to the Middle Ages. Developments in the eastern and western Mediterranean lands between the second and seventh centuries, including: Neo-Platonism, the spread of Christianity, Rabbinic Judaism, and Islam.

(Formerly offered as CLAS 244.) Either semester. Three credits. A knowledge of Greek and Latin is not required. Johnson

This course will examine a range of novels and other fictions from the Greco-Roman world. Works read will include the Greek sentimental novels, the satirical Roman novels of Petronius and Apeleius, and a variety of other pagan, Jewish, and Christian fictions.

(Also offered as HIST 257). Either semester. Three credits. Recommended preparation: HIST 216 or CAMS 255. Caner

A critical approach to the evolution of Christian thought, social organization and institutions ca. 50-450 C.E. Topics include gnosticism, apostolic succession, heresy, orthodoxy.

(Also offered as ARTH 243.) (Formerly offered as CLAS 251.) Either semester, alternate years. Three credits. 

Greek art and architecture from the ninth century B.C. to the first-century A.D.

(Also offered as ARTH 246.) (Formerly offered as CLAS 252.) Either semester, alternate years. Three credits. 

History of Roman art and architecture.

(Also offered as HIST 213.) (Formerly offered as CLAS 253.) Either semester. Three credits. Miller

The history of Near Eastern civilization from the Neolithic period to the Persian Empire. The birth of civilization in Mesopotamia and Egypt. The political and cultural achievements of ancient near-Eastern peoples.

(Also offered as HIST 214.) (Formerly offered as CLAS 254.) Either semester. Three credits. 

The history of Greece from Minoan and Mycenaean times into the Hellenistic period with special emphasis on the Fifth Century and the "Golden Age" of Athens.

(Also offered as HIST 216.) (Formerly offered as CLAS 255.) Either semester. Three credits. 

From the beginning of Rome to the reign of Justinian. The growth of the Roman Republic and Empire. Roman civilization and its influence upon later history.

(Also offered as HEB 218, HIST 218, and JUDS 218.) (Formerly offered as CLAS 256.) Either semester. Three credits. Recommended preparation: HIST 213 or 214 or 216 or INTD 294 or HEB 202. Miller

The political, historical and religious currents in Greco-Roman Palestine. Includes the Jewish Revolts, sectarian developments, the rise of Christianity and the Talmudic academics.

(Also offered as PHIL 221.) First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: At least one of PHIL 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106. Open to sophomores. 

Greek philosophy from its origin in the Pre-Socratics through its influence on early Christianity.  Readings from the works of Plato and Aristotle.

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(Formerly offered as CLAS 171-172.) Both semesters. Four credits each semester. Four class periods. Not open for credit to students who have had three or more years of Greek in high school, except with Departmental consent.

An intensive introduction to ancient Greek. First semester: basic morphology, syntax, and vocabulary through simple readings from the New Testament; second semester: transition to classical Greek through selections from Xenophon, reading of Plato's Apology complete.

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(Formerly offered as CLAS 207.) Either semester, alternate years. Three credits. Prerequisite: CAMS 172. 

Selections from Plato and Aristotle.

(Formerly offered as CLAS 208.) Either semester, alternate years. Three credits. Prerequisite: CAMS 172. 

Selections from the Iliad or Odyssey.

(Formerly offered as CLAS 211.) Either semester, alternate years. Three credits. Prerequisite: CAMS 172. 

Selected plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes.

(Formerly offered as CLAS 212.) Either semester, alternate years. Three credits. Prerequisite: CAMS 172. 

Selections from Herodotus and Thucydides.

(Formerly offered as CLAS 214.) Either semester, alternate years. Three credits. Prerequisite: CAMS 172. 

Selections from the early Greek lyric, elegiac, and iambic poets, including but not limited to Archilochus, Mimnermus, Solon, Sappho, Alcaeus, Anacreon, Xenophanes, Theognis, and Simonides.

(Formerly offered as CLAS 215.) Either semester, alternate years. Three credits. Prerequisite: CAMS 172. 

Selected readings, ordinarily including Acts of the Apostles and at least one Pauline letter.

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(Formerly offered as CLAS 121-122.) Both semesters. Four credits each semester. Four class periods. Not open for credit to students who have had three or more years of Latin in high school, except with Departmental consent. 

A study of the essentials of Latin grammar designed to prepare the student to read simple classical Latin prose.

(Formerly offered as CLAS 123-124.) Both semesters. Three credits each semester. Prerequisite: CAMS 122 or two years of Latin in high school. 

Review of the essentials of grammar. Reading of classical Latin prose and poetry with emphasis on Cicero and Ovid or Vergil.

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(Formerly offered as CLAS 213.) Either semester, alternate years. Three credits. Prerequisite: CAMS 124, or three or more years of Latin in high school. 

Selections from Ovid, mainly from the Metamorphoses, and a study of the myths of Greece and Rome.

(Formerly offered as CLAS 221.) Either semester, alternate years. Three credits. Prerequisite: CAMS 124, or three or more years of Latin in high school. 

Extensive reading of a relatively wide range of authors of representative classical Latin prose and poetry.

(Formerly offered as CLAS 224.) Either semester, alternate years. Three credits. Prerequisite: CAMS 124, or three or more years of Latin in high school. 

Books VII-XII of the Aeneid and a study of the relation of the Aeneid to earlier Greek epic and to the later epic tradition.

(Formerly offered as CLAS 225.) Either semester, alternate years. Three credits. Prerequisite: CAMS 124, or three or more years of Latin in high school. 

Selected plays of Plautus, Terence, and Seneca, with lectures on Roman theatre and the development of drama.

(Formerly offered as CLAS 226.) Either semester, alternate years. Three credits. Prerequisite: CAMS 124, or three or more years of Latin in high school. 

Selections from the lyrics of Horace and Catullus, with lectures on metrical patterns and the influence of Greek lyrics.

(Formerly offered as CLAS 227.) Either semester, alternate years. Three credits. Prerequisite: CAMS 124, or three or more years of Latin in high school. 

Selections from Sallust, Livy, and Tacitus.

(Formerly offered as CLAS 230.) Either semester, alternate years. Three credits. Prerequisite: CAMS 124, or three or more years of Latin in high school. 

Selections from Lucretius, Cicero, and Seneca.

(Formerly offered as CLAS 231.) Either semester, alternate years. Three credits. Prerequisite: CAMS 124, or three or more years of Latin in high school. 

Selections from Tibullus, Propertius, and Ovid's Amores.

(Formerly offered as CLAS 232.) Either semester, alternate years. Three credits. Prerequisite: CAMS 124, or three or more years of Latin in high school. 

Reading of texts from a number of periods and in a variety of styles, with consideration of morphological, syntactical, and semantic developments.

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(Formerly offered as CLAS 193.) Either or both semesters. Credits and hours by arrangement. May be repeated for credit. Consent of Department Head required, normally before the student's departure. 

Special topics taken in a foreign study program.

(Formerly offered as CLAS 293.) Either or both semesters. Credits and hours by arrangement. May be repeated for credit. Consent of Department Head required, normally granted prior to the student's departure. May count toward the major with consent of the advisor. 

Special topics taken in a foreign study program.

(Formerly offered as CLAS 295.) Either semester. Three credits. With a change in topic, may be repeated for credit. Prerequisites and recommended preparation vary.

(Formerly offered as CLAS 298.) Either semester. Credits and hours by arrangement. With a change in content, may be repeated for credit. Prerequisites and recommended preparation vary.

(Formerly offered as CLAS 299.) Either or both semesters. Credits and hours by arrangement. Open only with consent of instructor. With a change in content, may be repeated for credit.