Students must check to ensure that prerequisites are met. Students may be deregistered, at the request of the instructor, from any course for which prerequisites and/or restrictions have not been met.
CLASSICS COURSES
CLAS 1P91
Greek Civilization
Literature, art, thought and political evolution of ancient Greece, based on masterworks of classical literature. Slides are used to illustrate classical history and archaeology.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
CLAS 1P92
Roman Civilization
Literature, art, thought and political evolution of ancient Rome, based on masterworks of classical literature. Slides are used to illustrate classical history and archaeology.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
#CLAS 1P93
Culture and Civilization of Central Europe: From the Prehistoric to the Carolingian Period
(also offered as GERM 1P93)
Cultural development of central Europe from the earliest stone and pottery cultures through the Bronze and Iron Ages, the Celts and Romans. Beliefs and practices, artistic style and architecture. Digitized images are used to illustrate the cultural evidence.
Lectures, tutorial, 4 hours per week.
Note: given in English.
CLAS 1P95
Myths of the Greek and Roman Gods
Traditional story types: nature myths, ritual myths. Diffusion of myths in the ancient world. The creation, the succession in heaven and the individual gods. Functions of myth in ancient society. Modern theories of myth.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
CLAS 1P97
Myths of the Heroic Age
Traditional story types: folktale, legend. Concept of a Heroic Age, centres and cycles of legend, pseudo-history. Response to Greek and Roman myths through the ages.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
CLAS 2F05
Introduction to Classical Literature
Works of major authors and genres of Greek and Roman literature, emphasizing literary history and conventions of the major genres. Genres include epic, drama, lyric, elegy, pastoral, didactic, novel and satire.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Note: all texts read in English.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in CLAS 3P05 and 3P06.
*CLAS 2P27
Ancient Civilizations of Egypt and the Near East
(also offered as INTC 2P27)
History and material culture of the civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Iran, Anatolia and Syro-Palestine from the origins of agriculture through the great Iron Age empires emphasizing the revolutionary social, political, economic and artistic achievements of Near Eastern cultures.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
CLAS 2P32
Introduction to Archaeology
History, theory and practice of archaeology.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
CLAS 2P35
Classical Archaeology
Archaeology and material culture of the Greek and Roman worlds from the Upper Paleolithic to the fourth century AD.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
CLAS 2P40
Ancient Sport
Sport and sporting values and their central role in ancient society. Topics include sporting events and facilities, sporting festivals, religious and political connections, intellectual and popular attitudes, a comparison of ancient and modern realities and values.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
*CLAS 2P50
Great Myths in Literature and Art
(also offered as IASC 2P50)
Most influential myths in Greek and Latin literature and in ancient art, emphasizing continuity of themes and images. Selected readings in major genres of poetry and prose. Selected works of painting and sculpture.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): CLAS 1P95 and 1P97.
CLAS 2P51
Great Figures of the Ancient World
History, biography and representation in literature, art and modern media of great figures such as Socrates, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar and Cleopatra.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): CLAS 1P91 and 1P92.
*CLAS 2P61
Women in the Ancient World
(also offered as WISE 2P61)
Women's social roles, environment and legal rights including conceptions of the female and ideals of women. Consideration given to women from other parts of the Mediterranean, such as Etruria, Egypt and the Near East focusing on women in Greek and Roman society. Emphasis on the nature and limitations of the various types of evidence.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
#CLAS 3F01
The Ancient Epic Tradition
(also offered as LART 3F01)
Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, Apollonius Rhodius' Argonautica, Vergil's Aeneid and Ovid's Metamorphoses. Topics include the conventions of epic, the original oral transmission of heroic verse and its transformation into a written genre, concepts of heroic conduct and character.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one credit from CLAS 1P91, 1P92, 1P95, 1P97, 2F05 or one ENGL or LART (GBLS) credit.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in GBLS 3F01.
*CLAS 3F02
Ancient Drama
(also offered as DART 3F02)
Greek and Roman tragedy and comedy in English translation, including such authors as the tragedians Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and Seneca, and comic playwrights Aristophanes, Menander, Plautus and Terence. Ancient drama in its literary, theatrical and socio-historical contexts.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one credit from CLAS 1P91, 1P92, 1P95, 1P97, 2F05, DART 1F93.
CLAS 3F75
Archaeological Practicum in Mediterranean Lands
Field work including excavation, surveys, lectures, demonstrations and study tours of ancient sites, monuments and museums.
Restriction: permission of the instructor.
Prerequisite(s): one of CLAS 2P27, 2P32, 2P35, 3P22, 3P23, 3P24, 3P25 or permission of the Department.
Note: students are expected to pay their own expenses.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in CLAS 4F75.
*CLAS 3M20-3M29
Study in Mediterranean Lands
(also offered as VISA 3M20-3M29)
Topographical investigations of ancient sites and monuments. Study tours of the great cities and museums of the Mediterranean world emphasizing the art and architecture of the Prehistoric, Classical and later periods.
Restriction: permission of the Department.
Note: offered in the Spring or Summer Session for three or four weeks of intensive study abroad. Students are expected to pay their own expenses.
*CLAS 3P03
History of Early Greece
(also offered as HIST 3P03)
Social and political history of the Greek world from the Bronze Age to 450 BC: Minoans and Mycenaenas, Dark Age, colonizing period, tyrants, rise of Sparta, Persian wars, and Athenian Empire. Readings from Greek historians and documents in translation.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in CLAS 3P07.
*CLAS 3P04
History of Classical Greece
(also offered as HIST 3P04)
Social and political history of the Greek world, 450-323 BC. The great war between Athens and Sparta, rivalry of city-states, rise of national states. Alexander the Great. Readings from Greek historians and documents in translation.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in CLAS 3P08.
*CLAS 3P05
History of the Roman Republic
(also offered as HIST 3P05)
History of Rome to the Battle of Actium (31 BC) emphasizing social and political developments from the Gracchi to Julius Caesar.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in CLAS 3P09.
*CLAS 3P06
History of Early Roman Empire
(also offered as HIST 3P06)
History of Rome from the Battle of Actium to the death of Marcus Aurelius (AD 180) emphasizing social and political developments.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in CLAS 3P10.
*CLAS 3P22
Art and Architecture of Iron Age Italy and the Roman Republic
(also offered as VISA 3P22)
Art and architecture of the cultures of the Italian peninsula, in the first millennium BC, within the framework of cultural change and external influences.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one credit from CLAS 1P91, 1P92, 1P93, 1P95, 1P97, 2P27, 2P35, VISA 1Q98 and 1Q99.
*CLAS 3P23
Art and Architecture of Rome in the Imperial Age
(also offered as VISA 3P23)
Roman art and architecture from Augustus to Late Antiquity. Christian art and architecture and the influence of Roman aesthetics on the Renaissance and beyond.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one credit from CLAS 1P91, 1P92, 1P93, 1P95, 1P97, 2P27, 2P35, VISA 1Q98 and 1Q99.
*CLAS 3P24
Art and Architecture of Early Greece
(also offered as VISA 3P24)
Greek art and architecture from the end of the Bronze age through the end of the Archaic period within the framework of historical and cultural change.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one credit from CLAS 1P91, 1P92, 1P93, 1P95, 1P97, 2P27, 2P35, VISA 1Q98 and 1Q99.
*CLAS 3P25
Art and Architecture of Classical Greece and the Hellenistic World
(also offered as VISA 3P25)
Greek art and architecture from the early Classical era through the Hellenistic period within the framework of historical and cultural change.
Lectures, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one credit from CLAS 1P91, 1P92, 1P93, 1P95, 1P97, 2P27, 2P35, VISA 1Q98 and 1Q99.
*CLAS 3P61
Gender and Society in Ancient Mediterranean Cultures
(also offered as HIST 3P61 and WISE 3P61)
Ancient constructions of femininity and masculinity and their relationship to the social, political and legal systems of the Greco-Roman world. Topics include the body, sexuality, male and female identities.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one of CLAS 1P91, 1P92, 2P61, WISE 1F90 or permission of the instructor.
*CLAS 3P62
The Ancient Household
(also offered as WISE 3P62)
Social structure, gender and class roles, religious rituals; Mediterranean domestic space and community relationships, urban infrastructure and social networks.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one credit from CLAS 1P91, 1P92, 2P61, WISE 1F90.
CLAS 3V30-3V39
Survey Topics in Mediterranean Art and Archaeology
Topics in Mediterranean art, architecture and archaeology, offering an overview of selected chronological periods, geographic regions and artistic disciplines.
Prerequisite(s): one credit from CLAS 1P91, 1P92, 1P93, 1P95, 1P97, 2P27, 2P35, VISA 1Q98 and 1Q99.
CLAS 3V30
2010-2011: Aegean Bronze Age Art and Archaeology
Material culture of the Mycenaean, Minoan and neighbouring cultures.
Lectures, seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one credit from CLAS 1P91, 1P92, 1P93, 1P95, 1P97, 2P27, 2P35, VISA 1Q98 and 1Q99.
CLAS 3V31
The Art and Archaeology of Pompeii
The history of archaeological research at Pompeii, including a study of the development and significance of its public and private art and architecture.
Lecture, seminars, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one credit from CLAS 1P91, 1P92, 1P93, 1P95, 1P97, 2P27, 2P35, VISA 1Q98 and 1Q99.
CLAS 4P00
History of the Hellenistic World, 323-30 BC
Political, social and intellectual history of the Hellenistic world between Alexander and Cleopatra. The Successor states and the Hellenistic balance of power, Greek federalism, Roman intervention, the Library and Museum of Alexandria.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): CLAS 3P07 (2P91) and 3P08 (2P92).
CLAS 4V20-4V29
Special Topics in Archaeology
Selected topics and problems in current archaeological research that pertain to the Mediterranean and to the Near East.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one of CLAS 2P27, 2P32, 2P35, 3P22, 3P23, 3P24, 3P25 or permission of the Department.
#CLAS 4V30-4V39
Special Topics in Mediterranean Art and Architecture
(also offered as VISA 4V30-4V39)
Selected topics and problems in current art, historical and archaeological research pertaining to the art and architecture of the ancient Greek or Roman world.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one credit from CLAS 3P22, 3P23, 3P24, 3P25, VISA 1Q98 and 1Q99 or permission of the Department.
*CLAS 4V30
2010-2011: Hadrian and His Empire
(also offered as VISA 4V30)
Ancient historical sources within a full examination of the archaeological evidence to illuminate the reign of Hadrian and his influence in the city of Rome and across the Mediterranean world.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one credit from CLAS 3P22, 3P23, 3P24, 3P25, VISA 1Q98 and 1Q99 or permission of the Department.
*CLAS 4V38
2010-2011:Space, Place and Self: The Ancient Environment
(also offered as VISA 4V38)
Ancient Mediterranean utilization of domestic, wild and cultivated space through architecture, art, historical and literary sources. Studies of city dwellings, villas and farms.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one credit from CLAS 3P04 (3P08), 3P05 (3P09), 3P06 (3P10), 3P22, 3P23, 3P25, VISA 1Q98 and 1Q99 or permission of the Department.
CLAS 4V50-4V69
Special Subjects in Classics
Study of a special subject in one of the following areas: Greek and Latin linguistics and literature, Greek and Roman history, philosophy and religion.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one CLAS credit numbered 2(alpha)90 or above or permission of the Department.
CLAS 4V50
2010-2011: The Novel in Ancient Greece and Rome
Consideration of such topics as stock motifs, narrative and descriptive techniques and literary texture.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one CLAS credit numbered 2(alpha)90 or above or permission of the Department.
CLAS 4V63
2010-2011: The Roman Empire in the Greek East
Impact of Rome on, and interaction with, its eastern provinces, especially Greece and Asia Minor.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): one CLAS credit numbered 2 (alpha) 90 or above or permission of the Department.
CLAS 4V80-4V89
Advanced Archaeological Fieldwork and Directed Research
Fieldwork and study of archaeological material under the supervision of a faculty member.
Restriction: permission of the Department.
Prerequisite(s): CLAS 3F75 (4F75).
Note: students are expected to pay their own expenses.
CLAS 4V90-4V99
Advanced Study and Directed Research
Individual study in one of the following areas: archaeology, ancient history, classical literature.
Restriction: permission of the Department.
Note: content to be determined by the interests of the student and the advice of the Department.
CLAS 4V95
2010-2011: Directed Readings on Ancient Sparta
Examining gender in Sparta through primary sources and secondary scholarship and in comparison to classical Athens.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: permission of Chair and instructor.
GREEK COURSES
GREE 1F00
Language (Introductory)
Fundamentals of Ancient Greek. Selections from various Greek authors.
Lectures, seminar, 4 hours per week.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in GREE 1P01 and 1P02.
GREE 2F00
Language and Literature
Intermediate selections from Greek authors. Greek prose composition. Fundamentals of Greek philology.
Lectures, seminar, 4 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): GREE 1F00 (1P01 and 1P02) or permission of the department.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in GREE 2P01 and 2P02.
GREE 3P01
Greek Epic I
Selections from Greek epic (authors and works vary from year to year).
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): GREE 2F00 (2P02) or permission of the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in GREE 3V02.
GREE 3P02
Greek Epic II
Selections from Greek epic (authors and works vary from year to year).
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): GREE 2F00 (2P02) or permission of the instructor.
GREE 3P11
Greek Historians and Biographers I
Selections from the works of the classical Greek historians and biographers (authors and selections vary from year to year).
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): GREE 2F00 (2P02) or permission of the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in GREE 3V14.
GREE 3P12
Greek Historians and Biographers II
Selections from the works of the classical Greek historians and biographers (authors and selections vary from year to year).
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): GREE 2F00 (2P02) or permission of the instructor.
GREE 4P11
Greek Oratory and Dialogue I
Selections from the Attic orators and/or Greek philosophical works (authors and works vary from year to year).
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): GREE 2F00 (2P02) or permission of the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in GREE 4V00.
GREE 4P12
Greek Oratory and Dialogue II
Selections from the Attic orators and/or Greek philosophical works (authors and works vary from year to year).
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): GREE 2F00 (2P02) or permission of the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in GREE 4V05.
GREE 4P21
Greek Tragedy I
One or more Greek tragedies and/or satyr-drama (authors and works vary from year to year).
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): GREE 2F00 (2P02) or permission of the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in GREE 3V91.
GREE 4P22
Greek Tragedy II
One or more Greek tragedies and/or satyr-drama (authors and works vary from year to year).
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): GREE 2F00 (2P02) or permission of the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in 3V92.
GREE 4P31
Greek Comedy I
One or more Greek comedies (authors and works vary from year to year).
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): GREE 2F00 (2P02) or permission of the instructor.
GREE 4P32
Greek Comedy II
One or more Greek comedies (authors and works vary from year to year).
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): GREE 2F00 (2P02) or permission of the instructor:
GREE 4P41
Greek Lyric and Elegy I
Selections from Greek lyric, elegiac, iambic and bucolic poetry (authors and works vary from year to year).
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): GREE 2F00 (2P02) or permission of the instructor.
GREE 4P42
Greek Lyric and Elegy II
Selections from Greek Lyric, elegiac, iambic and bucolic poetry (authors and works vary from year to year).
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): GREE 2F00 (2P02) or permission of the instructor.
GREE 4V90-4V99
Advanced Readings and Directed Research
Studies in Greek literature. Content to be determined by the interests of the student and availability of instructors.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: permission of the Department.
LATIN COURSES
LATI 1F00
Language (Introductory)
Fundamentals of Latin. Selections from various Latin authors.
Lectures, 4 hours per week.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in LATI 1P01 and 1P02.
LATI 2F00
Language and Literature
Intermediate selections from Latin authors. Latin prose composition. Fundamentals of Latin philology.
Lectures, seminar, 4 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): LATI 1F00 (1P02) or OAC Latin or permission of the Department.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in LATI 2P01 and 2P02.
LATI 3P01
Roman Epic, Didactic and Pastoral Poetry I
Selections from Vergil, Ovid and Lucretius (authors and works vary from year to year).
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): LATI 2F00 (2P02) or permission of the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in LATI 4V01.
LATI 3P02
Roman, Epic, Didactic and Pastoral Poetry II
Selections from Vergil, Ovid and Lucretius (authors and works vary from year to year).
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): LATI 2F00 (2P02) or permission of the instructor.
LATI 3P11
Roman Historians and Biographers I
Selections from Caesar, Sallust, Nepos, Livy, Tacitus and Suetonius (authors and works vary from year to year).
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): LATI 2F00 (2P02) or permission of the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in LATI 4V10.
LATI 3P12
Roman Historians and Biographers II
Selections from Caesar, Sallust, Nepos, Livy, Tacitus and Suetonius (authors and works vary from year to year).
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): LATI 2F00 (2P02) or permission of the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in LATI 4V16.
LATI 4P11
Latin Oratory, Letters and Dialogues I
Selections from Cicero, Seneca and Pliny the Younger (authors and works vary from year to year).
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): LATI 2F00 (2P02) or permission of the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in LATI 3V12.
LATI 4P12
Latin Oratory, Letters and Dialogues II
Selections from Cicero, Seneca and Pliny the Younger (authors and works vary from year to year).
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): LATI 2F00 (2P02) or permission of the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in LATI 3V15.
LATI 4P21
Roman Elegy I
Selections from Tibullus, Ovid and Propertius (authors and works vary from year to year).
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): LATI 2F00 (2P02) or permission of the instructor.
LATI 4P22
Roman Elegy II
Selections from Tibullus, Ovid and Propertius (authors and works vary from year to year).
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): LATI 2F00 (2P02) or permission of the instructor.
LATI 4P31
Roman Comedy and Satire I
Selections from Plautus, Terence, Persius, Juvenal, Martial, Petronius and Seneca (authors and works vary from year to year).
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): LATI 2F00 (2P02) or permission of the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in LATI 3V03.
LATI 4P32
Roman Comedy and Satire II
Selections from Plautus, Terence, Persius, Juvenal, Martial, Petronius and Seneca (authors and works vary from year to year).
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): LATI 2F00 (2P02) or permission of the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in LATI 3V04.
LATI 4P41
Roman Lyric I
Selections from Horace and Catullus (authors and works vary from year to year).
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): LATI 2F00 (2P02) or permission of the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in LATI 3V94.
LATI 4P42
Roman Lyric II
Selections from Horace and Catullus (authors and works vary from year to year).
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Prerequisite(s): LATI 2F00 (2P02) or permission of the instructor.
Completion of this course will replace previous assigned grade and credit obtained in LATI 3V95.
LATI 4V90-4V99
Advanced Readings and Directed Research
Studies in Latin literature. Content to be determined by the interests of the student and availability of instructors.
Seminar, 3 hours per week.
Restriction: permission of the Department.
LATI 4V98
2010-2011: Readings in Latin Elegy
Latin readings under the supervision of a faculty member.
Restriction: permission of Chair and instructor.
Prerequisite(s): LATI 2F00
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