Classical Studies Graduate Courses
CLA 6895--Athenian Law and Society (3). A comprehensive assessment of the structures of classical Athens, encompassing a detailed study of Athenian law, constitution, finance, society, daily life, gender relations, religion, and culture. In addition, one of the primary purposes of the course is to link aspects of Athenian life with the modern debate on political, constitutional and social issues.
CLA 6930: Topics in Classical Civilization
Recent topics include Greece
and the Near East.
Greek and Latin Graduate Courses
GRE 6745--Structure and History of Ancient Greek (3) To develop understanding of synchronic structure of ancient Greek as well as of diachronic changes.
GRE 6755--Epigraphy (3; max: 6) Prereq: reading knowledge of ancient Greek and Latin at advanced level; basic reading knowledge of French and German. Reading and interpretation of selected inscriptions in Greek and/or Latin.
GRW 6216--Greek Novel (3; max: 6) Selections from ancient Greek novels.
GRW 6315--Greek Drama (3; max: 9) Prereq: reading knowledge of ancient Greek at advanced level. Readings and analysis of Greek tragendians (Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides) or comedians (Aristophanes, Menander).
GRW 6345--Greek Lyric Poetry (3; max: 6) Variety and peculiarities of lyric content, style, grammar, structure, dialect, and meter shown through selected poems.
GRW 6346--Pindar (3; max: 6) Selected poems.
GRW 6347--Homer (3; max: 6) Reading's from Iliad and Odyssey.
GRW 6386--Greek Historians (3; max: 6)Prereq: reading knowledge of ancient Greek at advanced level. Analysis of Herodotus, Thucydides, or other major Greek historians.
GRW 6795--Hellenistic Literature (3; max: 6) Reading of selections from poets and prose writers.
GRW 6905--Individual Work (2-4; max: 10)Prereq: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Readings and reports in Greek language and literature.
GRW 6930--Special Topics in Greek Literature (3; max: 6) Prereq: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Intensive study of particular author, genre, period, or subject.
GRW 6931--Comparative Study of Greek and Latin Literature (3) Study of genre types.
GRW 6971--Research for Master's Thesis (1-3)Prereq: reading knowledge of ancient Greek at advanced level. S/U.
LAT 6425--Latin Prose Composition (3) Translating English into Latin and imitation of various Latin prose styles.
LNW 5335--Roman Oratory and Rhetoric (3; max: 6) Theory and practice of Roman oratory and rhetoric through Latin readings in Cicero, Seneca, and Quintilian, and other sources.
LNW 5385--Roman Historians (3; max: 9) Readings from major historians: Sallust, Caesar, Livy, Tacitus, Suetonius, and others.
LNW 5656--Roman Poets: The Republic (3; max: 6) Prereq: reading knowledge of Latin at advanced level. Readings in poets of period, including Catullus, Lucretius, and others.
LNW 5655--Roman Poets: Horace (3; max: 6) Horace's poetry and metrics.
LNW 5665--Roman Poets: Vergil (3; max: 6) The poetic art of Vergil and its literary, historical, and political background.
LNW 5675--Roman Poets: Ovid (3; max: 6) Ovid's poetic art against its literary, historical, and political background.
LNW 5676--Roman Poets: The Silver Age (3; max: 6) Prereq: reading knowledge of ancient Greek at advanced level. Readings from major poets of period, including Lucan, Satius, and others.
LNW 6225--The Ancient Roman Novel (3; max: 6) Readings from Petronius and/or Apuleius.
LNW 6365--Studies in Roman Satire (3; max: 6) Readings from Horace, Persius, Petronius, Juvenal, Martial.
LNW 6495--Late Latin Literature (3) Readings from one or more of the following: Vulgate, Christian Church Fathers, Historia Apollonii, Peregrinatio Aetheriae, Harrington's Medieval Latin.
LNW 6905--Individual Work (2-4; max: 10) Readings and reports in language and literature.
LNW 6910--Supervised Research (1-5; max: 5) S/U.
LNW 6933--Special Topics in Latin Literature (3; max: 6) Prereq: graduate standing or consent of instructor. Intensive study of particular author, genre, period, or subject.
LNW 6935--Proseminar in Classics (3) Introduction to the study of classical literature, history of scholarship, bibliographies, areas of the discipline.
LNW 6940--Supervised Teaching (1-5; max: 5) S/U.
LNW 6971--Research for Master's Thesis (1-15) S/U
