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The curriculum of the Classics Department is designed to transmit a knowledge and an appreciation of the civilizations of the Greeks and the Romans — their languages and literatures, myths, philosophies and political thought — as well as to develop an understanding of the ways in which the classical heritage has manifested itself in later ages. Readings in approximately one half of the department’s classes are in English; these have to do with broad areas of civilization, including classical culture and literature. The remainder are courses in language and literature taught from the original Greek and Latin texts.

The undergraduate classics major gives the student an understanding of the cultures, languages and literatures of ancient Greece, Rome and the Mediterranean world. Students choose one of three tracks in the major: Classical Languages and Literatures, Classical Humanities and Ancient Civilizations.

Classics is a broadly interdisciplinary field. Most courses focus on ancient Greece and Rome, but students in the department also study the impact of classical cultures on later societies and the interactions among various ancient cultures. USC is a member of the American Academy in Rome, Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies, the College Year in Athens program and the American School of Classical Studies in Athens. Classics majors are encouraged to spend a semester in Rome or Athens. The classics major is also encouraged to explore courses in allied fields such as ancient philosophy, history, comparative literature, art history and archaeology.

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Email: classics@dornsife.usc.edu
dornsife.usc.edu/clas
 

Chair: William G. Thalmann, PhD

Faculty

Professors: Anthony J. Boyle, MA; Vincent Farenga, PhD*; Susan Lape, PhD; William G. Thalmann, PhD*

Associate Professors: Christelle Fischer-Bovet, PhD; Daniel Richter, PhD; Ann Marie Yasin, PhD (Art History)

Assistant Professors: Frederic Clark, PhD; Stefano Rebaggiani, PhD; Alexandre Roberts, PhD

Assistant Professor (Teaching): Lucas Herchenroeder, PhD

Associate Professor Emerita: Jane Cody, PhD

*Recipient of university-wide or college teaching award.

Undergraduate Degrees Honors Program

Candidates for honors must maintain a 3.5 GPA in major courses, including a grade of A or A minus in the capstone course. In addition, candidates for honors in the Classical Languages and Literatures track must pass a sight translation exam in either Greek or Latin; candidates in the Classical Humanities and Ancient Civilizations track must pass a comprehensive exam set by the department.

Students Anticipating Graduate Study in Classics

Students interested in attending graduate school in classics are advised to take as many courses in Greek and/or Latin as possible.

Graduate Degrees

The graduate program in classics at USC aims to train students to become scholars, teachers and interpreters of ancient Mediterranean civilizations, of the Greek and Latin languages and literatures, and of the traditions that have developed from them. In order to prepare students to work in a variety of intellectual contexts, the department seeks to provide both a traditional substantive training in classical philology and the intellectual flexibility that will enable them to make the accomplishments of the past available to audiences of the present.

The department offers the PhD in Classics (Greek and Latin) and the MA in Greek, Latin and Classics. Collateral offerings are available in related departments, such as comparative literature, history, philosophy, art history, English and anthropology.

The graduate program offers mastery of traditional philological and linguistic skills as a basis for the study of ancient cultures, with emphasis on literature, other discursive practices and material culture. Students are encouraged to explore interdisciplinary approaches to classical studies and the relations between classics and other fields. Courses in related departments are recommended and degree requirements permit students to develop individual interests.

Admission Requirements

An applicant for admission will normally have an undergraduate major in classics, but programs may be arranged for promising students who do not. The student should have an undergraduate record satisfactory to the department. At least three letters of recommendation from the student’s undergraduate teachers are required. All applicants are required to take the verbal and quantitative general tests of the Graduate Record Examinations. See the department Website for detailed application instructions.

Degree Requirements

These degrees are under the jurisdiction of the Graduate School. Refer to the Requirements for Graduation  section and The Graduate School  section of this catalogue for general regulations. All courses applied toward the degrees must be courses accepted by the Graduate School.

Interdisciplinary Program

Minor in Critical Approaches to Leadership

See the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies  for course requirements.

Programs

Bachelor’s Degree

• •  Classics (BA)

Minor

• •  Classical Greek Minor
• •  Classical Perspectives Minor
• •  Classics Minor
• •  Latin Minor

Master’s Degree

• •  Classics (MA)

Doctoral Degree

• •  Classics (PhD)

Courses

Classics

• CLAS 101g The Ancient World

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: FaSpSm

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  (Enroll in HIST 101gp )
  
• CLAS 150gp The Greeks and their Legacies

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: FaSp

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  Introduction to the culture of ancient Greece and its influence on contemporary ideas, institutions, values, and literary and artistic works of the imagination.
  Satisfies New General Education in Category B: Humanistic Inquiry
  Satisfies Global Perspective in Category H: Traditions and Historical Foundations
  Satisfies Old General Education in Category I: Western Cultures and Traditions
  Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 151gp The Legacy of Rome

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: FaSp

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  Ancient Roman values, ideas, and institutions of relevance to later periods of civilization.
  Satisfies New General Education in Category B: Humanistic Inquiry
  Satisfies Global Perspective in Category H: Traditions and Historical Foundations
  Satisfies Old General Education in Category I: Western Cultures and Traditions
  Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 160gp Ancient Lives

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: FaSp

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  The lives of prominent Greeks, Romans and others in their ancient historical and biographical contexts and in modern reevaluations through various written and visual media.
  Satisfies New General Education in Category B: Humanistic Inquiry
  Satisfies Global Perspective in Category H: Traditions and Historical Foundations
  Satisfies Old General Education in Category V: Arts and Letters
  Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 170gp Classics of Music and Literature: from Ancient Greece Through Contemporary LA

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: FaSp

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  Joint introduction to classical music and classical literature through close study of works of music inspired by the Greek and Roman literary tradition.
  Satisfies New General Education in Category A: The Arts
  Satisfies Global Perspective in Category H: Traditions and Historical Foundations
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  Crosslisted as MUSC 170
• CLAS 202 Archaeology: Our Human Past

  Units: 4
  (Enroll in ANTH 202 )
  
• CLAS 212 Archaeology: Interpreting the Past

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: Sp

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  Methods and techniques employed in modern archaeological research, including the tools and principles of allied scientific fields and the impact of analytical and technological advances.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture, Lab Required
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 280gp Classical Mythology in Art and Literature

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: FaSp

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  Classical Greek and Roman mythology as inspiration for literature, art, music, and film in various historical contexts.
  Satisfies New General Education in Category A: The Arts
  Satisfies Global Perspective in Category H: Traditions and Historical Foundations
  Satisfies Old General Education in Category I: Western Cultures and Traditions
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 300 Women in Antiquity

  Units: 4
  Theoretical approaches to women’s history; evidence for the daily life, legal status, and religion of ancient Greek and Roman women; the female in literature and art.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  Crosslisted as SWMS-300
• CLAS 301a Cross Registration with UCLA

  Units: 21/2
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 301b Cross Registration with UCLA

  Units: 21/2
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 301c Cross Registration with UCLA

  Units: 21/2
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 301d Cross Registration with UCLA

  Units: 21/2
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 303 Exploring Ancient Ways of Living: Experimental Archaeology

  Units: 4
  (Enroll in REL 303 )
  
• CLAS 305 Roman Law

  Units: 4
  History and elements of Roman law, including persons, property, obligations, and inheritance, in context of social structure (family, gender, class, slavery, empire).
  Recommended Preparation: CLAS 151  or HIST 101 .
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 307 Law and Society in Classical Greece

  Units: 4
  Investigations of the legal culture of classical Greece, focusing on regulation of social practices and on the role of social values in defining crime.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 310 Pagans and Christians

  Units: 4
  The Christian reception and transformation of pagan religious and philosophical thought.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 315 Sport and Spectacle in the Ancient World

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: FaSp

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  The role of athletic training and competition in ancient society, from the Greek Olympic games to Roman gladiatorial combat and modern recreations.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 320gmp Diversity and the Classical Western Tradition

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: Sp

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  Political, ethical, and ideological aspects of classical Western attitudes towards human diversity. Relationship between classical tradition and - contemporary discussions of diversity and unity.
  Satisfies New General Education in Category B: Humanistic Inquiry
  Satisfies Global Perspective in Category H: Traditions and Historical Foundations
  Satisfies Old General Education in Category I: Western Cultures and Traditions
  Instruction Mode: Lecture, Discussion
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 321 Greek Art and Archaeology

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: Fa

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  (Enroll in AHIS 321 )
  
• CLAS 322 Roman Art and Archaeology

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: Sp

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  (Enroll in AHIS 322 )
  
• CLAS 323 Aegean Archaeology

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: FaSp

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  Survey of the Bronze Age Aegean societies of Minoan Crete and Mycenaean Greece; emphasis on archaeological theory and method in a prehistoric context.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  Crosslisted as AHIS-320, REL-323
• CLAS 324 Late Antique Art and Archaeology

  Units: 4
  Investigation of the transformation between classical antiquity and the middle ages through examination of cities, buildings, images and artifacts of the 3rd–8thcentury Mediterranean.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  Crosslisted as AHIS-324
• CLAS 325 Ancient Epic

  Units: 4
  Representative epics of the Greek and Roman world; development of the character of the hero; later influences.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 328 Archaeology of Religion in the Greco- Roman World

  Units: 4
  Examination of ancient objects, images and archaeological sites as evidence for religious practice and ideas about the sacred in the GrecoRoman world.
  Recommended Preparation: AHIS 120gp , AHIS 201g 
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  Crosslisted as AHIS-326, REL-328
• CLAS 330 Ancients VS. Moderns

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: FaSp

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  The history of the conflicts and compromises between advocates of antiquity and of modernity that continues to shape our own approaches to the past.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 333 Cult and City in Ancient Greece

  Units: 4
  Explores the relationship between civic and religious institutions in ancient Greece: city planning, warfare, mystery cults, drama, sacrifice, and women’s rituals.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 336 Rome and its Discontents: Literature and Social Change

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: FaSp

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  A study of major literary texts in translation from early imperial Rome and their responses to profound political and social change.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 337gp Ancient Drama

  Units: 4
  Tragedies and comedies of the ancient world; later influences.
  Satisfies New General Education in Category B: Humanistic Inquiry
  Satisfies Global Perspective in Category H: Traditions and Historical Foundations
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 338 Warfare, State, and Society in the Ancient World

  Units: 4
  War, warriors, and their relationship to politics and culture in the ancient world. Mobilization, socioeconomic status of soldiers, discipline, organization, and hierarchy. Memory of war.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  Crosslisted as HIST 311
• CLAS 339 Ancient Science

  Units: 4
  Cross-cultural investigation of aims, origins, and transmission of various scientific traditions in antiquity. Relationship between science and philosophy, scientific thought and practice.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 340 Ethics and Politics in Ancient Rome

  Units: 4
  Introduction to ethical and political thought of classical Roman writers. Relationship between theory and practice. Implications for contemporary society.
  Recommended Preparation: Basic familiarity with Roman history.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 348g Athens in the Age of Democracy and Empire

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: FaSp

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  Democratic Institutions and practices, empire building, and cultural innovations of fifth and fourth century B.C. Athens using historical, rhetorical, dramatic, philosophical, and artistic sources.
  Satisfies New General Education in Category B: Humanistic Inquiry
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 349gp Ancient Empires

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: FaSpSm

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  History and cultures of the ancient empires of southwest Asia, from Cyrus the Great to the establishment of Islam.
  Satisfies New General Education in Category C: Social Analysis
  Satisfies Global Perspective in Category H: Traditions and Historical Foundations
  Satisfies Old General Education in Category II: Global Cultures and Traditions
  Duplicates Credit in former CLAS 149
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  Crosslisted as MDES 349
• CLAS 370 Leaders and Communities: Classical Models

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: FaSp

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  Examination of political and moral leadership in classical republican, democratic, and imperial communities; consideration of how these models are useful to contemporary democracies.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  Crosslisted as COLT-370
• CLAS 371 From Alexander to Cleopatra: The Mediterranean in an Age of Expansion

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: FaSp

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  The history and culture of the Greek kingdoms in Egypt and Asia.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  Crosslisted as HIST 387
• CLAS 375 Alexander the Great

  Units: 4
  Ancient sources on Alexander’s life, personality and conquests. Modern evaluations of his achievements as a prototype for autocracy and empire-building from antiquity to today.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 378 Ptolemaic Egypt

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: FaSp

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  Social, cultural, and political history of Egypt from Alexander to Cleopatra; state formation; immigration and cultural interaction between ethnic groups.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  Crosslisted as MDES 378, HIST 328
• CLAS 380 Approaches to Myth

  Units: 4
  Advanced study of uses and interpretations of myth. Approaches include myth and ritual; psychology; gender; myth in literature, film and art.
  Recommended Preparation: CLAS 280 .
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 390 Special Problems

  Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
  Supervised, individual studies. No more than one registration permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 401a Cross Registration with UCLA

  Units: 21/2
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 401b Cross Registration with UCLA

  Units: 21/2
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 401c Cross Registration with UCLA

  Units: 21/2
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 401d Cross Registration with UCLA

  Units: 21/2
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 410a Research in Classical Studies

  Units: 2
  Current approaches to study of the ancient world. Research methods and resources.
  Registration Restriction: Open only to Classics majors.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 410b Research in Classical Studies

  Units: 2
  Supervised independent research and writing of project developed in CLAS 410a .
  Registration Restriction: Open only to Classics majors.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 415 Object-Worlds: Histories and Theories of Things

  Units: 4
  (Enroll in AHIS 415 )
  
• CLAS 420 Science and Empire from Baghdad to Byzantium

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: FaSp

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  Seminar on medieval science and scientists in the Byzantine and Islamic empires, including astronomy, astrology, medicine, and alchemy.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 425 Interdisciplinary Studies in Classical Art and Archaeology: Research and Methodology

  Units: 4
  Max Units: max 8
  Terms Offered: Irregular

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  (Enroll in AHIS 425 )
  
• CLAS 461 Topics in Ancient Iranian Languages and Cultures

  Units: 4
  Max Units: max 20
  (Enroll in MDES 461 )
  
• CLAS 465 Archaeology and Society

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: FaSpSm

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  The interaction of archaeology and contemporary societies through political and moral claims; archaeologists’ role as stewards and interpreters of ancient cultures and their remains. Capstone course for the Archaeology major.
  Recommended Preparation: background in archaeology, classics, or related field
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  Crosslisted as ANTH 465, REL 465, ARCG 465
• CLAS 470 Democracies Ancient and Modern

  Units: 4
  Democratic and republican governments in Athens and Rome; their influence on republicanism in early modern Italy and 18th-century America; their relevance for contemporary democracies.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 485 Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin

  Units: 4
  A systematic comparative and historical linguistic study of the phonological, morphological and syntactic components of the grammars of the ancient Greek and Latin languages.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 490x Directed Research

  Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
  Max Units: 12.0
  Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 495x Honors Research

  Units: 4
  Individual research for honors in the major leading to a substantial paper or other project.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 499 Special Topics

  Units: 2, 3, 4
  Max Units: 8.0
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 500 Proseminar

  Units: 2
  Terms Offered: Sp

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  Introduction to classical scholarship; research methods; bibliography.
  Recommended Preparation: This course requires a knowledge of Greek or Latin. 

   
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  

• CLAS 501a Cross Registration with UCLA

  Units: 21/2
  Special studies in selected areas of classical civilization and literature.
  Recommended Preparation: This course requires a knowledge of Greek or Latin. 
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 501b Cross Registration with UCLA

  Units: 21/2
  Special studies in selected areas of classical civilization and literature.
  Recommended Preparation: This course requires a knowledge of Greek or Latin. 

   
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  

• CLAS 501c Cross Registration with UCLA

  Units: 21/2
  Special studies in selected areas of classical civilization and literature.
  Recommended Preparation: This course requires a knowledge of Greek or Latin. 

   
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  

• CLAS 501d Cross Registration with UCLA

  Units: 21/2
  Special studies in selected areas of classical civilization and literature.
  Recommended Preparation: This course requires a knowledge of Greek or Latin. 
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 510 Seminar in Classical Philology

  Units: 4
  Max Units: 12
  Terms Offered: Fa

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  Close study of the Greek and Latin languages and linguistic theory.
  Recommended Preparation: Knowledge of Greek or Latin
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 511 Sanskrit I

  Units: 4
  Introduces the student to the fundamentals of Sanskrit grammar, the ancient Indo- European language most closely related to Greek.
  Recommended Preparation: This course requires a knowledge of Greek or Latin. 
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 512 Sanskrit II

  Units: 4
  Completes the acquisition of the fundamentals of Sanskrit grammar and enables the student to read a variety of Vedic and classical Sanskrit texts.
  Recommended Preparation: This course requires a knowledge of Greek or Latin. 
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 515 Topics in Classical Scholarship

  Units: 4
  Max Units: 12
  Terms Offered: FaSp

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  Intensive study of individual authors, genres, periods, or areas of classical scholarship. Recommended Preparation: knowledge of Greek or Latin.
  Recommended Preparation: Knowledge of Greek or Latin
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 520 Approaches to Antiquity

  Units: 4
  Max Units: 12
  Terms Offered: FaSp

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  Study in the history and theory of classical scholarship. Recommended Preparation: knowledge of Greek or Latin.
  Recommended Preparation: Knowledge of Greek or Latin
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 525 Studies in Ancient and Pre-Modern Cultures

  Units: 4
  Max Units: 12
  Terms Offered: FaSp

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  Investigation of cultural interaction among Greeks, Romans and other ancient peoples. Includes a comparative study of pre-modern cultures. Recommended Preparation: knowledge of Greek or Latin.
  Recommended Preparation: Knowledge of Greek or Latin
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 540 Seminar in Early Greek Literature

  Units: 4, 3 years
  Terms Offered: Fa

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  Homer through Aeschylus.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 545 Seminar in Theoretical Approaches to Greek Culture and Literature

  Units: 4
  Max Units: 12
  Terms Offered: FaSp

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  Introduces students to the study of Greek culture and to the range of theories useful for modeling that culture and its literature.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 550 Seminar in Classical and Hellenistic Literature

  Units: 4, 3 years
  Terms Offered: Sp

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  Tragic poetry, comic poetry, Hellenistic poetry.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 555 Seminar in Greek History, Culture and Society

  Units: 4
  Max Units: 12
  Terms Offered: FaSp

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  Develops a historical framework for Greek culture from the Mycenaean period through the Hellenistic world. Emphasis on prose texts: historians, philosophers, orators.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 560 Seminar in Republican Latin Literature

  Units: 4, 3 years
  Terms Offered: Fa

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  Early Latin literature through Virgil.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 565 Seminar in Theoretical Approaches to Roman Culture and Literature

  Units: 4
  Max Units: 12
  Terms Offered: FaSp

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  Introduces students to the study of Roman culture and to a range of theories useful for modeling that culture and its literature.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 570 Seminar in Imperial Latin Literature

  Units: 4, 3 years
  Terms Offered: Sp

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  Latin literature from the Augustan period to that of the Antonines.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 575 Seminar in Roman History, Culture and Society

  Units: 4
  Max Units: 12
  Terms Offered: FaSp

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  Introduces students to research in Roman history and historiography.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 590 Directed Research

  Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
  Terms Offered: FaSp

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  Research leading to the master’s degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
  
  
• CLAS 593x Practicum in Teaching Liberal Arts: Classics

  Units: 2
  Terms Offered: Fa

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  Basic principles of philosophical pedagogy, with emphasis on practical applications and the importance of career-long skill development. Required for first-semester teaching assistants in Classics.
  Registration Restriction: Open only to doctoral students in Classics.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
  
  
• CLAS 594a Master’s Thesis

  Units: 2
  Terms Offered: FaSp

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  Credit on acceptance of thesis.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit
  
  
• CLAS 594b Master’s Thesis

  Units: 2
  Terms Offered: FaSp

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  Credit on acceptance of thesis.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit
  
  
• CLAS 594z Master’s Thesis

  Units: 0
  Terms Offered: FaSp

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  Credit on acceptance of thesis.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit
  
  
• CLAS 599 Special Topics

  Units: 2, 3, 4
  Max Units: 8.0
  Terms Offered: FaSpSm

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  Special topics in classical language, literature and culture.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• CLAS 790 Research

  Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
  Research leading to the doctorate. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the department.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Credit/No Credit
  
  
• CLAS 794a Doctoral Dissertation

  Units: 2
  Terms Offered: FaSp

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  Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit
  
  
• CLAS 794b Doctoral Dissertation

  Units: 2
  Terms Offered: FaSp

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  Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit
  
  
• CLAS 794c Doctoral Dissertation

  Units: 2
  Terms Offered: FaSp

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  Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit
  
  
• CLAS 794d Doctoral Dissertation

  Units: 2
  Terms Offered: FaSp

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  Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit
  
  
• CLAS 794z Doctoral Dissertation

  Units: 0
  Terms Offered: FaSp

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  Credit on acceptance of dissertation.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: In-progress to Credit/No Credit
  
  

Greek

• GR 120 Greek I

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: FaSp

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  Essentials of classical Greek grammar and vocabulary.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• GR 150 Greek II

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: FaSp

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  Essentials of classical Greek grammar and vocabulary, continued. Basic reading skills.
  Prerequisite: GR 120 .
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• GR 220 Greek III

  Units: 4
  Terms Offered: FaSp

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  Reading Greek literature. Introduction to reading and translation of classical Greek prose and poetry. Extensive grammar review.
  Prerequisite: GR 150 .
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• GR 345 Greek Tragic Poets

  Units: 4
  Selected plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• GR 353 Plato

  Units: 4
  Readings from the Republic or other dialogues.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• GR 354 Greek Historians

  Units: 4
  Selections from such representative historians as Herodotus and Thucydides.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• GR 355 Aristophanes

  Units: 4
  A study of at least three comedies.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• GR 362 Homer and the Greek Epic

  Units: 4
  Selections from the Iliad and/or Odyssey. Problems of oral composition and transmission.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• GR 365 Greek Lyric Poetry

  Units: 4
  Readings from Archilochus, Sappho, Alcaeus, Pindar, and other lyric poets.
  Prerequisite: GR 220 .
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• GR 375 Plutarch

  Units: 4
  Readings of selected works by the Greek author Plutarch.
  Prerequisite: GR 220 .
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• GR 390 Special Problems

  Units: 1, 2, 3, 4
  Terms Offered: FaSp

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  Supervised, individual studies. No more than one registration permitted. Enrollment by petition only.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• GR 450 Readings in Greek Literature

  Units: 4
  Max Units: 12.0
  Readings in various authors and genres of Greek literature.
  Prerequisite: 300-level Greek course.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter
  
  
• GR 490x Directed Research

  Units: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
  Max Units: 12.0
  Terms Offered: FaSp

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  Individual research and readings.
  Instruction Mode: Lecture
  Grading Option: Letter