1631 GREECE AND ROME: THE FOUNDATIONS OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION
The political and social history of ancient Greece and Rome will be surveyed with a focus on the themes of Environment, Politics, War, Art and Architecture, and Society. Special attention will be paid to Athens in the fifth and fourth centuries B.C. and to Rome under Caesar Augustus.
Note: This course is cross-listed as History 1631 and may therefore count as 3 credits in either discipline.

2100 CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY
This course will examine the context, nature and interpretation of the myths of the Greeks and Romans. The course is designed for those interested in all branches of the Arts and the Humanities.
Six credits from the Humanities 1600 series is desirable but not essential.

2501 INTRODUCTION TO ARCHAEOLOGY
An introduction to the methods of archaeological excavation. This course aims to acquaint the student with the theory and basic techniques of archaeology. Examples showing both past and present archaeological research done in the Old and New Worlds will be used to illustrate the topics under discussion.

2601 THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN BRONZE AGE
A survey of the monuments and artefacts which archaeologists have recovered from Bronze Age sites in the Mediterranean. This course looks at the development of selected Bronze Age societies. A particular emphasis will be placed on the remains of the Minoan civilization of Crete and the Mycenaean civilization of mainland Greece.

2701 THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE GREEK AND ROMAN WORLD
A survey of Greek and Roman archaeological sites, their monuments and artefacts. The examination of these remains reveals the contributions of archaeology to the understanding of these two important civilizations.

3010 GREEK ART
A study of the achievements of the Greeks and their predecessors in art and architecture from the Stone Age to the Hellenistic period. Stress will be placed on the historical, literary, and social context of the monuments studied.
Prereq: The equivalent of six credits from the Humanities 1600 series or Classics 2100 or Fine Arts 2001 and 2011 is desirable but not essential.

3020 ROMAN ART
A study of Etruscan and Roman art, tracing the main developments in painting, sculpture and architecture from the eighth century B.C. to the fourth century after Christ.
Prereq: The equivalent of six credits from the Humanities 1600 series or Classics 2100 or Fine Arts 2001 and 2011 is desirable but not essential.

3101 ANCIENT EPIC
The Iliad and the Odyssey of Homer form the cornerstone of our western literary heritage. These epics were widely read in antiquity and, together with the Roman epic, Virgil's Aeneid, have exerted tremendous influence upon later European literature. This three credit course aims to study these poems as representatives of their genre and products of their respective societies and to seek in them those qualities that make them literary classics.
Prereq: The equivalent of six credits from the Humanities 1600 series or Classics 2100; or permission of the Department.

3201 ANCIENT TRAGEDY
Tragedy as a literary and artistic genre had its birth in Athens in the dramatic performances associated with the worship of the god Dionysus in the sixth century B.C., and its period of greatest development in the fifth. Some of the plays written at that time are still considered among the masterpieces of literature. This three credit course will investigate the main plays that have survived the work of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, all three Attic tragedians of the fifth century, interpreting them for their moral and religious significance, as presentations of the old myths to the fifth-century audience, and as artistic endeavors.
Prereq: The equivalent of six credits from the Humanities 1600 series or Classics 2100; or permission of the Department.

3301 ANCIENT COMEDY
Comedy as an artistic genre developed in Athens from revels associated with the worship of Dionysus, and was given a formal place in the dramatic festivals in the fifth century B.C. This three credit course will provide a reading of representative plays by Aristophanes and Menander, from Athenian Old and New Comedy respectively, and by Plautus and Terence, Roman plays which in considerable measure were adaptations from other plays by Menander and his contemporaries.
Prereq: The equivalent of six credits from the Humanities 1600 series or Classics 2100; or permission of the Department.

3401 ANCIENT LYRIC POETRY
The object of this three credit course will be to examine, in English translation, the most important of the surviving Greek and Latin lyric, elegiac, and iambic poets.
Prereq: The equivalent of six credits from the Humanities 1600 series or Classics 2100; permission of the Department.

3800 ANCIENT GREECE
A study of the classical period based on the historical works of Herdotus and Thucydides (in translation).
Note: This course is cross-listed as History 3800 and may therefore count as six credits in Either discipline.

3900 ANCIENT ROME
A survey of Roman History, with special emphasis on the artistic and archæological backgrounds.
Note: This course is cross-listed as History 3900 and may therefore count as six credits in Either discipline.

4950/4951 SPECIAL PROJECT IN CLASSICAL CIVILIZATION
Directed reading and study of a special topic in classical civilization.
Prereq: Permission of the Department.

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