2016-2017 Undergraduate General Catalog


CLAS - Classics

CLAS 200 Elementary Greek I

Introduction to ancient Greek, both Biblical and classical. This course places heavy emphasis on learning the forms of Greek and developing basic vocabulary.

Credits

3

CLAS 201 Elementary Greek II

Introduction to ancient Greek, both Biblical and classical. This course stresses syntax and development of reading skills.

Credits

3

Prerequisites

CLAS 200

CLAS 202 Intermediate Greek III

This course is a continuation of the fundamentals of Greek grammar, including —mi verbs, indirect constructions, other subordinate constructions, comparative and superlative adjectives, pronouns, and many irregular verbs. The emphasis will be on the recognition and translation of grammatical structures.

Credits

3

Prerequisites

CLAS 201

CLAS 203 Intermediate Greek IV

Greek IV is the first course in Greek reading following the completion of the fundamentals of Greek grammar taught in Greek I to III.  This course primarily focuses on the translation and literary analysis of ancient Greek literature.  Normally two authors, one from poetry and one from prose, as selected, for example Homer and Plato.

Credits

3

Prerequisites

CLAS 207

CLAS 205 Elementary Latin I

Introduction to the Latin language, including study of forms, syntax, vocabulary, and relationship to English.

Credits

3

CLAS 206 Elementary Latin II

Introduction to the Latin language, including study of forms, syntax, vocabulary, and relationship to English.

Credits

3

Prerequisites

CLAS 205

CLAS 207 Intermediate Latin III

This course is a continuation of the fundamentals of Latin grammar, including vocabulary, participles, gerunds and gerundives, indirect statement, and all subjunctive constructions. The emphasis will be on the recognition and translation of grammatical structures.

Credits

3

Prerequisites

CLAS 206

CLAS 208 Intermediate Latin IV

Latin IV is the first course in Latin reading following the completion of the fundamentals of Latin grammar taught in Latin I to III.  This course primarily focuses on the translation and literary analysis of ancient Roman literature.  Normally two authors, one from poetry and one from prose, as selected, for example Catallus and Cicero.

Credits

3

Prerequisites

CLAS 207

CLAS 220 Our Philosophical Heritage I

A survey of the history of Western philosophy from the pre-Socratics through the scholastics, concentrating upon the main thinkers, ideas and cultural developments of the period.

Credits

3

Cross Listed Courses

PHIL 220

CLAS 230 Classical Mythology

This course is a survey of the mythology of ancient Greece and Rome through primary texts, including epic, tragedy, and history. Topics to be examined include conception of the gods, depictions of the relationship between mortals and immortals and the boundaries that define them, heroism, gender, and the historical and cultural contexts from which this mythology emerged. Works to be read will span from the archaic period in Greece to the Golden Age of Rome.

Credits

3

CLAS 299 Independent Study

Individualized Study in Classics.

Credits

1-4

Prerequisites

Instructor Approval.

CLAS 301 New Testament Greek I

Selected readings from the Gospels, with a review of grammar and syntax.

Credits

3

Prerequisites

CLAS 201

CLAS 302 New Testament Greek II

Selected readings from the Letters, with a review of grammar and syntax.

Credits

3

Prerequisites

CLAS 201

CLAS 311 Readings in Plato and Aristotle

An introduction to the writings of Plato and Aristotle in the original Greek. A dialogue of Plato and representative selections of Aristotle's thought are read, with emphasis on content and style of expression.

Credits

3

Prerequisites

CLAS 220

Cross Listed Courses

PHIL 331

CLAS 399 Independent Study

Individualized Study in Classics.

Credits

1-4

Prerequisites

Instructor Approval.