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36 credits taken from the five thematic areas of Classics: Classical Languages, Classical Literature, Ancient History, Philosophy and Religion, Modern Greek with the specifications described below. For course choices, see the course lists provided for each area.
24 credits minimum in Classical Languages with a minimum of 3 credits at the 400 level.
A minimum of 6 credits in each of two of the following areas:
- Classical Literature
- Ancient History
- Philosophy and Religion
- Modern Greek
A maximum of 15 credits of 200-level courses.
Note: The same course may not count toward more than one thematic area requirement.
Classics : A course for beginners.
Terms: Summer 2012, Fall 2011, Winter 2012
Instructors: McAuley, Alexander (Summer) Sirois, Martin; Roman, Agathe; Palczynski, Margaret (Fall) Sirois, Martin; Roman, Agathe; Palczynski, Margaret (Winter)
Classics : A course for beginners.
Terms: Fall 2011
Instructors: Sirois, Martin; Roman, Agathe; Palczynski, Margaret (Fall)
Students must register for both CLAS 210D1 and CLAS 210D2
No credit will be given for this course unless both CLAS 210D1 and CLAS 210D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
CLAS 210D1 and CLAS 210D2 together are equivalent to CLAS 210
Classics : See CLAS 210D1 for course description.
Terms: Winter 2012
Instructors: Sirois, Martin; Roman, Agathe; Palczynski, Margaret (Winter)
Prerequisite: CLAS 210D1
No credit will be given for this course unless both CLAS 210D1 and CLAS 210D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
CLAS 210D1 and CLAS 210D2 together are equivalent to CLAS 210
Classics : Morphology, syntax, and vocabulary of the language.
Terms: Fall 2011
Instructors: Gladhill, Charles (Fall)
Prerequisite: CLAS 210 or permission of instructor
Classics : The reading of selected texts in Roman Epic Poetry in the original Latin.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Classics : The reading of selected texts in Roman Lyric Poetry in the original Latin.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Classics : The reading of selected texts in Roman Satire Poetry in the original Latin.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Classics : The reading of selected texts in Roman History Prose in the original Latin.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Classics : The reading of selected texts in Roman Oratory Prose in the original Latin.
Terms: Winter 2012
Instructors: Gladhill, Charles (Winter)
Prerequisite: 9 credits of Intermediate Latin or permission of instructor
Classics : The reading of selected texts in Roman Philosophy Prose in the original Latin.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Classics : Themes in Roman literature, culture, and history.
Terms: Fall 2011
Instructors: Gladhill, Charles (Fall)
Prerequisite: 6 credits of intermediate Latin or permission of the instructor
Note: All ancient texts will be read in the original
Classics : Completion of a Reading List in Latin, with Faculty supervision, to be tested by written examination.
Terms: Fall 2011
Instructors: Gladhill, Charles (Fall)
Prerequisite (Undergraduate): 9 credits in Intermediate Latin or equivalent
Restriction: Honours and Graduate students
Students must register for both CLAS 515D1 and CLAS 515D2.
No credit will be given for this course unless both CLAS 515D1 and CLAS 515D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
Classics : See CLAS 515D1 for course description.
Terms: Winter 2012
Instructors: Gladhill, Charles (Winter)
Prerequisite: CLAS 515D1
No credit will be given for this course unless both CLAS 515D1 and CLAS 515D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
Classics : A course for beginners.
Terms: Fall 2011
Instructors: Palczynski, Margaret; Sirois, Martin (Fall)
Students must register for both CLAS 220D1 and CLAS 220D2.
No credit will be given for this course unless both CLAS 220D1 and CLAS 220D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
Classics : See CLAS 220D1 for course description.
Terms: Winter 2012
Instructors: Palczynski, Margaret; Sirois, Martin (Winter)
Prerequisite: CLAS 220D1
No credit will be given for this course unless both CLAS 220D1 and CLAS 220D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
Classics : Exhaustive review of basic grammar. Further development of vocabulary, syntax, and style through close readings of selected texts focusing on classical Attic prose.
Terms: Fall 2011
Instructors: Kozak, Lynn (Fall)
Prerequisite: CLAS 220 or permission of instructor, minimum grade for prerequisite is B+
Classics
Terms: Winter 2012
Instructors: Kozak, Lynn (Winter)
Prerequisite: CLAS 220 or permission of the instructor
Classics
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Classics
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Classics
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Classics
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Classics
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Classics : The reading of selected texts in Greek Epic Poetry in the original Ancient Greek.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Classics : The reading of selected texts in Greek Lyric Poetry in the original Ancient Greek.
Terms: Winter 2012
Instructors: Kozak, Lynn (Winter)
Prerequisite: 9 credits of Intermediate Ancient Greek or permission of instructor
Classics : The reading of selected texts in Greek Drama Poetry in the original Ancient Greek.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Classics : The reading of selected texts in Greek History Prose in the original Ancient Greek.
Terms: Fall 2011
Instructors: Kozak, Lynn (Fall)
Prerequisites: 9 credits of Intermediate Ancient Greek or permission of instructor
Classics : The reading of selected texts in Greek Oratory Prose in the original Ancient Greek.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Classics : The reading of selected texts in Greek Philosophy Prose in the original Ancient Greek.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Classics : A reading of ancient Greek epigraphical (inscriptional) or papyrological sources. Textual criticism and interpretation of selected literary and non-literary ancient Greek texts and documents written on stone, metal, terracotta, wood, bone, or papyrus.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Classics : Themes in ancient Greek literature, culture, and history.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Classics : Completion of a Reading List in Greek, with Faculty supervision, to be tested by written examination.
Terms: Fall 2011
Instructors: Kozak, Lynn (Fall)
Prerequisite (Undergraduate): 9 credits in Intermediate Greek or equivalent
Restriction: Honours and Graduate students
Students must register for both CLAS 525D1 and CLAS 525D2.
No credit will be given for this course unless both CLAS 525D1 and CLAS 525D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
Classics : See CLAS 525D1 for course description.
Terms: Winter 2012
Instructors: Kozak, Lynn (Winter)
Prerequisite: CLAS 525D1
No credit will be given for this course unless both CLAS 525D1 and CLAS 525D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
Classics : Survey of ancient Greek literature in translation from Homer to Second Sophistic, covering the key genres and texts of the Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic and Imperial eras. The material to be discussed includes Archaic epic, lyric and elegy; Classical tragedy, comedy and historiography; Hellenistic poetry, and literature of the Roman Imperial period.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Classics : A survey of the myths and legends of Ancient Greece.
Terms: Fall 2011, Summer 2012
Instructors: Palczynski, Margaret; Manolova, Tzveta; Hunter, Darren (Fall) Serrati, John (Summer)
A fee of $10 is charged for guided tours to the Fine Arts Museum and Redpath Museum.
Classics : Survey of Roman literature in translation from Plautus to Augustine, covering the key genres and texts of the Republican and Imperial eras.
Terms: Winter 2012
Instructors: Gladhill, Charles (Winter)
Classics : A study of the Greek dramatists, both tragic and comic, in the light of their plays, with special emphasis on the theatrical techniques of the authors and the means of production in the Greek theatre.
Terms: Summer 2012
Instructors: Kozak, Lynn (Summer)
Classics : A study of the ancient novel, including Petronius, The Satyricon, Apuleius, The Golden Ass and Longus, Daphnis and Chloe.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Classics : Exhaustive review of basic grammar. Further development of vocabulary, syntax, and style through close readings of selected texts focusing on classical Attic prose.
Terms: Fall 2011
Instructors: Kozak, Lynn (Fall)
Prerequisite: CLAS 220 or permission of instructor, minimum grade for prerequisite is B+
Classics
Terms: Winter 2012
Instructors: Kozak, Lynn (Winter)
Prerequisite: CLAS 220 or permission of the instructor
Classics
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Classics
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Classics
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Classics
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Classics
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Classics : Each of four Greek tragedies (e.g. Oedipus, Antigone, Bacchae, Medea) analyzed along with its modern interpretations. The heroines of fiction as related to real Greek women by comparing myth transformation in tragedy with documentary material.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Classics : Focuses on the history of Greek religion in the Classical Period. Particular attention will be paid to the Greek concept of divinity, local pantheons, civic festival calendars, the topography of myth and ritual, ideas concerning the afterlife, mystery cults, oracles and games and the literary representations of religion.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Classics : The reading of selected texts in Roman Epic Poetry in the original Latin.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Classics : The reading of selected texts in Roman Lyric Poetry in the original Latin.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Classics : The reading of selected texts in Roman Satire Poetry in the original Latin.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Classics : The reading of selected texts in Roman History Prose in the original Latin.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Classics : The reading of selected texts in Roman Oratory Prose in the original Latin.
Terms: Winter 2012
Instructors: Gladhill, Charles (Winter)
Prerequisite: 9 credits of Intermediate Latin or permission of instructor
Classics : The reading of selected texts in Roman Philosophy Prose in the original Latin.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Classics : Themes in Roman literature, culture, and history.
Terms: Fall 2011
Instructors: Gladhill, Charles (Fall)
Prerequisite: 6 credits of intermediate Latin or permission of the instructor
Note: All ancient texts will be read in the original
Classics : The reading of selected texts in Greek Epic Poetry in the original Ancient Greek.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Classics : The reading of selected texts in Greek Lyric Poetry in the original Ancient Greek.
Terms: Winter 2012
Instructors: Kozak, Lynn (Winter)
Prerequisite: 9 credits of Intermediate Ancient Greek or permission of instructor
Classics : The reading of selected texts in Greek Drama Poetry in the original Ancient Greek.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Classics : The reading of selected texts in Greek History Prose in the original Ancient Greek.
Terms: Fall 2011
Instructors: Kozak, Lynn (Fall)
Prerequisites: 9 credits of Intermediate Ancient Greek or permission of instructor
Classics : The reading of selected texts in Greek Oratory Prose in the original Ancient Greek.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Classics : The reading of selected texts in Greek Philosophy Prose in the original Ancient Greek.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Classics : Themes in ancient Greek literature, culture, and history.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Classics : Seminar on the works of the Greek and Roman historians (in translation) who founded a new literary genre for the exploration of past and present events; interpretation of their approaches towards history and theories for their study.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Classics : Completion of a Reading List in Latin, with Faculty supervision, to be tested by written examination.
Terms: Fall 2011
Instructors: Gladhill, Charles (Fall)
Prerequisite (Undergraduate): 9 credits in Intermediate Latin or equivalent
Restriction: Honours and Graduate students
Students must register for both CLAS 515D1 and CLAS 515D2.
No credit will be given for this course unless both CLAS 515D1 and CLAS 515D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
Classics : See CLAS 515D1 for course description.
Terms: Winter 2012
Instructors: Gladhill, Charles (Winter)
Prerequisite: CLAS 515D1
No credit will be given for this course unless both CLAS 515D1 and CLAS 515D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
Classics : Completion of a Reading List in Greek, with Faculty supervision, to be tested by written examination.
Terms: Fall 2011
Instructors: Kozak, Lynn (Fall)
Prerequisite (Undergraduate): 9 credits in Intermediate Greek or equivalent
Restriction: Honours and Graduate students
Students must register for both CLAS 525D1 and CLAS 525D2.
No credit will be given for this course unless both CLAS 525D1 and CLAS 525D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
Classics : See CLAS 525D1 for course description.
Terms: Winter 2012
Instructors: Kozak, Lynn (Winter)
Prerequisite: CLAS 525D1
No credit will be given for this course unless both CLAS 525D1 and CLAS 525D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
Classical Literature courses are also taught under the subject codes of English (ENGL), French (FREN), and Philosophy (PHIL).
English (Arts) : A study of selected texts that significantly enhance understanding of English literature.
Terms: Fall 2011, Summer 2012
Instructors: Kilgour, Margaret A (Fall) Kilgour, Margaret A; Quaroni, Enrica; Fonsato, Vanna Marisa (Summer)
Fall
English (Arts) : A survey of dramatic forms and genres and theatrical practices from the Restoration through the 18th century to the Romantic period.
Terms: Fall 2011
Instructors: Ritchie, Fiona (Fall)
Fall
English (Arts)
Terms: Fall 2011
Instructors: Fumo, Jamie (Fall)
Fall
Philosophy : An examination of some of the philosophical problems (those in logic, epistemology, metaphysics, and ethics, e.g.) found in a selection of Plato's dialogues.
Terms: Fall 2011
Instructors: Laywine, Alison (Fall)
Philosophy : An examination of selected works by Aristotle. The course considers issues in moral philosophy as well as those found in the logical treatises, the Physics and Metaphysics, and in the philosophy of mind.
Terms: Winter 2012
Instructors: Deslauriers, Marguerite (Winter)
Ancient History courses are taught under several subject codes including: Anthropology (ANTH), Art History (ARTH), Classics (CLAS), History (HIST), and Religious Studies (RELG).
Anthropology : A study of changing ecological, economic, social, political, and religious factors influencing the development of ancient Egyptian civilization from prehistoric times to the early Christian era. The unique characteristics of Egyptian civilization are compared to the structural features common to all early civilizations.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Art History : Survey of ancient art and architecture: pre-historic Europe, ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome. Focus is on issues of political power, gender, sexuality, race, the formation of individual and group identities, and the relation between the body and social space.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Classics : A survey of the myths and legends of Ancient Greece.
Terms: Fall 2011, Summer 2012
Instructors: Palczynski, Margaret; Manolova, Tzveta; Hunter, Darren (Fall) Serrati, John (Summer)
A fee of $10 is charged for guided tours to the Fine Arts Museum and Redpath Museum.
Classics
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Classics : Focuses on the history of Greek religion in the Classical Period. Particular attention will be paid to the Greek concept of divinity, local pantheons, civic festival calendars, the topography of myth and ritual, ideas concerning the afterlife, mystery cults, oracles and games and the literary representations of religion.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Classics : Some episodes from the long history of the transmission and reception of the Classics in later times. Students will choose periods or times for special study.
Terms: Winter 2012
Instructors: Anastassiadis, Anastassios (Winter)
Prerequisite: 3 credits in Classics or related courses; or permission of instructor
Classics : The reading of selected texts in Roman History Prose in the original Latin.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Classics : The reading of selected texts in Greek History Prose in the original Ancient Greek.
Terms: Fall 2011
Instructors: Kozak, Lynn (Fall)
Prerequisites: 9 credits of Intermediate Ancient Greek or permission of instructor
Classics : A reading of ancient Greek epigraphical (inscriptional) or papyrological sources. Textual criticism and interpretation of selected literary and non-literary ancient Greek texts and documents written on stone, metal, terracotta, wood, bone, or papyrus.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Classics : Seminar on the works of the Greek and Roman historians (in translation) who founded a new literary genre for the exploration of past and present events; interpretation of their approaches towards history and theories for their study.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
History : A survey of Mediterranean history from the Bronze Age until the 6th century AD, focusing on Greek and Roman civilization.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
History : A survey of the history of classical archaeology in the Graeco-Roman Mediterranean through the study of material evidence and literary texts.
Terms: Fall 2011
Instructors: Francis, Jane (Fall)
History : Comparative study of ancient military history, warfare and imperial strategies.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
History : Antiquity to Early Modern Europe. The cultural meanings and social institutions that create the historical context for sexual behaviours. Possible topics include: Greek homosocial and homosexual culture; sex and citizenship; wives and concubines in the ancient world; Christianity and aestheticism; misogyny and gender in Medieval Europe; adultery and lineage.
Terms: Fall 2011
Instructors: Partner, Nancy F (Fall)
History : The Classical period of Greek history, from the end of the Persian wars to the death of Alexandra the Great (479-323 BC).
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
History : Historical study of the period from the Mycenean Age to the end of the Archaic Age.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
History : The history of the Roman Empire from Marcus Aurelius to Justinian.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
History : Roman and Greek social history including the family and domestic space, economic structures, and religious beliefs.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
History : History of the Roman Republic from its foundation through the death of Julius Caesar.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
History : A comparative analysis of the political cultures of ancient Greece, Rome and China, c. 500 BCE to 500 CE, exploring societal distinctions through topics such as the role of historical traditions, power configurations, public oratory, elite representation, funerary rites and political spaces.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
History : An in-depth look at various topics in ancient history.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
History : The evolution of ideas about the human body, disease, and therapeutics, and the diverse practices of medicine in Graeco-Roman antiquity (ca 800BC - ca 600CE), with particular attention given to their social, political, cultural and religious context.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
History : Different methods and strategies employed by Ancient historians, including numismatics, epigraphy, and papyrology.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
History : Advanced study of ancient Mediterranean city-states, focusing on their urban setting and political, social, economic, and cultural institutions.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
History : Topics in ancient Mediterranean History, focusing on Greek and/or Roman society.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
History : Research paper on a theme in ancient Mediterranean history.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Religious Studies : Significant persons and events from Nero's reign to the papacy of Gregory I. Attention to major Christian centres within the Roman Empire before Constantine, to the development of the Eastern Byzantine Church, and to the growth of the papacy in the West. Leading Christian theologians and thinkers will be studied.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Philosophy and Religion courses are taught under several subject codes including: Classics (CLAS), Philosophy (PHIL), Political Science (POLI), and Religious Studies (RELG).
Classics : A survey of the myths and legends of Ancient Greece.
Terms: Fall 2011, Summer 2012
Instructors: Palczynski, Margaret; Manolova, Tzveta; Hunter, Darren (Fall) Serrati, John (Summer)
A fee of $10 is charged for guided tours to the Fine Arts Museum and Redpath Museum.
Classics
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Classics : Focuses on the history of Greek religion in the Classical Period. Particular attention will be paid to the Greek concept of divinity, local pantheons, civic festival calendars, the topography of myth and ritual, ideas concerning the afterlife, mystery cults, oracles and games and the literary representations of religion.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Classics : The reading of selected texts in Roman Philosophy Prose in the original Latin.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Classics : The reading of selected texts in Greek Epic Poetry in the original Ancient Greek.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Classics : The reading of selected texts in Greek Philosophy Prose in the original Ancient Greek.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Philosophy : An examination of the ethical and political theories of ancient Greece, especially those of Plato and Aristotle.
Terms: Fall 2011
Instructors: Menn, Stephen (Fall)
Restriction: Not open to students who have taken POLI 333
Philosophy : Topics in ancient pure mathematics (geometry and number theory), "mixed mathematics" (astronomy, music theory, optics, mechanics), and/or natural science (including medicine), studied with a view to philosophical issues raised by the content of ancient science and/or by the logic of scientific argument.
Terms: Winter 2012
Instructors: Laywine, Alison (Winter)
Philosophy : An examination of the surviving fragments of the presocratic philosophers and schools of philosophy, as well as later reports of their views.
Terms: Winter 2012
Instructors: Lewis, Eric (Winter)
Philosophy : An examination of some of the philosophical problems (those in logic, epistemology, metaphysics, and ethics, e.g.) found in a selection of Plato's dialogues.
Terms: Fall 2011
Instructors: Laywine, Alison (Fall)
Philosophy : An examination of selected works by Aristotle. The course considers issues in moral philosophy as well as those found in the logical treatises, the Physics and Metaphysics, and in the philosophy of mind.
Terms: Winter 2012
Instructors: Deslauriers, Marguerite (Winter)
Philosophy : An examination of some of the major post-Aristotelian schools of philosophy. Texts from the Peripatetic, Stoic, Epicurean, Sceptical, Platonic, and medical traditions may be considered. Problems in logic, ethics, physics, epistemology, and metaphysics will be addressed.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Philosophy : An examination of central themes of ancient metaphysics and/or natural philosophy as treated by two or more contrasting philosophers or philosophical traditions - probably including Plato and/or Aristotle, and possibly including some Hellenistic or post-Hellenistic schools.
Terms: Winter 2012
Instructors: Menn, Stephen (Winter)
Philosophy : An examination of central themes of ancient moral theory as treated by two or more contrasting philosophers or philosophical traditions - probably including Plato and/or Aristotle, and possibly some Hellenistic or post-Hellenistic schools.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Philosophy
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Philosophy : An advanced course on a philosopher or philosophical issue articulated in antiquity.
Terms: Fall 2011
Instructors: Deslauriers, Marguerite (Fall)
Prerequisite: at least one course in ancient philosophy and the specific requirements of individual instructors
Restriction: Seminars are open only to graduate students and final year Philosophy Majors, Honours and Joint Honours students, except by written permission of the Department
Political Science : The major themes and writers in the political theory of classical antiquity. The political ideas of Thucydides, Plato, Aristotle, and the Hellenistic philosophers will be explored through the significant texts of this period.
Terms: Fall 2011
Instructors: Roberts, William (Fall)
Religious Studies : Introduction to the religions of Mesopotamia, Egypt and Syria-Palestine (excluding Israelite religion) from the fourth to first millennium B.C.E. Themes that will be discussed include: gods and goddesses, divine kingship, deification of kings, temple cult, death and afterlife, magic, piety, oracles, prayer, lament, myth and epic.
Terms: Fall 2011
Instructors: Bellavance, Éric (Fall)
Fall
Religious Studies : An examination of the religion of Ancient Israel by a study of selected texts (narratives, laws, prophetic sayings, wisdom traditions, and psalms) from the Hebrew Scriptures/Old Testament in translation.
Terms: Winter 2012
Instructors: Oegema, Gerbern (Winter)
Winter
Religious Studies : A critical study of selected ancient and modern accounts of the aims and person of Jesus. Attention will be given also to the question of the historical sources and to the relationship between faith and history.
Terms: Fall 2011
Instructors: Henderson, Ian H (Fall)
Fall, Winter and Summer
Religious Studies : An introduction to the grammar and syntax of New Testament Greek.
Terms: Summer 2012, Fall 2011, Winter 2012
Instructors: Keiser, Jeffrey (Summer) Udoh, Fabian; Keiser, Jeffrey (Fall) Udoh, Fabian; Keiser, Jeffrey (Winter)
Summer
Open to students in the Honours and Major programs in Religious Studies. Other Arts and Science students may take the course as an elective outside their faculty, in accordance with Arts and Science regulations.
Religious Studies : Significant persons and events from Nero's reign to the papacy of Gregory I. Attention to major Christian centres within the Roman Empire before Constantine, to the development of the Eastern Byzantine Church, and to the growth of the papacy in the West. Leading Christian theologians and thinkers will be studied.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Religious Studies : A review of grammar and syntax with an emphasis on rapid reading of sections chosen from different parts of the New Testament.
Terms: Fall 2011
Instructors: Henderson, Ian H (Fall)
Fall
Prerequisite: RELG 280 or equivalent, with a minimum grade of 70%
Religious Studies : The religion and literature of wisdom and apocalyptic traditions, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Philo and Josephus, with special attention to the Jewish matrix of Early Christianity.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Religious Studies : Translation and discussion of Hellenistic Greek texts pertaining to the study of topics in Early Christianity and Greco-Roman religions.
Terms: Winter 2012
Instructors: Aitken, Ellen (Winter)
Winter
Prerequisite: RELG 482 or permission of the instructor.
Classics : A course for beginners.
Terms: Fall 2011
Instructors: Kellaris, Georgios (Fall)
Restriction: Not open to students who have taken CLAS 236, CLAS 237 or CLAS 238.
Students must register for both CLAS 230D1 and CLAS 230D2.
No credit will be given for this course unless both CLAS 230D1 and CLAS 230D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
Classics : See CLAS 230D1 for course description.
Terms: Winter 2012
Instructors: Kellaris, Georgios (Winter)
Prerequisite: CLAS 230D1
No credit will be given for this course unless both CLAS 230D1 and CLAS 230D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
Classics : Competence in the language at the intermediate level through the study of grammar, vocabulary and derivatives. Excerpts in prose and poetry introducing the civilization of modern Greece.
Terms: Fall 2011
Instructors: Jentsch-Mancor, Kerstin (Fall)
Classics
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Classics : Selected works of 20th Century Greek poets - Kavafy, Seferis, Elytis, and others.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Classics : A continuation of CLAS 331.
Terms: Winter 2012
Instructors: Anastassiadis, Anastassios (Winter)
Prerequisites: CLAS 237 or permission of the instructor
Classics : Some episodes from the long history of the transmission and reception of the Classics in later times. Students will choose periods or times for special study.
Terms: Winter 2012
Instructors: Anastassiadis, Anastassios (Winter)
Prerequisite: 3 credits in Classics or related courses; or permission of instructor
The following Classics topics courses change topic each time they are taught. Consult the course instructor and Classics Adviser to verify toward which thematic area(s) the course may count for the term in which it is taken.
Classics
Terms: Fall 2011
Instructors: Francis, Jane (Fall)
A fee of $10 is charged for admission to the Fringe Festival.
Classics : Selected physical sites, monuments and locales of the ancient Greek and Roman World using the evidence of archaeology, history and literature. Sites will vary yearly, and may include cities, cult and burial precincts, sanctuaries, battlefields and places of memory and literary inspiration.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2011-2012 academic year.