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Two separate streams allow students to put emphasis either on the ancient languages or on the culture of the ancient Mediterranean.
This program may be expanded to the Major Concentration Classics.
Students select one of the following two streams of study:
- Classical Language Stream
- Classical Studies Stream
Classical Language Stream
18 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.
12 credits minimum in Classical Languages
a minimum of 3 credits at the 300 level or higher of CLAS courses;
a maximum of 12 credits of 200-level courses.
Classical Studies Stream
18 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.
6 credits minimum in Classical Languages
a minimum of 6 credits in one of the following areas:
- Classical Literature
- Ancient History
- Philosophy and Religion
- Modern Greek
a minimum of 3 credits of 300-level or higher CLAS courses
a maximum of 12 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 2013, Fall 2012, Winter 2013
Instructors: Sirois, Martin (Summer) Sirois, Martin; Palczynski, Margaret (Fall) Sirois, Martin; Palczynski, Margaret (Winter)
Classics : A course for beginners.
Terms: Fall 2012
Instructors: Sirois, Martin; 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 2013
Instructors: Sirois, Martin; 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 2012
Instructors: Gladhill, Charles (Fall)
Prerequisite: CLAS 210 or permission of instructor
Classics : Review of the work of selected historians in Latin. Topic varies by year.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Classics : A study of selected works in Latin. Topic varies by year.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Classics : The reading of selected texts in Roman Epic Poetry in the original Latin.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Prerequisites: 9 credits of Intermediate Latin or permission of instructor
Classics : The reading of selected texts in Roman Lyric Poetry in the original Latin.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Prerequisites: 9 credits of Intermediate Latin or permission of instructor
Classics : The reading of selected texts in Roman Satire Poetry in the original Latin.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Prerequisite: 9 credits of Intermediate Latin 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 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Prerequisite: 9 credits of Intermediate Latin or permission of instructor
Classics : The reading of selected texts in Roman Oratory Prose in the original Latin.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
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 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Prerequisite: 9 credits of Intermediate Latin or permission of instructor
Classics : Themes in Roman literature, culture, and history.
Terms: Fall 2012, Winter 2013
Instructors: Gladhill, Charles (Fall) Kozak, Lynn (Winter)
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 2012
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 2013
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 2012
Instructors: Palczynski, Margaret (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 2013
Instructors: Palczynski, Margaret (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 2012
Instructors: Kozak, Lynn (Fall)
Prerequisite: CLAS 220 or permission of instructor, minimum grade for prerequisite is B+
Classics : A study of selected works by Plato and Xenophon in Greek. Topic varies by year.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Prerequisite: CLAS 220 or permission of the instructor
Classics : A study of the work of selected orators in Greek. Topic varies by year.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Prerequisite: CLAS 220 or permission of the instructor
Classics : A study of selected works by Homer in Greek. Topic varies by year.
Terms: Winter 2013
Instructors: Palczynski, Margaret (Winter)
Prerequisite: CLAS 220 or permission of the instructor
Selections
Classics : A study of selected poetry in Greek. Topic varies by year.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Prerequisite: CLAS 220 or permission of the instructor
Classics : The reading of selected texts in Greek Epic Poetry in the original Ancient Greek.
Terms: Fall 2012
Instructors: Kozak, Lynn (Fall)
Prerequisite: 9 credits of Intermediate Ancient Greek or permission of instructor
Classics : The reading of selected texts in Greek Lyric Poetry in the original Ancient Greek.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
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 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Prerequisite: 9 credits of Intermediate Ancient Greek or permission of instructor
Classics : The reading of selected texts in Greek History Prose in the original Ancient Greek.
Terms: Winter 2013
Instructors: Gladhill, Charles (Winter)
Prerequisites: 9 credits of Intermediate Ancient Greek or permission of instructor
Classics : The reading of selected texts in Greek Philosophy Prose in the original Ancient Greek.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Prerequisite: 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 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Prerequisite: 6 credits of intermediate Latin or permission of the instructor, minimum grade for prerequisite is B+.
Classics : Themes in ancient Greek literature, culture, and history.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Prerequisite: 6 credits of intermediate Latin or permission of the instructor, minimum grade for prerequisite is B+
Note: All ancient texts will be read in the original
Classics : Completion of a Reading List in Greek, with Faculty supervision, to be tested by written examination.
Terms: Fall 2012
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 2013
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: Winter 2013
Instructors: Kozak, Lynn (Winter)
Classics : A survey of the myths and legends of Ancient Greece.
Terms: Fall 2012, Summer 2013
Instructors: Palczynski, Margaret (Fall) Serrati, John (Summer)
Classics : Survey of Roman literature in translation from Plautus to Augustine, covering the key genres and texts of the Republican and Imperial eras.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
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: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Classics : A study of the ancient novel, including Petronius, The Satyricon, Apuleius, The Golden Ass and Longus, Daphnis and Chloe.
Terms: Fall 2012
Instructors: Sirois, Martin (Fall)
Classics : Review of the work of selected historians in Latin. Topic varies by year.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Classics : A study of selected works in Latin. Topic varies by year.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 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 2012
Instructors: Kozak, Lynn (Fall)
Prerequisite: CLAS 220 or permission of instructor, minimum grade for prerequisite is B+
Classics : A study of selected works by Plato and Xenophon in Greek. Topic varies by year.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Prerequisite: CLAS 220 or permission of the instructor
Classics : A study of the work of selected orators in Greek. Topic varies by year.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Prerequisite: CLAS 220 or permission of the instructor
Classics : A study of selected works by Homer in Greek. Topic varies by year.
Terms: Winter 2013
Instructors: Palczynski, Margaret (Winter)
Prerequisite: CLAS 220 or permission of the instructor
Selections
Classics : A study of selected poetry in Greek. Topic varies by year.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Prerequisite: CLAS 220 or permission of the instructor
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 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 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 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Classics : The reading of selected texts in Roman Epic Poetry in the original Latin.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Prerequisites: 9 credits of Intermediate Latin or permission of instructor
Classics : The reading of selected texts in Roman Lyric Poetry in the original Latin.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Prerequisites: 9 credits of Intermediate Latin or permission of instructor
Classics : The reading of selected texts in Roman Satire Poetry in the original Latin.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Prerequisite: 9 credits of Intermediate Latin 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 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Prerequisite: 9 credits of Intermediate Latin or permission of instructor
Classics : The reading of selected texts in Roman Oratory Prose in the original Latin.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
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 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Prerequisite: 9 credits of Intermediate Latin or permission of instructor
Classics : Themes in Roman literature, culture, and history.
Terms: Fall 2012, Winter 2013
Instructors: Gladhill, Charles (Fall) Kozak, Lynn (Winter)
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: Fall 2012
Instructors: Kozak, Lynn (Fall)
Prerequisite: 9 credits of Intermediate Ancient Greek or permission of instructor
Classics : The reading of selected texts in Greek Lyric Poetry in the original Ancient Greek.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
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 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Prerequisite: 9 credits of Intermediate Ancient Greek or permission of instructor
Classics : The reading of selected texts in Greek History Prose in the original Ancient Greek.
Terms: Winter 2013
Instructors: Gladhill, Charles (Winter)
Prerequisites: 9 credits of Intermediate Ancient Greek or permission of instructor
Classics : The reading of selected texts in Greek Philosophy Prose in the original Ancient Greek.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Prerequisite: 9 credits of Intermediate Ancient Greek or permission of instructor
Classics : Themes in ancient Greek literature, culture, and history.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Prerequisite: 6 credits of intermediate Latin or permission of the instructor, minimum grade for prerequisite is B+
Note: All ancient texts will be read in the original
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 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Prerequisite: 3 credits in Classics at the 300 level or up or permission of instructor.
Classics : Completion of a Reading List in Latin, with Faculty supervision, to be tested by written examination.
Terms: Fall 2012
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 2013
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 2012
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 2013
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: Winter 2013
Instructors: Borris, Kenneth H (Winter)
Winter
English (Arts) : A survey of dramatic forms and genres and theatrical practices from the Restoration through the 18th century to the Romantic period.
Terms: Winter 2013
Instructors: Zien, Katherine (Winter)
Fall
English (Arts) : Comparative study of English and European literature. Topic varies by year.
Terms: Fall 2012
Instructors: Kilgour, Margaret A (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 2012
Instructors: Reisner, Andrew (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 2013
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: Fall 2012
Instructors: Van Gijseghem, Hendrik (Fall)
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 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Classics : A survey of the myths and legends of Ancient Greece.
Terms: Fall 2012, Summer 2013
Instructors: Palczynski, Margaret (Fall) Serrati, John (Summer)
Classics : Review of the work of selected historians in Latin. Topic varies by year.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Classics : A study of selected works by Homer in Greek. Topic varies by year.
Terms: Winter 2013
Instructors: Palczynski, Margaret (Winter)
Prerequisite: CLAS 220 or permission of the instructor
Selections
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 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Classics : Examines the evolution of Classical Antiquity's social and cultural status from the 17th c. to the present day. Particular consideration is given to the processes of the ongoing professionalization of history and archeology as academic disciplines, the emergence of new political usages of the past, the transformation of cultural practices from the Grand Tour to the modern museum and tourism.
Terms: Winter 2013
Instructors: Anastassiadis, Anastassios (Winter)
Prerequisite: CLAS 202 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 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Prerequisite: 9 credits of Intermediate Latin or permission of instructor
Classics : The reading of selected texts in Greek History Prose in the original Ancient Greek.
Terms: Winter 2013
Instructors: Gladhill, Charles (Winter)
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 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Prerequisite: 6 credits of intermediate Latin or permission of the instructor, minimum grade for prerequisite is B+.
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 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Prerequisite: 3 credits in Classics at the 300 level or up or permission of instructor.
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 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Restriction: Not open to students who have taken HIST 209 prior to September 2006.
History : A survey of the history of classical archaeology in the Graeco-Roman Mediterranean through the study of material evidence and literary texts.
Terms: Winter 2013
Instructors: Fronda, Michael (Winter)
History : Comparative study of ancient military history, warfare and imperial strategies.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 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: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
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 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
History : The history of the Roman Empire from Augustus to Marcus Aurelius.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
History : The history of the Roman Empire from Marcus Aurelius to Justinian.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
History : The Hellenistic Greek world from Alexander the Great to the period of the Roman conquest.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 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 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
History : An in-depth look at various topics in ancient history.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Prerequisite: 3 credits in Ancient history at the 300-level or permission of instructor.
Restriction: Not open to Honours students in History.
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 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
History : Different methods and strategies employed by Ancient historians, including numismatics, epigraphy, and papyrology.
Terms: Fall 2012
Instructors: Fronda, Michael (Fall)
Prerequisite: 3 credits at the 300-level in Ancient history or permission of the instructor.
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 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Prerequisite: 3 credits at the 300-level in Ancient history or permission of instructor.
History : Topics in ancient Mediterranean History, focusing on Greek and/or Roman society.
Terms: Fall 2012
Instructors: Beck, Hans (Fall)
Fall
Prerequisite (Undergraduate): 6 credits at the 300 or 400 level in Ancient history or permission of instructor.
Restriction: Honours students or advanced undergraduates who have permission of the instructor. Also open to graduate students.
History : Research paper on a theme in ancient Mediterranean history.
Terms: Winter 2013
Instructors: Beck, Hans (Winter)
Winter
Prerequisite: HIST 550
Restriction: Honours students or advanced undergraduates who have permission of the instructor. Also open to graduate students.
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: Winter 2013
Instructors: Henderson, Ian H (Winter)
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 2012, Summer 2013
Instructors: Palczynski, Margaret (Fall) Serrati, John (Summer)
Classics : A study of selected works by Homer in Greek. Topic varies by year.
Terms: Winter 2013
Instructors: Palczynski, Margaret (Winter)
Prerequisite: CLAS 220 or permission of the instructor
Selections
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 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Classics : The reading of selected texts in Roman Philosophy Prose in the original Latin.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Prerequisite: 9 credits of Intermediate Latin or permission of instructor
Classics : The reading of selected texts in Greek Epic Poetry in the original Ancient Greek.
Terms: Fall 2012
Instructors: Kozak, Lynn (Fall)
Prerequisite: 9 credits of Intermediate Ancient Greek or permission of instructor
Classics : The reading of selected texts in Greek Philosophy Prose in the original Ancient Greek.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Prerequisite: 9 credits of Intermediate Ancient Greek or permission of instructor
Philosophy : An examination of the ethical and political theories of ancient Greece, especially those of Plato and Aristotle.
Terms: Fall 2012
Instructors: Deslauriers, Marguerite (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: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
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 2013
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 2012
Instructors: Reisner, Andrew (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 2013
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 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 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: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
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: Winter 2013
Instructors: Fiasse, Gaelle (Winter)
Philosophy
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Philosophy : An advanced course on a philosopher or philosophical issue articulated in antiquity.
Terms: Winter 2013
Instructors: Deslauriers, Marguerite (Winter)
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 2012
Instructors: Tarnopolsky, Christina (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 2012
Instructors: Czyzewska, Izabella (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 2013
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 2012
Instructors: Henderson, Ian H (Fall)
Fall, Winter and Summer
Religious Studies : An introduction to the grammar and syntax of New Testament Greek.
Terms: Summer 2013, Fall 2012, Winter 2013
Instructors: Ross, Sean (Summer) Ross, Sean (Fall) Ross, Sean (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: Winter 2013
Instructors: Henderson, Ian H (Winter)
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 2012
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: Fall 2012
Instructors: Oegema, Gerbern (Fall)
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
Religious Studies : Translation and discussion of Hellenistic Greek texts pertaining to the study of topics in Early Christianity and Greco-Roman religions.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Winter
Prerequisite: RELG 482 or permission of the instructor.
Classics : A course for beginners.
Terms: Fall 2012
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 2013
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: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Classics : A study of selected modern Greek novels. Topic varies by year.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Prerequisite: CLAS 220 or permission of instructor
Classics : Selected works of 20th Century Greek poets - Kavafy, Seferis, Elytis, and others.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Prerequisite: CLAS 230 or permission of the instructor
Classics : Offers a panorama of Modern Greek culture and society through the study of a corpus of documents in Greek pertaining to the year's thematic topic. It is a continuation of CLAS 331.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
Prerequisite: CLAS 331 or permission of instructor
The language of instruction is English but readings are in Greek. A certain oral fluency in Greek is expected in order to be able to comment and participate in discussions.
Classics : Examines the evolution of Classical Antiquity's social and cultural status from the 17th c. to the present day. Particular consideration is given to the processes of the ongoing professionalization of history and archeology as academic disciplines, the emergence of new political usages of the past, the transformation of cultural practices from the Grand Tour to the modern museum and tourism.
Terms: Winter 2013
Instructors: Anastassiadis, Anastassios (Winter)
Prerequisite: CLAS 202 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: Summer 2013
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2012-2013 academic year.
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: Fall 2012
Instructors: Fronda, Michael (Fall)