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Classical Studies Current Courses

Spring 2025

Course Code Title/Instructor Meets
CLST 110-01 Introduction to Greek Civilization
Instructor: Marc Mastrangelo
Course Description:
Reading and discussion of key literary, philosophical, and historical works of ancient Greece, including works by Homer, Thucydides, Plato, the Greek tragedians and comedians. Topics include Greek artistic and moral values, the conception of a good life, Athenian democracy and imperialism, slavery, homosexuality, and gender. The literature is read in English translation. This course fulfills the humanities distribution requirement. Offered every year
01:30 PM-02:45 PM, MR
EASTC 411
CLST 140-01 Ancient Worlds on Film
Instructor: Emma Ianni
Course Description:
Cross-listed with FMST 210-07. An introduction to ancient Greek and Roman history and civilization (excluding mythology) through viewing popular films about this period and reading the historical and literary sources on which those films are based. The course focuses on the stories of remarkable men and women from antiquity, what those stories reveal Greek and Roman values and ideas, and ways to apply those insights critically to our own time.
10:30 AM-11:45 AM, TR
TOME 115
CLST 221-01 Greek Art & Archaeology
Instructor: Andrew Dufton
Course Description:
Cross-listed with ARCH 120-01 and ARTH 205-02. A general introduction to the art and archaeology of ancient Greece from Prehistoric to Hellenistic times: Bronze Age civilizations (Cycladic, NE Aegean and Trojan, Minoan, Helladic/Mycenaean); Protogeometric, Geometric, Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic Greece. A survey of architecture (temple, secular funerary), sculpture, vase-painting, monumental painting, metalwork, and minor arts of these periods, both on mainland Greece and in the Greek colonies (Asia Minor, Pontus, Syria, Phoenice, Egypt, S.I Italy and Sicily); comparative study of typological, iconographical, stylistic, and technical aspects and developments; styles and schools, regional trends, historical contextualization of ancient Greek art and brief consideration of socio-economic patterns, political organization, religion, and writing. Evaluation of the ancient Greek artistic legacy and contribution to civilization. Field trips to archaeological collections and Museums. This course is cross-listed as ARCH 120. Offered every fall.
11:30 AM-12:20 PM, MWF
DENNY 313
CLST 500-01 Ovid's Heroides
Instructor: Christopher Francese
Course Description:

Courses Offered in GREK
Course Code Title/Instructor Meets
GREK 102-01 Beginning Attic Greek
Instructor: Emma Ianni
Course Description:
All the fundamentals of Greek grammar and syntax as well as the acquisition of vocabulary. By the conclusion of the second semester students will be prepared to read classical authors in the original.Prerequisite: 101 or equivalent.
09:30 AM-10:20 AM, MTRF
EASTC 410
GREK 202-01 Introduction to Greek Poetry
Instructor: Emma Ianni
Course Description:
Selected readings from Homer with emphasis on poetic style and composition. Supplementary readings in English help stimulate discussion of literary, historical, and cultural topics regarding epic poetry. Prerequisite: 102 or the equivalent. This course fulfills the language graduation requirement.
10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MWF
EASTC 410
GREK 222-01 Philosophical Writers
Instructor: Emma Ianni
Course Description:
Readings in Greek Philosophy including authors such as the Presocratics, Plato, Aristotle, or others. Supplementary readings in English provide historical context and an introduction to certain issues in ancient philosophy. Recommended: 202 or the equivalent.

Courses Offered in LATN
Course Code Title/Instructor Meets
LATN 102-01 First-Year Latin
Instructor: Ashley Roman
Course Description:
All the fundamentals of Latin grammar and the study of vocabulary. This course prepares students to read classical authors in the original.Prerequisite: 101 or the equivalent.
09:30 AM-10:20 AM, MWF
EASTC 314
LATN 202-01 Introduction to Roman Poetry
Instructor: Marc Mastrangelo
Course Description:
Selected readings from Catullus and Ovid, with focus on poetic technique, and discussion of supplementary readings in English. Prerequisite: 201 or the equivalent. This course fulfills the language graduation requirement.
10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MWF
EASTC 303
LATN 202-02 Introduction to Roman Poetry
Instructor: Christopher Francese
Course Description:
Selected readings from Catullus and Ovid, with focus on poetic technique, and discussion of supplementary readings in English. Prerequisite: 201 or the equivalent. This course fulfills the language graduation requirement.
10:30 AM-11:20 AM, MWF
EASTC 105
LATN 234-01 Ovid
Instructor: Christopher Francese
Course Description:
Selections from the Metamorphoses with study of the more important Greek and Roman myths and their modern reception.Prerequisite: 202 or the equivalent.
10:30 AM-11:45 AM, TR
EASTC 303