Courses

• CAS CL 402: Senior Independent Work
  
• CAS CL 406: Advanced Topics in Classical Civilization
  Topic for Fall 2016: Magical Plants and Myth. The role of entheogens in the evolution of humankind's attempt to define the metaphysical context of reality, from prehistoric rock paintings, through the major religions of the Greco-Roman world, to secret societies and the ecclesiastical elite of medieval and Renaissance Europe, as reflected in mythology, folklore, and works of art.
• CAS CL 451: Advanced Latin Seminar
  Advanced-level Latin seminar emphasizing close reading and literary analysis. Changing topics explore a variety of texts linked by chronology, genre, or theme. Topic for Spring 2017: Roman Satire. Selections of Roman satirists (Horace, Martial, Juvenal) in Latin. In class activities and assessment exercises, compares adaptations of these texts by English authors, paying attention to the translation of satiric language, imagery, and themes across time. Also offered as CL 502 A1.
• CAS CL 461: Advanced Greek Seminar
  Advanced-level Greek seminar emphasizing close reading and literary analysis. Changing topics explore a variety of texts linked by chronology, genre, or theme. May be repeated for credit as topics change. Topic for Spring 2017: Aristophanes. Aristophanes' Wasps in Greek with selections from other plays in English, as an introduction to Old Comedy, with emphasis on language and style, form, topicality, law, rhetoric, and politics. Also offered as CL 391 A1.
• CAS CL 491: Directed Study in Classical Studies
  
• CAS CL 492: Directed Study in Classical Studies
  
• CAS CL 497: Directed Study in Latin
  
• CAS CL 502: Studies in Ancient Greek and Roman Literature
  Topics vary. Open to advanced undergraduate and graduate students. The literature studied is read in its original language, either ancient Greek or Latin, so advanced skill in the appropriate language is required. Please contact the instructor if you are unsure whether you have the appropriate knowledge of the language. Topic for Spring 2017: Roman Satire. Selections of Roman satirists (Horace, Martial, Juvenal) in Latin. In class activities and assessment exercises, we also compare adaptations of these texts by English authors, paying attention to the translation of satiric language, imagery, and themes across time. Also offered as CL 451 A1.
• CAS CL 520: Studies in Latin Literature
  Topic for Spring 2017: Ovid's Metamorphoses: Text and Reception. Extensive readings in the original Latin from Ovid's Metamorphoses, supplemented by readings in modern scholarship and studies of post-classical receptions of the poem.
• CAS CL 521: Survey of Latin Literature I
  Historical survey from archaic Latin through Republican literature; introduction to classical scholarship. For advanced students wishing to increase their language skills through extensive reading.
• CAS CL 522: Survey of Latin Literature II
  Survey of Latin authors focusing on the period of the early Empire; introduction to classical scholarship. For advanced students wishing to increase their language skills through extensive reading.
• CAS CL 530: Latin Prose Composition
  Practice in set and free composition of Latin prose, aimed at developing advanced language proficiency.
• CAS CL 561: Survey of Greek Literature 1
  Reading course designed to study the history of Greek literature through a chronological survey of representative authors and genres: Homer through the archaic age.
• CAS CL 562: Survey of Greek Literature 2
  Reading course designed to study the history of Greek literature through a chronological survey of representative authors and genres: Classical through Hellenistic period.
• CAS CL 563: Greek Prose Composition
  Close study of exemplary Greek prose as the basis for original composition in Greek of sentences and short passages, then more extensive prose pieces.
• CAS CN 510: Principles and Methods of Cognitive and Neural Modeling I
  Explores psychological, biological, mathematical, and computational foundations of behavioral and brain modeling. Topics include organizational principles, mechanisms, local circuits, network architectures, cooperative and competitive non-linear feedback systems, associative learning systems, and self-organizing code-compression systems. The adaptive resonance theory model unifies many course themes. CAS CN 510 and 520 may be taken concurrently.
• CAS CS 101: Introduction to Computing
  The computer is presented as a tool that can assist in solving a broad spectrum of problems. This course provides a general introduction designed to dispel the mystery surrounding computers and introduces the fundamental ideas of programs and algorithms. (Does not count for CS major or minor credit.) Carries MCS divisional credit in CAS.
• CAS CS 103: Introduction to Internet Technologies and Web Programming
  Introduction to the basic architecture and protocols underlying the operation of the Internet with an emphasis on Web design, Web application programming, and algorithmic thinking. General familiarity with the Internet is assumed. (Does not count for CS major credit.) Carries MCS divisional credit in CAS.
• CAS CS 105: Introduction to Databases and Data Mining
  General introduction to computational methods for processing collection of data. Topics include databases and data modeling; writing simple programs to process data; data mining and data visualization. Applications are drawn from business, the arts, the life sciences, and social sciences. (Does not count for CS major credit.) Carries MCS divisional credit in CAS.
• CAS CS 108: Introduction to Applications Programming
  Introduction to programming suitable for students not majoring in computer science. Topics include: application decomposition and abstraction; data manipulation and programming with databases; graphical user interfaces; debugging. Assignments include applications in science, commerce, games, the Web, and social networking. (Does not count for CS major credit.) Carries MCS divisional credit in CAS.

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