CAS CG101 World of Modern Greece
Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Critical Thinking
This course develops students’ awareness of Greek language, history, literature and culture. It focuses on contemporary life in Greece while paying attention to aspects of the past that are connected to Greek reality today.
TR 11:00-12:15PM Master Lecturer Kelly Polychroniou
CAS CG112 Beginning Modern Greek 2
The Individual in Community
Prereq: CG111 or equivalent
Review of grammar and syntax of modern Greek, reading in both prose and poetry, intensive oral practice.
TR 9:30-10:45AM Master Lecturer Kelly Polychroniou
CAS CG212 Intermediate Modern Greek 4
The Individual in Community, Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy
Prereq: CAS CG 211 or equivalent
Discussion in Greek on everyday themes. Development of reading skills through the analysis of contemporary texts. Analysis of contrasting modes of expression and their influence on separate national cultures in Greek and in English.
TR 2:00-3:15PM Master Lecturer Kelly Polychroniou
CAS CL101 Classical Civilization: World of Greece
Historical Consciousness, Philosophical Inquiry and Life’s Meanings, Critical Thinking
Why and how did ancient Greek culture produce such remarkable writers, artists, and politicians who still today expand the horizons of human possibility, educate the imagination, refine moral intelligence, and enrich the stuff of the human spirit? Studying select masterpieces of epic, history, drama, art, and philosophy we will strive to become better critics of the ancient Greeks and, through them, better critics of ourselves.
TR 11:00-12:15PM, plus four discussion sections Professor Steven Smith
CAS CL102 Classical Civilization: World of Rome
Historical Consciousness, Social Inquiry I, Critical Thinking
In this course, we will get to know the politicians, poets, heroes, and gods that shaped Rome’s cultural identity and left an indelible mark on Western Civilization. We will examine features of Roman daily life including: politics, religion, oratory, theater, philosophy, and even gladiators. By piecing together the literary, artistic, and archaeological evidence, we will reconstruct the World of Rome and identify key points of contact with our own culture.
MWF 11:15-12:05PM, Associate Professor Leah Kronenberg
CAS CL112 Latin 2
Creativity & Innovation
Prerequisite: CL111 or equivalent
Further study of Latin grammar, forms, and vocabulary.
A1: MWF 12:20-1:10PM Lecturer Laurie Hutcheson
B1: MWF 11:15-12:05PM Mathew Tyska
CAS CL162 Ancient Greek 2
Individual in Community, Creativity and Innovation
Prereq: CL161 or equivalent
Further study of ancient Greek grammar, forms, and vocabulary.
MWF 10:10-11:00AM Lecturer Laurie Hutcheson
CAS CL202 Warfare in Antiquity
Examines both strategic and tactical aspects of warfare in antiquity, as well as the political, social, and economic factors that shaped or derived from the experience of ancient battle. All texts in translation.
TR 11:00-12:15PM Professor Loren J. Samons
CAS CL212 Latin 4: Verse
Aesthetic Exploration, Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Teamwork/Collaboration
Prereq: CL211 or equivalent
Reading of selections from Latin poetry. Authors read may include Catullus, Ovid, and Vergil.
A1: TR 12:30-1:45AM Professor Stephanie Nelson
B1: MWF 2:30-3:20PM Lauren Brown
CAS CL213 Greek and Roman Mythology
Philosophical Inquiry and Life’s Meanings, Historical Consciousness
A general introduction to the myths of the ancient classical world, with particular regard to the patterns of experience, both religious and psychological, from which they evolved. All texts in translation.
MWF 10:10-11:00AM, TBA
CAS CL224 Greek Drama in Translation
Aesthetic Exploration, Ethical Reasoning, Teamwork/Collaboration
The history and development of ancient Greek theater; study of important plays in the genres of tragedy, comedy, and satyr drama by Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, and Menander. Cannot be taken for credit in addition to CAS CL 324. Meets with CAS XL244.
TR 11:00-12:15PM Associate Professor Stephen Esposito
CAS CL249 Classics in Popular Culture
Aesthetic Exploration, Creativity/Innovation, Writing-Intensive
This course explores the ways in which modern myth-makers have reimagined ancient Greek and Roman legends for contemporary audiences. It examines a wide variety of popular artforms to investigate how to they use the past to interrogate the present.
TR 2:00-3:15PM Lecturer Sophie Klein
CAS CL262 Ancient Greek 4
Aesthetic Exploration, Teamwork/Collaboration, Global Citizenship & Intercultural Literacy
Reading of selections from the Iliad or Odyssey.
MWF 1:25-2:15PM Silvia Miotti
CAS CL302 Age of Augustus
Aesthetic Exploration, Writing-Intensive Course, Research and Information Literacy
Prereq: CASCL102 OR CASCL322, First Year Writing Seminar (e.g., WR 100 or WR 120), or consent of instructor.
The culture of the age of Augustus; political institutions, literature, art, architecture, engineering works, coins, religion, social institutions and life, the role of women, and life in the Roman provinces. Some familiarity with the civilization of Ancient Rome recommended. All texts in translation.
TR 12:30-1:45PM Associate Professor Leah Kronenberg
CAS CL322 Roman History
Digital/Multimedia Expression, Social Inquiry II, Critical Thinking
Introduction to the political, social, and economic history of Rome from the foundation of the city through the fall of the western empire. Cannot be taken for credit in addition to CAS CL 222.
TR 9:30-10:45AM Associate Professor Zsuzsanna Varhelyi
CAS CL325/CI369 Greek Tragedy and Film
Historical Consciousness, Philosophical Inquiry and Life’s Meanings, Critical Thinking
Explores Greek tragic myth’s afterlife, both directly and obliquely, in cinema and in the modern literature spawning cinema: how certain Greek tragic myths have come to life as film and how “non-mythic” stories have acquired a mythic power in literary and cinematic form.
TR 9:30-10:45AM Professor Herbert Golder
CAS CL351/651 Latin Seminar
Aesthetic Exploration, Historical Consciousness, Research and Information Literacy
Prereq: CAS CL 212 or equivalent
Topic for Spring 2026: Tacitus.
We’ll be reading the monographs of Tacitus: Agricola, Germania, and Dialogus de Oratoribus. Often considered to be Tacitus’s “training” for his magna opera (the Historiae and Annales), these three works reveal ingenious writing and thought across several genres, including biography, ethnography, history, dialogue, rhetoric, and literary criticism. They also provide some insight into the Tacitus the person. Students will have the opportunity to tailor their final assessment to their individual needs (translation exam prep, history of Latin (and Greek!) language exam prep, writing towards publication, et al.) This course may be repeated for credit as topics change.
MWF 2:30-3:20PM Dr. Brandon Jones
CAS CL391/691 Greek Seminar
Aesthetic Exploration, Historical Consciousness, Research and Information Literacy
Prereq: CAS CL262 or equivalent
Topic for Spring 2026: Homeric Hyms.
We’ll be reading two great Homeric Hymns, the Hymn to Demeter and the Hymn to Aphrodite (in dactylic hexameters). One is an intimate story of mother and daughter, death and fertility, and cult; the other, the witty story of love and seduction, love and death, love and culture, and the birth of Aeneas. Both myths play off of Greek marriage practices. Those in CL691 will attend all TR classes and meet biweekly for additional readings from other Greek Hymns.
TR 2:00-3:15PM Professor Stephen Scully
CAS CL406 Advanced Topics in Classical Civilization
Oral and/or Signed Communication, Research and Information Literacy, Writing-Intensive Course
Prereq: Junior standing and two courses in Classical Civilization, or consent of instructor.
Topic for Spring 2026: Sophocles’ Theban Plays (Antigone, Oedipus Tyannus, and Oedipus at Colonus), with particular emphasis on feminist perspectives. This course may be repeated for credit as topics change. All texts in translation.
TR 2:00-3:15PM Associate Professor Stephen Esposito