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CAS CG101 World of Modern Greece<\/strong>
\nGlobal Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Critical Thinking<\/span>
\nThis course develops students\u2019 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.\u00a0<\/span>
\nTR 11:00-12:15PM\u00a0 \u00a0Master Lecturer Kelly Polychroniou<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

CAS CG112 Beginning Modern Greek 2
\n<\/strong>The Individual in Community<\/span>
\nPrereq: CG111 or equivalent<\/em>
\nReview of grammar and syntax of modern Greek, reading in both prose and poetry, intensive oral practice.<\/span>
\nTR 9:30-10:45AM\u00a0 \u00a0 Master Lecturer Kelly Polychroniou<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

CAS CG212 Intermediate Modern Greek 4<\/strong>
\nThe Individual in Community, Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy<\/span><\/span>
\nPrereq: CAS CG 211 or equivalent<\/em>
\nDiscussion 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.
\nTR 2:00-3:15PM \u00a0 <\/strong>Master Lecturer Kelly Polychroniou<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

CAS CL101 Classical Civilization: World of Greece
\n<\/strong>Historical Consciousness, Philosophical Inquiry and Life’s Meanings, Critical Thinking<\/span>
\nWhy 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.
\nTR 11:00-12:15PM, plus four discussion sections<\/strong> \u00a0 Professor Steven Smith<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

CAS CL102 Classical Civilization: World of Rome
\n<\/strong>Historical Consciousness, Social Inquiry I, Critical Thinking<\/span>
\nIn this course, we will get to know the politicians, poets, heroes, and gods that shaped Rome\u2019s 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.
\nMWF 11:15-12:05PM, <\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Associate Professor Leah Kronenberg<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

CAS CL112 Latin 2<\/strong>
\nCreativity & Innovation<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Prerequisite: CL111 or equivalent<\/em>
\n<\/em><\/strong>Further study of Latin grammar, forms, and vocabulary.<\/span>
\nA1: MWF 12:20-1:10PM\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Lecturer Laurie Hutcheson<\/a><\/strong>
\nB1: MWF 11:15-12:05PM\u00a0 \u00a0Mathew Tyska<\/strong><\/p>\n

CAS CL162 Ancient Greek 2<\/strong>
\nIndividual in Community,\u00a0Creativity and Innovation<\/span>
\nPrereq: CL161 or equivalent<\/em>
\nFurther study of ancient Greek grammar, forms, and vocabulary.<\/span>
\nMWF 10:10-11:00AM\u00a0 Lecturer Laurie Hutcheson<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

CAS CL202 Warfare in Antiquity<\/strong>
\nExamines 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.<\/span>
\nTR 11:00-12:15PM\u00a0 Professor Loren J. Samons<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

CAS CL212 Latin 4: Verse
\n<\/strong>Aesthetic Exploration, Global Citizenship and Intercultural Literacy, Teamwork\/Collaboration<\/span>
\nPrereq: CL211 or equivalent<\/em>
\n<\/em><\/strong>Reading of selections from Latin poetry. Authors read may include Catullus, Ovid, and Vergil.<\/span>
\nA1: TR 12:30-1:45AM\u00a0 \u00a0Professor Stephanie Nelson<\/a><\/strong>
\nB1: MWF 2:30-3:20PM\u00a0 \u00a0Lauren Brown<\/strong><\/p>\n

CAS CL213 Greek and Roman Mythology
\n<\/strong>Philosophical Inquiry and Life\u2019s Meanings, Historical Consciousness<\/span>
\nA 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.<\/span>
\nMWF 10:10-11:00AM,\u00a0 \u00a0TBA<\/strong><\/p>\n

CAS CL224 Greek Drama in Translation<\/strong>
\nAesthetic Exploration, Ethical Reasoning, Teamwork\/Collaboration<\/span>
\nThe 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.<\/span>
\nTR 11:00-12:15PM\u00a0 \u00a0Associate Professor Stephen Esposito<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

CAS CL249 Classics in Popular Culture<\/strong>
\nAesthetic Exploration, Creativity\/Innovation, Writing-Intensive<\/span>
\nThis 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.<\/span>
\nTR 2:00-3:15PM\u00a0 \u00a0Lecturer Sophie Klein<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

CAS CL262 Ancient Greek 4<\/strong>
\nAesthetic Exploration, Teamwork\/Collaboration, Global Citizenship\u00a0 & Intercultural Literacy<\/span>
\nReading of selections from the Iliad or Odyssey.<\/span>
\nMWF 1:25-2:15PM\u00a0 Silvia Miotti<\/strong><\/p>\n

CAS CL302 Age of Augustus
\n<\/strong>Aesthetic Exploration, Writing-Intensive Course, Research and Information Literacy<\/span>
\nPrereq: CASCL102 OR CASCL322, First Year Writing Seminar (e.g., WR 100 or WR 120), or consent of instructor.<\/em>
\nThe 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.<\/span>
\nTR 12:30-1:45PM\u00a0 Associate Professor Leah Kronenberg<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

CAS CL322 Roman History
\n<\/strong>Digital\/Multimedia Expression, Social Inquiry II, Critical Thinking<\/span>
\nIntroduction 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.<\/span>
\nTR 9:30-10:45AM \u00a0 Associate Professor Zsuzsanna Varhelyi<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

CAS CL325\/CI369 Greek Tragedy and Film<\/strong>
\nHistorical Consciousness, Philosophical Inquiry and Life\u2019s Meanings, Critical Thinking<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/strong>Explores Greek tragic myth\u2019s 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 \u201cnon-mythic\u201d stories have acquired a mythic power in literary and cinematic form.<\/span>
\nTR 9:30-10:45AM\u00a0 \u00a0Professor Herbert Golder<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

CAS CL351\/651 Latin Seminar<\/strong>
\nAesthetic Exploration, Historical Consciousness, Research and Information Literacy<\/span>
\nPrereq: CAS CL 212 or equivalent<\/em>
\nTopic for\u00a0<\/span>Spring 2026: Tacitus. <\/em><\/span>
\nWe’ll be reading\u00a0 the monographs of Tacitus:\u00a0Agricola<\/i>,\u00a0Germania<\/i>,\u00a0and\u00a0Dialogus de Oratoribus<\/i>. Often considered to be Tacitus\u2019s \u201ctraining\u201d for his\u00a0magna opera<\/i>\u00a0(the\u00a0Historiae<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0Annales<\/i>), these three works reveal ingenious writing and thought across several genres, including biography, ethnography, history, dialogue,\u00a0rhetoric, 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.)\u00a0<\/span>This course may be repeated for credit as topics change.<\/span>
\nMWF 2:30-3:20PM\u00a0 Dr. Brandon Jones<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

CAS CL391\/691 Greek Seminar\u00a0<\/strong>
\nAesthetic Exploration, Historical Consciousness, Research and Information Literacy<\/span>
\nPrereq: CAS CL262 or equivalent<\/em><\/span>
\nTopic for Spring 2026: Homeric Hyms. <\/span>
\nWe’ll be reading two great Homeric Hymns, the\u00a0<\/span>Hymn to Demeter<\/i>\u00a0and the\u00a0<\/span>Hymn to Aphrodite (<\/i>in dactylic hexameters)<\/span>.<\/i>\u00a0One is an\u00a0intimate\u00a0story of mother and daughter, death and fertility, and cult; the other, the witty\u00a0story 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.<\/span>
\nTR 2:00-3:15PM\u00a0 \u00a0Professor Stephen Scully<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

CAS CL406 Advanced Topics in Classical Civilization
\n<\/strong>Oral and\/or Signed Communication, Research and Information Literacy, Writing-Intensive Course<\/span>
\n<\/strong>Prereq: Junior standing and two courses in Classical Civilization, or consent of instructor.<\/em>
\nTopic for Spring 2026: Sophocles\u2019 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.<\/span>
\nTR 2:00-3:15PM\u00a0 Associate Professor Stephen Esposito<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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