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AP/HUMA 1106 9.00 Egypt In The Greek And Roman Mediterranean

An examination of Egypt and Egyptians in the imagination and history of the cultures of the Greek and Roman Mediterranean.

AP/HUMA 1105 9.00 Myth And Imagination In Greece And Rome

The mythical narratives of the ancient Greeks and the Romans constitute a continuous tradition that extends from before the reach of history to the present day. Myths survive in literary texts and visual art because their narratives have continued proved compelling and fascinating in different languages, historical eras, and social contexts (the myths of Odysseus, […]

AP/HIST 1100 6.00 Gladiators, Gods, Gigolos, And Goths: Reading Roman Society, C.200 Bce-C.500 Ce

Ancient Roman society is one of the most strangely familiar of all past societies. It is in many ways recognizable, since it helped form the modern societies of western Europe; yet it also had features that are bizarre and shocking to modern sensibilities. In this course, we take a number of case studies from this […]

AP/HUMA 1100 9.00 The Worlds Of Ancient Greece And Rome

This Foundations course offers a serious, focused, and critical examination of the ancient Greeks and Romans through the lens of important primary texts from Homer, Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Virgil, all considered in translation from ancient Greek and Latin.  In the final part of the course, we consider the meaning and significance of our study the […]

AP/LA 1010 3.00 Word Power: Building Essential English Vocabulary Using Latin And Greek Roots

This course is designed to teach students how to build their vocabulary systematically through the study of Latin and Greek elements in essential English words in a variety of fields and to learn how to use this knowledge in a practical way in their academic courses and later for the advancement of their chosen careers. […]

AP/LA 1000 6.00 Elementary Latin

This course is designed for those who have little or no training in Latin. No knowledge of the language is assumed. The course focuses on the acquisition of reading skills and the fundamentals of the Latin language: vocabulary, morphology (forms), and syntax. Students will also gain practice in translation, listening, pronouncing, and some composition; an […]

AP/GK 1000 6.00 Elementary Classical Greek

This course is designed for those who have little or no training in Ancient Greek, which is essentially the Attic dialect spoken and written by the Athenians of the fifth and fourth centuries BC. No knowledge of the language is assumed. The course uses the pronunciation of Ancient Greek that was established by Erasmus in […]

AP/HUMA 2105 6.0 Roman Literature and Culture

An introduction to Roman literature and culture, circa 200 BC to AD 200. Emphasis is placed on the literature, art and architecture of the Romans and on the impact of Roman culture on those peoples under Roman rule.

AP/HUMA 1910 9.0 Science and the Humanities: Nature and Human Nature

This course investigates how scientific thinking about the place of human beings in nature involves humanistic thinking about the place of nature in being human. Course credit exclusion: AP/HIST 2810 6.00.

AP/HUMA 1909 6.0 Techno-Science and Popular Culture

This course examines how science and technology are presented to a popular audience through many different forms of media. Our hopes and fears about contemporary techno-science, and how it is changing us and our culture, are explored through movies, plays, television programs, exhibitions and museums, popular science, and science fiction literature in the twentieth and […]