ANCILLARY COURSE. This course explores the biological evolution of human beings and historical development of human societies; the methods that palaeoanthropologists and archaeologists use to study the past; and the social context of such endeavours to know the past. The course begins with a brief introduction to basic anthropological principles and archaeological methods. We then […]
ANCILLARY COURSE. This course introduces students to anthropological archaeology's view of ancient civilizations and illuminates the web of connections that links them to 21st century global civilization.
ANCILLARY COURSE. This course introduces students to anthropological archaeology's view of ancient civilizations and illuminates the web of connections that links them to 21st century global civilization.
ANCILLARY COURSE. Civilization began in Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) and then Egypt. Shortly thereafter, civilizations developed all over the Near East (modern Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, and Iran). This course surveys major developments in the political, social, and cultural history of the peoples and states of this region. In broad terms, the area covered by […]
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.
A study of the culture of the Greek speaking peoples of the Hellenic and Hellenistic Mediterranean at various points in their development and evolution. Areas of cultural endeavours to be explored include drama, epic, gender, law, philosophy, history and rhetoric.
This course offers a general introduction to the history of ancient Greece and Rome. It surveys the ancient world from the Greek Bronze Age in the second millennium B.C. until the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the fifth century A.D. Specific periods are studied with emphasis on the social, economic, and political history […]
An introduction to the main figures and problems in ancient Greek philosophy. The course focuses on the views of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle but aims at a broader understanding of ancient Greek philosophy by relating the views of these thinkers to those of their predecessors (Presocratic philosophers) and successors (Hellenistic philosophers).
The course begins with a review of Latin grammar and syntax and then concentrates on the reading of selected passages from Latin prose and verse in the original Latin. Selections may include passages from Ovid, Catullus, Cicero, Caesar, and selections from the Latin Bible.
The course concentrates on building knowledge of grammar and vocabulary with the aim of reading passages in original Greek. The first part of the course consists of review of grammar and vocabulary presented in GK 1000. The second part of the course completes the first-year textbook. The third part of the course introduces continuous passages […]