AP/HUMA 1100 9.00

Worlds Of Ancient Greece & 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 ancient Greco-Roman world from the moral standpoint of biblical and modern values. 

The assigned readings, lectures, and tutorial discussions will support students in the development of their reading comprehension, critical analysis and interpretation, and written and oral communication.  In-person lectures will be audio-recorded to supplement learning.  Enrolled students are expected to do the required work, make use of the resources provided, and think independently (i.e., without relying on the Internet or AI technology). 

Required readings (in order of study): Homer, Iliad (trans. Lattimore); Aeschylus: Agamemnon (trans. Lattimore); Sophocles: Oedipus the King (trans. Grene); Virgil: Aeneid (trans. Fitzgerald); New Testament: Gospel of Matthew (PDF provided); Immanuel Kant: Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals (trans. Ellington).

Course assessments: All assessments in the course (essays, tests, examinations, and tutorial preparedness) will be weighted at the end of the year on a “sliding scale”.  The highest test grade will be weighted at 20%, the lowest will be weighted at 10%, and the middle grades will be weighted between 18-12%.

Course Instructor: M. Khimji

Course credit exclusion: AP/HUMA 1710 6.00.