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Classes
CLASS 1332
Course Description
An introduction to the essentials of Sanskrit grammar. Designed to enable the student to read classical and epic Sanskrit as soon as possible. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LING 1132, SANSK 1132
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MTRF Goldwin Smith Hall 160
Instructors
Clary, T
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Additional Information
Prerequisite: CLASS 1332 or permission of instructor.
CLASS 1522
Course Description
This course traces increasing restrictions on freedom of speech from the late Roman Republic to the imperial era. It thus offers a select survey of the most influential period of Latin literature with ... view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Balch Hall - Tatkon Ctr 3343
Instructors
Clary, T
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Additional Information
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.
CLASS 1531
Course Description
This course will focus on the stories about the gods and heroes of the Greeks as they appear in ancient literature and art. We will examine the relationship between myths and the cultural, religious, and ... view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Goldwin Smith Hall 122
Instructors
Carrington, J
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Additional Information
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.
CLASS 1564
Course Description
Plato's Protagoras presents a debate about the method/s by which one can become a successful person and a good citizen through an often funny duel between Socrates and Protagoras. Protagoras and his fellow ... view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 122
Instructors
Brittain, C
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Additional Information
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.
CLASS 1576
Course Description
The war between Athens and Sparta (431-404 BC) as written by Thucydides is recognized as a paradigm for international relations, military strategy and the challenges of political leadership under a democracy. ... view course details
FWS Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Goldwin Smith Hall 124
Instructors
Rusten, J
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Additional Information
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://www.arts.cornell.edu/knight_institute.
CLASS 1699
Course Description
Where do the words we use come from? This course examines the history and structure of the English vocabulary from its distant Indo-European roots to the latest in technical jargon and slang. Topics include ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: LING 1109
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Morrill Hall 106
Instructors
Nussbaum, A
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Morrill Hall 107
Instructors
Enzinna, N
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Goldwin Smith Hall G24
Instructors
Enzinna, N
CLASS 2352
Course Description
Review of grammar and reading of selections from Sanskrit epic poetry and narrative prose. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LING 2252, SANSK 2252
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 144
Instructors
Golovkova, A
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Additional Information
Prerequisite: CLASS 2651 or permission of instructor.
CLASS 2612
Course Description
Introduction to the civilization of the Romans as expressed in their literature, religion, and social and political institutions. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall G76-Lewis
Instructors
Mankin, D
CLASS 2636
Course Description
This course offers an introduction to the history of Christianity from the first century through the seventeenth and perhaps a bit beyond. Our emphasis will be on the diversity of Christian traditions, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: MEDVL 2695, NES 2695, RELST 2695
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Rockefeller Hall 115
Instructors
Haines-Eitzen, K
CLASS 2642
Course Description
Symmetry and harmony are central aesthetic concepts built on a long history of mathematical exploration, not just in the European mathematical tradition but also in mathematical texts from China, India, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: MEDVL 2642, MUSIC 2642
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Lincoln Hall B21
Instructors
Hicks, A
Roby, C
CLASS 2646
Course Description
Modern perceptions of Classical civilizations often stress those aspects of their cultures that are compatible with contemporary concepts of "rational thought." Certainly, Greek and Roman scholars did ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ANTHR 2846, ARKEO 2846, NES 2546
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Rockefeller Hall 102
Instructors
Barrett, C
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Goldwin Smith Hall 122
Instructors
Barrett, C
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Uris Hall 204
Instructors
Barrett, C
CLASS 2688
Course Description
Under a Greco-Macedonian ruling dynasty, the Ptolemies, Egypt became a crossroads for the entire Mediterranean. Popular culture today remembers Ptolemaic Egypt best for the exploits of the famous queen ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ARKEO 2688, NES 2688
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Uris Hall 202
Instructors
Barrett, C
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Uris Hall 303
Instructors
Barrett, C
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T Goldwin Smith Hall 156
Instructors
Barrett, C
CLASS 2710
Course Description
Some of our very best evidence for Roman art survives in the form of frescoes in Rome, Ostia and (especially) the area surrounding Pompeii. This course will take you through imperial palaces, rural villas, ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 2710, ARTH 2710
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 122
Instructors
Platt, V
CLASS 3391
Course Description
To be taken only in exceptional circumstances. Must be arranged by the student with his or her advisor and the faculty member who has agreed to direct the study. To be approved by the DUS. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Permission of DUS, in special circumstances only. To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Department Consent Required (Add)
CLASS 3396
Course Description
Selected readings in Sanskrit literary and philosophical texts. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: SANSK 3302
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits GradeNoAud(Letter grades only (no audit))
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Rockefeller Hall 347
Instructors
McCrea, L
- F Rockefeller Hall 347
Instructors
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Additional Information
Prerequisite: Two years of Sanskrit or equivalent.
CLASS 3674
Course Description
This course will survey the rich and sophisticated tradition of Indian philosophical thought from its beginnings in the speculations of Upanishads, surveying debates between Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ASIAN 3344, PHIL 3930, RELST 3344
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Rockefeller Hall 128
Instructors
McCrea, L
CLASS 3675
Course Description
A historical introduction to democratic theory through the writings of its greatest thinkers and their critics. Beginning with a study of the theory and practice of democratic rule in ancient Athens, we ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: AMST 3678, GOVT 3675
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR White Hall 110
Instructors
Livingston, A
CLASS 3676
Course Description
This course explores Ancient Greek and Roman political theory. We study key texts of thinkers such as Sophocles, Aristophanes Thucydides, Plato, Aristotle, and Cicero, to learn about differing constitutional ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: GOVT 3736
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Morrill Hall 106
Instructors
Frank, J
CLASS 3686
Course Description
May be taken upon completion of one semester of work at the 3000-level. To be taken only in exceptional circumstances. Must be arranged by the student with his or her advisor and the faculty member who ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Permission of DUS, in special circumstances only. To apply for independent study, please complete the on-line form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
CLASS 3710
Course Description
The Eastern Mediterranean is an ecologically diverse and varied landscape with a rich cultural heritage for studying long-term human-environmental interactions. In this course we will explore how human ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 3710, ARKEO 7710, CLASS 7710, NES 3610, NES 7710
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Uris Hall 303
Instructors
Lorentzen, B
CLASS 3727
Course Description
Myths are traditional tales. Their authority becomes apparent in that they were constantly adapted to changing social, political, cultural, etc. conditions. Although this seems to be a widely accepted ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 3130, ARTH 3230
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G22
Instructors
Alexandridis, A
CLASS 3738
Course Description
Have you ever been asked 'who are you' or 'which group do you belong to'? You would have noted how the answer shifts according to who is asking, in which context, etc. While everyone is unique, the possible ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 3738, RELST 3738
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Uris Hall G24
Instructors
Van Oyen, A
CLASS 4602
Course Description
This course examines how skin and bodily margins in drama, performance art, and film shape the way we understand the human and its markers of identity, from the strange carapace that Oedipus presents in ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 4785, PMA 4965, SHUM 4612
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- T A D White House 110
Instructors
Worman, N
CLASS 4662
Course Description
Advanced discussion of topics in ancient philosophy. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PHIL 4200, PHIL 6200
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Plato's Republic
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Goldwin Smith Hall 350
Instructors
Brennan, T
CLASS 4670
Course Description
The Phoenicians have long been an enigma, a people defined by distant voices. Originating from present-day Lebanon, they were Semitic speakers, renowned seafarers and transmitters of an innovative alphabet ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 4550, JWST 4550, NES 4550, NES 6550
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Stimson Hall 105
Instructors
Monroe, C
CLASS 4675
Course Description
Rather than a survey of the history of ancient Greek and Rome, a study of the major ancient authors (from Herodotus through Ammianus Marcellinus) who invented and developed the genres of historical writing. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 7675, HIST 4675, HIST 6675
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 124
Instructors
Rusten, J
CLASS 4742
Course Description
No description available. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one seminar and one field studies.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
Instructors
Manning, S
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Additional Information
Previous completion of a Classics or Archaeology course at Cornell and need to meet some of the costs of participation (some limited scholarship support).
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA Other International
- Jun 5 - Jun 30, 2017
Instructors
Manning, S
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Additional Information
Taught in Cyprus. Travel dates June 4 and July 1.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
CLASS 4753
Course Description
Cosmology can be understood as the search for order in the universe, for an underlying logic that structures and renders intelligible the raw chaos of sensory experience. In this sense, the production ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4352, ARTH 6352, CLASS 7753, MEDVL 4352, MEDVL 6352, MUSIC 4352, NES 4352, NES 6352, RELST 4352, RELST 6352, STS 4352, STS 6352, VISST 4352
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Goldwin Smith Hall 156
Instructors
Anderson, B
Hicks, A
CLASS 6738
Course Description
It has become impossible to conceive of the world in which we live without networks. Our social circles have become so connected that only 'six degrees of separation' stand between you and any other person ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 6738, ARKEO 6738, NES 6638
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- R Goldwin Smith Hall 124
Instructors
Van Oyen, A
CLASS 7345
Course Description
Pedagogical instruction and course coordination. Requirement for all graduate student teachers of LATIN 1201-LATIN 1202Â and first-year writing seminars. view course details
CLASS 7346
Course Description
A course for all pre-A exam graduate students that will both prepare them to be professional ABD classicists and help review progress in language and reading list exams preparation. view course details
CLASS 7675
Course Description
Rather than a survey of the history of ancient Greek and Rome, a study of the major ancient authors (from Herodotus through Ammianus Marcellinus) who invented and developed the genres of historical writing. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 4675, HIST 4675, HIST 6675
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 124
Instructors
Rusten, J
CLASS 7710
Course Description
The Eastern Mediterranean is an ecologically diverse and varied landscape with a rich cultural heritage for studying long-term human-environmental interactions. In this course we will explore how human ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 3710, ARKEO 7710, CLASS 3710, NES 3610, NES 7710
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MW Uris Hall 303
Instructors
Lorentzen, B
CLASS 7734
Course Description
This course will take advantage of new scholarship on the history of the senses to explore Greek and Roman culture through the perceptual capacities of the body. We will examine ancient theories of embodiment ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 6734
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Goldwin Smith Hall 122
Instructors
Platt, V
CLASS 7753
Course Description
Cosmology can be understood as the search for order in the universe, for an underlying logic that structures and renders intelligible the raw chaos of sensory experience. In this sense, the production ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4352, ARTH 6352, CLASS 4753, MEDVL 4352, MEDVL 6352, MUSIC 4352, NES 4352, NES 6352, RELST 4352, RELST 6352, STS 4352, STS 6352, VISST 4352
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Goldwin Smith Hall 156
Instructors
Anderson, B
Hicks, A