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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2022-2023.
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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 Rockefeller Hall 380
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Clary, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
CLASS 1331 or permission of instructor.
CLASS 1451
Course Description
A continuation of HIERO 1450. For over two thousand years, from the Middle Kingdom (ca. 2100 BCE) into the Roman era, Egyptian monuments were inscribed with hieroglyphs of the Middle Egyptian writing system. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIERO 1451
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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 B02
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Monroe, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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
- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 350
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Gerdes, R
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
For more information about First-Year Writing Seminars, see the Knight Institute website at http://knight.as.cornell.edu/.
CLASS 1800
Course Description
What is Classics? Why do we study the Greeks and Romans today? What relevance does classical antiquity have to a world beset by modern-day challenges, especially when veneration of the so-called "Classical ... view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1 Credit Sat/Unsat(Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Goldwin Smith Hall 181
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Platt, V
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
CLASS 2352
Course Description
Readings from Sanskrit dramas and literary commentary. 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))
CLASS 2630
Course Description
This course examines the production and exchange of wine, beer, coffee and tea, and the social and ideological dynamics involved in their consumption. We start in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, and end ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 2522, JWST 2522, NES 2522
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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 G76-Lewis
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Monroe, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
This course examines the production and exchange of wine, beer, coffee and tea, and the social and ideological dynamics involved in their consumption. We start in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, and end with tea and coffee in the Arab and Ottoman worlds. Archaeological and textual evidence will be used throughout to show the centrality of drinking in daily, ritual and political life.
CLASS 2689
Course Description
This course offers an introduction to the history of the Roman empire, from the prehistoric settlements on the site of Rome to the fall of the Western empire in the fifth century and its revival in the ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: HIST 2689
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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 Stimson Hall G01
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Rebillard, E
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Goldwin Smith Hall 124
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- F Uris Hall G20
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
CLASS 2729
Course Description
An introduction to the story of how human history from the earliest times through to the recent period interrelates with changing climate conditions on Earth. The course explores the whole expanse of human ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 2729, ANTHR 6729, ARKEO 2729, ARKEO 6729, CLASS 7727, SHUM 2729
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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 102
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Manning, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
CLASS 2743
Course Description
What was it like to live in the Roman world? What did that world look, taste and smell like? How did Romans raise their families, entertain themselves, understand death, and interact with their government? ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 2743, ARTH 2221
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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 G22
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Alexandridis, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
CLASS 2806
Course Description
This course presents a cultural and historical perspective on ideas of agency, responsibility, and punishment through foundational texts of western law. We will primarily focus on three main areas of law: ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: FGSS 2806, GOVT 2806, LAW 6803
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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
- MWF Morrill Hall 106
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Giannella, N
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
CLASS 2812
Course Description
An introduction to the history and theory of writing systems from cuneiform to the alphabet, historical and new writing media, and the complex relationship of writing technologies to human language and ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 2812, LING 2212, NES 2812, SHUM 2812, STS 2812, VISST 2812
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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
- MWF Mcgraw Hall 165
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Kirk, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
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))
CLASS 3616
Course Description
Julius Caesar is one of the most influential and enigmatic figures in world history. His ruinous overreach forever changed the course of Roman history, and his reform of the calendar is still with us. In ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: HIST 3616
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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 Goldwin Smith Hall 160
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Fontaine, M
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
CLASS 3642
Course Description
Greece and Rome, refracted in nineteenth-century writers, composers, and painters, including: Plautus, re-made by Oscar Wilde; Aristophanic Comedy, Bowdlerized by Bowdler, de-Bowdlerized by Gilbert, Irished ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 3820
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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 124
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Ahl, F
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
CLASS 3645
Course Description
Tragedy and its audiences from ancient Greece to modern theater and film. Topics: origins of theatrical conventions; Shakespeare and Seneca; tragedy in modern theater and film. Works studied will include: ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: COML 3440, PMA 3724
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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 124
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Ahl, F
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
CLASS 3669
Course Description
We will study several of Plato's major dialogues, including the Apology, the Meno, Phaedo, and Republic. Topics include knowledge and reality, morality and happiness, and the nature of the soul. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: PHIL 3202, PHIL 6202
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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
- MWF Uris Hall 204
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Brennan, T
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Staff
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
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 4662
Course Description
Advanced discussion of topics in ancient philosophy. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 7173, 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: Topics in Stoicism
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Uris Hall 204
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Brennan, T
Brittain, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
CLASS 4665
Course Description
Topics for this course vary. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: MEDVL 6210, PHIL 4210, PHIL 6210, RELST 4665, RELST 6210
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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
- W Goldwin Smith Hall 122
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
MacDonald, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
CLASS 4677
Course Description
How and why do landscapes come to inspire the religious imagination? And why do religious practices, rituals, traditions, and beliefs take place in particular landscapes? This seminar treats these questions ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: MEDVL 4557, NES 4557, NES 6557, RELST 4557, RELST 6557
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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
- M White Hall B14
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Haines-Eitzen, K
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
CLASS 4702
Course Description
This course is designed to accompany the Johnson Museum's exhibition, "Wonder and Wakefulness: the Nature of Pliny the Elder", which will take place in Spring 2023 in honor of Pliny's 2000th birthday. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4702, ARTH 6702, CLASS 7702
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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
- F Johnson Museum 2B07 study glry
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Platt, V
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Students must apply in writing to Professor Platt to enroll.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
CLASS 4721
Course Description
See "Honors" under Classics front matter. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Multi-Term(Multi-Term Course: Not Graded)
CLASS 4722
Course Description
See "Honors" under Classics front matter. view course details
CLASS 4746
Course Description
Topics Rotate. Spring 23 topic: Humans and Animals. As Greek and Roman societies relied fundamentally on hunting and agriculture, animals constituted a crucial point of reference in their conception of ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 4233, ARKEO 6233, ARTH 4233, ARTH 6233, CLASS 7746
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: Humans and Animals
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Goldwin Smith Hall G19
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Alexandridis, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
CLASS 4752
Course Description
Topic Spring 23: Portraiture. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 4351, ARKEO 6351, ARTH 4351, ARTH 6351, CLASS 7752, MEDVL 4351, MEDVL 6351, NES 4351, NES 6351, RELST 4351, RELST 6351, VISST 4351, VISST 6351
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Portraiture
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Goldwin Smith Hall GM09
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Anderson, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
CLASS 4803
Course Description
Within the long roiling and much heralded 'crises of the humanities', Classics is experiencing a contemporary crisis of its own. These queries are not least shaped around the disciplines continuing cultural ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 7803
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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 122
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Pelliccia, H
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
CLASS 7173
Course Description
Advanced discussion of topics in ancient philosophy. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 4662, 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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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Uris Hall 204
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Brennan, T
Brittain, C
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
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 7702
Course Description
This course is designed to accompany the Johnson Museum's exhibition, "Wonder and Wakefulness: the Nature of Pliny the Elder", which will take place in Spring 2023 in honor of Pliny's 2000th birthday. ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARTH 4702, ARTH 6702, CLASS 4702
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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
- F Johnson Museum 2B07 study glry
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Platt, V
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
Students must apply in writing to Professor Platt in order in enroll.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
CLASS 7727
Course Description
An introduction to the story of how human history from the earliest times through to the recent period interrelates with changing climate conditions on Earth. The course explores the whole expanse of human ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ANTHR 2729, ANTHR 6729, ARKEO 2729, ARKEO 6729, CLASS 2729, SHUM 2729
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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 Rockefeller Hall 102
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Manning, S
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
CLASS 7746
Course Description
Topics Rotate. Spring 23 topic: Humans and Animals. As Greek and Roman societies relied fundamentally on hunting and agriculture, animals constituted a crucial point of reference in their conception of ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 4233, ARKEO 6233, ARTH 4233, ARTH 6233, CLASS 4746
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: Humans and Animals
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Goldwin Smith Hall G19
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Alexandridis, A
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
CLASS 7752
Course Description
Seminar topics rotate each semester. Topic for Spring 2023: Portraiture. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: ARKEO 4351, ARKEO 6351, ARTH 4351, ARTH 6351, CLASS 4752, MEDVL 4351, MEDVL 6351, NES 4351, NES 6351, RELST 4351, RELST 6351, VISST 4351, VISST 6351
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Section Topic
Topic: Portraiture
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Goldwin Smith Hall GM09
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Anderson, B
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person
CLASS 7803
Course Description
Within the long roiling and much heralded 'crises of the humanities', Classics is experiencing a contemporary crisis of its own. These queries are not least shaped around the disciplines continuing cultural ... view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: CLASS 4803
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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 122
- Jan 23 - May 9, 2023
Instructors
Pelliccia, H
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Additional Information
Instruction Mode: In Person