Courses

Spring 2009 Undergraduate Courses

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Courses listed here are open to ALL students and are also available for major and minor credit in the Department of Classics.  Feel free to contact individual instructors for more information on requirements and expectations.

CLAS 151g CIVILIZATION OF ROME
Prof. Anthony Boyle.    TTH 11:00 - 12:20pm, plus discussions section

The course surveys the social, political, intellectual and literary history of Rome from 240 bce to 138 ce. The focus is on the political, literary and artistic achievements of the late republic and early empire, when contact with the countries of the civilized east, especially Greece, spurred Rome to produce a radically new socio-intellectual image. No knowledge of Latin is required.

CLAS 280g  CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY
Prof. James Collins    MW 12:00 - 1:50pm, plus discussions section

This course will introduce students to the myths of ancient Greece –stories about gods, heroes and monsters that people use to explain their relationship to the world around them.  We will concentrate on the use of mythology to foster identity, forge relationships, embody anxieties, and define enemies.  Readings include Homeric epic and Athenian tragedies, as well as later works that reinterpret myths in a new cultural context.  Since this is also a GE course, requirements include a midterm exam, major writing assignment and a final exam.

CLAS 320gm  DIVERSITY AND THE CLASSICAL WESTERN TRADITION

Prof. Thomas Habinek.  MW 2-3:20pm, plus discussion section

Political, ethical, and ideological aspects of classical Western attitudes towards human diversity.  Relationship between classical tradition and contemporary discussions of diversity and unity.  Course fulfills the University multiculturalism requirement.

CLAS 380 APPROACHES TO MYTH
Prof. Daniel Harris-McCoy.  TTh 11:00 - 12:20pm

This course investigates the creation of myths, what they express, and the psychology behind myths. Students in the course read mythic texts (Homer, Hesiod, Aeschylus, Virgil, Ovid) from Greco-Roman antiquity through the theoretical lenses offered by modern scholars of myth (Malinowski, Freud, Jung, Levi-Strauss, Bahktin. This course is part of USC's Multimedia Across the College program and has a larger technological component than usual.

CLAS 425 CLASSICAL ART & ARCHAELOGY: RESEARCH AND METHODOLOGY
Prof. John Pollini.  W 2:00 - 4:50pm

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