Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies (CAMS)

Head of Department: Associate Professor Norma Bouchard
Department Office: Room 228, J.H. Arjona Building

Consult the Modern and Classical Languages Department section of this Catalog for requirements for Majors in Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies.

101. Greek Civilization

(Formerly offered as CLAS 101.) First semester. Three credits. A knowledge of Greek is not required. Travis

A survey of classical Greece, with emphasis on literature, thought, and influence on contemporary culture. CA 1.

102. Roman Civilization

(Formerly offered as CLAS 102.) Second semester. Three credits. A knowledge of Latin is not required. Johnson

A survey of classical Rome, with emphasis on literature, thought, and influence on contemporary culture. CA 1.

103. Classical Mythology

(Formerly offered as CLAS 103.) Either semester. Three credits. A knowledge of Greek or Latin is not required. Travis

Origin, nature, and function of myth in the literature and art of Greece and Rome and the re-interpretation of classical myth in modern art forms. CA 1.

105. Greek and Latin in Bioscientific Terminology

(Formerly offered as CLAS 105.) Either semester. Three credits. A knowledge of Greek or Latin is not required.

The Greek and Latin elements most used in the technical vocabulary of the biological and health sciences, with practice in the analysis of representative terms.

121-122. Elementary Latin I and II

(Formerly offered as CLAS 121-122.) Both semesters. Four credits each semester. Four class periods. Not open for credit to students who have had three or more years of Latin in high school, except with Departmental consent.

A study of the essentials of Latin grammar designed to prepare the student to read simple classical Latin prose.

123-124. Intermediate Latin I and II

(Formerly offered as CLAS 123-124.) Both semesters. Three credits each semester. Prerequisite: CAMS 122 or two years of Latin in high school.

Review of the essentials of grammar. Reading of classical Latin prose and poetry with emphasis on Cicero and Ovid or Vergil.

171-172. Elementary Greek I and II

(Formerly offered as CLAS 171-172.) Both semesters. Four credits each semester. Four class periods. Not open for credit to students who have had three or more years of Greek in high school, except with Departmental consent.

An intensive introduction to ancient Greek. First semester: basic morphology, syntax, and vocabulary through simple readings from the New Testament; second semester: transition to classical Greek through selections from Xenophon, reading of Plato's Apology complete.

193. Foreign Study

(Formerly offered as CLAS 193.) Either or both semesters. Credits and hours by arrangement. May be repeated for credit. Consent of Department Head required, normally before the student's departure.

Special topics taken in a foreign study program.

207. Greek Philosophical Writings

(Formerly offered as CLAS 207.) Either semester, alternate years. Three credits. 

Selections from Plato and Aristotle.

211. Greek Drama

(Formerly offered as CLAS 211.) Either semester, alternate years. Three credits. 

Selected plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes.

212. Greek Historical Writings

(Formerly offered as CLAS 212.) Either semester, alternate years. Three credits. 

Selections from Herodotus and Thucydides.

213. Ovid and Mythology

(Formerly offered as CLAS 213.) Either semester, alternate years. Three credits.

Selections from Ovid, mainly from the Metamorphoses, and a study of the myths of Greece and Rome.

214. Greek Lyric Poetry

(Formerly offered as CLAS 214.) Either semester, alternate years. Three credits. 

Selections from the early Greek lyric, elegiac, and iambic poets, including but not limited to Archilochus, Mimnermus, Solon, Sappho, Alcaeus, Anacreon, Xenophanes, Theognis, and Simonides.

221. Survey of Classical Latin Literature

(Formerly offered as CLAS 221.) Either semester, alternate years. Three credits. 

Extensive reading of a relatively wide range of authors of representative classical Latin prose and poetry.

224. Vergil and the Roman Epic

(Formerly offered as CLAS 224.) Either semester, alternate years. Three credits. 

Books VII-XII of the Aeneid and a study of the relation of the Aeneid to earlier Greek epic and to the later epic tradition.

225. Latin Drama

(Formerly offered as CLAS 225.) Either semester, alternate years. Three credits. 

Selected plays of Plautus, Terence, and Seneca, with lectures on Roman theatre and the development of drama.

226. Latin Lyric Poetry

(Formerly offered as CLAS 226.) Either semester, alternate years. Three credits.

Selections from the lyrics of Horace and Catullus, with lectures on metrical patterns and the influence of Greek lyrics.

227. Latin Historical Prose

(Formerly offered as CLAS 227.) Either semester, alternate years. Three credits. 

Selections from Sallust, Livy, and Tacitus.

232. Medieval Latin

(Formerly offered as CLAS 232.) Either semester, alternate years. Three credits. Prerequisite: CAMS 124, or three or more years of Latin in high school. Taught in Latin.

Reading of texts from a number of periods and in a variety of styles, with consideration of morphological, syntactical, and semantic developments.

241W. Greek and Roman Epic

(Formerly offered as CLAS 241W.) Either semester, alternate years. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Recommended preparation: CAMS 101 or 102 or 103. A knowledge of Greek or Latin is not required.

A study of classical epic, with special emphasis on Homer's Iliad and Odyssey and Vergil's Aeneid, but including also other examples of the genre. Oral and literary epic, their social and political contexts, and the influence of classical epic on later literature.

242W. Greek and Roman Drama

(Formerly offered as CLAS 242W.) Either semester, alternate years. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 110 or 111 or 250. Recommended preparation: CAMS 101 or 102 or 103. A knowledge of Greek or Latin is not required.

Selected plays from the works of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Plautus, Terence, and Seneca. The origin and development of Greek drama, its transformation in the Roman period, and the influence of classical drama on later literature.

243. World of Late Antiquity

(Also offered as HIST 217.) (Formerly offered as CLAS 243.) Either semester. Three credits.

The profound social and cultural changes that redefined the cities, the frontiers, and the economies of the classical world and led to the Middle Ages. Developments in the eastern and western Mediterranean lands between the second and seventh centuries, including: Neo-Platonism, the spread of Christianity, Rabbinic Judaism, and Islam.

244. Ancient Fictions

(Formerly offered as CLAS 244.) Either semester. Three credits. A knowledge of Greek and Latin is not required. Johnson

This course will examine a range of novels and other fictions from the Greco-Roman world. Works read will include the Greek sentimental novels, the satirical Roman novels of Petronius and Apeleius, and a variety of other pagan, Jewish, and Christian fictions.

245. The Ancient World in Cinema

Either Semester. Three credits.

Representations of the ancient Mediterranean world in contemporary cinema.

250. The Early Church and Christian Thought

(Also offered as HIST 257). Either semester. Three credits. Recommended preparation: HIST 216 or CAMS 255. Caner

A critical approach to the evolution of Christian thought, social organization and institutions ca. 50-450 C.E. Topics include gnosticism, apostolic succession, heresy, orthodoxy.

251. Greek Art

(Also offered as ARTH 243.) (Formerly offered as CLAS 251.) Either semester, alternate years. Three credits.

Greek art and architecture from the ninth century B.C. to the first-century A.D.

252. Roman Art

(Also offered as ARTH 246.) (Formerly offered as CLAS 252.) Either semester, alternate years. Three credits. 

History of Roman art and architecture.

253. Ancient Near East

(Also offered as HIST 213.) (Formerly offered as CLAS 253.) Either semester. Three credits. Miller

The history of Near Eastern civilization from the Neolithic period to the Persian Empire. The birth of civilization in Mesopotamia and Egypt. The political,economic, social, and cultural achievements of ancient near-Eastern peoples.

254. Ancient Greece

(Also offered as HIST 214.) (Formerly offered as CLAS 254.) Either semester. Three credits.

The history of Greece from Minoan and Mycenaean times into the Hellenistic period with special emphasis on the Fifth Century and the Golden Age of Athens.

255. Ancient Rome

(Also offered as HIST 216.) (Formerly offered as CLAS 255.) Either semester. Three credits.

From the beginning of Rome to the reign of Justinian. The growth of the Roman Republic and Empire. Roman civilization and its influence upon later history.

256. Palestine under the Greeks and Romans

(Formerly offered as CLAS 256.) (Also offered as HEB 218, HIST 218, and JUDS 218.) Either semester. Three credits. Recommended preparation: HIST 213 or 214 or 216 or INTD 294 or JUDS 202. Miller

The political, historical and religious currents in Greco-Roman Palestine. Includes the Jewish Revolts, sectarian developments, the rise of Christianity and the Talmudic academics.

257. Ancient Philosophy

(Also offered as PHIL 221.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: At least one of PHIL 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107. Open to sophomores or higher. 

Greek philosophy from its origin in the Pre-Socratics through its influence on early Christianity.  Readings from the works of Plato and Aristotle

281. Topics in Advanced Greek

Either semester. Credits and hours by arrangement. Prerequisite: CAMS 172. With a change in content, may be repeated for credit.

Reading of Ancient Greek texts in the original.

282. Topics in Advanced Latin

Either semester. Credits and hours by arrangement. Prerequisite: CAMS 124 or three or more years of Latin in high school. With a change in content, may be repeated for credit.

Reading of Latin texts in the original.

293. Foreign Study

(Formerly offered as CLAS 293.) Either or both semesters. Credits and hours by arrangement. May be repeated for credit. Consent of Department Head required, normally granted prior to the student's departure. May count toward the major with consent of the advisor.

Special topics taken in a foreign study program.

295. Variable Topics

(Formerly offered as CLAS 295.) Either semester. Three credits. With a change in topic, may be repeated for credit. Prerequisites and recommended preparation vary.

298. Special Topics

(Formerly offered as CLAS 298.) Either semester. Credits and hours by arrangement. With a change in content, may be repeated for credit. Prerequisites and recommended preparation vary.

299. Independent Study

(Formerly offered as CLAS 299.) Either or both semesters. Credits and hours by arrangement. Open only with consent of instructor. With a change in content, may be repeated for credit.