Current Courses

The Classics Department offers courses taught in translation, available to all. It also oversees two full langauge programs (Greek and Latin).

Fall 2024

Courses on offer Fall 2024.
  • Culture in Translation

    INTRODUCTION TO ANCIENT GREECE               

    • Dr. Samuel Flores: MWF 10:00–10:50 (CRN 13637) CLAS 101.01
    Explore ancient Greek society and culture through literature and archaeological sources.

    INTRODUCTION TO ANCIENT ROME

    • Dr. Jennifer Gerrish: TR 12:15–1:30 (CRN 11319) CLAS 102.01
    Explore ancient Roman society and culture through literature and archaeological sources.

    CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY                                                 

    • Dr. James Lohmar: MWF 2:00–2:50 (CRN 12432) CLAS 103.01
    • Dr. Megan Alwine: ONLINE (CRN 13638) CLAS 103.02
    • Dr. Megan Alwine: ONLINE (CRN 12723) CLAS 103.03

    Gods, Goddesses, and Monsters—learn about the Greeks and Romans through the stories they told. We’ll study literature and art to understand how people of the ancient Mediterranean worked and worshipped, lived and died, loved and played.

    INTRODUCTION TO CLASSICAL ARCHAEOLOGY                   

    • Dr. Allison Sterrett-Krause: MWF 11:00–11:50 (CRN 11841) CLAS 104.01    

    An introduction to the archaeology of the Classical world, emphasizing the development of archaeology as a discipline, the relationship between historical and archaeological events, the integration of archaeology with other forms of evidence, and the use of classical civilization and archaeology in defining the modern world.

    HISTORY OF THE CLASSICAL WORLD                      

    • Dr. Anthony Gaspar: MWF 2:00–2:50 (CRN 11968) CLAS 105.02                

    A survey of major developments in the history of Ancient Greece and Rome. The course covers more than 2,000 years of history, from the development of Bronze Age civilizations and continuing through the fall of the Roman Empire.

    MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY IN GREEK & LATIN

    • Ms. Megan Alwine: ONLINE (CRN 10191) CLAS 111.01
    • Ms. Megan Alwine: ONLINE (CRN 10995) CLAS 111.02

    A study of the technical vocabulary of the medical professions through an analysis of Latin and Greek elements in English words and the underlying etymological principles.

    CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH ON THE MEDITERRANEAN WORLD

    • Dr. Jennifer Gerrish: TR 8:00–9:15 (CRN 11108) CLAS 200.01

    Fundamentals of research for the study of ancient Greece and Rome, including writing, critical thinking, and oral presentation. This semester we will develop these skills as we explore the theme “Killing and Dying in Ancient Rome.”

    HISTORY OF ANCIENT GREECE                                    

    • Dr. Andrew Alwine: MWF 1:00–1:50 (CRN 10501) HIST 231.01

    Greek history focused on the Classical Period (490–323 B.C.). Emphasis on political, military, and intellectual movements.

    THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF ROME                                    

    • Dr. Allison Sterrett-Krause: MWF 2:00–2:50 (CRN 13653) CLAS 226.01

    This course explores the development of Rome as a major city and archaeological site from its Iron Age beginnings to its height as an imperial capital. Detailed study of the archaeological remains demonstrates how cities change over time and how social and political trends shape the urban landscape.

    RECEPTION OF THE CLASSICAL LITERARY TRADITION

    • Dr. Blanche McCune: MWF 11:00–11:50 (CRN 12672) CLAS 303.01

    This course examines the reception of the Classical Greek and Roman literary tradition—its stories, characters, works, and genres—in European literature from the sixth century through the twentieth century with a focus on medieval, early modern, romantic-era, and Victorian England and concluding in the mid-twentieth century. Authors to be read include Marie de France, Chaucer, Malory, Spenser, Shakespeare, Milton, Dryden, Pope, Keats, Wordsworth, Tennyson, and C. S. Lewis.  

    HOMER’S ILIAD AND ODYSSEY                      

    • Dr. Blanche McCune: MWF 2:00–2:50 (CRN 13634) CLAS 203.01

    For nearly three thousand years Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey have been considered the greatest stories ever told—why? In this course we will read these great works in English, book-by-book, over the course of the semester. *First Year Experience course.

  • Greek

    ELEMENTARY ANCIENT GREEK

    • Dr. Andrew Alwine: MWF 9:00–9:50 (CRN 10192) GREK 101.01 
    • Dr. Samuel Flores: MWF 12:00–12:50 (CRN 11320) GREK 101.02

    Introduces fundamental grammar, syntax, and vocabulary.

    INTERMEDIATE ANCIENT GREEK

    • Dr. Scott Hemmenway: TR 10:50–12:05 (CRN 10193) GREK 201.01

    Transition from grammar to reading texts.

    SOPHOCLES' OEDIPUS TYRANNUS

    • Dr. Samuel Flores: MW 2:00–3:15 (CRN 12669) GREK 325.01

    We will read the entirety of Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannus (Oedipus the Tyrant) in the original Greek and discuss the work within its historical and cultural contexts.

  • Latin

    ELEMENTARY LATIN

    • Dr. Noelle Zeiner-Carmichael: TR 9:25-10:40 (CRN 12694) LATN 101.01
    • Dr. Noelle Zeiner-Carmichael: TR 1:40–2:55 (CRN 11970) LATN 101.02
    • Dr. James Lohmar: MWF 10:00–10:50 (CRN 10194) LATN 101.03
    • Dr. Bertram Schewel: MWF 8:00–8:50 (CRN 12841) LATN 101.04

    Introduces fundamental grammar, syntax, and vocabulary.

    ACCELERATED ELEMENTARY LATIN

    • Dr. Richard Gilder: MWF 10:00–10:50 (CRN 12663) LATN 150.01

    LATN 150 covers the materials of LATN 101-LATN 102 in one semester. It is designed for (1) students who already have experience in Latin at the high school level and (2) students who seek to accelerate their study.

    ELEMENTARY LATIN, SECOND SEMESTER

    • Dr. Bertram Schewel: TR 8:00–9:15 (CRN 10195) LATN 102.01    
    • Dr. James Lohmar: MWF 11:00–11:50 (CRN 13635) LATN 102.02

    INTERMEDIATE LATIN

    • Dr. Richard Gilder: MWF 3:00–3:50 (CRN 10196) LATN 201.01
    • Dr. Blanche McCune: MWF 12:00–12:50 (CRN 10197) LATN 201.02  
    Completes the introduction to basic Latin, developing comprehension. 

    INTERMEDIATE LATIN, SECOND SEMESTER 

    • Dr. Noelle Zeiner-Carmichael: TR 10:50–12:05 (CRN 10198) LATN 202.01    
    • Dr. James Lohmar: MWF 3:00–3:50 (CRN 12665) LATN 202.02    

    Transition to reading Latin texts.

    SALLUST                                                                                          

    • Dr. Jennifer Gerrish: TR 9:25–10:40 (CRN 13636) LATN 323.01    

    Readings from Sallust's Jurgurtha.

    OVID                                                                                                  

    • Dr. Richard Gilder: MWF 1:00–1:50 (CRN 12666) LATN 390.01

    Readings from Ovid’s Metamorphoses.