Current Courses

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

Spring 2025

Classics courses offered for Spring 2025.
  • Culture in Translation

    INTRODUCTION TO ANCIENT GREECE               

    • Dr. Andrew Alwine: MWF 1:00–1:50 (CRN 20854) CLAS 101.01
    Introduction to the world of Ancient Greece, from the Minoans to the Hellenistic kingdoms. We will read multiple primary sources (poets, philosophers, playwrights, etc.) as we survey the cities and cultures of the Greek world.

    CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY                                                 

    • Dr. Blanche McCune: MWF 2:00–2:50 (CRN 21280) CLAS 103.01
    • Ms. Megan Alwine: ONLINE (CRN 21281) CLAS 103.02
    • Ms. Megan Alwine: ONLINE (CRN 12723) CLAS 103.03
    • Dr. James Lohmar: MWF 10:00–10:50 (CRN 22775) CLAS 103.04

    Gods, heroes, and monsters—learn about the Greeks and Romans through the stories they told. We’ll see how people of the ancient Mediterranean worked and worshipped, lived and died, loved and played.

    INTRODUCTION TO CLASSICAL ARCHAEOLOGY                   

    • Dr. Allison Sterrett-Krause: MWF 12:00–12:50 (CRN 21023) 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 1:00–1:50 (CRN 22774) CLAS 105.01  
    • Dr. Anthony Gaspar: MWF 2:00–2:50 (CRN 23679) CLAS 105.02
    • Dr. Jennifer Gerrish: TR 10:50–12:05 (CRN 23680) CLAS 105.03

    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 20150) CLAS 111.01
    • Ms. Megan Alwine: ONLINE (CRN 20887) 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.

    MAKING THE (WO)MAN: GENDER AND GENRE IN ROMAN LITERATURE

    • Dr. Noelle Zeiner-Carmichael: TR 9:25–10:40 (CRN 22642) CLAS 203.01

    This course examines the “re-presentations” of Roman women as portrayed by predominately male-authored texts written during the 2nd century BCE – 2nd century CE. Selections from various sources (e.g., history, satire, love poetry, biography, and letters) will highlight the intersections between genre and the carefully-created female literary depictions that both reflect—and reinforce—gender roles, sexual norms, and power structures of patriarchal Rome. Through close reading and additional archaeological evidence, we will investigate the lived reality of Roman women versus their idealized depictions by exploring topics such as:  Roman political ideology, class, and status, female (reproductive) health, cultural / religious practices, clothing and makeup, and various artistic depictions occurring in both the private and public, domestic and state, realms of ancient Roman society. 

    SLAVERY AND RACISM IN GREECE AND ROME

    • Dr. Sam Flores: TR 10:50–12:05 (CRN 23681) CLAS 215.01

    This course studies the institution of slavery and the concepts of race and racism in ancient Greece and Rome, and their legacy in the modern world. We will look at both antiquity and modernity from multiple perspectives, using archaeological, historical, literary, and philosophical sources.

    HISTORY OF ANCIENT ROME 

    • Dr. Jennifer Gerrish: TR 8:00–9:15 (CRN 20706) HIST 232.01

    The city of Rome grew from a tiny settlement on the Palatine Hill to a mighty empire stretching from Britain to Babylon. This course examines Rome's history from its foundation to the death of Rome's first Christian emperor. 

    ANCIENT TECHNOLOGY AND CRAFT PRODUCTION

    • Dr. Allison Sterrett-Krause: MW 2:00–3:15 (CRN 21774) CLAS 303.01

    Ancient civilizations’ material remains—tools, statues, containers, buildings, water systems, clothes—offer evidence of how people of the past lived. These material remains were created by complex interactions of human craft-workers with their environment, their materials, and other people. This course uses archaeological theories and case studies drawn from Greek and Roman sites to explore production processes, knowledge landscapes, and social roles of laborers and craft-workers. (Previous coursework in archaeology is advised. Consult Dr. S-K with questions.)

    THE FALL OF SPARTA

    • Dr. Andrew Alwine: MWF 9:00–9:50 (CRN 12672) CLAS 303.02 / HIST 370.02

    In 404 B.C., Sparta was at the peak of her power and virtually ruled the Greek world alone. Forty years later, Spartan power was decimated. This course investigates the story of this remarkable collapse and what it meant for the Greek world.

  • Greek

    ELEMENTARY ANCIENT GREEK

    • Dr. Samuel Flores: MWF 10:00–10:50 (CRN 20228 ) GREK 102.01

    Introduces fundamental grammar, syntax, and vocabulary.

    INTERMEDIATE ANCIENT GREEK

    • Dr. James Lohmar: MWF 12:00–12:50 (CRN 20229 ) GREK 202.01

    Transition from grammar to reading texts.

    SOPHOCLES' OEDIPUS TYRANNUS

    • Dr. Samuel Flores: TR 9:25–10:40 (CRN 23678) 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. James Lohmar: MWF 3:00–3:50 (CRN 20350 ) LATN 101.01
    • Dr. Blanche McCune: MWF 12:00–12:50 (CRN 21492) LATN 101.02

    Introduces fundamental grammar, syntax, and vocabulary. 

    ELEMENTARY LATIN, SECOND SEMESTER

    • Dr. Noelle Zeiner-Carmichael: TR 1:40–2:55 (CRN 20351) LATN 102.01
    • Dr. Bertram Schewel: TR 8:00–9:15 (CRN 21174) LATN 102.02

    INTERMEDIATE LATIN

    • Dr. Richard Gilder: MWF 12:00–12:50 (CRN 20352) LATN 201.01
    • Dr. Bertram Schewel: MWF 8:00–8:50 (CRN 21338) LATN 201.02  
    Completes the introduction to basic Latin, developing comprehension. 

    INTERMEDIATE LATIN, SECOND SEMESTER 

    • Dr. Richard Gilder: MWF 10:00–10:50 (CRN 20353) LATN 202.01    
    • Dr. James Lohmar: MWF 2:00–2:50 (CRN 20354) LATN 202.02    

    Transition to reading Latin texts.

    SEX, POWER, PASSION: LATIN EROTIC ELEGIAC

    • Dr. Noelle Zeiner-Carmichael: TR 12:15–1:30 (CRN 21309) LATN 390.01    

    This course explores the uniquely Roman genre of Roman love poetry. We will read a selection of poems by Catullus, Tibullus, Propertius, Ovid—and Sulpicia, our only extant female elegist. While improving translation proficiency and analytical interpretation, students will also consider topical and thematic areas related to gender norms and, identity, elegiac convention and literary history, socio-historical context(s) and material culture, and authorial self-presentation.

    HORACE’S ODES

    • Dr. Blanche McCune: MWF 11:00–11:50 (CRN 23677) LATN 390.02

    Readings from Horace’s Odes.