Summer 2025 Courses
Summer courses are listed by summer session below.
Maymester 2025 (May 12-28)
THE CLASSICS IN CINEMA
CLAS 270.03 (CRN 30795): Online Asynchronous: Dr. Noelle Zeiner-Carmichael
This course explores the ways in which modern-era film represents ancient Greco-Roman civilization and culture. We will consider historical accuracy, themes (e.g., slavery, war, entertainment, imperialism), and aspects related to the discipline of Film Studies. We will also examine how these films exploit the history and images of ancient Greece and Rome to communicate messages relevant to a modern context. (Counts for Gen. Ed. Humanities, A.B. degree, Classics majors/minors.)
Summer 1 (June 2 - July 1)
ROMAN CIVILIZATION
CLAS 102.01 (CRN 30236): Online Asynchronous: Dr. Noelle Zeiner-Carmichael
A survey of Roman literature, art, society, and history, from the Etruscan period to the era of Constantine, with an emphasis on the Augustan age. (Counts for Gen. Ed. Humanities, A.B. degree, Classics majors/minors.)INTRODUCTION TO THE CLASSICAL WORLD
CLAS 105.01 (CRN 30796): MTWRF 12:00–1:45: Dr. Andrew T. Alwine
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. (Counts for Gen. Ed. Pre-Modern History, A.B. degree, Classics majors/minors.)BEGINNING LATIN
LATN 101.01 (CRN 30202): MTWRF 10:00–11:45: Dr. Richard Gilder
Introduces the fundamental grammar, syntax, and vocabulary of Latin with emphasis on reading comprehension.
INTERMEDIATE LATIN
LATN 201.01 (CRN 30797): MTWRF 12:00–1:45: Dr. James Lohmar
Completes the introduction to Latin grammar, syntax, and vocabulary, while developing fluency in reading comprehension and translation.
Summer 2 (July 7 - August 5)
CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY
CLAS 103.01 (CRN 30799): MTWRF 2:00–3:45: Dr. Richard Gilder
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. (Counts for Gen. Ed. Humanities, A.B. degree, Classics majors/minors.)
ANCIENT NOVEL
CLAS 203.01 (CRN 30798): MTWRF 12:00–1:45: Dr. James Lohmar
This course examines the popular literature of middle and late antiquity, the ancient novel. Pirates, damsels, and the boys destined to save them.
BEGINNING LATIN
LATN 102.02 (CRN 30203): MTWRF 10:00–11:45: Dr. Richard Gilder
Introduces the fundamental grammar, syntax, and vocabulary of Latin with emphasis on reading comprehension.
INTERMEDIATE LATIN
LATN 202.02 (CRN 30100): MTWRF 2:00–3:45: Dr. James Lohmar
Readings of selected works by Roman authors with a comprehensive review of Latin grammar, syntax, and vocabulary.