CLAS -- Classics

CLAS 411 Greek Drama (3) Also offered as CMLT 411. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: CLAS 411 or CMLT 411. The chief works of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes in English translations.

CLAS 420 The Classical Tradition (3) Examination of the role of classical tradition in western thought, with particular regard to the classical tradition in America.

CLAS 470 Advanced Greek and Roman Mythology (3) Prerequisite: CLAS 170 or permission of department. Selected themes and characters of Greek and Roman myth. History of the study of myth and research methods in mythology.

CLAS 488 Independent Study in Classical Civilization (3) Prerequisite: permission of department. Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs.

CLAS 495 Senior Thesis in Classics (3) Prerequisite: permission of department. Prior departmental approval of research topic is required. Available to all students who wish to pursue a specific research topic.

CLAS 499 Independent Study in Classical Languages and Literatures (1-3) Prerequisite: permission of department.

CLAS 620 Classical Epic (3) The nature of ancient epic, its development through a close reading of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, the Argonautica of Apollonius of Rhodes, and Vergil's Aeneid. Selections from other examples of epic as a basis for further comparison of the techniques of composition, the poet's objectives, and the influence of historical context and literary precedent upon the poems. Comparison with Near Eastern epics such as the Gilgamesh poem, or with post-Classical texts. Epic conventions.

CLAS 621 The Classical Tradition (3) The role the classics have played in western thought, with particular attention to literature.

CLAS 640 Women in Antiquity (3) Study of role of women in Greek and Roman society.

CLAS 688 Special Topics in Classical Civilization (3) Repeatable to 9 credits if content differs.

CLAS 699 Independent Study in Classical Civilization (1-3) Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs.

CLAS 799 Master's Thesis Research (1-6)