2009-2010 UCSB Catalog - Course Descriptions

UCSB 2009-2010 Catalog Course Search

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CLASS 36 - Ancient Epic

(4) STAFF

A study in translation of the Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid, and other ancient epics, and of the place of these epics in Greek and Roman society.

CLASS 36H - Ancient Epic - Honors

(1) STAFF

Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in Classics 36; consent of instructor.

A discussion section led by the instructor, provided for students in the honors program. Students receive one unit for the honors seminar (36H) in addition to four units for Classics 36.

CLASS 37 - Greek Literature In Translation

(4) STAFF

Reading and lecture survey of principal Greek writers, such as Homer, Pindar, and Thucydides.

CLASS 37H - Greek Literature in Translation - Honors

(1) STAFF

Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in Classics 37; consent of instructor.

A discussion section led by the instructor, provided for students in the honors program. Students receive one unit for the honors seminar (37H) in addition to four units for Classics 37.

CLASS 38 - Latin Literature In Translation

(4) STAFF

Reading and lecture survey of principal Roman writers.

CLASS 38H - Latin Literature in Translation--Honors

(1) LAT LIT TRANS HONORS

Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in Classics 38; consent of instructor.

Discussion section led by the instructor, provided for students in the honors program. Students receive one unit for the honors seminar (38H) in addition to four units for Classics 38.

CLASS 39 - Women in Classical Literature

(4) STAFF

Study of the protrayal of women in selected Greek and Latin authors from the seventh century B.C. to the second century A.D. and this portrayal's relationship to the literary, historical, and social backgrounds of the works concerned.

CLASS 40 - Greek Mythology

(4) STAFF

Introduction to the principal myths of ancient Greece and the ways in whichthese myths have been understood. Format and readings vary.

CLASS 40H - Greek Mythology--Honors

(1) STAFF

Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in Classics 40 and consent of instructor.

A discussion section led by the professor is available to students in the honors program. Students will receive one unit for the honors seminar (40H)in addition to four units for Classics 40.

CLASS 50 - Introduction to Classical Archaeology

(4) Erickson

Examines the techniques and methods of classical archaeology as revealed through an examination of the major monuments and artifacts of the Greco-Roman world from prehistory to the Late Empire.

CLASS 80A - Greek Civilization

(4) Staff

Not open for credit to students who have completed Classics 100A.

Introduction to the various aspects of Greek civilization such as art, education, daily life, festivals, law, religion, science, and sports.

CLASS 80B - Roman Civilization

(4) STAFF

Not open for credit to students who have completed Classics 100B.

Introduction to the various aspects of Roman civilization such as art, education, daily life, festivals, law, religion, science, and sports. Readings in primary sources in translation.

CLASS 99 - Introduction To Research

(1-3) STAFF

Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and department chair.

Directed study, oriented toward research, to be arranged with individual faculty members. Course offers exceptional students an opportunity to participate in a research project or group.

CLASS 101 - The Greek Intellectual Experience: From Poetry To Philosophy

(4) STAFF

A survey of th major Greek beliefs about such concepts as the nature of man--body, soul, afterlife, gods and men, man in the cosmos--from Homer to Plato. Readings (in translation) of poetic, philosophical, and medical texts.

CLASS 102 - Greek Tragedy In Translation

(4) STAFF

Plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides in English translation. Various aspects of Greek tragedy discussed: origins, historical development, costumes, staging, performance. Primary emphasis placed on the plays as literature plot, characters, language, etc. Role of tragedy in Greek culture.

CLASS 104 - Seminar on the Poetry of Archaic Greece

(4) Athanassakis

Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.

Taught in Greece as part of the summer curriculum offered by the Classics Department. Selections from Homer, Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Greek lyric are read as poetry related to the Greek land as well as to religion, politics, and temperament. The readings are in translation.

CLASS 106 - Magic And Medicine In Ancient Greece

(4) STAFF

The old and the new in classical Greek modes of thought; primitive religious and magical beliefs and scientific medical teachings. A study in the intellectual revolution of Greece. Readings in primary literary sources in translation and secondary literature.

CLASS 108 - Pagan Religion And Cult In Ancient Rome

(4) Hahn

A study of public and private religion in the Roman Republic, including deities, priesthoods, rituals and ceremonies, as well as the relationship of religion to politics and history. Readings emphasize ancient sources in translation.

CLASS 109 - Viewing the Barbarian: Representations of Foreign Peoples in Greek Literature

(4) Dunn

Study of representations of "barbarians" in Greek literature, with special interest in their cultural and historical contexts, and in theconstruction of Athenian ideology. Readings from Homer, Herodotus, tragedy and comedy, with essays by Said, Bernal, Hall, and others.

CLASS 110 - From Homer To Harlequin: Masculine, Feminine And The Romance

(4) Lindheim

The romance, from Homer's Odyssey to the contemporary romance novel, creates images of masculinity and feminity. This course considers these gender representations and questions whether they vary among ancient novels, and between the romances of antiquity and those of today.

CLASS 120 - Greek And Latin Lyric Poetry

(4) STAFF

Development, forms, and interpretation of ancient lyric poetry; such authors as Sappho, Pindar, Catullus, and Propertius in english translation.

CLASS 125 - Greek and Roman Historians in Translation

(4) STAFF

Development of history as a genre; such authors as Herodotus, Thucydides, Livy and Tacitus in English translation.

CLASS 130 - Comedy And Satire In Translation

(4) STAFF

The comic playwrights, such as Aristophane and Plautus, and satirists, suchas Lucian and Juvenal, in English translation.

CLASS 150 - The Fall of the Ancient Republic: Cicero, Caesar, and Rome

(4) Morstein-Marx

The tumultuous end of the Roman Republic, from Tiberius Gracchus (133 BC) to the Rubicon (49 BC), had profound importance for the history of the West and produced a fascinating literature of crisis in the writings of Sallust, Cicero, Catullus, and Caesar.

CLASS 160 - Greek Cities and Sanctuaries

(4) Erickson

Classics 50.

Surveys the evidence for the primary archaeological sites of the Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic Greek world, with special emphasis on town planning and architectural responses to important Greek institutions such as colonization and democracy.

CLASS 161S - Archaeology of Athens

(4) Erickson

Course examines the development of Athens as a major urban center from prehistory to the end of antiquity, emphasizing topographical, political, and religious aspects of the city at its height in the Classical period.

CLASS 162S - Archaeology of Crete

(4) Erickson

An examination of the major sites, monuments, and artifacts of ancient Crete. The story of Cretan civilization is told from its origins to the rise of Bronze Age Palatial society and the historical Greek city-state.

CLASS 163SS - Field Archaeology in Greece

(4) Brice Erickson

Classics 50

The methods of Classical archaeology through excavation of a harbor/port town on the north coast of Crete. Students will participate in the archaeological project at Priniatikos Pyrgos, a Minoan (prehistoric) and Classical settlement. This introduction to the techniques of stratigraphic excavation takes place in the field.

CLASS 164 - Artifact Analysis

(4) Erickson

Classics 50

Introduction to the techniques of artifact analysis in Classical archaeology, with an emphasis on artifact style as a chronological and social phenomenon. Responsibilities include processing and analyzing finds from Priniatikos Pyrgos. Students assigned a research project based on excavated material.

CLASS 165 - Greek Painting

(4) Erickson

Classics 50.

Examines the art of painting and its social context in Greek antiquity, including monumental wall painting, vase painting, and the relationship between these and other media from prehistory to the Hellenistic period.

CLASS 170 - Pompeii

(4) Shelton

A study of the history, buildings, and people of Pompeii, a city buried by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius.

CLASS 171 - Artifact and Text: The Archaeology and Literature of Early Greece

(4) Gallucci

A survey of the archaeological record and literature of early Greece from the Late Bronze Age to the end of the Archaic Age, with special attention paid to the interconnection of artifact and text for our understanding of this period.

CLASS 175 - Ancient Theories of Literature

(4) Dunn

An introduction to Greek and Roman theories of literature and representation, with attention both to the major texts of Plato, Aristotle, Horace, Tacitus, and Longinus, and to central issues such as education, imitation, persuasion, allegory, genre, and style.

CLASS 180A - Advanced Study in Classical Civilization

(4) STAFF

Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.

Specialized study in classical civilization addressing central themes or genres in detail. Topics vary and may include subjects such as The Family in Ancient Rome, Greek Oracles and Politics, and Imperial Theology: Augustus, Politics and Religion.

CLASS 180B - Interfaces in Classical Civilization

(4) STAFF

Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.

Specialized study in classical civilization addressing influence or reception of classical culture, or meeting and competition of cultures. Topics vary and may include subjects such as Greek Tragedy and Western Theater, Greek and Roman Comedy and Reception, and Julius Caesars: Ancient and Modern.

CLASS 185 - Undergraduate Seminar

(4) STAFF

Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and upper-division standing.

Study and research of special topics in classical literature, civilization,and culture. Topics may include: Rome: the ancient city, food in antiquity,the Roman family, religious thought and practice in Rome, culture and crisis in Athens, culture and crisis in Rome, ect. Usually taught every other year.

CLASS 195A - Senior Honors Thesis in Classics

(4) Staff

Prerequisites: Must have been in residence as a Classics major for at least one full quarter. Must have a grade point average of 3.6 or better in the major. Approval of the department's chair.

Research and writing of a senior thesis paper under the close supervision of a Classics faculty member.

CLASS 195B - Senior Honors Thesis in Classics

(4) Staff

Prerequisites: Must have been in residence as a Classics major for at least two full quarters. Must have a grade point average of 3.6 or better in the major. Approval of the department's chair.

Research and writing of a senior thesis paper under the close supervision of a Classics faculty member.

CLASS 198 - Special Readings.

(1-4) STAFF

Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and department chair; upper-division standing; completion of 2 upper-division courses in Classics.

Individual or small group reading and study in subjects not included in theregular curriculum.

CLASS 199 - Independent Studies In Greek And Latin.

(1-5) STAFF

Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and department chair; upper-division standing; completion of 2 upper-division courses in Classics.

Independent study in areas in which both Greek and Latin are necessary.

CLASS 199RA - Independent Reaesrch Assistant.

(1-5) STAFF

Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; completion of 2 upper-division courses in Classicsconsent of instructor and department.

To cooperate on an active basis with a professor on a research project involving the Classics.

CLASS 201 - Proseminar

(2) STAFF