UCSB 2009-2010 Catalog Course Search
Search by subject area and course number. Refer to this list of subject areas and their corresponding department.
Tip: A search for the subject area, for example, querying just "HIST" (without quotes), will return all courses of the queried subject area. Searching using subject area and number, such as "HIST 17" (without quotes), would return all courses in the series; in this example that would include HIST 17A, 17AH, 17B, etc.
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| GREEK 1 - Elementary Greek |
| (5) STAFF |
| The beginning course in classical Greek and first in a three-quarter sequence introducing fundamentals of grammar, syntax, and reading skills. Concepts taught using written exercises. Interesting aspects of Ancient Greek society are introduced. |
| GREEK 1SS - Conversational Modern Greek |
| (2) STAFF |
| Course to be taught only during UCSB Summer Session in Greece. Contact time is 1,000 minutes. Meets every other day. Emphasis on conversation. Rudiments of grammar are taught through repetition of basic paradigms. |
| GREEK 2 - Elementary Greek |
| (5) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Greek 1 with a grade of C or better. |
| A continuation of Greek 1. Emphasis on mastering grammar and building vocabulary. |
| GREEK 3 - Intermediate Greek |
| (5) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Greek 2 with a grade of C or better. |
| A continuation of Greek 2. Emphasis on building a working vocabulary and the syntax of complex sentences. Readings in classical prose introduce students to ancient Greek literature and culture. |
| GREEK 11 - Elementary Modern Greek |
| (5) STAFF |
| Beginning course in Modern Greek, and the first in a three quarter sequence. Introduces pronunciation, script, vocabulary, and basic writing, reading, and conversational skills. Audio-visual materials aid language acquisition and enrich the understanding of Greek culture and history. |
| GREEK 12 - Elementary Modern Greek |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Greek 11. |
| Continuation of Greek 11. Moves toward a greater command of conversation and reading comprehension with the help of selected passages of simple prose and entertaining dialogues. Audio-visual materials aid language acquisition and enrich the understanding of Greek culture and history. |
| GREEK 13 - Intermediate Modern Greek |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Greek 12. |
| Continuation of Greek 12. Reinforces and broadens command of conversation and reading comprehension with the help of selected short stories and poems. Audio-visual materials aid language acquisition and enrich the understanding of Greek culture and history. |
| GREEK 14 - Advanced Modern Greek |
| (4) Staff |
| Prerequisites: Greek 13. |
| Course builds on fundamentals covered during the first year of instruction. Review of grammar is accompanied by composition of brief narratives. Oral presentations are followed by conversation. Exposure to Greek culture is pursued through films and watching Greek newscasts. |
| GREEK 15 - Advanced Grammar and Composition in Modern Greek |
| (4) Staff |
| Prerequisites: Greek 14. |
| Course emphasizes more complex grammar and syntax. Readings are chosen from books equivalent to textbooks used in Greek high schools. Students are armed to write brief essays for class presentations. Conversations are kept at a demanding level. Audiovisual aids are used. |
| GREEK 16 - Advanced Reading in Modern Greek |
| (4) Staff |
| Prerequisites: Greek 15. |
| Course acquaints students with some of the best authors of modern Greece. Short stories are read in entirety and excerpts from longer works are read. Emphasis on swift accumulation of more difficult literary vocabulary. Both literature and films form the basis for classroom presentations. |
| GREEK 100 - Introduction To Greek Prose |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Greek 3 with a grade of C or better. |
| Reading and analysis of attic prose writers such as Xenophon and Plato to develop reading skills and introduce study of the style and thought of historical, retorical and/or philosophical writers. |
| GREEK 101 - Introduction To Greek Poetry |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Greek 100 with a grade of C or better. |
| Reading in the poetry of Homer to develop reading skills, introduce Homeric grammer and meter, and begin study of the style, thought and heroicworld of epic poetry. |
| GREEK 102 - Readings In Greek Literature |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Greek 101. |
| Selected reading in Greek prose and/or poetry designed to develop reading proficiency, and to help students make the transition to more advanced study of classical Greek literature. |
| GREEK 110 - Attic Orators |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Greek 102. |
| Reading and study of attic orators such as Demosthenes, and of famous orations by Demosthenes and other attic orators. |
| GREEK 111 - The New Testament |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Greek 102. |
| Reading and study of selected passages from the Greek new testament. |
| GREEK 113 - Lucian |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Greek 102. |
| Reading and study of selected passages from Lucian, with attention to the language and style of his satirical dialogues, and to their social and historical context. |
| GREEK 120 - Greek Novel |
| (4) Morales |
| Prerequisites: Greek 102 |
| Advanced reading and study of selected chapters of an ancient Greek novel, with attention to the language and style of the work and to its literary, social and political contexts. |
| GREEK 138 - Pre-Socratic Philosophers |
| (4) Renehan, Dunn |
| Prerequisites: Greek 102. |
| Readings in the first "formal" philosophers of the Western tradition. Normally includes all of the major pre-Socratics (Parmenides, Heraclitus, Pythagoras, Xenophanes, Anaxagoras, Democritus) and their contributions to European thought. Sometimes concentrates upon thinkers of the fifth- century Sophistic Movement. |
| GREEK 142 - Plato |
| (4) Renehan |
| Prerequisites: Greek 102 or equivalent. |
| Reading of one or several Platonic dialogues from the early or middle period (Laches, Protagoras, Phaedo, Gorgias, Symposium), both as masterpieces of Greek literature and as philosophical dialogues. No prior formal training in philosophy is required. |
| GREEK 143 - Post-Platonic Philosophers |
| (4) Renehan |
| Prerequisites: Greek 102. |
| Readings of selections from the more famous works of Aristotle (Nicomachean Ethics, Politics, De Anima, Metaphysics), emphasizing Aristotle both as thinker and as stylist; occasionally excerpts from Theophrastus, the Stoics, Plotinus. No prior formal training in philosophy required. |
| GREEK 151 - Euripides |
| (4) Dunn, Renehan |
| Prerequisites: Greek 102. |
| Reading, translation, and discussion of a complete tragedy of Euripides, with attention to language, meter, staging, tragic themes and conventions, and the cultural context of Athenian drama. |
| GREEK 152 - Sophocles |
| (4) Dunn, Renehan |
| Prerequisites: Greek 102. |
| Reading, translation, and discussion of a complete tragedy of Sophocles, with attention to language, meter, staging, tragic themes and conventions, and the cultural context of Athenian drama. |
| GREEK 153 - Aeschylus |
| (4) Dunn, Renehan |
| Prerequisites: Greek 102. |
| Reading, translation, and discussion of a complete tragedy of Aeschylus, with attention to language, meter, staging, tragic themes and conventions, and the cultural context of Athenian drama. |
| GREEK 154 - Aristophanes |
| (4) Dunn |
| Prerequisites: Greek 102. |
| Reading, translation, and discussion of a complete comedy of Aristophanes, with attention to language, meter, staging, comic themes and conventions, and the social and cultural context of Athenian drama. |
| GREEK 158 - Homer |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Greek 102 or equivalent. |
| Reading and study of selections from the Illiad and/or Odyssey. |
| GREEK 161 - Hesiod, Theognis, And Solon |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Greek 102 or equivalent. |
| Reading and study of Archaic poets. |
| GREEK 162 - Herodotus |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Greek 102 or equivalent. |
| Reading and study of the histories of Herodotus. |
| GREEK 163 - Thucydides |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Greek 102 or equivalent. |
| Reading and research in the historical, literary, and philological aspects of Thucydides. |
| GREEK 165 - Xenophon |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Greek 102 or equivalent. |
| Reading and study of selected works. |
| GREEK 171 - Lyric Poets And Homeric Hymns |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Greek 102 or equivalent. |
| Reading and study of lyric poets and Homeric hymns. |
| GREEK 173 - Hellenistic Poets |
| (4) Dunn |
| Prerequisites: Greek 102. |
| Introduction to the poetry of the Alexandrian period, normally concentrating upon a single major poet such as Apollonius Rhodius, Callimachus, or Theocritus. Reading, translation, and discussion, with attention to language, meter, generic innovation, cultural context, and formative influence upon Latin literature. |
| GREEK 199 - Independent Studies In Greek. |
| (1-5) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and department chair; upper-division standing; completion of 2 upper-division courses in Greek. |
| Independent investigations in Greek language and literature. |
| GREEK 210 - Attic Orators |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Advanced reading and study of Attic orators such as Demosthenes, Lysias, Aeschines, and Isocrates, with attention to the language, style, and rhetoric of the speeches, and to their political and historical context. |
| GREEK 213 - Lucian |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Advanced reading and study of selected passages from Lucian, with attention to the language and style of his satirical dialogues, and to their social and historical context. |
| GREEK 220 - Greek Novel |
| (4) Morales |
| Advanced reading and study of selected chapters of an ancient Greek novel, with attention to the language and style of the work and to its literary, social and political contexts. |
| GREEK 238 - Pre-Socratic Philosophers |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Advanced readings in the first "formal" philosophers of the Western tradition. Normally includes all the major pre-Socaratics (Parmenides, Heraclitus, Pythagoras, Xenophones, Anxagoras, Democritus) and their contributions to European thought. Sometimes concentrates upon thinkers of the fifth-century Sophistic Movement. |
| GREEK 240 - Greek Prose Composition |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Improves active knowledge of the Greek language, both grammar and vocabulary, through careful writing. Refines a feeling for the Greek employed in various genres of Greek literature. Demonstrates how a feel for style helps interpret and explicate Greek literature. |
| GREEK 242 - Plato |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Advanced reading of one or several Platonic dialogues from the early or middle period (Laches, Protagoras, Phaedo, Gorgias, Symposium), both as masterpieces of Greek literature and as philosophical dialogues. |
| GREEK 243 - Post-Platonic Philosophers |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Advanced reading of selections from the more famous works of Aristotle (Nicomachean Ethics, Politics, De Anima, Metaphysics), emphasizing Aristotle both as thinker and as stylist; occasionally exerpts from Theophrastus, the Stoics, Plotinus. |
| GREEK 251 - Euripides |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Advanced reading, translation, and discussion of a complete tragedy of Euripedes, with attention to language, meter, staging, tragic themes and conventions, and the cultural context of Athenian drama, with an introduction to current scholarship. |
| GREEK 252 - Sophocles |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Advanced reading, translation, and discussion of a complete tragedy of Sophocles, with attention to language, meter, staging, tragic themes and conventions, and the cultural context of Athenian drama, with an introduction to current scholarship. |
| GREEK 253 - Aeschylus |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Advanced reading, translation, and discussion of a complete tragedy of Aeschylus, with attention to language, meter, staging, tragic themes and conventions, and the cultural context of Athenian drama, with an introduction to current scholarship. |
| GREEK 254 - Aristophanes |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Advanced reading, translation, and discussion of a complete comedy of Aristophanes, with attention to language, meter, staging, comic themes and conventions, and the cultural context of Athenian drama, with an introduction to current scholarship. |
| GREEK 258 - Homer |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Advanced reading and study of selections from the Iliad and/or Odyssey. |
| GREEK 261 - Hesiod, Theognis, and Solon |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Advanced reading and study in the archaic poets. |
| GREEK 262 - Herodotus |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Advanced reading and study in the histories of Herodotus. |
| GREEK 263 - Thucydides |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Advanced reading and research in the historical, literary, and philologicalaspects of Thucydides. |
| GREEK 265 - Xenophon |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Advanced reading and study in selected works. |
| GREEK 266 - Polybius |
| (4) Morstein-Marx |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Selections from the great history, focusing either on the Hellenistic world of the later third century, the Punic Wars, or Romes's interventions across the Adriatic from 229 to 146 B.C. Translation and historical/ historiographical study. |
| GREEK 271 - Lyric Poets and Homeric Hymns |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Advanced reading and study of lyric poems and Homeric hymns. |
| GREEK 272 - Pindar |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Advanced reading, interpretation, metrical study, and textual criticism. Introduction to other choral poets. |
| GREEK 273 - Hellenistic Poets |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Advanced study in poetry of the Alexandrian period, normally concentrating upon a single major poet such as Apollonius, Callimachus, or Theorcritus, with attention to language, meter, generic innovation, cultural context, and formative influence upon Latin literature. Includes introduction to current scholarship. |
| GREEK 596 - Directed Reading and Research |
| (2-4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Written proposal approved by department chair and graduate advisor. |
| Individual tutorial. |
| GREEK 598 - Master's Thesis Research and Preparation |
| (1-4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor and graduate advisor. |
| Independent research. |
| GREEK 599 - Ph.D. Dissertation Preparation |
| (2-12) STAFF |
| Terminal preparation of the dissertation. |