GRK 102: Introduction to Ancient Greek II. 5 hours, 5 credits. Concludes the study of syntax and vocabulary started in GRK 101 and begins the reading of continuous Greek texts. PREREQ.: GRK 101.
GRK 103: Introduction to Ancient Greek I. 3 hours, 3 credits. GRK 103 and 104 constitute a two-semester sequential unit of instruction designed for students who have had no previous training in Greek. The objective of this sequence is to train the student to read graded passages of Greek literature chosen from ancient authors. NOTE: GRK 103 will not be credited without 104.
GRK 104: Introduction to Ancient Greek II. 3 hours, 3 credits. Concludes the study of syntax and vocabulary started in GRK 103 and begins the reading of continuous Greek texts. PREREQ.: GRK 103.
NOTE: All 200-level GRK courses (except for GRK 229) carry the following PREREQ.: GRK 101-102 (or the equivalent).
*GRK 227: Plato: The Trial of Socrates. 3 hours, 3 credits.
*GRK 228: Homer: The Iliad. 3 hours, 3 credits.
*GRK 229: New Testament Greek. 2 hours, 2 credits.
*GRK 230: Greek Prose Authors. 3 hours, 3 credits.
GRK 281: Intermediate Greek Tutorial. One semester, 3 credits (maximum 6 credits). Individual readings in Greek prose and poetry under faculty direction. PREREQ.: GRK adviser's permission.
*GRK 301: Homer's Odyssey. 3 hours, 3 credits.
*GRK 302: The Homeric Hymns and Hesiodic Poetry. 3 hours, 3 credits.
*GRK 303: Greek Lyric Poetry. 3 hours, 3 credits.
*GRK 304: Aeschylus. 3 hours, 3 credits.
*GRK 305: Sophocles. 3 hours, 3 credits.
*GRK 306: Euripides. 3 hours, 3 credits.
*GRK 307: Aristophanes. 3 hours, 3 credits.
*GRK 308: Thucydides. 3 hours, 3 credits.
*GRK 309: Xenophon. 3 hours, 3 credits.
*GRK 310: The Attic Orators. 3 hours, 3 credits.
*GRK 314: Plato. 3 hours, 3 credits.
GRK 381: Tutorial. One semester, 3 credits (may be repeated). Individual study of a special field or author. PREREQ.: Departmental permission.
*GRK 400: Greek Prose Composition and Stylistics. 2 hours, 2 credits.
GRK 491: Honors Research. One semester, 3 credits (maximum 6 credits). Individual study of a special field or author. PREREQ.: Departmental permission.
*ACU 160: Introduction to the Greek and Roman Cultures. 3 hours, 3 credits.
*ACU 226: Greek Daily Life. 3 hours, 3 credits.
*ACU 227: Roman Daily Life. 3 hours, 3 credits.
ACU 231: Current English Usage of Latin and Greek. 3 hours, 3 credits. A study of the most important Latin and Greek elements in English usage, both literary and scientific: principles of etymology and word formation; and consideration of such specialized vocabularies as poetic, philosophic, legal, and medical. This course is designed to equip the student with the ability to develop a better understanding of the vocabulary of English.
ACU 232: The Vocabulary of Medical and Scientific Terminology. 3 hours, 3 credits. The course provides students with the ability to understand and use medical and scientific terminology by studying and analyzing those Greek and Latin elements which have served as the basis for all scientific vocabulary since the Renaissance.
ACU 266: Classical Myth and the Human Condition. 3 hours, 3 credits. Study through literary and artistic sources of selected classical myths that explore essential problems of human existence. PREREQ.: For students matriculated September 1, 1984, and thereafter: COR 100.
ACU (WST) 302: Women in Antiquity. 3 hours, 3 credits. A study of the roles of women in Greek and Roman society as they can be seen from the important literary works of antiquity. Attitudes toward women will also be examined, with some attention being paid to mythological and archaeological sources.
*ACU 304: The Literature of Ancient Science. 3 hours, 3 credits.
ACU 305: Greek Literature in Translation. 3 hours, 3 credits. Study of Greek literature and thought from Homer to Socrates, with supplements from Hellenistic and later literature. Emphasis will be on the emergence of the concept of man as an individual and as a social creature and on the expression of that concept in the evolution of lyric, drama, history, oratory, and philosophy as formal literary genres.
*ACU 306: Roman Literature in Translation. 3 hours, 3 credits.
ACU 307: The Greek and Roman Epic in English Translation. 3 hours, 3 credits. Ancient narrative song and poetry in its development from Homer to Statius, with chief emphasis on the Iliad and the Odyssey and the Aeneid of Vergil.
ACU 308: Greek and Roman Tragedy in English Translation. 3 hours, 3 credits. A study of the plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides against their religious and social backgrounds. The Roman treatment of Greek tragic themes by Seneca the Younger, with some attention to the influence of the latter on European drama.
*ACU 309: Ancient Comedy in English Translation. 3 hours, 3 credits.
*ACU 310: History and Biography as a Genre of Literature. 3 hours, 3 credits.
ACU (PHI) 315: Philosophical Thought before Socrates. 3 hours, 3 credits. The development of speculative, rhetorical, and ethical literature in Greece from earliest times to the period of Socrates. Special attention will be given to those factors which contributed to the basis of the Socratic method of enquiry. PREREQ.: One PHI course.
ACU (HIA) 316: Greek Archaeology of the Classical Period. 3 hours, 3 credits. Study of major Greek sites of the fifth and fourth centuries B.C., including the topographies of Athens, Sparta, Corinth, and Thebes. The influence of Greece on surrounding civilizations, such as Persia, will be investigated, and the effects of the cultural and political life of the period on urban development will be stressed.
ACU (HIA) 318: Roman Archaeology and Topography. 3 hours, 3 credits. Study of the major pre-Roman sites of Italy, including the cities of Etruria. The development of the City of Rome during the Republican period, and the investigation of such sites as Pompeii and Herculaneum. The spread of Romano-Hellenistic urban civilization throughout the Mediterranean region during the empire. A detailed study of the topography of imperial Rome.
*ACU 321: The Ancient Romance. 3 hours, 3 credits.
ACU 350: Topics in Ancient Culture. 3 hours, 3 credits (maximum 12 credits). Selected topics in ancient culture. (For specific topics and sections each semester, consult the department.)
ACU 381: Tutorial in Ancient Culture. One semester, 3 credits (maximum 6 credits). Individual or group study of a special field or author. PREREQ.: Either satisfactory completion of 60 college credits or chair's permission.