60 courses with the subject CLS, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
CLS 099The Bible: An Introduction1.0
Course This course is a basic survey of the most historically and culturally important book in the world. Actually, the Bible is not a single book, but a complex anthology of many different genres, including history, legend, myth, law, poetry, prophecy, philosophy, and an astonishing variety of religious texts, from passionate prayers to bitter complaints against God, composed over the course of something like a thousand years. In addition to reading the most essential parts of the Old and New Testaments, we will also examine some of the countless ways that the Bible has left an imprint on modern western and American life. No previous acquaintance with the Bible is required. Cross-Listed:
Course This course offers an overview of the history of ancient Egypt from the rise of the state under the first pharaohs (3200 BC) to its incorporation into the Hellenistic and Roman empires. Attention is given to political and social organization, foreign relations, and religion based on a study of relevant ancient texts (in translation) and archaeological evidence. CC: LCC, HUM ISP: AFR, REL
Course Ancient Iraq is often termed 'the cradle of civilization' since it is here that agriculture, urbanism, and writing first occurred. This course examines the early history of Iraq (ancient Mesopotamia) from the development of agriculture and permanent settlements through to the establishment of the first cities and states, down to about 1600 BCE. The class examines the social and economic contexts in which early Mesopotamian culture emerged, and it also gives attention to religious and religion-political ideas Cross-Listed: REL 111 CC: LCC, HUM ISP: REL
CLS 120SACRED SPACE The History of Greek Sanctuaries1
Course Virtually every facet of the Greek lived experience occurred with reference to their relationship to their gods: Greeks seldom ate meat outside of sacrifice; they sought oracles about anything from waging war to lost pillows;
Course Investigation of the circumstances that led to history's first democracy, the buildings on the Acropolis and the development of Greek literature from Homer to Sophocles and Plato; the invention of the "Western way" of war; the evolution of the Greek poleis and the confrontation with the emerging nation-state of Macedonia; the epochal wars of the Greek states with Persia and the disastrous conflict of Athens and Sparta in the Peloponnesian War; and Alexander's conquest of the "world" from the Mediterranean Sea to the rivers of India in a little over ten years. Readings include Homer's Odyssey, selected lives of Plutarch, and Thucydides. CC: LCC, HUM, HUL, GCHF, GLIT,
Course The representations and realities of sexuality and gender in classical Greece and Rome. Primary focus on how ancient writers formulated the categories of "feminine" and "masculine" in discussions of ethics, nationality, education, politics, and science. This will enable students to think critically about some of the central literary works in the Western tradition through the socially charged categories of gender. Attention will also be directed to how literary representations compare with the actual social experience of ancient women, insofar as we may reconstruct it through the reading of literary, archaeological, and artistic evidence in social, familial, legal, and religious contexts. CC: JCHF, JLIT, JSPE, HUL, HUM ISP: GSW
Course This course will address the lives of women in ancient Rome. We will examine the themes of labor, dress, family, religion, law, and medicine, among others, in a variety of sources (literary, epigraphic, visual). We will study both the lived realities of Roman women and how the latter were perceived and represented in ancient society. CC: HUM, LCC, JCHF ISP: GSW
CLS 151The Ancient World in Film and Literature1.0
Course Greco-Roman antiquity has been a favorite topic of Hollywood for years. This fascination continues today, with the recent appearance of major blockbusters as well as TV productions. Why do the Greeks and Romans appeal to a modern audience? This course will consider ancient texts in translation alongside their modern film representations. Our goal will not be to consider where the films went "wrong." Instead, we will question how these films recast and reinterpret classical texts to reflect modern interests. This course will include an "entrepreneurship module." We will question what is entrepreneurship and if Hollywood's commodification of the ancient world is entrepreneurial. CC: LCC, HUL, HUM, JCAD, JCHF, JLIT ISP: AMS, FLM
Course Students will discover how ancient Mediterranean societies interacted with the natural world, as revealed by history, art and literature, and archaeology. Some of the questions we will investigate include: how did the Mediterranean environment affect and determine everyday life, both in cities and in rural areas? How did ancient societies manage their food supply? What was their view of nature? How did they react to ecological crisis? And, finally, how can we use their outlook on and treatment of the environment to inform our own approach? CC: HUM, LCC, GCHF ISP: ENS, STS
Course (TBD: Staff) "Entrepreneurship" (or seizing upon and exploiting opportunity) is a mindset that has existed at various times and places. Through a variety of ancient sources, including legal, historical, and literary works, students will use the ancient world as a laboratory in which to observe and to assess what may or may not have constituted opportunity in the past and to examine strategies employed (as well as opportunities missed) for taking advantage of available resources in a variety of situations: economic, political, and religious. CC: HUM, LCC
Course A survey of Roman law with special attention to constitutional history in the context of the conceptual development of civil law. Basic concepts of Rome's civil law include "person" (who qualified and under what conditions?), "property" (at the end of the day, what else was there?), "succession" (i.e., who inherited property when the owner died?), "contract" (the fine print has been important for a long time!), and "delict" (wrong-doing, damages, and remedies or, failing that, punishments). We will look, in other words, at the Roman constitution and its intersections with basic civil rights and the procedures for conducting one's affairs legally. Crimes and their punishments will hold our interest too, as will the influence of Roman legal thinking on European and American jurisprudence. CC: LCC, HUM ISP: LAW
Course This course provides a detailed overview of capital punishments in ancient Greece and Rome. Each type of punishment will be analyzed from different angles: social, historical, literary and philosophical. The analysis of the various issues will be sustained by gradual reading of the texts required for the course, and by the analysis of significant evidence concerning the topic. Particular emphasis will be given to the thorough study of the primary sources, both literary and archaeological. Regular discussions of the assigned readings will take place every single session and the various contents of the readings will be included both in Quizzes and exams. Two quizzes, a Midterm and a Final exam will assess the student's progress. ISP: LAW
CLS 190Science and Technology in the Ancient World1.0
Course This course is an introduction to the scientific and technological developments during the Greek and Roman periods. Students will deepen their understanding of the scientific method, acquire skills in its application in the evaluation of evidence, and learn about the impact of science and technology on ancient civilization. The time periods covered in this class will stretch from Bronze Age of Greece to the Late Roman Empire. This course will discuss a broad range of scientific and technological topics. Students will learn about this crucial aspect of antiquity predominantly through the reading of original sources in translation. Because of the diverse nature of the topics, the authors will range greatly, including such authors as Hesiod, Pliny the Elder, and Frontinus. Students will be expected to draw conclusions from the primary source material as well as connect the ancient texts to other scholarly readings. The secondary reading will be drawn from a variety of academic disciplines, including classics and history of science. Ultimately, students will gain a better understanding of the role that ancient technological and scientific developments have had in their own world. CC: HUM ISP: STS
Course This course explores the Greek and Roman roots of Western medicine. How did the Hippocratic writers, Galen, and other physicians understand and treat the ailments of patients? And what did it mean, in the first place, to be a physician or a patient two millennia ago. CC: HUM ISP: STS
Course What do you think of when you hear "Humanities"? If you ask someone in the humanities what they study, you may hear a hundred different answers: great authors, established historians, artistic masterpieces. You seldom hear "Data." But that is exactly what all of these works are. In the modern world, countless tools have been developed to facilitate the access, analysis, and dissemination of data. In this course, we will learn how to use various technologies to both ask and answer questions traditional to the humanities and come up with new ones, with a focus on the ancient and medieval world. Cross-Listed: HST-140 CC: HUM, QMR, GDQR ISP: STS
