Classical Civilization

Bachelor of Arts - Classics; Classical Civilization Option; Track: Classical Civilization

College Humanities & Sciences

Catalog Year: 2014-2015

Degree Specific Credits: 43

Required Cumulative GPA: 2.5

Note: Degree requires 43-53 credits to complete.

Lower Division Core Courses

Rule: Must complete 9 credits from the following:

Note: Must select either CLAS 251L or 252L. Only 1 will be accepted toward the fulfillment of the required major credits.

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Show Description CLAS 155L - Survey of Greek and Roman Lit
Offered every autumn. An introduction to the literature of classical Greece and Rome.  Readings in English translations of ancient works by Homer, Sophocles, Herodotus, Plato, Cicero, Vergil, Livy, and Ovid (and/or similar authors).
 3 Credits
Show Description CLAS 160L - Classical Mythology
Offered every spring and intermittently in summer. Deities and myths of the Greeks and Romans, with emphasis on those of most importance to Western literature and art.
 3 Credits
Show Description CLAS 251L - The Epic
(R–6) Offered intermittently. Reading, study and discussion of epic poems. Selections will vary from Western and non–Western traditions.
 3 Credits
Show Description CLAS 252L - Greek Drama: Politics on Stage
(R–6) Offered intermittently. A study of the literary, artistic and political dimensions of  Greek Tragedy and Comedy. Selections will vary.
 3 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 9 Total Credits Required

Degree Electives I

Rule: Must complete 12 credits from the following courses

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Show Description ARTH 407 - Roman and Early Christian Art
Offered intermittently. Prereq., ARTH 200H or 201H or consent of instructor.  Same as LS 341H and MCLG 361H. A survey of the various media used in Roman art; the social political, and economic contexts in which the media were developed; and the transition (technical, iconographic, and contextual) to the art of the Early Christian period.
 3 Credits
Show Description CLAS 320 - Women in Antiquity
Offered intermittently. Prereq., any one MCLG course in Classical Civilization or LATN 102 or GRK 102 or consent of instructor. Examination of varied sources from Ancient Greece, the Hellenistic World, and republican and imperial Rome to clarify the place of women in communities. Women's contribution to community and the mechanisms by which communities attempted to socialize female populations.
 3 Credits
Show Description CLAS 360H - Ancient Greek Civ and Culture
Offered intermittently. Prereq., consent of instr. Slide–lecture course. Ancient Greek works of art and architecture, related to and explained by contemporary ideas and values of Greek society.
 3 Credits
Show Description HSTR 301H - Ancient Greek Social Hist
(EU) Offered intermittently. Various aspects of personal, social, and political life of classical times in Greece. Primary readings in various ancient authors supplemented by some audio-visual or other informational presentations.
 3 Credits
Show Description HSTR 302H - Ancient Greece
(EU) Offered intermittently. Greek history from the earliest times through the Macedonian ascendancy, based on the writings of the Greek historians.
 3 Credits
Show Description HSTR 304H - Ancient Rome
(EU) Offered intermittently. Roman history from the time of the Kings through the early Empire. Based on the writings of the Roman historians.
 3 Credits
Show Description PHL 261Y - History of Ancient Philosophy
Offered autumn. Introduction to the central works of Plato and Aristotle, with an overview of Presocratic and Hellenistic philosophy.
 3 Credits
Show Description PHL 363 - Ancient Greek and Roman Phil
Offered intermittently. Examination of the thought of the philosophers of Greece and Rome as expressed in original works read in English translation. Ancient philosophy studied within its historical, linguistic and cultural setting. Cannot receive credit for both PHL 363 and MCLG 362H.
 3 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 12 Total Credits Required

Degree Electives II

Rule: Must complete 9 credits from the following courses

Note: If both CLAS 309 and CLAS 319 are taken, only 1 will count toward degree requirements.

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Show Description CLAS 309 - Reading the City: Rome
Offered autumn.  Same as LS 309.   Prereq., previous acceptance in subsequent intersession Italy program.  Overview of the history of Rome from its beginnings until modern times, with lectures on various periods and artists across the spectrum of Italian art history.  Orientation to the city of Rome, practicalities of life and study in the city.
 3 Credits
Show Description CLAS 319 - UM Students in Rome
Offered intermittently.  Prereq., MCLG 309.  Approximately three–week experience in Rome.  Study of the classical, medieval, and modern city.  Presentation of research on site.
 1 Credits
Show Description CLAS 365E - The Roots of Western Ethics
Offered intermittently. Studies of the origins of Western ethical thinking in the  writings of Greek writers and their application to current situations.
 3 Credits
Show Description GRK 202 - Intermediate Greek II
Offered spring. Prereq., GRK 201 (211) or equiv. Readings from Homer's Iliad and/or Odyssey.
 3 Credits
Show Description GRK 300 - Major Greek Writers
(R–12) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., GRK 202 (212) or equivalent. Homer, lyric poets, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Plato, Aristotle, Hellenistic philosophers, New Testament, etc. Selection to fit students' interests and programs.
 3 Credits
Show Description LATN 202 - Intermediate Latin II
Offered spring. Prereq., LATN 201 or equiv. Latin epic poetry: Vergil's Aeneid.
 3 Credits
Show Description LATN 311 - Major Latin Authors
(R–18) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., LATN 202 or equiv.  Plautus, Terence, Lucretius, Livy, Cicero, Vergil, Horace, Ovid, Tacitus, Juvenal, Pliny, Martial, etc.; also, Early Church fathers, Medieval and Renaissance Latin. Selection to suit students' needs and interests.
 3 Credits
Show Description PHL 465 - Plato
Offered intermittently. Prereq., upper-division standing, PHL 210E, and PHL 261Y, or consent of instr.  Reading and interpretation of selected works.
 3 Credits
Show Description PHL 466 - Aristotle
Offered intermittently. Prereq., upper-division standing, PHL 210E, and PHL 261Y, or consent of instr. Reading and interpretation of selected works.
 3 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 9 Total Credits Required

Language Component

Rule: Student must complete one of the following options:

13-20 Total Credits Required

Option One: Latin

Rule: May complete all of the following:

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Show Description LATN 101 - Elementary Latin I
Offered autumn.  Latin I is the first course of a two-semester sequence, designed to enable the student to read authors in the original Latin as soon as possible. Based upon selected texts from Plautus, Vergil, Catullus, Livy, Ovid, Tacitus, and other major authors.
 5 Credits
Show Description LATN 102 - Elementary Latin II
Offered spring. Prereq., LATN 101. Continuation of 101. Latin grammar, vocabulary, readings.
 5 Credits
Show Description LATN 201 - Intermediate Latin I
Offered autumn. Prereq., LATN 102 or equiv. Selections of Latin prose from the classical period, with complementary exercises in elementary composition.
 4 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 14 Total Credits Required

Option Two: Greek

Rule: May complete all of the following:

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Show Description GRK 101 - Elementary Greek I
Offered autumn. Introduction to Classical Greek is the first courses of a two-semester sequence, designed to enable the student to read Greek authors in the original Greek as soon as possible. Based upon selected texts from Tragedians, Plato, Xenophon, Menander, New Testament, and other major authors.
 5 Credits
Show Description GRK 102 - Elementary Greek II
Offered spring. Prereq., GRK 101 or equivalent. Continuation of 101. Greek grammar, vocabulary, readings of ancient Greek writings with the aid of a lexicon.
 5 Credits
Show Description GRK 201 - Intermediate Greek I
Offered autumn. Prereq., GRK 102 or equiv. Attic prose and poetry  Plato, Thucydides, Euripides.
 3 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 13 Total Credits Required

Option Three: Latin and Greek

Rule: May complete all of the following:

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Show Description GRK 101 - Elementary Greek I
Offered autumn. Introduction to Classical Greek is the first courses of a two-semester sequence, designed to enable the student to read Greek authors in the original Greek as soon as possible. Based upon selected texts from Tragedians, Plato, Xenophon, Menander, New Testament, and other major authors.
 5 Credits
Show Description GRK 102 - Elementary Greek II
Offered spring. Prereq., GRK 101 or equivalent. Continuation of 101. Greek grammar, vocabulary, readings of ancient Greek writings with the aid of a lexicon.
 5 Credits
Show Description LATN 101 - Elementary Latin I
Offered autumn.  Latin I is the first course of a two-semester sequence, designed to enable the student to read authors in the original Latin as soon as possible. Based upon selected texts from Plautus, Vergil, Catullus, Livy, Ovid, Tacitus, and other major authors.
 5 Credits
Show Description LATN 102 - Elementary Latin II
Offered spring. Prereq., LATN 101. Continuation of 101. Latin grammar, vocabulary, readings.
 5 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 20 Total Credits Required