24 courses in the 1975–76 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
French Faculty
Professors
A. Ages, B.A.(Carleton), M.A., Ph .D «Ohio State)
J.R. Finn, C.R., B.A.(Western), M.A.(Toronto), Ph.D (illinois) J
R.L. Myers, B.A.(Western), M.A., Ph.D.(Johns Hopkins)
Adjunct Professor A. Wilshere, B.A., Ph.D.(London)
Associate Professors
J.J, Binamé, L.en Phil. rom., Agrégé (Brussels)
J.R. Dugan, B.A., M.A.(Toronto), Ph.D.(Yale)
J. LaFrance, B.Paed., M.A., Ph.D.(Laval)
C. Racine, B.A .(Joliette), Lic. en Péd., Lic.és Lettres, D.E.S{Montréal), Doctorat és Lettres(Nice)
W.D. Wilson, M.A., Ph.D.(Trinity College, Dublin)
Assistant Professors
P.H. Dubé, B.A., M.A.(Toronto), Ph.D(Ohio State)
R.J. Fournier, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.(Western)
P. Socken, B.A.(Toronto), M.A.(lowa), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Assistant Professor (Part-time) (1974-75) C. Abbott, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.(Ohio State)
Sessional Lecturers
P. Aplevich, B.A., M.A. (Waterloo)
HS. Fournier, B.A (Toronto), M.A.(Western) M. Frim, B.A.(Western)
M. Hennig, B.A.(Western), M.A.(Waterloo) E. Kinahan, B.A.(U.B.C.), M.A.(Waterioo)
Oral French (205*/206*) Programme
Co-ordinator N. Vassiliadis, B.A.-Lic. és Lettres, M.A.
Monitors (1974-75)
M. Bourque
M. Hardy, Licence-B.A.
C. Lajné, Brevet d’enseignement (Québec)-B.A.
P. Leman, B.Comm.
M. Meyer, Graduée du conservatoire d’art dramatique de P.Q.
B. Paboeuf, Lic. és Lettres, Majtrise de Lettres Modernes CAPES
M. Poinot, B.A.
C. Roulston, Lic. és Lettres, D.E.S., CAPES- AGREGATION
General Remarks
1) The number of lectures per week shown after certain course descriptions is an attempt to indicate the “normal”, The instructor will determine how often his particular class will meet.
2) In choosing his course each year, the student should always bear in mind the requirements of the profession he intends to enter after graduation. The members of the department are at all times willing to advise the student if he so wishes.
3) Students entering their second year will require the following number of departmental courses in order to graduate with major or honours standing in . French, Spanish or Classics.
a) Major in 3 year programme—6 courses, except Classics—5 courses
b) Double honours programme-8 courses (except French and Political Science—7 courses)
c) Single honours programme-—10 courses
Undergraduate Course Descriptions
Classics Classical Civilization (Courses in Translation)
Ancient Greece
An introductory study of the achievement of ancient Greece through some of its most prominent figures. These seminal figures have been selected as representatives, for good or bad, of the Greek experi-
ence. Each year two of the following will be featured.
Theseus: The Minoan-Mycenaean Age of Bronze; Pericles and the Rise of Democracy; Socrates, Man and Martyr; Alexander the Great and the Age of Expansion.
Ancient Rome
An introductory study of the achievement of ancient Rome through some of its most prominent figures. Each year the Roman experience will be examined in two of the following topics.
Caesar, Cicero and the Collapse of the Republican Ideal; Augustus: The Empire Rises; Nero and the Corruption of Power; Hadrian and the Imperial Machine.
A survey of several aspects of the civilization of Classical Greece. Topics studied, based on primary (in English translation) and secondary sources, will include the individual, the city, instituitions and amusements.
Three lectures, Fall term
Course Descriptions 261 Classics and Romance Languages
A course similar to 201* above, but dealing with Classical Rome.
Three lectures, Winter term
Note
With regard to the following two courses, Classical Civilization 251*-Classical Civilization 252*, the Classics Division will accept History 255 as an alternative for Classics credit. But a student May Not take both History 255 and Classical Civilization 251* = Classical Civilization 252*.
A survey of the civilizations of the Near East and of Greece, emphasizing their political, military, social and economic aspects.
This course is acceptable for credit by the History department .
Three lectures, Fall term
A military, political, social, economic survey of Rome from earliest times to the Empire’s fall.
This course is acceptable for credit by the History department
Three lectures, Winter term
A study of mediaeval literature, art, architecture, music and other expressive forms. The period from late antiquity to the High Middle Ages will be studied.
Three lectures, Fall term. Not offered in 1975-76
A study of mediaeval literature, art, architecture, music and other expressive forms. The period from the High Middle Ages to Renaissance and Reformation will be studied.
Three lectures, Winter term. Not offered in 1975-76
Greek and Roman Epic and Early Tragedy
A study of the evolution of ancient epic from Homer to Vergil. The beginnings of the art of tragic drama will be studied through the plays of Aeschylus. Three lectures, Fall term
Tragedy, Comedy and Other Verse Forms
A study of classical Greek tragic drama featuring the plays of Sophocles and Euripides. The art of comedy will be examined through the plays of Aristophanes and Plautus. Other verse forms will be studied as time permits.
Three lectures, Winter term
A general survey of Graeco-Roman mythology. Attention will also be devoted to such topics as the state cults, Oriental mystery religions in the Mediterranean area, and the Ruler Cult and worship of the Roman Emperor.
Three lectures, Year course
A study (in translation) of the major classical writers of satire and of their influence on English writers of the Renaissance and Neo-Classical periods. Forms such as formal verse satire, epigram and Menippean satire will be studied in both Classical and English writers, including Horace, Juvenal, Donne, Pope, Martial, Jonson, Petronius, Lucian, More and Swift. (Same as English 355*)
Not offered in 1975-76
A study (in translation) of significant Classical writers using pastoral and mythological elements in their works, and of their influence on English writers of the Renaissance and Neo-Classical periods. Writers such as Ovid, Shakespeare, Theocritus, Vergil, Spenser, Milton, Marvell and Pope will be studied. (Same as English 356*)
Fall term
A survey of the art and architecture of the ancient Greek world from the Minoan to the Hellenistic periods, (Same. as Fine Arts 310*)
Fall term
A survey of the art and architecture of the Roman world from Etruscan to Imperial times. (Same as Fine Arts 311*)
Winter term
A detailed study of a selection of problems in Greek History. This course is acceptable for credit by the History department.
Prerequisite: Class. Civ., 251* or History 255
Fall term. Not offered in 1975-76
A detailed study of a selection of problems in Greek History. This course is acceptable for credit by the History department.
Prerequisite: Class. Civ. 251* or History 255
Winter term. Not offered 1975-76
Course Descriptions Classics and Romance Languages
A study of the relationship between Christianity
and the Roman Empire from the earliest beginning to 200 A.D. This course includes topics such as the trial of Christ; the trials of Paul before governors of the Empire; the burning of Rome in 64 A.D. and the subsequent outlawing of Christianity; the suppression of the Bacchanals; legislation governing the persecution of Christians, and other topics.
Fall term. Not offered in 1975-76
A continuation of the course above, Topics included are the persecutions by the Emperors Decius and Valerian, the ‘Great Persecution’ and finally the triumph of Christianity under the Emperor Constantine.
Winter term. Not offered in 1975-76
The political collapse of the empire and its subsequent division to protect its frontiers and secure an unchallenged succession; economic collapse and measures to bring about recovery; the introduction of oriental ideas of the ruler as the vice-regent of heavenly authority; attempts to revive orthodox paganism and the long persecution of the Christian Church. Fall term
His early career and rise to imperial power; his victories over Maxentius and Licinius; the sole ruler of the Roman Empire; his measures to secure the empire and restore the economy; his close relationship with the Christian Church and his efforts to secure its unity; the problems of his conversion to Christianity and the establishment of ‘new Rome’. Not offered in 1975-76
A study of the major prose writers of antiquity in the fields of history and philosophy. Included are Herodotus and Thucydides (Greek history), Plato (Greek philosophy), Livy and Tacitus (Roman history), and Seneca (Roman philosophy). Other authors may be read as time allows.
Winter term. Not offered in 1975-76
Senior seminar. An in-depth study of various problems and aspects of Roman Civilization and History. (Same as History 400)
By. arrangement with the Department, an individual student or a small group of students will follow a course of study under the supervision of a faculty member.