19 courses in the 1976–77 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
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. (Iowa), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Sessional Lecturers
H. S. Fournier, B.A. (Toronto), M.A. (Western), Ph.D. (Western)
M. Hennig, B.A. (Western), M.A. (Waterloo)
Co-ordinators
M. Levert-Phillips, B.A. en Péd, (Quebec), Graduée du conservatoire d'art dramatique de I’ Université de Montréal, B.A.-U.Q.A.M.(Montreal), M.A.(Waterloo)
N. Vassiliadis, B.A.-Lic, és Lettres, M.A.
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 a particular class will meet.
2) In choosing courses each year, students should always bear in mind the requirements of the profession they intend to enter after graduation. The members of the department are at all times willing to advise students.
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 programmes — 8 courses (except French and Political Sctence — 7 courses)
c) Single honours programme — 10 courses
Undergraduate Course Descriptions
Classics Classical Civilization (Courses in Translation)
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 experience. 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.
Fall term
An introductory study of the achievement of ancient Rome through some of its most prominent figures. Each year the Roman experience will be examined intwo 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.
Winter term
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, institutions and amusements.
Three lectures, Fall term
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
Not offered in 1976–77.
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
Course Descriptions Classics and Romance Languages
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. Year course
Not offered in 1976–77.
Not offered in 1976–77.
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
Not offered in 1976–77.
Not offered in 1976–77.
Nat offered in 1976-77.
381* From Diocletian to Constantine Not offered in 1976-77.
382* Constantine the Great Not offered in 1976-77.
386* Classical Prose in Translation Not offered in 1976-77.
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.