27 courses in the 1987–88 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
Professor, Chairman of the Department
P. Forsyth,’ AB (Mount Holyoke), MA, PhD (Toronto), Recipient of the Distirguished Teacher Award
Associate Professor and Undergraduate
Officer
R.L. Fowler, BA, MA (Toronto), DPhil (Oxford)
Professors P. Keresztes, MA (Toronto), PhD (Graz)
Assistant Professors
L.A. Curchin, BA (Western Ontario), MA (Toronto, Carleton), PhD (Ottawa)
S.B.P. Haag, BA, MA (Queen's), MA (Waterloo), MPhil (Toronto)
L.L. Neuru, BA (San Francisco), MA (Oregon), PhD (McMaster)
R.L. Porter, BA‘ (McMaster), MA, PhD (Princeton)
Participating Faculty in Classics at Wilfrid
Laurier University
A. Foley, BA, MA (McGill), PhD (London)
H.A. MacLean, BA (McMaster), MA, PhD (Wisconsin)
G.P. Schaus, BA, MA (Dathousie), PhD {Pennsylvania}
GR. Vallillee, BA, MA (McGill), PhD (Chicago)
J. Zeyl, BA, MA (Toronto), PhD (McMaster)
Faculty Member of Classical Studies
holding cross appointment to: Fine Arts
Course Descriptions
CLASSICAL STUDIES
(Courses in Translation)
Introductory Notes
1. Students should consult with the departmental Undergraduate Advisor for the latest information on course
offerings.
2. CLAS courses were formerly designated C CIV.
Course Descriptions 16:31 Classical Studies
An introduction to Greek and Roman civilization, focusing on six key aspects of the discipline of classical studies.
history, literature, philosophy, myth and religion, art and architecture, and ciassical archaeology.
An introductory study of the achievement of ancient Greece through some of its most prominent figures. Each year two of the following will be featured: Homer and Heroic Greece; Pericles and the Rise of Democracy; Socrates, Man and Martyr; Alexander the Great and The Age of Expansion.
An introductory study of the achievement of ancient Rome through some of its most prominent figures. Each year two of the following will be featured: Julius Caesar and the Collapse of the Republic; Augustus: The Empire Rises; Nero and the Corruption of Power; Hadrian and the imperial Machine.
A survey of the civilization of Classical Greece, featuring such topics as the individual (male and female), political institutions, art, religion, philosophy, literature, social life and leisure activities.
Students are advised to preregister early for this course as enrolment is limited.
A survey of the civilization of the Roman Republic and Empire, featuring such topics as the individual (male and femaie), political institutions, art, religion, philosophy, literature, social life and leisure activities.
Students are advised to preregister early for this course as enrolment is limited.
A survey of ancient Greece, emphasizing its political, military, social and economic aspects.
This course is acceptable for credit by the History Department.
16:32 Course Descriptions — Classical Studies
A military, political, social and economic survey of Rome from earliest times to the Empire’s fall. .
This course is acceptable for credit by the History Department.
Classical Studies accepts HIST 238 for Classical Studies credit, but a student may not take both HIST 238 and CLAS 252.
A study of medieval literature, art, architecture, music and other expressive forms. The period from late antiquity to A.D. 1200 will be studied.
A study of medieval literature, art, architecture, music and other expressive forms. The period from A.D. 1200 to the Renaissance will be studied.
This course examines ancient epic through the iliad and Odyssey of Homer, the Argonautica of Apollonius Rhodius and the Aeneid of Vergil. The evolution of the epic genre is traced in lectures and discussions. No knowledge of Greek or Latin is needed.
This course focuses upon the dramatic literature of the classical age in Athens. It features the Oresteia of Aeschylus, the “Oedipus” plays of Sophocles, and the Medea, Hippolytus and Bacchae of Euripides. Roman tragedy is also studied for comparative purposes through the plays of Seneca. No knowledge of Greek or Latin is needed.
Cross-listed as DRAMA 251
A study of selected social problems in ancient Greece and Rome. Each year, two of the following will be examined: women in society, slavery and the labour force, the aged and infirm, human sexuality and sexual mores, children and education, minority groups and racial prejudice, war and conflict.
Prereq: CLAS 201 or 202 or instruc tors permission
A study of Greek and Roman myth, including the birth of the gods, creation, the Olympians, Prometheus and the fall, the flood, the ages of man, and the Greek mystery religions.
A study of Greek and Roman legend, including the cycles of. Troy, Mycenae, Thebes; the Argonauts, the heroes, Odysseus; and the oriental mystery retig: ions (with their relation to Christianity).
A survey of the art and architecture of the ancient Greek world from the Minoan to the Hellenistic periods.
Cross-listed as FINE 310
A survey of the art and architecture of the Roman world from Etruscan to Impe-
rial Times.
Cross-listed as FINE 311
From the beginnings to Plato. Cross-listed as PHIL 380
From Aristotle to the close of classical antiquity.
Cross-listed as PHIL 381
The comedy of the ancient Greeks and Romans will be examined through selected plays of Aristophanes, Menander, Plautus and Terence. The different types of comedy, and their evolution, will be studied in tectures and discussions. No knowledge of Greek or Latin is needed.
Prereq: CLAS 266 or instructor s permission.
Cross-listed as DRAMA 358
including Sappho, Pindar, Catullus, Horace and others; classical satire, including Horace, Petronius, Juvenal, Lucian. No knowledge of Greek or Latin is needed.
Prereq: CLAS 265 or 266 or an appropriate course in literature, or instructor s permission.
This course examines the relationship between Christianity and the Roman Empire, dealing in particular with the Christians in the social context of the Roman Empire generally and its various regions.
This course deals with the transition of
the Roman Empire into the beginnings of
the European states in the West and the
Byzantine Empire in the East. Popular
theories for the “decline and fall” of the
old Roman Empire are examined. Prereq: CLAS 202, 252 or instructor s
permission
A study of scientific thought and achievements in such areas as astronomy, biology, anatomy and medicine, and of the technological skills which produced and distributed raw materials, manufactured goods and agricultural products.
Prereq: First year science or engi neering course, or CLAS 201 or 202 or 251 or 252 or instructor s permission
A senior course concentrating on the Cycladic, Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations of the Bronze Age.
Prereq: CLAS 201, 251, 361 or instruc tor s permission
Senior seminar; intensive study of various problems.
Prereq: Previous work in ancient history or instructor s permission
This course is acceptable for credit by the History Department (but not as a senior seminar)
Senior seminar; intensive study of various problems.
Prereq: Previous work in ancient history or instructor s permission
This course is acceptable for credit by the History Department (but not as a senior seminar)
490A/B 0.5/0.5 Senior Honours Thesis All senior honours students should consult with the Undergraduate Advisor about writing a thesis or doing Directed Study. For further details see Classical Studies programs (Chapter 8).
A letter grade for CLAS 490A will be submitted only after the completion of CLAS 4908
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.