Fall Term
CLAS 203
Greek Mythology
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Classics: A survey of the myths and legends of Ancient Greece.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CLAS 210
Introductory Latin 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Classics: A course designed for beginners with little or no background in Latin. Introduction to basic grammar, vocabulary, morphology. Reading of simple sentences and connected passages.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Pre-requisite(s): Not open to students who have taken CLAS 210D1/D2 prior to September 2016.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CLAS 220
Introductory Ancient Greek 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Classics: A course designed for beginners with little or no background in ancient Greek. Introduction to basic grammar, vocabulary, morphology. Reading of simple sentences and connected passages.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken CLAS 220 D1/D2 prior to September 2016.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CLAS 230D1
Introductory Modern Greek
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Classics: A course for beginners.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CLAS 240
Intro to Classical Archaeology
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Classics: Introduction to the archaeology of the ancient Greek and Roman Mediterranean through a survey of major sites, artifacts and monuments. Emphasis on archaeological theory and methodology.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CLAS 310
Intermediate Latin 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Classics: Review of Latin grammar, morphology, syntax, and vocabulary while introducing students to techniques and strategies for reading Latin poetry and prose.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CLAS 320
Intermediate Ancient Greek 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Classics: Review of grammar, vocabulary, and syntax of Ancient Greek through translation of selected ancient texts.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Prerequisite: CLAS 220 or permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CLAS 331
Intermediate Modern Greek 1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Classics: Oral and written competence in the language at the intermediate level through the study of grammar and vocabulary. Excerpts from literature, film and music introducing the civilization of modern Greece.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Prerequisite: CLAS 230 or similar course or permission of the instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CLAS 336
Modern Greek Literature
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Classics: Offers a panorama of Modern Greek literature in translation. It examines a corpus of texts selected according to each year's thematic topic of study.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CLAS 350
Special Topics in Classics
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Classics: A study of a topic in ancient Greek or Roman literature and culture. Ancient texts taught in translation; students require no knowledge of ancient Greek or Latin. Topics varies by year.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken CLAS 347.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CLAS 400
Ancient Drama and Theatre
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Classics: A synchronic study of ancient Drama from Greece to Rome with a focus on historical and performance context in addition to literary interpretation.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken CLAS 300.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CLAS 410
Advanced Latin: Authors
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Classics: Translation and discussion of selections from ancient Latin literature written by a single author or several authors closely linked by genre or historical period. Emphasis on developing reading proficiency. Texts change from year to year. Course may be taken more than once.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Pre-requisite(s): CLAS 312 or permission of instructor
- This is a language course. Reading knowledge of Latin is expected.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
crosslisted with
CLAS 610
Readings in Latin Literature
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Classics: Translation and analysis of selected texts in Latin. Authors or texts change from year to year. This course may be taken more than once.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CLAS 420
Advanced Ancient Greek: Author
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Classics: Translation and discussion of selections from ancient Greek literature written by a single author or several authors closely linked by genre or historical period. Emphasis on developing reading proficiency. Texts change from year to year. Course may be taken more than once.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Prerequisite(s): CLAS 322 or permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
crosslisted with
CLAS 620
Readings in Ancient Greek Lit
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Classics: Translation and analysis of selected texts in ancient Greek. Authors or texts change from year to year. This course may be taken more than once.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 369
Greek History: Early Greece
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: Historical study of the period from the Mycenean Age to the end of the Archaic Age.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 376
Fall of the Roman Empire
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: Transformation of the Roman world, 1st-7th CE. Considers various perspectives and narratives of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire based on historical and material evidence.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 400
Ancient Greece, Rome and China
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: A comparative analysis of the political cultures of ancient Greece, Rome and China, c. 500 BCE to 500 CE, exploring societal distinctions through topics such as the role of historical traditions, power configurations, public oratory, elite representation, funerary rites and political spaces.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 475
Topics: Roman History
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: In-depth examination of a selected topic, theme, or period of ancient Roman history.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
Winter Term
CLAS 212
Introductory Latin 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Classics: Continued introduction to Latin grammar, vocabulary, and morphology. Reading of more complex sentences and longer connected passages.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Winter
- Prerequisite(s) CLAS 210 or equivalent.
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken CLAS 210D1/D2 prior to September 2016.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CLAS 222
Introductory Ancient Greek 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Classics: Continued introduction to ancient Greek grammar, vocabulary, and morphology. Reading of more complex sentences and longer connected passages.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Pre-quisite(s): CLAS 220 or equivalent
- Restriction(s): Not open to student who have taken CLAS 220D1/D2.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CLAS 230D2
Introductory Modern Greek
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Classics: See CLAS 230D1 for course description.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Prerequisite: CLAS 230D1
- No credit will be given for this course unless both CLAS 230D1 and CLAS 230D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CLAS 301
Ancient Greek Lit & Society
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Classics: Survey of ancient Greek literature in translation, covering the key genres and texts in their social and historical contexts. The material to be discussed includes Archaic epic, lyric, and elegy; Classical tragedy, comedy, and historiography; Hellenistic poetry, and literature of the Roman Imperial period.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken CLAS 200.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CLAS 302
Roman Literature and Society
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Classics: An exploration of Roman texts written during the Republican and Imperial periods (200 BCE-400 CE) and the study of social contexts in which they were written.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken CLAS 208.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CLAS 304
Ancient Greek Democracy
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Classics: Examines the conceptual history of popular government in the context of Greek political culture, from the 6th century BCE to the Roman conquest of Greece.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CLAS 312
Intermediate Latin 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Classics: Continued mastery of the language, with emphasis on translation of Latin texts.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Prerequisite: CLAS 310 or permission of the instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CLAS 322
Intermediate Ancient Greek 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Classics: Continued mastery of the language, with emphasis on translation of ancient Greek texts.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Prerequisite: CLAS 320 or permission of the instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CLAS 332
Intermediate Modern Greek 2
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Classics: A thorough review of the language at the intermediate level through the study of grammar, vocabulary and derivatives. Excerpts in prose, poetry and newspapers as well as audiovisual material introducing the civilization of modern Greece. a continuation of CLAS 331.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Prerequisite(s): CLAS 331 or similar course or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CLAS 335
Modern Greek Culture & Society
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Classics: Offers a panorama of Greek culture and society through the study of a corpus of documents in Greek pertaining to the year's thematic topic.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- The language of instruction is English. Knowledge of Greek is not mandatory.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CLAS 412
Advanced Latin: Themes
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Classics: Examination of a theme or problem in Roman literature, culture or history through the translation and discussion of ancient Latin texts. Emphasis on close reading and analysis of ancient Latin. Texts change from year to year. Course may be taken more than once.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Pre-requisite(s): CLAS 312 or permission of instructor
- This is a language course. Reading knowledge of Latin is expected.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
crosslisted with
CLAS 612
Topics in Latin Literature
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Classics: Examination of a selected topic in Latin literature through the translation and analysis of relevant Latin texts. Topics vary by year. Course may be taken more than once.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CLAS 422
Advanced Ancient Greek: Themes
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Classics: Examination of a theme or problem in ancient Greek literature, culture or history through the translation and discussion of ancient Greek texts. Emphasis on close reading and analysis of ancient Greek. Texts change from year to year. Course may be taken more than once.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Prerequisite: CLAS 322 or permission of instructor
- This is a language course. Reading knowledge of Ancient Greek is expected.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
crosslisted with
CLAS 622
Topics in Ancient Greek Lit
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Classics: Examination of a selected topic in ancient Greek literature through the translation and analysis of relevant ancient Greek texts. Topics vary by year. Course may be taken more than once.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CLAS 450
Advanced Topics
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Classics: An in-depth look at various topics in classical studies.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Prerequisite(s): Any ancient history course or 300-level Classics course or permission of instructor.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
crosslisted with
CLAS 650
Seminar
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Classics: Topics in ancient Greek or Roman literature, culture, and society. Emphasis on the reading and interpretaton of texts in ancient Greek and Latin.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Restriction(s): Not open to students who have taken CLAS 691.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
CLAS 500
Classics Seminar
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Classics: Seminar on a topic in ancient Greek or Roman literature and society. Topic varies by year.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Restriction(s): Open to U2 or U3 Honours students and MA students or by permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 205
Ancient Mediterranean History
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: An introduction to the history of the ancient Mediterranean world, focusing on Greek and Roman civilization.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken HIST 275.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year
HIST 449
Medicine in the Ancient World
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
History: The evolution of ideas about the human body, disease, and therapeutics, and the diverse practices of medicine in Graeco-Roman antiquity (ca 800BC - ca 600CE), with particular attention given to their social, political, cultural and religious context.
Offered by: History and Classical Studies
- Prerequisite: HIST 349 or an introductory course in Ancient Greek or Roman history
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken HIST 452 and HIST 453
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024 academic year