CLASSICS COURSES IN OTHER UNITS
Not all of these are offered every semester, check the ASU course catalog for more information!
Some of these are required courses or could be used as electives for our majors and new minor degrees
ARS 101 Art-Prehistory Thru Middle Age
Instructor: Varies
History of Western art from the Paleolithic period through the Middle Ages.
GS Designations Maroon H and HU
ARS 394 Myth and Art in Ancient Greece
Instructor: Varies.
Explore mythology of the Ancient Greeks and Romans with a heavy emphasis on their depictions in the art and archaeology of the period. (i-course)
Instructor: Nancy Serwint, School of Art isearch.asu.edu/profile/230966
ARS 402 Art of Ancient Egypt
Aesthetic, philosophical, and cultural basis of Egyptian art from pre-Dynastic period through New Kingdom. Emphasis on sculpture and architectural monuments.
Instructor: Heather Bowyer, School of Art isearch.asu.edu/profile/215942
GS Designations Maroon HU and H
ARS 498 Greek Sculpture Geometric Through Hellenistic
Instructor: Heather Bowyer, School of Art isearch.asu.edu/profile/215942
GS Designations Maroon L
ASB 222 Buried Cities and Lost Tribes
Instructor Varies
Archaeology through its most important discoveries. Available in person and online
GS Designations Maroon HU, SB, G, and H
GS Designations Gold HUAD
ASB 330 Understanding Archaeology
Instructor Varies
In-depth study and critique of theories and methods for reconstructing the lives of prehistoric peoples.
GS Designations Maroon HU, SB, G, and H
GS Designations Gold HUAD
ENG 202 Classical Backgrounds of English Literature
Instructor Varies
Readings of Greek and Latin literature in translation as they relate to literature in English.
GS Designations Maroon HU
GS Designations Gold HUAD
ENG 392 History of Rhetorical Theory
Instructor: Kathleen Lamp, English, search.asu.edu/profile/1616066
Begins in ancient Greece with the rise of the art of public oratory (known as rhetoric) and ends in the present, an era dominated by mass media. Engages in a great deal of reading--lots of very old writings as well as some newer ones. Covers a great many topics and ideas; focuses by continually returning to the subject of public discourse. Challenging readings designed to emphasize the connection between systems of philosophy (or 'worldview') and systems of communication. By focusing on big ideas, students become a better thinker and communicator in any chosen career.
GS Designations: HU
ENG 503 History of Narrative
Instructor: Ian Moulton, CISA, search.asu.edu/profile/43121
Historical overview of narrative as a mode of discourse and communication. Begins with the study of influential traditional narrative forms from Biblical and classical sources and moves to study innovation in narrative, including flashbacks, interior monologue, nonlinear narrative and frustration of narrative expectations
HEB/JST/REL 133 Elementary Biblical Hebrew
Instructor: Jason Bronowitz, search.asu.edu/profile/1056872
Offers an introduction to Biblical Hebrew, the language in which most of the books of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament have been written. Provides the basic tools to understand and translate Biblical Hebrew texts. Covers the Hebrew alphabet, basic vocabulary, morphology and syntax. Students learn idiomatic expressions, basic literary techniques in narratives and poetry, as well as specificities of Semitic languages. Emphasizes a critical approach to the ancient text. Also introduces the evolution of the biblical text, from ancient manuscripts to contemporary editions and translations. Includes an introduction to the development of writing and to the evolution of Hebrew, from earliest inscriptions to its revival in modern Israel. The texts translated in class are situated in the history of Israel, but also in their Jewish and Christian cultural and religious contexts. Be sure to Look for HEB 233, 333 and 334 to continue learning Biblical Hebrew!
GS Designations: Maroon G
HST 347 Ancient Greece I: Bronze Age through the Peloponnesian War
Instructor Varies
Traces Greek History from its prehistoric beginnings through the Peloponnesian War (431-404 B.C.), with a special focus on the Archaic (ca. 800-480 B.C.) and Early Classical periods.
HST 346 Ancient Greece II: Late Classical and Hellenistic Period
Instructor Varies
Traces the transformation of the Greek world between the end of the Peloponnesian War (404 B.C.) and the absorption of the last major Greek state by growing power of Rome (30 B.C.), with special attention to how Greeks in this period lived and thought and how the period's political and economic changes helped to create new forms of culture.
HST 373 Roman History I
Instructor Varies
Traces the growth of Roman power from Rome's humble beginnings in the eighth century B.C. to its domination of the Mediterranean and the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire after the Battle of Actium (31 B.C.).
HST 374 Roman History II: The Roman Empire
Instructor Varies
The Roman Empire from the reign of the first emperor, Augustus (27 B.C.-A.D. 14), to that of Justinian (A.D. 527-565), focusing on the lives of the Roman emperors, the society and culture of the empire, and the profound changes that eventually contributed to the empire's collapse.
HST 272 Heretics, Saints, and Emperors: Christianity in the Ancient World
Instructor: Blake Hartung, SHPRS, search.asu.edu/profile/3496842
Offers an introduction to Biblical Hebrew, the language in which most of the books of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament have been written. Provides the basic tools to understand and translate Biblical Hebrew texts. Covers the Hebrew alphabet, basic vocabulary, morphology and syntax. Students learn idiomatic expressions, basic literary techniques in narratives and poetry, as well as specificities of Semitic languages. Emphasizes a critical approach to the ancient text. Also introduces the evolution of the biblical text, from ancient manuscripts to contemporary editions and translations. Includes an introduction to the development of writing and to the evolution of Hebrew, from earliest inscriptions to its revival in modern Israel. The texts translated in class are situated in the history of Israel, but also in their Jewish and Christian cultural and religious contexts. Here's a flyer!
HST 302 Gods & Kings: Ancient Mesopotamia
Instructor: Blake Hartung, SHPRS, search.asu.edu/profile/3496842
GS Designations: Maroon HU, H
HST 302 Ancient Law and Society
Instructor: Benjamin Sullivan, SHPRS
HST 348 Rome
Instructor: Matt Simonton, School of Humanities, Arts, and Cultural Studies search.asu.edu/profile/2148348
History and civilization of Rome from the beginning of the Republic to the end of the Empire.
GS Designations Maroon HU, H, G
GS Designations Gold GCSI
PHI 328 History of Ancient Philosophy
Instructor: Sandra Woien, https://search.asu.edu/profile/92871
Instructor Varies!
History of Western philosophy from its beginnings through the Hellenistic period.
GS Designations Maroon HU and H
PHI 420 Topic: Stoicism
Instructor: Sandra Woien, https://search.asu.edu/profile/92871
POS 112 Foundations of Democracy
Instructor: Varies
Introduces an interdisciplinary study of democracy with special attention to its historical development as a form of government.
GS Designations HU and H
REL 315 Hebrew Bible (Old Testament)
Instructor Varies
Nature, content, background, historical situation, and message of the books of the Hebrew Bible in English translation.
GS Designations Maroon H, HU, and L
GS Designations Gold HUAD
REL 371 New Testament
Instructor: Blake Hartung, SHPRS, search.asu.edu/profile/3496842
Origins and literature of early Christian communities; historical investigations of the types of oral and written tradition in the New Testament.
GS Designations Maroon HU
GS Designations Gold GCSI