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CLASSICS COURSES IN OTHER UNITS

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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)

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

HEB/JST/REL 233 Intermediate Biblical Hebrew

Instructor: Jason Bronowitz, search.asu.edu/profile/1056872

Instructor: Francoise Mirguet, search.asu.edu/profile/1298246

Offers training in 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 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

HST 302 Ancient Persia

Instructor: Matt Simonton, School of Humanities, Arts, and Cultural Studies search.asu.edu/profile/2148348

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!