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Undergraduate funding application

Submitted by ryanx@stanford.edu on Mon, 04/16/2012 - 1:30pm
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Use this form to apply for departmental funding for summer coursework or for travel to conduct research, work at an archaeological dig, present a paper at a conference, etc.

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Undergraduate Student Handbook

Submitted by ryanx@stanford.edu on Mon, 04/16/2012 - 1:18pm
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The Undergraduate Student Handbook details official departmental policies and procedures for the Classics Department's majors and minors.

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Getting started in Classics

Submitted by ryanx@stanford.edu on Mon, 04/16/2012 - 12:13pm
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A flier for undergraduates considering a Classics major or minor program.

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Biblical Greek II

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This is a continuation of the Winter Quarter Biblical Greek Course. We will be reading selections primarily from the New Testament (both Gospels and Epistles) as well as focusing on knowledge of key vocabulary and grammar needed to read the Greek Bible with ease. Readings will be supplemented with sections from the Septuagint and Early Christian texts (Apostolic Fathers and Early Creeds).
Subject Code: 
CLASSGRK
Units: 
3-5
Term: 
Spr
Course Number: 
5B
Day/Time: 
TTh / 11:00-12:30
Room: 
200-107
Type: 
Seminar

Economy and Economics of Ancient Greece

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Cultural and political background for Athens of the 5th and 4th century BC. Athenian economy of the 4th century BC. Economic ideas of Plato, Aristotle, and Xenophon. Pros and Cons of utilitarianism in light of the ethical theories of Plato and Aristotle. Economy and economics of ancient Greece will be compared to the same of ancient China. There is an interesting parallel.

 

Subject Code: 
CLASSHIS
Units: 
5
Term: 
Win
Course Number: 
114
Day/Time: 
TTh / 9:00-10:50
Room: 
ECON 139
Type: 
Lecture

Is the Universe Just?

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What can the Classics teach us about understanding justice and injustice?  

Subject Code: 
THINK
Units: 
4
Term: 
Win
Course Number: 
16
Day/Time: 
TTh / 11:00-11:50
Room: 
420-040
Type: 
Lecture

The Egyptians

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Overview of ancient Egyptian pasts, from predynastic times to Greco-Roman rule, roughly 3000 BCE to 30 BCE. Attention to archaeological sites and artifacts; workings of society; and cultural productions, both artistic and literary.

Subject Code: 
CLASSHIS
Units: 
3-5
Term: 
Spr
Course Number: 
105
Day/Time: 
MW / 1:15-2:05
Room: 
200-205
Type: 
Lecture

Eight Great Archaeological Sites

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Preference to sophomores. Focus is on excavation, features and finds, arguments over interpretation, and the place of each site in understanding the archaeological history of Europe. Goal is to introduce the latest archaeological and anthropological thought, and raise key questions about ancient society. The archaeological perspective foregrounds interdisciplinary study: geophysics articulated with art history, source criticism with analytic modeling, statistics interpretation.
Subject Code: 
CLASSART
Units: 
3-5
Term: 
Spr
Course Number: 
21Q
Day/Time: 
MWF / 9:00-9:50
Room: 
500-106
Type: 
Seminar

Advanced Greek: Lyric Poetry

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Invectives, love songs, drinking songs, elegies, and choral odes from 700-500 B.C.E. Readings include Sappho, Alcaeus, Archilochus, Mimnermus, Alcman, Solon, and Pindar. Classics majors and minors must take course for letter grade. May be repeated for credit.

 

Subject Code: 
CLASSGRK
Units: 
3-5
Term: 
Win
Course Number: 
112
Day/Time: 
TTh / 2:15-3:45
Room: 
110-112
Type: 
Seminar

Intensive Latin

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Equivalent to CLASSLAT 1, 2, 3; or 51 and 52. Goal is to read easy Latin prose and poetry by the end of the quarter. Classics majors and minors must take course for letter grade. CLASSLAT 10 fulfills the University language requirement.

 

Subject Code: 
CLASSLAT
Units: 
9-15
Term: 
Sum
Course Number: 
10
Type: 
Lecture
Academic Year: 
2011