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CLAA02H3 Classical  Mythology I: Myths of the Gods
An introduction to the beliefs and story patterns surrounding the divinities of the ancient Greek and Roman world. How divine myth reflects such universal concerns as creation, transformation and death. Some consideration of ancient and modern theories of myth and representations of divine mythology in ancient and modern art.
Exclusion: (CLAA02Y), CLA204H, (CLA205Y)

CLAA03H3 Classical  Mythology II: Myths of the Heroes
The stories of the heroes of the ancient Greek and Roman world. How heroic myth reveals the thinking of Greco-Roman civilization on the world and what it means to be human, focusing on such concerns as power, sex, gender and identity and on such values as love, hate, revenge and honour.
Exclusion: (CLAA02Y), CLA204H, (CLA205Y)
Recommended preparation: CLAA02H

CLAB05H3 The Mediterranean World I: Greece
A survey of the history of the near east and Greece in the classical period (600-200 B.C.). Emphasis on the Mediterranean region in relation to Africa, the Middle East and Europe, its distinctive environment and the natural processes which shaped the societies which flourished there.
Exclusion: (CLAB05Y), CLA230H

CLAB06H3 The Mediterranean World  II: Rome
A survey of the history of the ancient Roman world, focusing primarily on the Roman Empire at its height (from Caesar to Constantine.) Extensive use of literary sources (all read in English translation) and archaeological evidence.
Exclusion: (CLAB05Y), CLA231H
Recommended preparation: CLAB05H

CLAB10H3 Greek and Latin for Scientists
The role of classical Greek and Latin in the formulation of technical scientific terms. Primary focus is on the biological and medical sciences. Particular emphasis on word analysis and structure, the principles of scientific word formation, and the characteristics, rules, and codes of scientific nomenclature.
Exclusion: CLA201H, (CLA211H)

CLAB20H3 The Classical World in Film
The representation of the classical world and historical events in film. How the Greek and Roman world is reconstructed by filmmakers, their use of spectacle, costume and furnishings, and the influence of archaeology on their portrayals. Films will be studied critically for historical accuracy and faithfulness to classical sources.
Exclusion: CLA388H
Recommended preparation: (CLAA02Y) or CLAA02H or CLAA03H

CLAB42H3 Army and Empire in the Roman World
An introduction to the military organization of the Roman Empire.
   The development of the Roman army as a fundamental social institution within the Roman state and as agent of conquest and Romanization. Emphasis on the army's role in conquest and urbanization, communications, logistics and engineering in three major phases of Roman military history.
Prerequisite: (CLAA02Y) or [CLAA02H & CLAA03H] or (CLAB05Y) or CLAB06H or [HISA01H & HISA02H] or (HISA03Y)

CLAC01H3 Selected Topics in Classical Literature
A detailed study of an author or a genre in Classical Literature in Translation.
   Topics will vary from session to session and will alternate between Greek and Roman Epic, Greek and Roman Tragedy and Greek and Roman Comedy.
Exclusion: CLA300H, (CLA300Y)
Prerequisite: One full credit in Classics or in English or another literature

CLAC02H3 Selected Topics in Classical Civilization
A detailed study of a theme in Classical Civilization.
Topics will vary from session to session and may be drawn from such areas as the archaeological history of the Roman world, Greek and Roman religion, ancient education or Roman law.
Prerequisite: One full credit in Classics or History

CLAC32H3 Classics and the Computer
An independent research project using the resources of the computer program and the internet.
Under the supervision of a member of faculty, the student will create a web page or Perseus "pathway" on a topic to be selected in consultation with the supervisor.
Prerequisite: 2 full credits in Classics & permission of the instructor

CLAC41H3 Slavery in the Roman Economy
The essential features of Roman economic organization (agriculture, manufacturing and trade) and the role of slavery within that economy.
   The rise of slavery at Rome, the role of slaves in agriculture and pastoralism, literary images of slavery, slave revolts and resistance, the "accommodation" of Roman society to slavery.
Prerequisite: (CLAB05Y) or CLAB06H or [HISA01H & HISA02H] or (HISA03Y)

LGGA50H3 Introductory Latin I

LGGA51H3 Introductory Latin II
(See the Languages section of this Calendar for full course descriptions.)

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