Please see the table below for a list of the 2024W AMNE, ARBC, GREK, HEBR, and LATN course offerings and their descriptions. For a full list of the AMNE Department’s existing courses (which include: AMNE, ARBC, GREK, HEBR, and LATN), please see the UBC Academic Calendar.
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| Course Code | Course Number | Course title | Course Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMNE | 101 | Greek and Latin Roots of English | Greek and Latin roots of English vocabulary and grammar, with an introduction to language history and Greek and Roman culture. Credit will be granted for only one of CLST 101 or AMNE 101. |
| AMNE | 151 | Greek and Roman Mythology | Greek and Roman mythology and its interpretation. Emphasis on ancient texts read in English translation. Credit will be granted for only one of CLST 105 or AMNE 151. |
| AMNE | 160 | Introduction to Religions: Judaism, Christianity, Islam | An overview of the foundational texts, histories, and contemporary expressions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Key concepts and approaches used in the study of religion. Credit will be granted for only one of RELG 101, AMNE 160, or RGST 160. Equivalency: RGST 160. |
| AMNE | 170 | Temples, Tombs, and Tyrants: The Archaeology of the Middle East, Greece, and Rome | The rise of civilizations, cultural interconnections, and power dynamics in the ancient Middle East (including Egypt), Greece, and Rome (10,000 BCE - 300 CE). Archaeological methods and interpretation, and analysis of ancient artifacts in UBC collections. Credit will be granted for only one of CNRS 104 or AMNE 170. |
| AMNE | 200 | Approaching the Ancient Mediterranean & Near East | Orientation to the peoples, places, and traditions of the ancient Mediterranean and Near East, and to analyzing different forms of source material (historical, literary, archaeological) from different perspectives. |
| AMNE | 215 | Ancient Greece | A survey of the ancient Greek world from the Minoan and Mycenaean (about 2000-1000 BCE) to the Hellenistic Period (323(3)0 BCE). Credit will be granted for only one of CLST 231 or AMNE 215. |
| AMNE | 216 | Ancient Rome | A survey of the ancient Roman world from the foundation of the city to the death of Constantine. Credit will be granted for only one of CLST 232 or AMNE 216. |
| AMNE | 225 | Gladiators, Games, and Spectacle in the Greek and Roman World | History, development, and social function of various forms of spectacle in ancient Greece and Rome, from the Olympic games to the Roman arena. Credit will be granted for only one of CLST 260 or AMNE 225. |
| AMNE | 235 | Greek Philosophy I | The Pre-Socratics; Socrates; Sophists; Plato. Recommended as preparation for AMNE 236/PHIL 212 and PHIL 310. Credit will be granted for only one of CLST 211, AMNE 235 or PHIL 211. Equivalency: PHIL 211. |
| AMNE | 251 | Near Eastern and Biblical Mythology | An introduction to the world of Near Eastern mythology, from the Gilgamesh Epic to the Book of Genesis and beyond. Credit will be granted for only one of RELG 201 or AMNE 251. |
| AMNE | 262 | Introduction to Judaism and its Texts | What is Judaism? An overview of the key texts that have defined the Jewish religion, from the Hebrew Bible through works of contemporary thinkers. Recommended as a basis for upper-level courses in religious studies. Credit will be granted for only one of RELG 206 or AMNE 262. |
| AMNE | 265 | History of Christianity to 800 CE | An introduction to the history of Christianity from its origins with Jesus through the coronation of Charlemagne as Roman Emperor in 800 CE. |
| AMNE | 279 | Byzantium: Arts of an Empire | Art, architecture, and material culture of the Byzantine Empire situated in the eastern Mediterranean (c. 300-1453); focus on social and cultural contexts of artistic production, including interactions with neighboring cultures. Credit will be granted for only one of CNRS 207, AMNE 279 or ARTH 210. Equivalency: ARTH 210. |
| AMNE | 300 | Uses and Abuses of Antiquity | Modern receptions and engagements with literature, history, philosophy, religion, archaeology, and art of the ancient Mediterranean and Near East with a focus on public writing. Prerequisite: Second-year standing or higher. AMNE 200 is recommended. |
| AMNE | 301 | The Technical Terms of Medicine and Biological Science | Acquaints the student with the Greek and Latin elements from which most specialized terms of modern medicine are constructed. Intended primarily for students planning to enter the medical, pharmaceutical, or biological sciences. Credit will be granted for only one of CLST 301 or AMNE 301. |
| AMNE | 306 | Ancient Technology: Greece and Rome | The origins, achievements, and social impacts of applied technology in the Greek and Roman world from the Bronze Age to Late Antiquity (c. 1500 BCE - 400 CE), with special attention to archaeological evidence. Credit will be granted for only one of CLST 306 or AMNE 306. |
| AMNE | 312 | History of Ancient Egypt | History and culture of Ancient Egyptian civilization from political, intellectual, social and environmental perspectives. Credit will be granted for only one of NEST 303 or AMNE 312. |
| AMNE | 317 | Alexander the Great and his Empire | The rise of Macedon under Philip II leading to its domination of Greece and the overthrow of the Persian Empire by his son, Alexander; the subsequent spread of Greek civilization in the East. Credit will be granted for only one of CLST 356 or AMNE 317. Prerequisite: One of CLST 231, AMNE 215. |
| AMNE | 318 | The Roman Republic | Rome from the foundation to the Augustan settlement. Constitutional development; the workings and failure of the Republican political system; acquisition and growth of Empire; the political, social, and economic consequences of imperialism. Credit will be granted for only one of CLST 352 or AMNE 318. Prerequisite: One of CLST 232, AMNE 216. |
| AMNE | 324 | Women in the Bronze Age, Classical Greek and Hellenistic Cultures | The images projected in mythology, literature, and art are compared with realities of women's lives insofar as they can be reconstructed from historical, legal, and archaeological records. Credit will be granted for only one of CLST 311 or AMNE 324. |
| AMNE | 333 | Roman Law | The development of Roman private law during the classical period with special attention to family law, contract and delict. Credit will be granted for only one of CLST 308 or AMNE 333. |
| AMNE | 341 | Sex, Lies, and Violence in the Hebrew Bible | An exploration of the Bible's "dark side," with emphasis on texts that center on sex, deceit, and murder. Credit will be granted for only one of RELG 307 or AMNE 341. |
| AMNE | 342 | Translating the Bible | Key issues involved in translating the Bible, with attention to gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, religion, and colonialism. |
| AMNE | 346 | Latin Epic | The development of the epic genre in Latin, with detailed study of Vergil's Aeneid, Ovid's Metamorphoses, and Lucan's Civil War, in translation. Credit will be granted for only one of CLST 314 or AMNE 346. Prerequisite: Second-year standing or above. |
| AMNE | 347 | Classical Comedy | The plays of the Greek and Roman comic dramatists: Aristophanes, Menander, Plautus and Terence, in translation. Credit will be granted for only one of CLST 318 or AMNE 347. Prerequisite: Second-year standing or above. |
| AMNE | 356 | Roman Religion | Roman religions between the ninth century BCE and the fourth century CE, including mystery religions, magic, emperor worship, and early Christianity, with particular attention devoted to the primary sources. Some knowledge of ancient Rome is recommended. Credit will be granted for only one of CLST 334 or AMNE 356. |
| AMNE | 361 | The Origins of Judaism | Surveys the history of Jews and Judaism in the Second Temple era, from the destruction of the First Jerusalem Temple (586 B.C.E.) to the beginnings of the rabbinic movement (200 C.E.). Credit will be granted for only one of RELG 330 or AMNE 361. |
| AMNE | 364 | Magic, Prophecy, and Divination in the Biblical World | Textual, contextual, and comparative exploration of the reciprocal relations between gods and people in the Hebrew Bible, Near Eastern ritual texts, and ancient experience. Credit will be granted for only one of RELG 305 or AMNE 364. |
| AMNE | 369 | Jesus: Between History and Literature | The figure of Jesus, his teachings, and his reception through literary and contextual analysis of the canonical and apocryphal gospels. Recommended: AMNE 264 or previous experience reading the New Testament. Credit will be granted for only one of RELG 414, AMNE 369, or AMNE 463. |
| AMNE | 372 | The Archaeology of Ancient Iraq and Syria: Babylon and Beyond | An overview of the archaeology of the ancient Near East, with special emphasis on the civilizations of Mesopotamia, from the appearance of the first cities (c. 3400 BCE) to the end of the Persian period (c. 330 BCE). AMNE 170 recommended as preparation. Credit will be granted for only one of NEST 319, AMNE 372 or ARTH 319. Equivalency: ARTH 319. |
| AMNE | 376 | Greek Art and Architecture | The visual culture of the ancient Greek world in the second and first millennia BCE, especially from c. 1000 to 30 BCE. Credit will be granted for only one of CLST 331, AMNE 376 or ARTH 331. Equivalency: ARTH 331. |
| AMNE | 377 | Roman Art and Architecture | The visual culture of the ancient Roman world from the 8th century BCE to the 4th century CE. Credit will be granted for only one of CLST 332, AMNE 377 or ARTH 332. Equivalency: ARTH 332. |
| AMNE | 392 | Introduction to Akkadian | The basic grammar and introduction to the cuneiform writing system of the Akkadian language of the Ancient Near East. Credit will be granted for only one of NEST 315 or AMNE 392. |
| AMNE | 394 | Introduction to Aramaic | Basics of Imperial Aramaic grammar and vocabulary, with readings from biblical and other ancient sources from the eastern Mediterranean and Southwest and Central Asia. |
| AMNE | 461 | Seminar in Biblical Studies Title: Disability and Biblical Literature. | This course analyzes the portrayal of disability and disabled figures in the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament. The study of disability is a recent advancement in the study of ancient history, especially biblical studies. Students will become familiar with cutting-edge theoretical discussions in the field of disability studies concerning “healing” (or body modification), bodily agency, health, ableism, and normality as they relate to biblical texts. Do these biblical texts portray healing as essential? Is disability an individual or social issue? Do “healthy” lives experience greater quality of living? Do biblical texts hope for a future where disability is eliminated and erased? Are key figures in biblical texts (e.g. Abraham and Sarah, Moses, Jesus, Paul) able-bodied? Focus will be given to representations (vs. realities) of disability, the lived experience of disability in the ancient world, and the recovery of disabled histories. Students will gain skills and knowledge that can be applied to the study of disability in their own respective fields and industries. This course offers students the unique opportunity to challenge contemporary conceptions of disability in the medical sciences, humanities, and popular culture by engaging critically with disability in the past. Selected topics in biblical and related texts. A maximum of 6 credits will be granted for AMNE 461 or RELG 475. Students should consult the AMNE Undergraduate Advisor before registering. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. |
| AMNE | 462 | Seminar in Early Judaism Title: Dead Sea Scrolls | This seminar serves as an introduction to the academic study of one of the most dramatic archeological finds in the last century, the Dead Sea Scrolls. Rediscovered in 1947, the Dead Sea Scrolls continue to change our understanding of the formation of the Bible, religious diversity within Judaism at the turn of the common era, and the origins of Rabbinic Judaism. They also provide insights into the time of Jesus of Nazareth and Early Christianity. This seminar will provide an in-depth study of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the archaeology of Khirbet Qumran to explore how a community understood the role of scripture, law, ritual, festivals, prayer, apocalypticism, and messianism. This seminar will also explore the Dead Sea Scrolls as the site of political, academic, and religious controversies, and as a case study for how technological advances and new methods can challenge early assumptions and result in fresh perspectives. Texts will be read in English translation. Selected topics in Judaism and Hellenism, the rise of the synagogue, Jewish sects, the development of classical rabbinic literature (e.g., Mishnah, Talmud, Midrash). A maximum of 6 credits will be granted for AMNE 462 or RELG 407. Students should consult the AMNE Undergraduate Advisor before registering. |
| AMNE | 470A | Seminar in Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Archaeology Title: Roman Historical Relief Sculpture | This course will examine historical relief sculpture used on imperial monuments. We will look at the development of this type of representation from Republic precedents until late antiquity. Some of the topics that will be examined are the use of narrative, iconography and symbol, the response of the viewer and the reception of these monuments. The purpose and context of these works within the imperial policy of each emperor will also be considered. While the course will concentrate on monuments in the city of Rome, we will also discuss some examples from outside the capital. Students will develop the skills required to evaluate and utilise various source materials, to engage with the scholarship on the topic, and to present their research in oral presentations and written assignments. Selected topics in the art, archaeology and/or architecture of the ancient Mediterranean, Near East and/or Egypt, with an emphasis on research. A maximum of 12 credits will be granted for AMNE 470 and CLST 403. Students should consult the AMNE Undergraduate Advisor before registering. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. |
| AMNE | 470B | Seminar in Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Archaeology Title: The Archaeology of Bronze Age Greece | The Trojan War, the Palace of King Minos at Knossos and the Mask of Agamemnon are only a small part of the story of the Greek Bronze Age. In this course, we'll try to separate the myths from the no-less fascinating evidence of life in the prehistoric Greek world. We'll take an in-depth look at the archaeology and art of the societies that arose in mainland Greece, Crete, the Aegean islands and Cyprus, beginning with the transition to agriculture during the Neolithic period but focusing mainly on the period of 3000 to 1100 BCE. We'll examine the material remains left behind by these societies—from monumental palaces and their archives, to the houses, tools and ceramic vessels used in everyday life—in order to understand how Bronze Age people lived and died and to try to explain the development, collapse and resilience of societies in these regions, how they were organized, what their beliefs were, and the interactions they had with neighboring cultures of the Near East and Egypt. We'll also explore how past archaeology, modern politics and pop culture have influenced the interpretation and representation of the Bronze Age past. The course will approach these topics through lectures, seminar discussions, students research projects and a hands-on lab with ceramics from the Museum of Anthropology. Selected topics in the art, archaeology and/or architecture of the ancient Mediterranean, Near East and/or Egypt, with an emphasis on research. A maximum of 12 credits will be granted for AMNE 470 and CLST 403. Students should consult the AMNE Undergraduate Advisor before registering. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. |
| AMNE | 499 | Honours Essay | Honours Thesis course; reserved for AMNE Honours students. Credit will be granted for only one of CNRS 449 or AMNE 499. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. |
| AMNE | 500C | Pro-Seminar in Ancient Mediterranean Studies: Selected Topics Title: Mixed Feelings | Over the past few decades, scholars across a range of disciplines—psychology, history, linguistics, and others—have made major contributions to our understanding emotions. The long-held assumption that feelings are constant across space and time is now untenable from a critical standpoint. Historians of emotion concur that societies have a direct impact on how emotions are felt, on who gets to express (or must repress) emotions, and on which emotions are named and thereby conceptually available to its members. These conclusions have much potential for application to the ancient world. In this pro-seminar, we will probe representations of emotions in biblical, early Jewish, and Greek texts from several interrelated angles. From a cross-cultural perspective, we will examine depictions of emotions in Hebrew and Greek texts, taking stock of where they overlap and diverge. Here we will explore the shared notion of emotions in these texts as inherently social-relational and action-oriented. From a historical perspective, we will ask how notions of emotions changed over time, especially as new concepts of selfhood and introspection emerged in the Hellenistic period. Here the examination of later retellings of biblical texts and the translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek will be particularly illuminating. Finally, from a linguistic perspective, we will bring the study of emotions into conversation with translation, asking about the suitability of “our” terms to those of the ancients. Do words such as “anger” or “love” map onto (Greek) orgê or (Hebrew) ‘ahavah—or do these translations impede our understanding of ancient texts and cultures? Are there any alternatives? What do we gain when we resist the urge to project modern notions of emotions onto the ancients? Ideally, students will emerge from this course with a more nuanced understanding of emotions from both a modern and ancient standpoint. A maximum of 6 credits will be granted for AMNE 500 or CNRS 500. Students should consult the AMNE Graduate Advisor before registering. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. |
| AMNE | 527B | Topics in Roman History and Culture Title: Spectacle in the Roman World | This class will plunge into the world of spectacle in the Roman world in all its manifold forms, from theatre to sports to the arena and beyond. In the first part of the course, we will look at studies and theories of spectacle applied to both the ancient and modern worlds, before looking at specific forms of spectacle both Roman in origin and from the cultures that the Roman Empire ruled over from Gaul to Syria and places in between. In the last third of the course our syllabus will be guided by student preferences and interests. Our emphasis will not just be on the forms of spectacle and their various remains (archaeological, artistic, and literary), but on the various effects it was intended to have and the functions it served across a range of societies throughout the Roman world. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. |
| AMNE | 571A | The Archaeology of Urbanism Title: Archaeologies of Space and Place | This course explores the role of built environments – from single rooms to urban landscapes – in past societies. Through participation in a series of seminar discussions, lectures, “hands-on” labs, and two research projects, students will come away with an understanding of various approaches that can be used to understand buildings, settlements and built landscapes. We’ll examine theories linking past built environments to human and material agency, daily practice, power, identity, and social reproduction, as well as concepts such as place, household, community and neighbourhood, cityscape, monumentality and memory. This will include some discussion of the dynamics of place and power in settler-colonial contexts such as Vancouver. We’ll also emphasize the application of methods that can help us understand how built environments affect human behavior, experience, and interaction by encoding and communicating meanings. This includes an introduction to emerging digital technologies for recording, modeling, and visualizing past built environments in 3D, as well as the use of space syntax, environmental psychology, visibility analyses and other methods that can shed light on people-place relationships. Readings and case studies will be global in perspective and assignments will focus on the application of approaches and methods on local contemporary buildings and archaeological datasets within students’ areas of interest. While the focus is archaeological, the course draws heavily on theory and method from anthropology, architecture, human geography, psychology, sociology, and urban planning, and should be of use to anyone interested in the relationship between people and built space, past or present. Selected topics on the origins, development, and material manifestations of urbanism in the ancient Mediterranean, Near East and/or Egypt. A maximum of 6 credits will be granted for AMNE 571, NEST 506, AMNE 471 or NEST 402. Students should consult the AMNE Graduate Advisor before registering. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. |
| AMNE | 572B | Topics in Near Eastern Archaeology Title: The Archaeology of the Neo-Assyrian Empire (c. 900-612 BCE) | The class focuses on the archaeology of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, which flourished in northern Mesopotamia between 900-612 BCE and which at its apogee dominated the Near East from Iran to Egypt. The class will address a variety of archaeological topics in order to understand the dynamic ways in which the Assyrians used their material culture to underscore and reflect their powerful ideology of empire, kingship and military ascendancy. In addition to analyses of Assyrian architecture and sculpture, the course looks at the transformation of the imperial landscape through large-scale technologies, such as hydraulic engineering; symbolic marking of territory through stelae and rock reliefs; and local responses (i.e. cooperation, resistance) to the Assyrian imperial presence in its provinces (e.g. Iraqi Kurdistan and Iran—building off the instructor's own research and fieldwork). The study of the reception of ancient Assyria over the past 200 years with also be covered, with its varying ideological agendas, e.g. notions of Assyria as the epitome Oriental despotism, perceptions of race (Assyrians as incapable of innovation and creativity); and the more recent globalist perspectives. Finally, we will explore the persistent colonial attitude towards Iraq’s cultural heritage, of which the material culture of Assyrian in an essential aspect, and how this has played out in the international theatre of war and terrorism in the Middle East in the 21st century. A maximum of 6 credits will be granted for AMNE 572 or NEST 500. Students should consult the AMNE Graduate Advisor before registering. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. |
| AMNE | 575C | Topics in Greek Archaeology Title: Networks in the Ancient Mediterranean | With the turn to models of connectivity to understand the historical and cultural trajectories of the ancient Mediterranean and Middle East, approaches drawn from network science have increasingly found a home amongst archaeological and historical research of these regions. This seminar will introduce students to (1) concepts and theories of networks as applied to the ancient Mediterranean and Middle East; (2) basic network analytical techniques for structuring, analyzing, and visualizing archaeological and historical data; and (3) case studies applying network theories and methods to archaeological and historical data. Students will learn to be conversant with network concepts and the basics of network analysis, while also learning to be critical of their application to archaeology and history. This seminar will coincide with an international conference on network approaches and archaeological network science workshop taking place at UBC in early October 2024. A maximum of 6 credits will be granted for AMNE 575 or CLST 518. Students should consult with the AMNE Graduate Advisor before registering. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. |
| AMNE | 590B | Topics in Identity Title: Antiquity and Racism | Racism permeates absolutely everything in the study and teaching of Mediterranean and Near Eastern antiquity, and yet it is a subject ignored in most graduate educations. In this course, we will critically investigate two main questions: (1) did the ancients invent what has been dubbed proto-racism? (2) how has modern racism influenced the study and teaching of Mediterranean and Near Eastern antiquity? To answer these questions requires a threefold approach. First, we take a broad geographical focus that simultaneously incorporates the Mediterranean and Near East and any other relevant place in the world beyond them, given antiquity’s global role in constructing modern racism. Second, we adopt a broad chronological and cultural focus (from later prehistory to Late Antiquity) and include a wide range of peoples (most notably Celts, Christians, Egyptians, Ethiopians, Greeks, Indians, Jews, Mesopotamians, Persians, Phoenicians, Romans, and Scythians). Third, we use all available primary sources (from literature and other texts to visual and material culture) and interpret them via an equally wide range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary methods and theories. By the end of this course, students will be in a position to: - investigate and understand how ancient and modern peoples expressed their identities and differences with others in literary, visual, and other types of sources. -ascertain whether racism was invented in antiquity and to explore how far modern issues and concerns have influenced discussions of antiquity. -evaluate critically ancient evidence and modern scholarship, and the narratives that have been created out of them and the legacies that they have left, so that students can read the past better and navigate in a subject whose spectre is often raised, but rarely pursued in a scholarly manner. A maximum of 12 credits will be granted for AMNE 590 or CNRS 505. Students should consult the AMNE Graduate Advisor before registering. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. |
| AMNE | 599 | Master's Thesis | Master's Thesis course; reserved for AMNE Master's students. Credit will be granted for only one of CNRS 549 or AMNE 599. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. |
| AMNE | 699 | Doctoral Dissertation | Doctoral dissertation course; reserved for AMNE Doctoral students. |
| ARBC | 101 | Beginning Classical and Quranic Arabic I | Classical Arabic, with an introduction to vocabulary and grammar and the reading of simple Qur'anic texts and wisdom sayings in the original. |
| ARBC | 205 | Beginning Classical and Quranic Arabic II | Classical Arabic, with further introduction to vocabulary and grammar and the reading of Qur'anic texts in the original. Credit will be granted for only one of ARBC 102 or ARBC 205. Prerequisite: ARBC 101. |
| ARBC | 301 | Intermediate Classical and Quranic Arabic I | Classical Arabic. Designed to enrich vocabulary and grammar and to enhance fluency in reading and interpreting a range of Qur'anic texts. Credit will be granted for only one of ARBC 201 or ARBC 301. Prerequisite: One of ARBC 205, ARBC 102. |
| ARBC | 302 | Intermediate Classical and Quranic Arabic II | Classical Arabic. Designed to further enrich vocabulary and grammar and to enhance fluency in reading and interpreting longer texts from Qur'an, Hadith and other genres. Credit will be granted for only one of ARBC 202 or ARBC 302. Prerequisite: One of ARBC 201, ARBC 301. |
| ARBC | 420B | Supervised Study in Classical and Quranic Arabic | Readings in religious and literary Arabic texts pertaining to the early and classical Islamic world. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. Prerequisite: One of ARBC 202, ARBC 302. |
| GREK | 101 | Beginning Ancient Greek I | Classical and Hellenistic Greek, Part I. |
| GREK | 102 | Beginning Ancient Greek II | Classical and Hellenistic Greek, Part II. Prerequisite: GREK 101. |
| GREK | 201 | Intermediate Ancient Greek I | Completion of the grammatical foundations of Ancient Greek, Part I. Prerequisite: GREK 102. |
| GREK | 202 | Intermediate Ancient Greek II | Completion of the grammatical foundations of Ancient Greek, Part II; introduction to the reading of unadapted passages of Greek literature. Prerequisite: GREK 201. |
| GREK | 352 | Reading Ancient Greek: Verse | Readings in the major authors in Greek verse. Prerequisite: GREK 202. |
| GREK | 401D | Greek Prose Title: Greek Epigraphy | In this course, we will use Greek public inscriptions to look at the history of the Greek city and its institutions from the Archaic to the Hellenistic period. Students will gain exposure to a variety of local dialects and scripts and become familiar with the specific conventions of epigraphy as a discipline. This course will also teach practical epigraphical skills, such as reading squeezes from AMNE's collection and preparing an edition of an inscription. Studies in history, philosophy and/or oratory. A maximum of 12 credits can be granted for either one of or any combination of GREK 401, GREK 501. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. Prerequisite: One of GREK 351, GREK 352. |
| GREK | 402B | Greek Verse | Texts/topic will be selected in consultation with students, taking into account what texts have been read previously. We may focus on a single author (e.g. Pindar), or an idea (e.g. debate; the poetic persona; Egypt), or a figure (e.g. Prometheus in Hesiod and Ps-Aeschylus; Medea in Euripides and Apollonius). Registered students will be contacted in July, or you may get in touch with the instructor directly with questions. Studies in epic, tragedy and/or comedy. A maximum of 12 credits can be granted for either one of or any combination of GREK 402, GREK 502. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. Prerequisite: One of GREK 351, GREK 352. |
| GREK | 501D | Greek Prose Title: Greek Epigraphy | In this course, we will use Greek public inscriptions to look at the history of the Greek city and its institutions from the Archaic to the Hellenistic period. Students will gain exposure to a variety of local dialects and scripts and become familiar with the specific conventions of epigraphy as a discipline. This course will also teach practical epigraphical skills, such as reading squeezes from AMNE's collection and preparing an edition of an inscription. AMNE Graduate Students will be prioritized for registration. Please contact amne.grad@ubc.ca for assistance. History, philosophy and/or oratory. A maximum of 12 credits can be granted for either one of or any combination of GREK 401, GREK 501 This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. |
| GREK | 502B | Greek Verse | Texts/topic will be selected in consultation with students, taking into account what texts have been read previously. We may focus on a single author (e.g. Pindar), or an idea (e.g. debate; the poetic persona; Egypt), or a figure (e.g. Prometheus in Hesiod and Ps-Aeschylus; Medea in Euripides and Apollonius). Registered students will be contacted in July, or you may get in touch with the instructor directly with questions. Epic, tragedy and/or comedy. A maximum of 12 credits can be granted for either one of or any combination of GREK 402, GREK 502. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. |
| HEBR | 101 | Beginning Biblical Hebrew I | Biblical Hebrew, with an introduction to vocabulary and grammar, and the reading of simple biblical texts in the original. |
| HEBR | 205 | Beginning Biblical Hebrew II | Biblical Hebrew, with further introduction to vocabulary and grammar, and the reading of biblical texts in the original. Credit will be granted for only one of HEBR 102 or HEBR 205. Prerequisite: HEBR 101. |
| LATN | 101 | Beginning Latin I | Classical Latin, Part I. |
| LATN | 102 | Beginning Latin II | Classical Latin, Part II. Prerequisite: LATN 101. |
| LATN | 201 | Intermediate Latin I | Completion of the grammatical foundations of classical Latin, Part I. Prerequisite: LATN 102. |
| LATN | 301 | Intermediate Latin II | Completion of the grammatical foundations of classical Latin, Part II; an introduction to the reading of unadapted passages of Latin literature and discussion of their cultural contexts. Credit will be granted for only one of LATN 202 or LATN 301. Prerequisite: LATN 201. |
| LATN | 350 | Latin Literature of the Classical Period (Prose) | Readings in Latin Prose. Prerequisite: One of LATN 301, LATN 202, LATN 200. |
| LATN | 351 | Latin Literature of the Classical Period (Verse) | Readings in Latin Verse. Prerequisite: One of LATN 301, LATN 200, LATN 202. |
| LATN | 401A | Latin Prose Title: Mourning and Consolation in Latin Literature | In this class we will be reading works in Latin that deal with grief, mourning, and consolation in both poetry and prose. We will read texts that will hopefully help us understand how the Romans wrote about different forms of grief and loss, as well as how they consoled each other – or, indeed, themselves. In addition to reading extensively in Latin we will also explore the language and expression of loss in a range of other ancient and modern authors in English or in translation into English in order to develop our own nuanced understanding of how we express our sorrows and attempt to console others, and how this language may or may not be suitable to apply to the Romans and to translate Latin texts. In Latin we will read selections from the following authors: Catullus; Cicero; Horace; Ovid; Seneca the Younger; Statius; Virgil; and some inscriptional material. (The syllabus can be adjusted to read other authors, if students have a wish to read something in particular on this theme.) In English we will read short selections from: Cassandra Austen (the sister of Jane Austen); Boethius; Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill/Eileen O’Connell; John Donne; Lucian; C.S. Lewis; Milton, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; Pablo Neruda; Plutarch; Sophocles; Suetonius; Dylan Thomas, and W.B. Yeats, as well as any other author students might wish to read. Studies in history, oratory and/or philosophy. A maximum of 12 credits can be granted for either one of or any combination of LATN 401, LATN 501. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. Prerequisite: One of LATN 350, LATN 351. |
| LATN | 402B | Latin Verse Title: Lucretius | Around the middle of the first century BCE, Titus Lucretius Carus composed a poem so strange that St. Jerome, several centuries later, thought that its author had gone insane from a love potion! This poem, De Rerum Natura, is unlike anything else that survives in Latin literature, and yet it has had an enormous influence on Latin poetry, scientific thinking, and the development of modernity. De Rerum Natura teaches its readers a materialist philosophy of the world, which is made up of invisible “seeds” (atoms). But it teaches much more than this, since once we understand that change is the one constant in this material universe, the ramifications are enormous. In the end, Lucretius advises that we not worry so much and just enjoy whatever time we have in this incredible world. In this course, we will read selections from the poem's six books, including Lucretius's explanation of atomic theory; the creation of the world and evolution of humans; why we shouldn't be afraid of death; why love is a mirage; and the spread of a deadly plague. The final selection of passages may be adjusted based on students’ interests. Studies in narrative verse, comedy, satire, elegiac and lyric poetry. A maximum of 12 credits can be granted for either one of or any combination of LATN 402, LATN 502. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. Prerequisite: One of LATN 350, LATN 351. |
| LATN | 501A | Latin Prose Title: Mourning and Consolation in Latin Literature | In this class we will be reading works in Latin that deal with grief, mourning, and consolation in both poetry and prose. We will read texts that will hopefully help us understand how the Romans wrote about different forms of grief and loss, as well as how they consoled each other – or, indeed, themselves. In addition to reading extensively in Latin we will also explore the language and expression of loss in a range of other ancient and modern authors in English or in translation into English in order to develop our own nuanced understanding of how we express our sorrows and attempt to console others, and how this language may or may not be suitable to apply to the Romans and to translate Latin texts. In Latin we will read selections from the following authors: Catullus; Cicero; Horace; Ovid; Seneca the Younger; Statius; Virgil; and some inscriptional material. (The syllabus can be adjusted to read other authors, if students have a wish to read something in particular on this theme.) In English we will read short selections from: Cassandra Austen (the sister of Jane Austen); Boethius; Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill/Eileen O’Connell; John Donne; Lucian; C.S. Lewis; Milton, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; Pablo Neruda; Plutarch; Sophocles; Suetonius; Dylan Thomas, and W.B. Yeats, as well as any other author students might wish to read. History, oratory and/or philosophy. A maximum of 12 credits can be granted for either one of or any combination of LATN 401, LATN 501. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. |
| LATN | 502B | Latin Verse Title: Lucretius | In this class we will be reading works in Latin that deal with grief, mourning, and consolation in both poetry and prose. We will read texts that will hopefully help us understand how the Romans wrote about different forms of grief and loss, as well as how they consoled each other – or, indeed, themselves. In addition to reading extensively in Latin we will also explore the language and expression of loss in a range of other ancient and modern authors in English or in translation into English in order to develop our own nuanced understanding of how we express our sorrows and attempt to console others, and how this language may or may not be suitable to apply to the Romans and to translate Latin texts. In Latin we will read selections from the following authors: Catullus; Cicero; Horace; Ovid; Seneca the Younger; Statius; Virgil; and some inscriptional material. (The syllabus can be adjusted to read other authors, if students have a wish to read something in particular on this theme.) In English we will read short selections from: Cassandra Austen (the sister of Jane Austen); Boethius; Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill/Eileen O’Connell; John Donne; Lucian; C.S. Lewis; Milton, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie; Pablo Neruda; Plutarch; Sophocles; Suetonius; Dylan Thomas, and W.B. Yeats, as well as any other author students might wish to read. Narrative verse, comedy, satire, elegiac and lyric poetry. A maximum of 12 credits can be granted for either one of or any combination of LATN 402, LATN 502. This course is not eligible for Credit/D/Fail grading. |