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COURSES OFFERED | 2018-2019

by admin, August 17, 2012

Fall SEMESTER, 2018

REQUIRED COURSES:

History 102A: Modern Greece Culture

Instructor: Dr. K. Lagos

Course Description: This is the first part of a two-semester hybrid course on modern Greek language, history, and culture. This course is an introduction to the main cultural forces in history and literature that shape modern Greek society. It explores the historical development of modern Greek culture from the period of the Greek War of Independence to the present. Students will also obtain a basic level of modern Greek grammatical rules, the reading and writing of simple sentences, and basic everyday conversation skills.

GE Area: D

Class Location/Meeting Times: ARC 1010, M/W: 10:00 am – 10:50 am

History 109: History of Modern Greece

Instructor: Dr. K. Lagos

Course Description: Introduces the fundamental events and figures that shaped modern Greek history and politics. Topics will include: the Greek War of Independence, the Megali Idea, the Asia Minor Catastrophe, and Greece’s entry into the European Union. No prior knowledge of Greece or Greek language assumed.

GE Area: C2

Class Location/Meeting Times: BRH 208, M/W: 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm

History 111: Ancient Greece

Instructor: Dr. Nikolaos Lazaridis

Course Description: Political, social, and cultural development of Greece from the Mycenaeans to the post-Alexandrian world with emphasis on Fifth Century Athens and on a reading of Thucydides.

GE Area: HUM C2

Class Location/Meeting Times: RVR 1015, T/R: 1:30 pm – 2:45 pm

Humanities and Religious Studies 113: Culture Classical Greece

Instructor: Dr. B. Nystrom

Course Description: Examination of the Golden Age of Athens and the birth of Western Humanism; studies in classical ideals, tragedy, comedy, poetry, history, philosophy, art and architecture.

GE Area: C2

Class Location/Meeting Times: SHS 240, M/W: 3:00 pm – 4:15 pm

ELECTIVES:

ART 1A: Art in the Western World (from Stone Age to end of Middle Ages)

Instructor: Dr. Mya Dosch & Dr. Listopad

Course Description: Survey of architecture, crafts, painting, and sculpture of the Eastern Mediterranean and European cultures.

Note: Recommended for freshman or sophomore years. It is recommended that ART 1A be taken before ART 1B

GE Area: C1, LCCM

Class Location/Meeting Times:

KMD145, M/W/F: 11:00 am – 11:50 am

KMD145, M/W: 3:00 pm – 4:15 pm

KDM145, T/R: 1:30 pm – 11:45 pm

 

GOVT 110: Political Thought I

Instructor: Dr. A. Hertzoff

Course Description: History of political theory, covering some important thinkers and topics during the Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern periods

GE Area: None

Class Location/Meeting Times: AMD 252, T/R: 10:30 am – 11:45 am

Humanities and Religious Studies 10: Arts and Ideas of the West: Ancient – Medieval

Instructor: Dr. M. Doyno

Course Description: Introduction to the literature, art, architecture, philosophy and history of the ancient and medieval West, with emphasis on classical Greece and Rome and the European Middle Ages.

GE Area: C2

Class Location/Meeting Times:

MND 1024, T/Th 1:00 pm – 2:45 pm

MND 4004, T 12:00 pm– 1:15 pm  & R (Web online)

MND 4004, M/W/F 9:00 am – 9:50 am

Humanities and Religious Studies 119: Classical Mythology

Instructor:  Dr. Brodd, Dr. Thoma

Course Description: Study of Greek and Roman myths and hero tales and their place in the arts and literature of Western civilization. Also provides an introduction to the general nature and function of myth.

GE Area: C2

Class Location/Meeting Times:

ALP 218, T/Th 1:30 pm – 2:45 pm

MND 2009, M/W 3:00 pm – 4:15 pm

MND1003, Th 6:00 pm – 8:50 pm

History112: Ancient Rome

Instructor: Dr. Reed

Course Description: Rome from its foundation to Justinian with emphasis on its political institutions, their strengths and weaknesses, social structure, the ancient economy, paganism and Christianity, and the end of ancient civilization.

GE Area: C2

Class Location/Meeting Times:

SQU 301, T/Th 4:30 pm – 5:45 pm

Philosophy 112: History of Ethics

Instructor: Dr. Fox

Course Description: Investigation of the main approaches to ethics in Western moral philosophy. Emphasis on Plato, Aristotle, Hume, Kant and Mill.

Prerequisite: GWAR certification before Fall 09; or WPJ score of 80+; or 3-unit placement in ENGL 109M/W; or 4-unit placement in ENGL 109M/W and co-enrollment in ENGL 109X; or WPJ score 70/71 and co-enrollment in ENGL 109X.

GE Area: C2, WI

Class Location/Meeting Times:

MND3009, M/W/F, 08:00 am – 08:50 am

Theatre 2: History of Theatre, Ancient to Renaissance

Instructor: Dr. R. Pomo

Course Description: Broad survey of the nature and development of theatrical performance from ancient times through the Renaissance which emphasizes the relationship between theatre and the larger philosophical social and political concerns of its time.

GE Area: C1, WA

Class Location/Meeting Times:

CLV145, M/W/F, 10:00 am – 10:50 am

 

SPRING SEMESTER, 2017

REQUIRED COURSES:

History 109: History of Modern Greece

Instructor: Dr. K. Lagos

Course Description: Introduces the fundamental events and figures that shaped modern Greek history and politics. Topics will include: the Greek War of Independence, the Megali Idea, the Asia Minor Catastrophe, and Greece’s entry into the European Union. No prior knowledge of Greece or Greek language assumed.

GE Area: None

Class Location/Meeting Times: BRH 208, M/W: 1:30 pm – 2:45 pm

History 111: Ancient Greece

Instructor: Staff

Course Description: Political, social, and cultural development of Greece from the Mycenaeans to the post-Alexandrian world with emphasis on Fifth Century Athens and on a reading of Thucydides.

GE Area: C2

Class Location/Meeting Times: MRP 1000, M/W: 4:30 pm – 5:45 pm

Humanities and Religious Studies 113: Culture Classical Greece

Instructor: Dr. B. Nystrom

Course Description: Examination of the Golden Age of Athens and the birth of Western Humanism; studies in classical ideals, tragedy, comedy, poetry, history, philosophy, art and architecture.

GE Area: C2

Class Location/Meeting Times: MND 4004, M/W: 1:30 pm – 2:45 pm

 

ELECTIVES:

ART 1A: Art in the Western World (from Stone Age to end of Middle Ages)

Instructor: Staff

Course Description: Survey of architecture, crafts, painting, and sculpture of the Eastern Mediterranean and European cultures.

Note: Recommended for freshman or sophomore years. It is recommended that ART 1A be taken before ART 1B

GE Area: C1

Class Location/Meeting Times:

KMD145, M/W/F: 9:00 am – 9:50 am

 GOVT 110: Political Thought I

Instructor: Dr. A. Hertzoff

Course Description: History of political theory, covering some important thinkers and topics during the Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern periods

GE Area: None

Class Location/Meeting Times: AMD260, M/W/F: 10:00 am – 10:50 am

Humanities and Religious Studies 10: Arts and Ideas of the West: Ancient – Medieval

Instructor: Dr. M. Doyno & Staff

Course Description: Introduction to the literature, art, architecture, philosophy and history of the ancient and medieval West, with emphasis on classical Greece and Rome and the European Middle Ages.

GE Area: C2

Class Location/Meeting Times:

MND1024, T/Th 9:00 am – 10:15 am

MND 1024, T/Th 10:30 am – 11:45 am

MND 4004, M/W 12:00 pm– 1:15 pm

Humanities and Religious Studies 119: Classical Mythology

Instructor:  Staff

Course Description: Study of Greek and Roman myths and hero tales and their place in the arts and literature of Western civilization. Also provides an introduction to the general nature and function of myth.

GE Area: C2

Class Location/Meeting Times:

MND 1005, T/Th 4:30 pm – 5:45 pm

MND 4004, M/W 3:00 pm – 4:15 pm

MND1003, Th 6:00 pm – 8:50 pm

History112: Ancient Rome

Instructor: Dr. N. Lazaridis & Staff

Course Description: Rome from its foundation to Justinian with emphasis on its political institutions, their strengths and weaknesses, social structure, the ancient economy, paganism and Christianity, and the end of ancient civilization.

GE Area: C2

Class Location/Meeting Times:

MND1003, M  6:00 pm – 8:50 pm

SQU 301, T/Th 4:30 pm – 5:45 pm

Philosophy 112: History of Ethics

Instructor: Dr. Russell DiSilvestro

Course Description: Investigation of the main approaches to ethics in Western moral philosophy. Emphasis on Plato, Aristotle, Hume, Kant and Mill.

Prerequisite: GWAR certification before Fall 09; or WPJ score of 80+; or 3-unit placement in ENGL 109M/W; or 4-unit placement in ENGL 109M/W and co-enrollment in ENGL 109X; or WPJ score 70/71 and co-enrollment in ENGL 109X.

GE Area: C2, WI

Class Location/Meeting Times:

DH110, M/W/F, 08:00 am – 08:50 am

Theatre 2: History of Theatre, Ancient to Renaissance

Instructor: Dr. R. Pomo

Course Description: Broad survey of the nature and development of theatrical performance from ancient times through the Renaissance which emphasizes the relationship between theatre and the larger philosophical social and political concerns of its time.

GE Area: C1, WA

Class Location/Meeting Times:

CLV145, M/W/F, 10:00 am – 10:50 am

FALL SEMESTER, 2016

REQUIRED COURSES:

 

History 102 A: Modern Greek Culture

Instructor: Dr. K. Lagos

Course Description: This is the first part of a two-semester hybrid course on modern Greek language, history, and culture. This course is an introduction to the main cultural forces in history and literature that shape modern Greek society. It explores the historical development of modern Greek culture from the period of the Greek War of Independence to the present. Students will also obtain a basic level of modern Greek grammatical rules, the reading and writing of simple sentences, and basic everyday conversation skills.

GE Area: None

Class Location/Meeting Times: BRH 214, M/W/F: 10:00 am – 10:50 am

History 109: History of Modern Greece

Instructor: Dr. K. Lagos

Course Description: Introduces the fundamental events and figures that shaped modern Greek history and politics. Topics will include: the Greek War of Independence, the Megali Idea, the Asia Minor Catastrophe, and Greece’s entry into the European Union. No prior knowledge of Greece or Greek language assumed.

GE Area: None

Class Location/Meeting Times: BRH 218, M/W: 1:30 pm – 2:45 pm

History 111: Ancient Greece

Instructor: Dr. N. Lazaridis

Course Description: Political, social, and cultural development of Greece from the Mycenaeans to the post-Alexandrian world with emphasis on Fifth Century Athens and on a reading of Thucydides.

GE Area: C2

Class Location/Meeting Times: MND 1003, T/Th: 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm

Humanities and Religious Studies 113: Culture Classical Greece

Instructor: Dr. B. Nystrom

Course Description: Examination of the Golden Age of Athens and the birth of Western Humanism; studies in classical ideals, tragedy, comedy, poetry, history, philosophy, art and architecture.

GE Area: C2

Class Location/Meeting Times: MND 4004, M/W: 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm

 

ELECTIVES:

ART 1A: Art in the Western World (from Stone Age to end of Middle Ages)

Instructor: Staff

Course Description: Survey of architecture, crafts, painting, and sculpture of the Eastern Mediterranean and European cultures.

Note: Recommended for freshman or sophomore years. It is recommended that ART 1A be taken before ART 1B

GE Area: C1

Class Location/Meeting Times:

KMD145, M/W/F: 9:00 am – 9:50 am

GOVT 110: Political Thought I

Instructor: Dr. A. Hertzoff

Course Description: History of political theory, covering some important thinkers and topics during the Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern periods

GE Area: None

Class Location/Meeting Times: AMD260, M/W/F: 11:00 am – 11:50 am

Humanities and Religious Studies 10: Arts and Ideas of the West: Ancient – Medieval

Instructor: Dr. M. Doyno & Staff

Course Description: Introduction to the literature, art, architecture, philosophy and history of the ancient and medieval West, with emphasis on classical Greece and Rome and the European Middle Ages.

GE Area: C3

Class Location/Meeting Times:

MND1024, T/Th 9:00 am – 10:15 am

MND 1024, T/Th 10:30 am – 11:45 am

MND 4004, M/W 1:30 pm– 2:45 pm

Humanities and Religious Studies 119: Classical Mythology

Instructor:  Staff

Course Description: Study of Greek and Roman myths and hero tales and their place in the arts and literature of Western civilization. Also provides an introduction to the general nature and function of myth.

GE Area: C2

Class Location/Meeting Times:

MND 1005, T/Th 4:30 pm – 5:45 pm

MND 4004, M/W 3:00 pm – 4:15 pm

MND1003, Th 6:00 pm – 8:50 pm

History112: Ancient Rome

Instructor: Dr. N. Lazaridis & Staff

Course Description: Rome from its foundation to Justinian with emphasis on its political institutions, their strengths and weaknesses, social structure, the ancient economy, paganism and Christianity, and the end of ancient civilization.

GE Area: C2

Class Location/Meeting Times:

MND1003, M  6:00 pm – 8:50 pm

SQU 301, T/Th 4:30 pm – 5:45 pm

Philosophy 112: History of Ethics

Instructor: Dr. Russell DiSilvestro

Course Description: Investigation of the main approaches to ethics in Western moral philosophy. Emphasis on Plato, Aristotle, Hume, Kant and Mill.

Prerequisite: GWAR certification before Fall 09; or WPJ score of 80+; or 3-unit placement in ENGL 109M/W; or 4-unit placement in ENGL 109M/W and co-enrollment in ENGL 109X; or WPJ score 70/71 and co-enrollment in ENGL 109X.

GE Area: C2, WI

Class Location/Meeting Times:

DH110, M/W/F, 08:00 am – 08:50 am

Theatre 2: History of Theatre, Ancient to Renaissance

Instructor: Dr. R. Pomo

Course Description: Broad survey of the nature and development of theatrical performance from ancient times through the Renaissance which emphasizes the relationship between theatre and the larger philosophical social and political concerns of its time.

GE Area: C1, WA

Class Location/Meeting Times:

CLV145, M/W/F, 10:00 am – 10:50 am

SPRING SEMESTER, 2015

LANGUAGE:

History 101B/Foreign Languages 120B: Language and Written Culture in Ancient Greece

Instructor: Dr. N. Lazaridis

Course Description: This is the second part of a two-semester hybrid course on Ancient Greek language and written culture. The language component of the course is taught online, through an interactive language-teaching website, while the weekly meetings are mainly discussions on Ancient Greek texts in translation. The focus in this second part is on advanced grammar, the reading and construction of long passages, and the study of Greek written culture from the Classical Period to the Roman Period.  **Note that this course does not fulfill the language requirement**

GE Area: None

Class Location/Meeting Times: MND 1022, T/Th: 10:30 am – 11:45 am

REQUIRED COURSES:

History 103: Mediterranean Europe

Instructor: Dr. Katerina Lagos

Course Description: This course traces the development of Southern European countries from the Renaissance to European Union membership. These two “rebirths” for Europe had a unique impact on Portugal, Spain, Italy and Greece. Focuses on the political, economics, and cultural aspects of these Mediterranean countries.

GE Area: C1

Class Location/Meeting Times:  EUR 104, T/Th: 1:30 pm – 2:45 am

History 111: Ancient Greece

Instructor: Dr. Loretta Reeds

Course Description: Political, social, and cultural development of Greece from the Mycenaeans to the post-Alexandrian world with emphasis on Fifth Century Athens and on a reading of Thucydides.

GE Area: C1, ASEC

Class Location/Meeting Times: MRP 1000, T/Th: 3:00 pm – 4:15 pm,  TAH 1004, T/Th: 9:00 am –  10:15 am

ELECTIVES:

ART 1A: Art in the Western World (from Stone Age to end of Middle Ages)

Instructor: Dr. John Listopad, Dr. Catherine L Turrill

Course Description: Survey of architecture, crafts, painting, and sculpture of the Eastern Mediterranean and European cultures.

Note: Recommended for freshman or sophomore years. It is recommended that ART 1A be taken before ART 1B

GE Area: C2

Class Location/Meeting Times:

KMD145, M/W/F: 10:00 am – 10:50 am

KMD145, M/W: 1:30 pm – 2:45 pm

KMD145, T/TH: 9:00 am – 10:15 am

KMD145, M/W/F: 9:00 am – 9:50 am

GOVT 110: Political Thought I

Instructor: Dr. Andrew Hertzoff

Course Description: History of political theory, covering some important thinkers and topics during the Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern periods

GE Area: None

Class Location/Meeting Times: ALP212, T/TH: 5:30 pm – 6:45 pm

Humanities and Religious Studies 10: Arts and Ideas of the West: Ancient – Medieval

Instructor: Dr. Brad Nystrom

Course Description: Introduction to the literature, art, architecture, philosophy and history of the ancient and medieval West, with emphasis on classical Greece and Rome and the European Middle Ages.

GE Area: C3

Class Location/Meeting Times:  MND 4004, M/W 1:30 pm – 2:45 pm

Humanities and Religious Studies 119: Classical Mythology

Instructor:  Dr. Judy L Thoma

Course Description: Study of Greek and Roman myths and hero tales and their place in the arts and literature of Western civilization. Also provides an introduction to the general nature and function of myth.

GE Area: C4

Class Location/Meeting Times:
MND 4004, T/TH 10:30am – 11:45am

MND1003, W 6:00pm – 8:50pm

History112: Ancient Rome

Instructor: Dr. N. Lazaridis

Course Description: Rome from its foundation to Justinian with emphasis on its political institutions, their strengths and weaknesses, social structure, the ancient economy, paganism and Christianity, and the end of ancient civilization.

GE Area: C1

Class Location/Meeting Times: AMD153, M/W  3:00 pm – 4:15 pm

Philosophy 112: History of Ethics

Instructor: Dr. Clifford E. Anderson, Lynne O. Fox

Course Description: Investigation of the main approaches to ethics in Western moral philosophy. Emphasis on Plato, Aristotle, Hume, Kant and Mill.

Prerequisite: GWAR certification before Fall 09; or WPJ score of 80+; or 3-unit placement in ENGL 109M/W; or 4-unit placement in ENGL 109M/W and co-enrollment in ENGL 109X; or WPJ score 70/71 and co-enrollment in ENGL 109X.

GE Area: C3, WI

Class Location/Meeting Times:  MND3009, T/TH, 10:30 am – 11:45 am; RVR1012, T/TH, 10:30 am – 11:45 am

Philosophy 192D: Space and Time

Instructor: Bradley H. Dowden

Course Description: Introduction to significant philosophical issues involving space and time. An investigation into the current state of these issues.

Prerequisite: 6 units in philosophy or instructor permission (Cross-listed: LIBA 205; only one may be counted for credit)

GE Area: None

Class Location/Meeting Times:  LIB65, T/TH, 1:30 pm – 2:45 pm