JAMES J. O'HARA, Chair
Carolyn L. Connor (39) Byzantine Studies
James J. O'Hara (2) Latin Poetry, Latin and Greek Literature
William H. Race (42) Pindar, Greek Poetry, the Classical Tradition
G. Kenneth Sams (13) Greek Archaeology, Anatolian and Near Eastern Archaeology
Cecil W. Wooten (35) Greek and Latin Prose, Rhetoric, Greek and Latin Language
Donald Haggis (40) Greek Archaeology, Aegean Prehistory, Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Crete
Sharon L. James (5) Latin Poetry, Women in Antiquity
Peter M. Smith (26) Greek Philosophical Literature, Greek Tragedy, Homer
Nicola Terrenato (6) Roman Archaeology and Art
Brooke Holmes, Greek Literature, Ancient Medicine
Maura Lafferty (3) Medieval and Classical Latin, Paleography
Werner Riess (8) Roman History, Latin Epigraphy, Latin Prose Authors
Monika Truemper, Hellenistic and Roman Art and Architecture
Jodi Magness, Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology
W. James McCoy (17) Greek History
C.D.C. Reeve (39) Ancient Philosophy, Moral Psychology, History of Philosophy
Mary C. Sturgeon (31) Greek Art
Richard J. A. Talbert (18) Roman History
Edwin L. Brown
George W. Houston
Henry R. Immerwahr
Gerhard Koeppel
Jerzy Linderski
Sara Mack
Kenneth J. Reckford
Philip A. Stadter
William C. West III
Graduate work in the Department of Classics is primarily designed to meet the needs of students who intend by intensive study and research to specialize in the Classics. The MA prepares especially for teaching at the secondary level; the PhD for research and teaching at the university level.
The department cooperates with the other language departments in the University in making available the great literatures of the world. To this end the department offers courses in Greek and Latin literature which do not require an ability to read either language in the original. Such courses are designed to emphasize aspects of the Greek and Latin genius, the forms of literature created in the ancient world and perpetuated, and the permanent contributions of Greece and Rome to Western civilization. These courses may be elected as part of a major for the Curriculum in Comparative Literature or as a minor or part of a major in other departments.
The department also offers courses in classical and medieval Latin for students of medieval studies in other departments.
The University is a contributing member of the American Academy in Rome, the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, the Archaeological Institute of America, the American Research Institute in Turkey, and the Institute of Nautical Archaeology. There are thus numerous opportunities for study and archaeological activity abroad.
The degree of master of arts is offered with a concentration in Greek, Latin, or classical archaeology. The degree of doctor of philosophy is offered with a concentration in Greek and Latin, classics with historical emphasis, classical archaeology, or classical Latin and medieval studies. A minor in related departments may be permitted on application. Students may broaden their program by taking supporting work in related languages or literatures or in art, history, linguistics, or philosophy.
Teaching assistance or lecture instruction equivalent to at least three contact hours a week for one semester, or until teaching competence is acquired, is required of all doctoral candidates. In practice, almost all students acquire several years of supervised teaching experience.
Requirements for advanced degrees are stated in general in the section "Graduate Degree Requirements," but exact prescription of the courses can be determined only upon knowledge of the needs of the individual applicant. A brochure describing the various programs in greater detail is available from the department, and is also online on the Web page of The Graduate School.
Graduate students in other departments may, with the approval of their department adviser, pursue a minor in medieval studies through the Department of Classics; for details see the last section of the Classics entry.
409 [158] GREEK NEW TESTAMENT (RELI 409) (3). Prerequisite, GREK 221. Offered on application by five students. Staff.
507 [107] GREEK COMPOSITION (3). Prerequisite, GREK 221 or 222. Smith.
508 [108] READINGS IN EARLY GREEK POETRY (3). Prerequisite, GREK 221 or 222. (Alternate years.) Staff.
509 [109] READINGS IN GREEK LITERATURE OF THE FIFTH CENTURY (3). Prerequisite, GREK 221 or 222. (Alternate years.) Staff.
510 [110] READINGS IN GREEK LITERATURE OF THE FOURTH CENTURY (3). Prerequisite, GREK 221 or 222. (Alternate years.) Wooten.
540 [140], 541 [141] PROBLEMS IN THE HISTORY OF CLASSICAL IDEAS (3). Prerequisite, permission of the department.
NOTE: One or two Greek courses numbered in the 700s are offered each semester.
722 [201] GREEK EPIGRAPHY (3). Staff.
753 [211] GREEK LYRIC POETRY (3). Race.
755 [212] GREEK TRAGEDY (3). Smith, Race, Holmes.
759 [213] GREEK COMEDY (3). Staff.
761 [214] GREEK PHILOSOPHICAL LITERATURE (3). Smith.
767 [215] GREEK RHETORIC AND ORATORY (3). Wooten.
763 [216] GREEK HISTORICAL LITERATURE (3). Staff.
771 [217] HELLENISTIC POETRY (3). Staff.
775 [218] LATER GREEK PROSE (3). Staff.
750 [251] HOMER (3). Smith, Race.
757 [252] SOPHOCLES (3). Race.
765 [253] THUCYDIDES (3). Staff.
769 [256] DEMOSTHENES (3). Wooten.
901 [301] GREEK SEMINARS (3). Topics vary from year to year. Staff.
891 [341] SPECIAL READING (3). Fall and spring. Staff.
993 [393] MASTER'S THESIS (3 or more). Fall and spring. Staff.
994 [394] DOCTORAL DISSERTATION (3 or more). Fall and spring. Staff.
510 [110] INTRODUCTORY LATIN COMPOSITION (3). Prerequisite, LATN 222 or equivalent. Review of Latin grammar and idiom, exercises in composition, introduction to stylistics. (Alternate years.) Wooten.
511 [111] READINGS IN LATIN LITERATURE OF THE REPUBLIC (3). Prerequisite, LATN 221 or 222. (Alternate years.) Riess.
512 [112] READINGS IN LATIN LITERATURE OF THE AUGUSTAN AGE (3). Prerequisite, LATN 221 or 222. (Alternate years.) James.
513 [113] READINGS IN LATIN LITERATURE OF THE EMPIRE (3). Prerequisite, LATN 221 or 222. (Alternate years.) Wooten.
514 [114] READINGS IN LATIN LITERATURE OF LATER ANTIQUITY (3). Prerequisite, LATN 221 or 222. Lafferty.
530 [130] AN INTRODUCTION TO MEDIEVAL LATIN (3). Prerequisite, LATN 212 or 602. Lafferty.
540 [140], 541 [141] PROBLEMS IN THE HISTORY OF CLASSICAL IDEAS (3). Prerequisite, permission of the department.
601/602 [101/102] ELEMENTARY LATIN FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS. These courses are designed as a preparation for the reading knowledge examination for higher degrees. Passing the examination at the end of 602 certifies that the requirement has been satisfied. One semester each. Staff.
NOTE: One or two Latin courses numbered in the 700s are offered each semester.
722 [202] LATIN EPIGRAPHY (3). Riess.
723 [203] LATIN PALEOGRAPHY (3). Lafferty.
725 [207] LATIN COMPOSITION AND PROSE STYLES (3). Wooten.
726 [210] HISTORY OF LATIN (3).
753 [221] FRAGMENTS OF EARLY LATIN POETRY (3). Staff.
762 [222] ROMAN HISTORICAL LITERATURE (3). Study of Sallust, Caesar, Suetonius, or the minor historians of the empire. Staff.
764 [224] ROMAN DRAMATIC LITERATURE (3). Study of the comedies of Plautus and Terence or the tragedies of Seneca. Staff.
765 [225] ROMAN LYRIC AND ELEGIAC POETRY (3). Study of the forms of lyric and elegiac poetry with special attention to Catullus, Horace, Tibullus, or Propertius. James.
766 [226] ROMAN SATIRE (3). Study of the development of satiric forms with special attention to Horace or Juvenal. Staff.
767 [227] OVID AND LITERARY THEORY (3). Introduction to literary theory through a study of Ovid and scholarly approaches to his poetry. James.
768 [228] HORACE AND CATULLUS (3).
770 [230] TOPICS IN MEDIEVAL LATIN LITERATURE (3). Reading in selected medieval Latin prose and verse authors. Lafferty.
771 [261] CICERO: POLITICAL CAREER (3). Riess.
772 [262] CICERO: LITERARY CAREER (3).
773 [263] LUCRETIUS (3). O'Hara.
774 [264] VIRGIL (3). O'Hara.
775 [265] LIVY (3). Staff.
776 [266] OVID (3). O'Hara, James.
780 [270] PETRONIUS (3). Wooten, Riess.
784 [274] TACITUS (3). Staff.
901 [301] LATIN SEMINARS (3 each). Topics vary from year to year. Staff.
741 [341] SPECIAL READING (3). Fall and spring. Staff.
993 [393] MASTER'S THESIS (3 or more). Fall and spring. Staff.
994 [394] DOCTORAL DISSERTATION (3 or more). Fall and spring. Staff.
440 [140], 441 [141] PROBLEMS IN HISTORY OF CLASSICAL IDEAS (3). Prerequisite, permission of the department.
445 [148] ART IN THE AGE OF JUSTINIAN AND THEODORA (3). An interdisciplinary course based on monuments, history, and contemporary writings of the Byzantine empire during the rule of Justinian and Theodora. The approach is comparative, analytical, and contextual, and includes a feminist perspective. Fall. Connor.
448 [149A] CONSTANTINOPLE: THE CITY AND ITS ART (3). Interdisciplinary study of the city of Constantinople during the Byzantine empire, with emphasis on the artistic, social, and cultural context. Includes study of monuments and their decoration, objects, contemporary documents, and sources, all within a chronological, historical framework. Fall or spring. Connor.
449 [149B] IN CONSTANTINOPLE (3). Taught primarily in Istanbul, once Constantinople, the course provides first-hand experience with monuments and an overview of the history, topography, and culture of the city. Summer. Connor.
460 [193] GREEK PAINTING (ART 460) (3). Spring. Sturgeon.
461 [194] ARCHAIC GREEK SCULPTURE (ART 461) (3). (Alternate years.) Sturgeon.
462 [195] CLASSICAL GREEK SCULPTURE (ART 462) (3). (Alternate years.) Sturgeon.
463 [196] HELLENISTIC GREEK SCULPTURE (ART 463) (3). (Alternate years.) Sturgeon.
464 [190] GREEK ARCHITECTURE (3). (Alternate years.) Sams.
465 [191] ARCHITECTURE OF ETRURIA AND ROME (3). (Alternate years.) Terrenato, Truemper.
475 [192] ROME AND THE WESTERN PROVINCES (3). Survey of the material remains of the western provinces of the Roman Empire, with attention to their historical context and significance. Fall. Terrenato.
488 [188] THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE NEAR EAST IN THE IRON AGE (3). A survey of the principal sites, monuments, and art of the Iron Age Near East from ca. 1200 to 500 B.C. (Alternate years.) Sams.
489 [189] THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF ANATOLIA IN THE BRONZE AND IRON AGES (3). A survey of Anatolian archaeology from the third millennium through the sixth century B.C. (Alternate years.) Sams.
561 [182] MOSAICS: THE ART OF MOSAIC IN GREECE, ROME, AND BYZANTIUM (3). Prerequisite, any course in classics, art history, or religious studies. Traces the development of mosaic technique from Greek antiquity through the Byzantine Middle Ages as revealed by archaeological investigations and closely analyzes how dynamic medium conveyed meaning. Spring. Connor.
650 [153] FIELD SCHOOL IN CLASSICAL ARCHAEOLOGY (6). This course is an introduction to archaeological field methods and excavation techniques. For a period of five and one-half weeks, the student will participate in all aspects of archaeological fieldwork. The purpose is to allow the student to work directly with field archaeologists and specialists in the field and to do the actual digging and data processing, while reflecting on the broader aims of archaeological research.
680 [296] ROMAN SCULPTURE (ART 680) (3). (Alternate years.) Truemper.
683 [299] ETRUSCAN ART (ART 683) (3). (Alternate years.) Staff.
GREK 722 [201] GREEK EPIGRAPHY (3). See courses in Greek.
LATN 722 [202] LATIN EPIGRAPHY (3). See courses in Latin.
781 [198] AEGEAN CIVILIZATION AND NEAR EASTERN BACKGROUNDS (3). (Alternate years.) Haggis.
782 [199] THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF DARK AGE GREECE (3). Prerequisite, CLAR 243, 244, or 781 or by permission. Issues and problems in the analysis of the Greek Dark Age and its material culture from the collapse of the Bronze Age palaces to the earliest Greek city states. Fall. Haggis.
790 [290] FIELD PRACTICUM IN ARCHAEOLOGY (3). Seminar in archaeological excavation techniques to be conducted in the field. Previous excavation experience is expected. Summer or fall. Haggis, Sams, Terrenato.
794 [294] GREEK TOPOGRAPHY (ART 794) (3). Study of chief archaeological sites of Greece and of existing buildings and monuments. Attention to the problems of excavation and the role of the sites in Greek history. (Alternate years.) Sams.
797 [297] ROMAN PAINTING (ART 797) (3). (Alternate years.) Truemper.
798 [298] ROMAN TOPOGRAPHY (ART 798) (3). (Alternate years.) Terrenato.
841 [341] SPECIAL READING IN ARCHAEOLOGY (3). Fall and spring. Staff.
910 [310] SEMINAR IN ARCHAEOLOGY (3). Topics vary from year to year. Staff.
960 [358] SEMINAR IN ANCIENT ART (ART 960). (3). Fall and spring. Sturgeon.
993 [393] MASTER'S THESIS (3 or more). Both semesters. Staff.
994 [394] DOCTORAL DISSERTATION (3 or more). Both semesters. Staff.
The following courses in classical literature and civilization are especially designed to supply the necessary foundation for those who, without a reading knowledge of the ancient languages, wish a broader culture or plan to specialize in modern literature, history, art, etc. When approved these courses may count as part of the major requirements in other departments. The courses may also be taken to satisfy the requirements of a minor in literature. See also English and Comparative Literature.
409 [109] GREEK AND ROMAN HISTORICAL LITERATURE (3). The study in English translation of selections from Herodotus, Thucydides, Livy, Tacitus, and others, with consideration of the literary qualities of the selections and the readability of the authors as historians. (Alternate years.) Staff.
415 [115] ROMAN LAW (3). The course presents an introduction to Roman law, public and private. On the basis of Roman texts in translation (or the original if desired), the class will discuss a) the principles of Roman constitutional law, and b) the legal logic and social importance of Roman civil law. (Alternate years.) Staff.
418 [118] INTRODUCTION TO BYZANTINE CIVILIZATION (3). Intellectual and social history of the Byzantine Empire from Justinian to 1453, noting the interaction of classical and Christian culture and Byzantium's influence on neighboring peoples and on the Renaissance. (Alternate years.) Connor.
540 [140], 541 [141] PROBLEMS IN THE HISTORY OF CLASSICAL IDEAS (3).
547 [147] APPROACHES TO WOMEN IN ANTIQUITY (3).
812 [231] DIASPORA JUDAISM IN THE ROMAN WORLD (3).
Graduate majors in other departments who wish to declare a Medieval Studies minor may do so with the approval of their departmental adviser. Any student may, of course, take Medieval Studies courses without seeking a formal minor.
Requirements for the graduate minor in Medieval Studies please are listed on the Web site of the Program in Medieval Studies: www.unc.edu/depts/medstud.