AHC X78 AHC 378 Topics in Undergraduate Seminar in Ancient History 3 Hours
3 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
Lectures, discussion, reading, and research on selected topics in Greek and Roman history. Three lecture hours a week for one semester.
Core Curriculum: 010
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing.
Restrictions: Restricted to students in the Department of Classics.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Upper Division
Topic 1: Roman Law. Introduction to Roman law with close study of primary sources. Only one of the following may be counted: Ancient History and Classical Civilization 378 (Topic: Roman Law), 378 (Topic 1), Classical Civilization 375 (Topic 1). Same as: C C 375.1 Core Curriculum: 010
Topic 2: Aegean Prehistory. Traces political, social, economic, and general cultural developments on Crete and the Greek mainland between roughly 2200 and 1100 BCE. Only one of the following may be counted: Ancient History and Classical Civilization 378 (Topic: Aegean Prehistory), 378 (Topic 2), Classical Civilization 375 (Topic 2), History 350L (Topic: Aegean Prehistory). Same as: C C 375.2 Core Curriculum: 010
Topic 3: Writing Ancient History Today. Questions that engage ancient historians today and the methods that they use. Some background in ancient Greek history is recommended. Only one of the following may be counted: Ancient History and Classical Civilization 378 (Topic: Writing Ancient History Today), 378 (Topic 3), Classical Civilization 375 (Topic 3), History 350L (Topic: Writing Ancient History Today). Same as: C C 375.3 Core Curriculum: 010
Topic 4: The Athenian Empire. Explores Athenian society, democracy, and empire from the development of Athenian hegemony in the 470s BCE through the break up of the Athenian Empire in 404 BCE. Only one of the following may be counted: Ancient History and Classical Civilization 378 (Topic: Athenian Empire), 378 (Topic 4), Classical Civilization 375 (Topic 4), History 350L (Topic: Athenian Empire). Same as: C C 375.4 Core Curriculum: 010
Topic 5: Space and Place. Multidisciplinary approach to the cultural concepts of space and place using Greek and Roman literary, historical, and archaeological sources. Only one of the following may be counted: Ancient History and Classical Civilization 378 (Topic: Space and Place), 378 (Topic 5), Classical Civilization 375 (Topic: Space and Place), 375 (Topic 5) Same as: C C 375.5 Core Curriculum: 010
Topic 6: Ancient Sparta. Examines topics and problems in the social, political and economic history of the ancient city-state of Sparta. Only one of the following may be counted: Ancient History and Classical Civilization 378 (Topic: Ancient Sparta), 378 (Topic 6), Classical Civilization 375 (Topic 6). Same as: C C 375.6 Core Curriculum: 010
Topic 7: Cognitive History of the Ancient World. Examines aspects of the organization of thought in the ancient world. Only one of the following may be counted: Ancient History and Classical Civilization 378 (Topic: Cognitive Hist of Anc World), (Topic 7), Classical Civilization 375 (Topic 7). Same as: C C 375.7 Core Curriculum: 010
Topic 8: Herodotus, Ethnography, and Archaeology. Explore the ethnographic component of the Histories of Herodotus. Only one of the following may be counted: Ancient History and Classical Civilization 378 (Topic: Herodotus, Ethnograph, & Arch), 378 (Topic 8), Classical Civilization 375 (Topic: Herodotus, Ethnograph, & Arch), 375 (Topic 8). Three lecture hours a week for one semester. Same as: C C 375.8 Core Curriculum: 010 Additional prerequisite: Upper-division standing.
Topic 9: Literacy, Numeracy, and Visuality. Analyze literacy, numeracy, and visuality, that is "reading" and writing" by means of visual representations, largely by tracing the history of how modern scholars have analyzed those practices. Only one of the following may be counted: Ancient History and Classical Civilization 378 (Topic: Literacy/Numeracy/Visuality), 378 (Topic 9), Classical Civilization 375 (Topic: Literacy/Numeracy/Visuality), 375 (Topic 9). Same as: C C 375.9 Core Curriculum: 010
Topic 10: Roman Social History. Examine Roman social history: family structure and demography, gender systems, official social hierarchies, urban/rural interactions and labor. Consideration both of primary evidence and the historiography of the field. Only one of the following may be counted: Ancient History and Classical Civilization 378 (Topic: Roman Social History), 378 (Topic 10), Classical Civilization 348 (Topic: Roman Social History), 375 (Topic 10). Same as: C C 375.10 Core Curriculum: 010