Hellenic Studies Courses
Spring 2024
HIST 102B
Mod Greek Culture B
(3 Units)
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HIST 102B - Mod Greek Culture B (3 Units)
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Instructor: Lagos,Katerina
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Course Description: This is the second 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,HY
Class Location/Meeting Times: LIB53 M/W 10:00AM-10:50AM
Class Location/Meeting Times: WEB-ONLINE
Sect: 1
Class Number: 31272
Cmp: Lecture
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HIST 104A
Ancient Science
(3 Units)
HIST 104A - Ancient Science (3 Units)
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Instructor: Epperson, Michael G
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Course Description: An examination of the theories, experiments, and calculations of Greek and Roman scientists as well as the work of major contributors to astronomy, natural philosophy, medicine, and technology in the ancient period.
Class Attributes: B5,LCCM
Class Location/Meeting Times: BRH214/ TR /9:00AM-10:15AM
Sect: 1
Class Number: 30380
Cmp: Lecture
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HIST 109
History of Modern Greece
(3 Units)
HIST 109 -History of Modern Greece (3 Units)
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Instructor: Lagos,Katerina
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Course Description: Introduces the fundamental events and figures that shaped modern Greek history and politics. Topics will include: the Greek War of Independence, the MegaliIdea, the Asia Minor Catastrophe, and Greece's entry into the European Union. No prior knowledge of Greece or Greek language assumed.
Class Attributes: HUM (C2),HY
Class Location/Meeting Times: ARC1008/T/10:30AM-11:45AM
Sect: 1
Class Number: 31274
Cmp: Lecture
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HRS 10 Arts+Ideas
West: Anc-Mediev
(3 Units)
HRS 10 - Arts+Ideas west:Anc-Mediev (3 Units)
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.
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Instructor: Doyno,Mary
Class Attributes: FL,HUM (C2)
Class Location/Meeting Times: WEBONLINE
Sect: 1
Class Number: 30005
Cmp: Lecture
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HRS 119
Classical Mythology
(3 Units)
HRS 119 - Classical Mythology (3 Units)
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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.
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Instructor: Thoma,Judy
Class Attributes: HUM (C2)
Class Location/Meeting Times: MND2009/ TR/ 3:00PM-4:15PM
Sect: 2
Class Number: 30011
Cmp: Lecture
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Instructor: Shinbrot,Victoria
Class Attributes: FL,HUM (C2)
Class Location/Meeting Times: WEBONLINE
Sect: 3
Class Number: 37365
Cmp: Lecture
Instructor: Warnes,Mathias
Class Attributes: FL,HUM (C2)
Class Location/Meeting Times: WEBONLINE / 12:00PM-1:15PM
Sect: 1
Class Number: 82157
Cmp: Lecture
Instructor: Thoma,Judy L
Class Attributes: FL,HUM (C2)
Class Location/Meeting Times: WEBONLINE
Sect: 1
Class Number: 30009
Cmp: Lecture
MATH 190
History Of Mathematics
(3 Units)
MATH 190 - History Of Mathematics (3 Units)
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Instructor: Martins,Gabriel
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Course Description: Study of the development of mathematical ideas and techniques and their impact on the general course of the history of western civilization.
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Class Attributes:
Class Location/Meeting Times: ALP232 / MWF / 12:00PM-1:25PM
Sect: 1
Class Number: 33815
Cmp: Lecture
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POLS 110
Political Thought I
(3 Units)
POLS 110 - Political Thought I (3 Units)
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Instructor: Hertzoff,Andrew S
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Course Description: History of political theory, covering some important thinkers and topics during the Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern periods.
Class Attributes:
Class Location/Meeting Times: ALP212/ MWF / 10:00AM-10:50AM
Sect: 1
Class Number: 35177
Cmp: Discussion
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POLS 119B
Greek Political Thought
(3 Units)
POLS 119B - Greek Political Thought (3 Units)
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Instructor: Hertzoff,Andrew S
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Course Description: Study of the political thought of Greece from Homer to Demosthenes, including Plato, Thucydides, Sophocles, and other Greek thinkers. Topics include the birth of democracy, the sciences and philosophy, Athens' rise to prominence, its defense of freedom against Persia, and its own development of an empire. Examination of Greek thoughts about justice, authority, freedom, equality, and culture. The events that shaped ideas and ideas that shaped events, as well as our understanding of the modern world, will be covered.
Class Attributes:
Class Location/Meeting Times: ALP212/ MWF/11:00AM-11:50AM
Sect: 1
Class Number: 35619
Cmp: Seminar
HIST 111
Ancient Greece
(3 Units)
HIST 111 - Ancient Greece (3 Units)
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Instructor: Lazaridis,Nikolaos
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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.
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Class Attributes: FL,HUM (C2)
Class Location/Meeting Times: WEBONLINE
Sect: 1
Class Number: 81783
Cmp: Lecture
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ART 103
Art of Ancient Mediterranean
(3 Units)
ART 103 - Art of Ancient Mediterranean (3 Units)
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Instructor: Miller,Rachel
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Course Description: Architecture, crafts, and sculpture in the ancient Mediterranean world from ca. 700 BCE to ca. 500 CE.
GE Area: ART 1A
Class Location/Meeting Times: MRP1002 M/W 3:00PM- 4:15PM
Sect: 1
Class Number: 86610
Cmp: Lecture
HIST 124A
Warfare-Alexandr-Napoleon
(3 Units)
HIST 124A - Warfare-Alexandr-Napoleon (3 Units)
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Instructor: Collins,Michael D
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Course Description: Conduct of war from 336 B.C. to 1815. Social and political consequences; development of weaponry, strategy and tactics; Great Captains.
Class Attributes: FL
Class Location/Meeting Times: WEBONLINE/ TR/ 10:30AM-11:45AM
Sect: 1
Class Number: 81544
Cmp: Lecture
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HIST 143C
Ottoman State and Society
(3 Units)
HIST 143C - Ottoman State and Society (3 Units)
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Instructor: Atamaz-Topcu, Serpil
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Course Description: Overview of the history of the Ottoman Empire from its rise in the 13th century to its demise in the early 20th century. Topics include Ottoman state structure, military, economy, legal system, society, culture, and legacy.
Class Attributes: FL
Class Location/Meeting Times: WEBONLINE/ T/ 10:30AM-11:45AM
Sect: 1
Class Number: 82068
Cmp: Lecture
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HRS 113
Culture Classical Greece
(3 Units)
HRS 113 - Culture Classical Greece (3 Units)
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Instructor: Nystrom, Bradley
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Course Description: Examination of the Golden Age of Athens and the birth of Western humanism; studies in the classical ideals, tragedy, comedy, poetry, history, philosophy, art and architecture.
Class Attributes: FL,HUM (C2)
Class Location/Meeting Times: WEBONLINE/ MW/ 01:30PM-02:45PM
Sect: 1
Class Number: 80758
Cmp: Lecture
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PHIL 112
History Of Ethics
(3 Units)
PHIL 112 - History Of Ethics (3 Units)
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Instructor: Rogers,Tristan J
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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 or ENGL 109W; or 4-unit placement in ENGL 109M or ENGL 109W and co-enrollment in ENGL 109X; or WPJ score 70 or 71 and co-enrollment in ENGL 109X.
Class Attributes: HUM (C2),WI
Class Location/Meeting Times: SQU301/ TR/ 10:30AM-11:45AM
Sect: 1
Class Number: 81551
Cmp: Lecture
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PHIL 127
History of Ancient Philosophy
(3 Units)
PHIL 127 - History of Ancient Philosophy (3 Units)
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Instructor: Pelletti,Mike
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Course Description: Examination of the origins of Western philosophy, with emphasis on the works of the Pre-Socratics, Plato, and Aristotle.
Prerequisite: 3 units in Philosophy.
Class Attributes:
Class Location/Meeting Times: MND3009/ MW/ 12:00PM-1:15PM
Sect: 1
Class Number: 81476
Cmp: Lecture
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THEA 2
Hist-Ancient To Renaissance
(3 Units)
THEA 2 - Hist-Ancient To Renaissance (3 Units)
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Instructor: Staff
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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.
Class Attributes: ARTS (C1),F
Class Location/Meeting Times: WEBONLINE
Sect: 1
Class Number: 80709
Cmp: Lecture
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POLS 115
Democratic Theory
(3 Units)
POLS 115 - Democratic Theory (3 Units)
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Instructor: Tutschka,Monicka B
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Course Description: Introduction to basic questions of democracy. Draws on classical and contemporary writings to explore what democracy means and various forms of democratic government, politics, and culture: direct, representative, liberal, republican, pluralist, elitist. Specific topics may include: definitions of democracy, justifications for democracy, arguments for increasing or limiting democratic participation, tasks of political representatives, democratization of social institutions, and the relationship between globalization and democracy.
Class Attributes:
Class Location/Meeting Times: ALP122/ MW/ 3:00PM-4:15PM
Sect: 1
Class Number: 85550
Cmp: Lecture
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