Apr 28, 2024

OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2017-18

OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2017-18 [Archived Catalog]

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The course information (including course titles, descriptions, credit hours, requisites, repeat/retake information, and active status) contained in this catalog is effective as of Fall Semester 2017-18. This information is subject to change at the discretion of Ohio University.

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Civil Engineering
	CE 4100 - Applied Boundary Surveying Triangulation, astronomical observations, land surveying, instrument adjustments, and special topics. Requisites: CE 2100 Credit Hours: 2 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 1.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CE 4110 - Legal Principles in Boundary Location In this course, the students learn the legal principles in determination of boundary locations and the role of evidence in that determination. The students also learn procedures for weighing conflicting forms of evidence and guidelines for evaluation. Requisites: CE 2100 Credit Hours: 2 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 2.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CE 4150 - Geodetic Surveying Astronomical observations and methods used in GPS and photogrammetry to establish horizontal and vertical control for objects. Requisites: CE 2100 Credit Hours: 2 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 2.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CE 4160 - Construction Estimating & Equipment Covers the fundamentals of construction equipment economics and productivity including: the selection of earth moving equipment and construction equipment fleet analysis. Addresses the fundamentals of cost estimating process including: contracts, bond, overhead, labor, pricing of excavation, pricing of concrete, pricing of metals, and pricing of wood. Requisites: CE 2160 Credit Hours: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CE 4170 - Construction Planning and Scheduling Techniques and applications of all aspects of the construction scheduling process; including background on scheduling construction projects, development of work breakdown structures, and transition to element of the construction project schedule; linear scheduling methods for heavy construction, use of real-world examples in civil engineering, and applications using Primavera Project Planner. Requisites: CE 2160 Credit Hours: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CE 4190 - Project Development, Contracts, and Law Provides students with the fundamentals of construction law and contracts. Topics covered include: types of construction contracts, contract changes, claim, liability, and dispute resolution. Aspects of construction administration including project funding, project cash flow, accounting systems, depreciation, and analysis of financial statements. Requisites: CE 2160 Credit Hours: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CE 4240 - Strength of Materials II Unsymmetrical bending, shear centers, columns, energy, and continuation of basic topics usually taught in Strength of Materials I. Requisites: C or better in ET 2220 Credit Hours: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CE 4280 - Experimental Methods in Civil Engineering Application and theory of electronic sensors to civil engineering measurements including strain gages, load cells, displacement transducers, accelerometers, and temperature measurements. Analysis of errors in measured data. Emphasis will be also placed on the preparation of laboratory reports and a project report. 3 lec. Requisites: ET 2220 and PHYS 2052 and CE 4000 Credit Hours: 3 General Education Code: 1JE Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 2.0 lecture, 2.0 laboratory Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CE 4320 - Structural Design in Concrete Materials and properties; design methods, strength of rectangular sections subject to bending moments, axial loads, and shear forces either separately or in combination; continuity in concrete construction; design of one-way slabs; design of T sections in bending; deflection calculations, and footing design. Requisites: CE 2010 and 3300 Credit Hours: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CE 4330 - Structural Design in Steel Materials and properties; design methods, design of tension members; structural fasteners; design of compression members, beams, trusses, and frames. Requisites: CE 3300 Credit Hours: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CE 4370 - Timber Design Material properties and behavior of structural timber. Analysis and design of sawed timber and laminated timber members. Timber construction analysis and design. Requisites: CE 3300 Credit Hours: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CE 4380 - Prestressed Concrete Design Theory of prestressing. Design and analysis of prestressed concrete beams, slabs, box girders, and bridge girders by elastic and ultimate strength methods. Requisites: CE 3300 and CE 4320 Credit Hours: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CE 4450 - Flow Routing Gradually varied flow computation, the use of computer software programs for flow routing, and their engineering applications. Requisites: CE 3420 Credit Hours: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CE 4500 - Water & Wastewater Engineering Sources and collection of public water supplies; principles of water treatment processes; quantities and collection of municipal wastewater; principles of wastewater treatment processes. Requisites: CE 3400 and CHEM 1510 Credit Hours: 4 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 4.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CE 4510 - In-Situ Remediation Students will learn about the regulatory aspects of site remediation work, chemical & physical behavior of common groundwater and soil pollutants, different (chemical, biological, physical) mechanisms for remediation, and a survey of the proper use of various remediation techniques. Students will perform preliminary designs using several remediation methods. Requisites: CE 3420 and CHEM 1510 Credit Hours: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CE 4530 - Solid & Hazardous Waste Management Identification, classification, and study of methods of characterization, handling, treating, managing, and disposal of solid/hazardous wastes regulated under federal and state guidelines and legislation, site remediation, green chemistry. Requisites: CHEM 1510 and (Jr or Sr) Credit Hours: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CE 4540 - Sustainable Construction Investigations into green building construction practices and sustainability including use of novel or recycled materials, energy management and efficiency, water use/re-use, and indoor air quality. Requisites: CE 2160 Credit Hours: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CE 4570 - Water Resources Engineering Elective senior civil engineering course designed to provide integrated treatment of water resources engineering, including hydrological measurements, runoff, groundwater, water law, reservoir design, frequency analysis, planning, flood control. Systems approach to multipurpose water resource projects emphasized. Requisites: CE 3420 Credit Hours: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CE 4580 - Water Quality Engineering Natural and man-made characteristics of water quality, changes in quality resulting from use, criteria for control of stream pollution, methods of improving water quality, also legal, economic, and institutional aspects lab methods and interpretation of results for chemical and bacteriological examination of water and wastewater. Requisites: CHEM 1510 and (Jr or Sr) Credit Hours: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 2.0 lecture, 2.0 laboratory Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CE 4630 - Introduction to Highway Safety Aspects of highway safety, identification of highway safety problems, and design/implementation/evaluation of highway safety improvement projects and programs. Requisites: CE 3610 Credit Hours: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CE 4640 - Transportation Planning Fundamentals Introduction to urban transportation planning, characteristics of urban travel, travel demand models, decision models, and future issues. Requisites: CE 3610 Credit Hours: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CE 4680 - Traffic Signal Systems Traffic parameters, traffic data collection, capacity analysis of freeways, signalized intersection design, hardware, communication and detection systems, and coordinated signal system analysis and design. Requisites: CE 3610 Credit Hours: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CE 4710 - Foundation Engineering Design and construction problems in soil engineering, subsurface investigation, foundation selection and design criteria, principles of design of shallow and deep foundations, retaining walls, and site improvement. Requisites: CE 3700 Credit Hours: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CE 4740 - Soil Mechanics Laboratory Advanced techniques for measurement of soil engineering properties. Requisites: CE 3700 and 3710 Credit Hours: 1 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 2.0 laboratory Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CE 4760 - Soil Stabilization Engineering, geological, and pedological soil classification systems. Mineralogy of clay minerals and clay-water systems, requirements for and factors affecting soil stability. Methods and mechanics of soil stabilization, designing and testing stabilized soils. Requisites: CE 3700 and 3710 Credit Hours: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 2.0 lecture, 2.0 laboratory Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CE 4770 - Rock Mechanics and Design Physical properties and classification of intact rock and rock masses, rock exploration, engineering properties of rock, stresses in rock around underground openings, rock tunneling, rock slope stability, bolting, blasting, grouting, rock foundation design, and rock fracturing. Requisites: GEOL 2830 and CE 3700 Credit Hours: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CE 4820 - Paving Materials and Mixtures Types, constituents, chemical behavior, tests, specifications, and uses of bituminous materials, Portland cements, and aggregates in pavements. Design and manufacture of paving mixtures and construction of pavements. Requisites: CE 3800 Credit Hours: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CE 4830 - Principles of Pavement Design Fundamentals of wheel loads and stresses in pavements. Properties in pavement components and design tests. Design methods and evaluations. Requisites: CE 3610 and 3700 Credit Hours: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CE 4900 - Special Topics in Civil Engineering Specific course content will vary with offering. Credit Hours: 1 - 15 Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated. Lecture/Lab Hours: 1.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,CR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CE 4910 - Senior Design- Land Development An advanced applied engineering course utilizing multiple fundamental civil engineering courses as applied to land development. Requisites: CE 3420 and 3610 and Sr only Credit Hours: 3 General Education Code: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 2.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CE 4911 - Senior Design–Environmental/Water Resources An advanced applied engineering course utilizing combinations of water/wastewater treatment and hydraulics/hydrology courses as applied to society’s needs. Requisites: CE 4500 or concurrent and Sr only Credit Hours: 3 General Education Code: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CE 4912 - Senior Design–Structures and Foundations A civil engineering design elective integrating fundamental civil engineering courses for foundation and structural design, analysis, and drawing. Requisites: CE 3700 and (4320 or 4330) and Sr Credit Hours: 3 General Education Code: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CE 4913 - Senior Design- Special Project An advanced applied engineering course integrating several major disciplines of civil engineering in a design project. Requisites: Permission required Credit Hours: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CE 4918 - Undergraduate Internship in CE Learning and working experience on a challenging construction project. The experience includes conducting progressively more responsible and educational work tasks in the civil engineering field, with the supervision of faculty. Requisites: CE 2160 Credit Hours: 1 Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 2.0 hours. Lecture/Lab Hours: 2.0 internship Eligible Grades: F,CR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CE 4940 - CE Undergraduate Research Experience Students participate in an independent and original laboratory research project under the close supervision of a faculty advisor. This entails familiarization with relevant civil engineering literature, laboratory work, preparation of a report, and representation of a departmental seminar. Requisites: Permission required Credit Hours: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 6.0 hours. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 research Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Classical Archaeology
	CLAR 1110 - The Wonders of the Ancient Mediterranean Provides a broad overview of the archaeology of the Mediterranean world from the time of the Old Kingdom in Egypt (3rd millennium BC) to the early Byzantine period (6th century AD). Organized around iconic structures from the main cultures and time periods covered. Each site will be used individually as a vehicle for studying broader aspects of the society that produced it. Explores why it is particularly significant and representative of that society. Questions include: Why were lists of “wonders” made in the first place? What was the political significance of creating a “wonder”? What effect did the original Seven Wonders have on the monuments that came later? What effect did the wonders have on the modern imagination and the archaeologists devoted to rediscovering them? Requisites: Fr or Soph Credit Hours: 3 General Education Code: 2CP Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLAR 2110 - Greek Archaeology Introduces Greek society and culture through investigation of its artifacts and the contexts in which they are found. Explores the different approaches to investigating particular kinds of material evidence, and what aspects of Greek culture they reveal. Starting with the Minoans and Mycenaeans, examines the growth of civilization in Bronze Age Greece and its rebirth after the fall of the Mycenaean palaces, to the appearance of city-states, and the rise of Philip of Macedon in the 4th century. Examines how to identify and date different types of material evidence, and be able to show their relevance to the reconstruction of ancient Greek culture as a whole. Credit Hours: 3 General Education Code: 2SS Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLAR 2120 - Roman Archaeology Explores the material remains from the Roman world and of the information they provide about Roman society. Among other things, examines sculpture, painting, coinage, and architecture to learn how Romans at various levels of society used objects, images and built structures to make statements about themselves. Examines how these messages differed from one part of the empire to another. Teaches how to look at and ‘read’ objects and images. Special emphasis placed on methodologies used to interpret them. Credit Hours: 3 General Education Code: 2SS Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLAR 2130 - Near Eastern and Egyptian Archaeology Traces the development of states in Mesopotamia and Egypt, from the beginning of agriculture to the end of the Bronze Age in 1000 B.C. Explores how these civilizations of the Near East first developed cities, temples and palaces, writing, taxation, and large scale warfare, all which influenced the development of cultures ancestral to our own. Topics include the role of religion in the early states, the rise of the absolute ruler, trade networks, and the growth of the Mesopotamian and Egyptian empires. Focuses in particular on the roles of the ruler in religion, society and economy, and the sources for reconstructing economy and society at the lower levels of society. Credit Hours: 3 General Education Code: 2SS Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLAR 2900 - Special Topics in Classical Archaeology Specific course content will vary with offering. Credit Hours: 1 - 15 Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated. Lecture/Lab Hours: 1.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,CR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLAR 3610 - Greek Cities and Sanctuaries In the eyes of the Greeks, the city and the sanctuary were the two institutions that best defined their culture. Introduces the central role that citizenship, civic institutions, religion and sanctuaries played in the city-states of Ancient Greece by tracing the architectural and social history of Greek cities and sanctuaries over a thousand year period. Focuses on a wide range of cities and sanctuaries, paying special attention to ancient Athens as an innovator in both civic institutions and temple development. Requisites: Soph or Jr or Sr Credit Hours: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLAR 3620 - The Archaeology of Roman Cities An archaeological study of Rome and other Roman cities from the 8th century B.C. to the fall of the Roman empire. Particular emphasis is placed on the physical remains as products of and evidence for the changing cultural and political concepts that constantly revised the design and composition of Roman cities. Credit Hours: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLAR 3630 - Aegean Bronze Age Archaeology The Aegean civilizations of Mycenaean Greece and Minoan Crete were discovered only since 1870, and were the first to be analyzed and interpreted solely from archaeological remains. Explores the material evidence to trace the development of these complex Bronze Age cultures in the Aegean, while studying the early excavators starting with Schliemann and Evans. Reviews different types of material remains, and the different, often conflicting strategies used to collect and interpret them. Focuses on the development of Aegean civilizations from the appearance of the first agricultural communities in the Neolithic period (6000 B.C.) to the widespread destruction and subsequent economic decline at the end of the Bronze Age (1100 B.C.). Requisites: Soph or Jr or Sr Credit Hours: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLAR 3640 - Craft and Technology in the Roman World Examines the relationship between the development of technology and political/economic factors that affected changing attitudes and desires of the Roman people in different parts of the Roman Empire. Explores the tools and processes used for making objects, building structures, and supplying water and food to urban masses as well as the organization of labor that makes such accomplishments possible. Various types of modern analysis are discussed to show how advances in technology affect our understanding of the ancient world. Counterpoints made with Classical Greek and Hellenistic cultures since many technologies were borrowed by the Romans. Modern parallels also discussed. Credit Hours: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLAR 3650 - Technology in Greek and Roman Society Examines technological developments in Graeco-Roman world within a chronological framework so that the advances in technology can be related directly to broader changes in the Mediterranean world from the 7th century BC to the 4th century AD. Examines a variety of different types of technology including coinage, building construction, water management, agricultural/food production, terracotta, glass, metallurgy, shipbuilding, and warfare. Students look at ways in which the societal needs framed technological developmental at different times and places, as well as ways that new technologies affected the societies in which they occurred. A major goal is to examine the role of technology in the Mediterranean basin as the organization of society moved from the Greek city-state to Hellenistic kingdoms to the Roman Empire. Requisites: WARNING: Not CLAR 364 Credit Hours: 3 General Education Code: 2SS Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLAR 3660 - Archaeology and Art: Contexts and Controversies The course focuses on the archaeological context of selected objects usually described as examples of Greek art. It examines where they were found, what significance they had in the culture that produced them, how they were excavated, how they have been conserved and what ethical issues surround the modern conservation and acquisition of them. Each object has its own story yet also fits into a larger context. Above all, this is a course that emphasizes the importance of establishing clear methodologies and its purpose is to provide students with tools to explore the contexts of objects, ultimately on their own. What questions do they need to ask? To what types of sources can they reliably turn for information? How might they interpret the ethical arguments raised by the excavation and acquisition of some objects? The core material for the course will comprise twenty objects. Chronology will provide the organizational principle for the study of the objects. The focus of each class will be a single object; readings will discuss some aspects of its context and part of the in-class presentation will provide comparative material/objects. Credit Hours: 3 General Education Code: 2HL Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLAR 3710 - Ancient Rome: Development of the City from the 8th Century B.C. to the 4th Century A.D. Introduces the urban development of ancient Rome through an intensive on-site examination of its monuments and artifacts. Focuses on field work. While Rome is the focus of the course, several days are also spent at Ostia and Pompeii to highlight aspects of Roman life not readily observable in modern Rome. Requisites: CLAR 2120 or 3620 or CLAS 2540 or HIST 3292 Credit Hours: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 6.0 seminar Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLAR 4900 - Special Topics in Classical Archaeology Specific course content will vary with offering. Credit Hours: 1 - 15 Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated. Lecture/Lab Hours: 1.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,CR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLAR 4930 - Independent Study in Classical Archaeology Independent research in topics of classical archaeology. Requisites: CLAR 2110 or 2120 or 2130 Credit Hours: 1 - 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 6.0 hours. Lecture/Lab Hours: 1.0 independent study Eligible Grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Classics and World Religions
	CLWR 1810 - Introduction to the Study of Religion What is “religion” and how do we study it? The answer may seem obvious but it’s not. In this course, we explore religious practices in multiple religious traditions and examine the relationship between religion and a range of other social factors–social class, gender, ethnicity, politics, among others. Along the way, we will also reflect on broader comparative and methodological questions posed by scholars who have studied religion from diverse perspectives (historical, psychological, phenomenological, and sociological). Credit Hours: 3 General Education Code: 2HL Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLWR 2210 - Difficult Dialogues: Religious Beliefs Introduction to serious, informed discussion of basic intellectual issues in religious belief. One of two Difficult Dialogues courses offered by the Department of Classics and World Religions to encourage thoughtful and productive discussion of historically contentious topics. Discussions concerning religious beliefs are notoriously difficult. They have often devolved into disputes, which have divided families, sundered friendships, and even fueled wars. Experience in navigating difficult dialogues concerning, we believe, transfer into the more generalized skill of productive discussion concerning virtually any difficult topic. So, this class is concerned specifically with learning to think through difficult religious topics and more generally with learning to think through any difficult and contentious topic. Credit Hours: 3 General Education Code: 2HL Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLWR 2220 - Difficult Dialogues: Religion, Gender and Sexuality One of two Difficult Dialogues courses offered to encourage thoughtful and productive discussion of historically contentious topics. Promotes dialogue on conflicts made divisive because of significant differences involving religious beliefs and assumptions about gender and sexuality such as how religious experience is gendered, what scriptures in different traditions say about women, and how religious traditions have changed in the way women and their role in society are viewed. Emphasizes the search for understanding of others whose beliefs are rooted in different religious or secular humanist traditions. Students are asked to engage in disciplined, self-critical thinking. Draws on methods and content from intellectual and religious history, the philosophy of religions, and contemporary religious dialogue. Credit Hours: 3 General Education Code: 2HL Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLWR 2230 - What is Evil? Students will explore the question ¿What is evil?¿ from the perspectives of the major World Religions¿Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism. In addition they will explore how evil was conceptualized in core texts of Classical Greece and Ancient Rome. The course begins with a brief introduction to psychological and sociological research which attempts to answer the question ¿Why do good people do evil things?¿ It concludes with a short consideration of representations of evil in popular culture and influential texts written in response to the Holocaust. Credit Hours: 3 General Education Code: 2HL Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLWR 2300 - The Global Occult: Ghosts, Demonology, and the Paranormal in World Religions What does it mean to believe in ghosts? How do people who cast hexes, perform a Black Mass, or hold séances understand their actions and experiences? Designed to address these kinds of questions, this course is a survey, from the perspective of religious studies, of beliefs about ghosts, demons, and supernatural phenomena throughout history and around the world. In their readings, films, and lectures, students will look at ghost traditions from North India, Hawaii, and Europe; exorcism in the U.S., Sri Lanka, and Tibet; demonology in Buddhism, Hinduism, and Zoroastrianism; and witchcraft in England, Italy, and Niger. They will also examine the scientific claims of parapsychology, the practice of necromancy, and accounts of people who report being attacked by evil spirits in their sleep. Credit Hours: 3 General Education Code: 2CP Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLWR 2900 - Special Topics in Classics and World Religions Specific course content will vary with offering. Credit Hours: 1 - 15 Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated. Lecture/Lab Hours: 1.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,CR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLWR 3310 - Old Testament Explores the writings of the Hebrew Bible (Christian Old Testament), their relationship to the history and culture in which they were produced, and their relevance to more recent issues in modern religious discourse. Covers a range of topics, including divine encounters, worship practices, sacred space, political religion, archaeology, ethics, gender, and memory. Applies several modern approaches as well as survey at various points the ‘afterlife’ of the Hebrew scriptural traditions in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Credit Hours: 3 General Education Code: 2HL Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLWR 3320 - New Testament Surveys the writings of the New Testament in their historical, political, social, and religious context of the Jewish and Greco-Roman worlds in the first century. Discussions to gain familiarity with questions of authorship, genre, historical setting, historical accuracy, use of the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, etc. Explores modern academic approaches to the New Testament and its relation to such issues as gender, ethics, identity, the body, politics, ritual, and sacred space, among others. While the course does not adopt a faith-based perspective on the New Testament, we will note the importance of selected texts to modern religious communities. Credit Hours: 3 General Education Code: 2HL Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLWR 3330 - Introduction to Islam Introduces Islam as a religious and cultural system. Topics include pre-Islamic Arabia, the Prophet Muhammad and the first Muslims, the Qur’an and shari’a, basic ritual practices, mysticism, theology and philosophy, Shi’ism, the visual and musical arts, women, modernism, fundamentalism, and Islam in the USA. Draws on historical, sociological, anthropological, and literary-critical approaches and utilizes a range of primary and secondary material to examine the development of Islamic religious practices and ideals as they interact with larger social and cultural processes. While we will be concerned to understand how practitioners of Islam interpret their beliefs and actions, we will also place ‘insider’ perspectives in a broader social and historical context. Religion is a segment of culture, and thus we undertake our inquiry into Islam in the spirit of the Quranic injunction that ‘humanity consider from what it is created’. Credit Hours: 3 General Education Code: 2CP Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLWR 3340 - Hinduism Explores Hindu concepts and practices through readings, films, and slide presentations. Traces the origin and development of Hinduism from its roots in Vedic ritual and the indigenous civilizations of Mohenjo Daro and Harrapa. Introduces the Upanishads (perhaps the earliest philosophical texts), the great Hindu Epics, Mahabharata and Ramayana, the Sastras (manuals on Hindu life dating from the early centuries of the current era), the Puranas (medieval compositions telling the stories of the gods), Tantra (an esoteric form of Hinduism), the artistic traditions of Hinduism, and modern Hindu political movements. Special emphasis placed on the Gandhi’s interpretation of Hindu teachings of non-violence. Credit Hours: 3 General Education Code: 2CP Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLWR 3350 - Buddhism Introduces Buddhist doctrines, practices and institutions. Focuses on the spread and development of Buddhism across Asia and beyond, with an eye toward examining how foundational Buddhist ideas and practices have taken shape in specific places and in particular historical contexts. Selectively surveys the foundational teachings, history and diversity of Buddhism, from the lifetime of the Buddha in fifth century BCE India to contemporary Buddhist communities in Southeast Asia, East Asia, and North America. Along the way, considers some important questions raised and addressed in the critical study of religion. Credit Hours: 3 General Education Code: 2CP Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLWR 3360 - Theories of Religion Surveys the main theoretical orientations that have guided the study of religions within the Humanities and Social Sciences as these fields have developed since the 18th century within the academic institutions of Europe and the United States. Begins with early Enlightenment thinkers who were responding to the wars of religion and the rise of rationalism and empiricism. Continues with 19th and early 20th century scholars who confronted the impact of industrialization, nation-state formation, bureaucratization, technologization, and most of all, the colonization of entire societies and cultures beyond Europe. To listen in on discussions about religion among U.S. and European thinkers during these three centuries is to become privy to the struggles of North Atlantic societies with ‘the disenchantment of the world,’ that is, the loss of faith in a transcendent purpose connected to a larger divine will. After surveying the classical theories, examines the impact of decolonization on the inherited Enlightenment assumptions concerning religion. Discussion today has raised substantial doubts that the category of ‘religion’ is of any real empirical or analytical use. Instead, many theorists argue that the inherited conceptions of ‘religion’ are nothing more than a mask that obscures and justifies Western domination. Other theorists, however, have argued the ‘religion’ concept is still useful if corrected for its biases. Explores this debate and tries to arrive at one’s own conclusions about whether the religion concept is still helpful Requisites: Jr or Sr Credit Hours: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLWR 3450 - Self-denial and Religion: Virgins, Monks, Hermits and other Ascetics Examination of asceticism–the rejection of physical pleasure and material wealth–as philosophical and religious ideal in pagan and Christian communities in the world. Focus is on reading ancient texts in translation. Requisites: Soph or Jr or Sr Credit Hours: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLWR 3460 - Religion and Violence Examines religious violence by studying historical case studies from different religious traditions. Themes include divine punishments against humans, martyrdom, forced conversions, persecutions, holy wars, and the importance of religion in contemporary conflicts. Requisites: Soph or Jr or Sr Credit Hours: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLWR 3470 - Gandhi and the Gita: The Religious Roots of Nonviolent Resistance in Colonial India How can a book that seeks to justify extreme violence inspire a man whose name is synonymous with peaceful protest? To answer this question, we will examine the life and thought of M. K. Gandhi through the lens of religion, focusing on the text that served as one of his chief inspirations, the Bhagavad Gita. The Gita is an ancient philosophical poem in which the god Krishna convinces the reluctant warrior Arjuna to initiate a war that will annihilate most of the human race. But to Gandhi, this text was the blueprint for the most successful nonviolent resistance movement in history, the campaign to free India from British control. By reading the Gita and works by and about Gandhi, students will examine the confluence of religion and politics that gave rise to Gandhi and to modern India. Credit Hours: 3 General Education Code: 2CP Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLWR 3480 - The History of Yoga: From Ancient Discipline to Modern Movement This course traces the history of yoga from ancient texts like the Yoga Sutra to modern practices developed by innovators like Bikram and Iyengar. The course also examines the forms yoga has taken in contemporary western society and the varied responses its popularity has inspired. Along with readings, lectures, films, and discussions, the coursework includes the actual practice of different styles of yoga led by a certified instructor. Requisites: Jr or Sr Credit Hours: 3 General Education Code: 2CP Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLWR 3610 - American Religions Covers the history of religion in America. Examines the Puritan heritage, the rise of religious revival movements, the invention of new religious traditions (Mormonism), and considers the role of religion in America in the present. Credit Hours: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLWR 3850J - Writing on Religion Introduction to primary and secondary sources in the study of religious texts and practices, with the aim of producing and critiquing varying styles of writing about religious phenomena. Focuses on the process of researching and writing, analyzing sources, compiling bibliography, organizing evidence and composing and editing several drafts of each project. Requisites: Jr or Sr Credit Hours: 3 General Education Code: 1J Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLWR 4330 - Political Islam Why have some Muslims turned to religion as a source for political identity in the contemporary world? What terms should we use to describe this phenomenon? Which individuals and groups have embraced the religio-political renewal, and why have they done so? What forms have the renewal movements taken? In what directions have they developed? What role, in particular, have modernizing states played in the instrumentalizing of Islamic institutions for purposes of control and legitimacy? How have non-state actors–the `ulama’, lay activists, social movements–responded to the conditions created by modernizing states? Addresses these questions by exploring a range of case studies in different national/cultural context–Africa (Morocco, Sudan, Somalia), Southeast Asia (Indonesia), Western Europe (France, Germany, the Netherlands), and North America (US and Canada). Through these case studies, probes what we mean by ‘political Islam’–but also the politics of Islam, and what the implications are for a wider globalized modernity. Requisites: CLWR 3330 or HIST 3371 Credit Hours: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLWR 4340 - Sufism-Mysticism and Asceticism in Islam Introduces the ‘mystical’ dimension of Islam, known as Sufism. Begins by probing key terms such as ‘Sufism,’ ‘asceticism,’ and ‘mysticism.’ Then traces the emergence of Sufism during the formative period of the Islamic political and religious systems. Bulk of course explores contemporary manifestations of Sufism in diverse locations ranging from South/Southeast Asia and Central Asia to Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and the United States. Requisites: CLWR 3330 or HIST 3370 or 3371 Credit Hours: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLWR 4350 - Women in Buddhist Traditions Explores women and Buddhism during different historical periods and in different cultures. Through a variety of sources, illuminates Buddhist concepts of gender and sexuality, views of women’s spiritual capacities, the diversity of women’s images, roles, experiences, concerns, and contributions in Buddhist societies, and scholarly approaches to women in Buddhism. Special attention given to how gender is constructed in each cultural and religious context encountered, with particular emphasis on Buddhist women in Southeast Asia. Explores reasons why texts on religion have not always included the voices of women, and investigates ways to uncover them through research techniques and alternative hermeneutical strategies. Requisites: CLWR 3350 Credit Hours: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLWR 4410 - Contemporary Religious Thought Since the end of World War II new movements have arisen in every major religious tradition. This resurgence of religion as a political and social force responds to a widespread and profound concern at the failure of modernity and secular nationalism to bring prosperity and provide meaning for life. Looks at the New Age Movements and Liberation Theology in the 1960s, movements generally called fundamentalist that arose in the 1970s, and militant movements that justify the use of violence that have emerged in the last two decades. Research paper on a major thinker or contemporary movement in one of the great world religious traditions–Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam required. Credit Hours: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLWR 4420 - Religious Experience Examines writings on religious experience beginning with William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience. Psychological and theological accounts of individual religious experience are compared. Students write a research paper. Requisites: Soph or Jr or Sr Credit Hours: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLWR 4430 - Women and Religion Examines images and roles of women in major world religious traditions. We will study religious ideology and its role in shaping social life, the many ways in which women exercise authority in religious traditions, the ways in which women have been innovative in those traditions, and the ways in which women have reinterpreted and re-appropriated patriarchal texts and structures. Students will apply the insights gained in this examination to a project of their own choosing, which should result in a research paper. Students will also have opportunities to increase their understanding of their own religious choices and of religious phenomena more generally. Credit Hours: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLWR 4440 - Taoism and Confucianism Historical survey of the philosophical and religious tenets of Taoism and the writings of Confucius, and their social and intellectual impact. Requisites: Soph or Jr or Sr Credit Hours: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLWR 4450X - Sex and the Bible In “Sex and the Bible” we look carefully and critically at how concepts of sex, gender, and sexuality are used in the Bible and later biblical interpretation as a fundamental means of shaping and reshaping the interpreter’s world in ways both foreign and familiar to modern understandings. We look at the interpretation of the Biblical texts especially as they informed Judeo-Christian thinking about social norms and issues in post-biblical periods. We encounter and examine such topics as gender construction, sexual orientation, taboos, prostitution, idolatry-adultery, family relations, cross-cultural marriage, slavery and trafficking, erotic literature, among others. We interrogate the biblical texts and engage a variety of methods when doing so. Requisites: One course in CLWR or CLAS or CLAR or WGSS or Instructor permission Credit Hours: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLWR 4710 - African Religions Surveys the broad array of religious systems and practices that have emerged historically in the African continent. Topics range from Vodun to Zar, Pentecostalism to Islam, as well as practices specific to particular ethnic groups. Credit Hours: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLWR 4810 - Myth, Ritual, and Symbolism Explores how people use myths, rituals, and symbols to create, conserve, and contest cultural systems of all sorts. Examples are drawn from diverse religious traditions as well as from art, politics, literature, and the media. Requisites: Soph or Jr or Sr Credit Hours: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLWR 4820 - Thinking About Death: Belief and Practice Survey of belief systems regarding death rituals, burial practices and the intersection of the dead and the living, through textual and archaeological evidence. Credit Hours: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLWR 4900 - Special Topics in World Religions Special topics in aspects of world religions. Credit Hours: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 6.0 hours. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLWR 4930 - Independent Study Directed individual reading and research for students who wish to study an area of world religions not covered by a regular course. Requisites: Permission required and one course in CLWR Credit Hours: 1 - 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 1.0 independent study Eligible Grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLWR 4931H - Departmental Honors Thesis For world religion majors who have been accepted into the Classics and World Religions Honors program to write an honors thesis. Requisites: CLWR major and Jr only and 3.5 GPA Credit Hours: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 6.0 hours. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 independent study Eligible Grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Classics in English
	CLAS 2110 - Greek and Latin Roots in Biomedical Terminology Develops the linguistic skills that improves one’s ability to acquire, retain, and comprehend the biomedical terms that derive from Greek and Latin roots. Overview of ancient medicine helps to set the origins of many of these terms in their social and intellectual context. Provides an introduction to basic research tools in biomedical sciences. Credit Hours: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLAS 2300 - Heroes – Classical Literature in Translation The best-known works of ancient Greco-Roman literature focus on the outstanding individuals whom we conventionally call “heroes”. This course introduces significant works of Greco-Roman literature in English translation. It focuses on their impact on Western culture. Readings may be drawn from ancient epic, tragedy, biography, and historiography. No prior knowledge of classical culture or classical languages required. Credit Hours: 3 General Education Code: 2HL Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLAS 2310 - Human Aspirations Among the Greeks and Romans Identifies three of the great dreams or aspirations of the ancient Greeks and Romans–aspirations that lived on in written form and played an important role in shaping the ideals and aspirations of later Western civilization: 1) the political aspiration to create a just society; 2) the philosophical aspiration to “know oneself” and to be a person of virtue whatever the condition of one’s society; and 3) the Christian aspiration to live a life of loving service that derives from the Christian understanding of the nature of God. Reading quite a bit of primary source literature in English translation expected. Primary means of presentation will be lecture with short periods of discussion interspersed. Credit Hours: 3 General Education Code: 2HL Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLAS 2340 - Classical Mythology Introduction to classical mythology; readings and discussions of myths and their interpretations. Credit Hours: 3 General Education Code: 2HL Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLAS 2510 - Ancient Jerusalem: From Solomon to Suleiman Attempts to approach the city of Jerusalem and the complex interaction of political, social, and above all religious realities that continue to define the city. Focuses on Jerusalem as a mythic as well as a historical entity; attempt to disentangle some of the threads that make Jerusalem the rich tapestry of meaning it has become. It does this by a careful reading of textual material from Jewish, Christian, and Islamic sources, as well as of archaeological and art-historical data. Focuses especially on the Temple Mount as a site of religious practice, transformation, myth, and conflict because of the long shadow it casts over the traditional landscape of Jerusalem. Credit Hours: 3 General Education Code: 2CP Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLAS 2520 - Classical Athens Focuses on the people of the Greek city of Athens during an extraordinarily creative period of history–the century and a half from 480 B.C to 323 B.C–when the Athenians undertook the world’s first democratic experiment. Examines textual sources (literature, philosophy, history, speeches and public documents) and archaeological sources (architecture, sculpture, painting) for the light which they shed on the ancient Athenians’ political, intellectual, and artistic problems, concerns, and achievements. Explores how the Athenians dealt with those fundamental questions about life that face all thinking humans in a democracy. Credit Hours: 3 General Education Code: 2HL Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLAS 2530 - Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic World Focuses first on Alexander himself, a man who became a myth even before his death. Next examines the Hellenistic world, the world that Alexander created out of his conquests. Alexander’s conquests helped spread Greek civilization over the whole of the eastern Mediterranean. Many of the issues that people living in this world confronted are still relevant today: the nature of celebrity, for Alexander was arguably the first celebrity; the challenges of emigration, of living in a society that was culturally and ethnically diverse, of assimilating a foreign culture, and living under an autocracy. Credit Hours: 3 General Education Code: 2HL Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLAS 2540 - Rome Under the Caesars Looks at life and thought in ancient Rome from Augustus through Marcus Aurelius (27 B.C.- A.D.180) based on archaeological, historical, and literary sources. Examines across cultural boundaries the issue of what it means to be human. Focuses primarily on the inhabitants of Rome, how they lived and what they thought about fundamental issues such as: How should the demands of the common good be balanced with individual needs and desires? What is the role of religion in society? of education? of art? How does one deal with death? What ultimately make life worth living for an individual in Roman society? Issues then compared with our own attitudes in modern America. Studies the use of political propaganda in society, the rituals of daily life in ancient Rome, and the art and architecture that made up the environment in which these people lived. Credit Hours: 3 General Education Code: 2HL Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLAS 2550 - Pagan to Christian in Late Antiquity Interdisciplinary approach to the dramatic changes that occur in ways of looking at the individual and one’s place in the world during the 4th through 6th centuries of our era as paganism is replaced by Christianity as the dominant religious view. Geographical foci are Rome and Constantinople. Sources are textual, artistic, and archaeological. Credit Hours: 3 General Education Code: 2HL Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLAS 2900 - Special Topics in Classics in English Specific course content will vary with offering. Credit Hours: 1 - 15 Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated. Lecture/Lab Hours: 1.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,CR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLAS 2970T - Classics HTC Tutorial Individualized tutorial for HTC students only. Requisites: HTC Credit Hours: 1 - 12 Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 12.0 hours. Lecture/Lab Hours: 1.0 tutorial Eligible Grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLAS 2971T - Classics HTC Tutorial Individualized tutorial for HTC students only. Requisites: CLAS 2980T and HTC Credit Hours: 1 - 12 Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 12.0 hours. Lecture/Lab Hours: 1.0 tutorial Eligible Grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLAS 2980T - Classics HTC Tutorial Individualized tutorial for HTC students only. Requisites: HTC Credit Hours: 1 - 12 Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 12.0 hours. Lecture/Lab Hours: 1.0 tutorial Eligible Grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLAS 2981T - Classics HTC Tutorial Individualized tutorial for HTC students only. Requisites: CLAS 2971T and HTC Credit Hours: 1 - 12 Repeat/Retake Information: May be repeated for a maximum of 12.0 hours. Lecture/Lab Hours: 1.0 tutorial Eligible Grades: A-F,PR,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLAS 3010 - Love in Antiquity Considers the ways people in the ancient western world experienced and talked about love. Draws upon important literary and philosophical treatments of love in classical texts. Humanist rather than sociological or anthropological: primary focus is not the behaviors and social structures of the Greeks and Romans, but their thinking and ideas. Credit Hours: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLAS 3110 - Gods and Heroes in Ancient Epic The tradition of ancient epic poetry is dominated by three great works: the Homeric Iliad and Odyssey and the Aeneid of Vergil; the course focus. A number of other Greek and Roman epics also figure in the course. The works are read from a variety of angles, including myth, religion, history, poetic art and cultural discourse. Such broader concerns as cruelty and forgiveness, violence and humor, choice and consequence, home, family, friendship and personal devotion constitute the humanistic themes of the course. Requisites: Soph or Jr or Sr Credit Hours: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLAS 3120 - Greek Tragedy and Comedy Survey of Greek tragedy and comedy in English translation: extensive reading from Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and Aristophanes. Study of the historical and cultural setting and the literary aspect of the plays. Credit Hours: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLAS 3130 - Wisdom in Antiquity Introduction to the various forms of wisdom and knowledge treated in Greek and Roman literature. These forms of wisdom include practical skill, the liberal arts, scientific and philosophic truth, sophistic worldliness and professional training. Special attention paid to the relation of such knowledge and wisdom to Greek and Roman educational practices and ideals. Figures and texts of special interest include Protagoras, Socrates, Plato, Isocrates, Aristotle, the New Testament, Cicero, Seneca, and Quintilian. Also considered is the relevance of such historians as Herodotus, Thucydides, and Livy. Credit Hours: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
	CLAS 3140 - Indian Epic: Mahabharata and Ramayana Students engage India¿s two great Sanskrit epics, the Mahabharata and the Ramayana. They analyze the epics on two levels: first, as historically situated and ideologically interested texts that reflect the social and political upheavals that occurred in South Asia between 500 BCE and 500 CE, and, second, as part of a living oral and scriptural tradition whose influence extends to contemporary Indian religion, ethics, and national consciousness. Requisites: Soph or Jr or Sr Credit Hours: 3 Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts. Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I

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CE 4100 - Applied Boundary Surveying

CE 4110 - Legal Principles in Boundary Location

CE 4150 - Geodetic Surveying

CE 4160 - Construction Estimating & Equipment

CE 4170 - Construction Planning and Scheduling

CE 4190 - Project Development, Contracts, and Law

CE 4240 - Strength of Materials II

CE 4280 - Experimental Methods in Civil Engineering

CE 4320 - Structural Design in Concrete

CE 4330 - Structural Design in Steel

CE 4370 - Timber Design

CE 4380 - Prestressed Concrete Design

CE 4450 - Flow Routing

CE 4500 - Water & Wastewater Engineering

CE 4510 - In-Situ Remediation

CE 4530 - Solid & Hazardous Waste Management

CE 4540 - Sustainable Construction

CE 4570 - Water Resources Engineering

CE 4580 - Water Quality Engineering

CE 4630 - Introduction to Highway Safety

CE 4640 - Transportation Planning Fundamentals

CE 4680 - Traffic Signal Systems

CE 4710 - Foundation Engineering

CE 4740 - Soil Mechanics Laboratory

CE 4760 - Soil Stabilization

CE 4770 - Rock Mechanics and Design

CE 4820 - Paving Materials and Mixtures

CE 4830 - Principles of Pavement Design

CE 4900 - Special Topics in Civil Engineering

CE 4910 - Senior Design- Land Development

CE 4911 - Senior Design–Environmental/Water Resources

CE 4912 - Senior Design–Structures and Foundations

CE 4913 - Senior Design- Special Project

CE 4918 - Undergraduate Internship in CE

CE 4940 - CE Undergraduate Research Experience

CLAR 1110 - The Wonders of the Ancient Mediterranean

CLAR 2110 - Greek Archaeology

CLAR 2120 - Roman Archaeology

CLAR 2130 - Near Eastern and Egyptian Archaeology

CLAR 2900 - Special Topics in Classical Archaeology

CLAR 3610 - Greek Cities and Sanctuaries

CLAR 3620 - The Archaeology of Roman Cities

CLAR 3630 - Aegean Bronze Age Archaeology

CLAR 3640 - Craft and Technology in the Roman World

CLAR 3650 - Technology in Greek and Roman Society

CLAR 3660 - Archaeology and Art: Contexts and Controversies

CLAR 3710 - Ancient Rome: Development of the City from the 8th Century B.C. to the 4th Century A.D.

CLAR 4900 - Special Topics in Classical Archaeology

CLAR 4930 - Independent Study in Classical Archaeology

CLWR 1810 - Introduction to the Study of Religion

CLWR 2210 - Difficult Dialogues: Religious Beliefs

CLWR 2220 - Difficult Dialogues: Religion, Gender and Sexuality

CLWR 2230 - What is Evil?

CLWR 2300 - The Global Occult: Ghosts, Demonology, and the Paranormal in World Religions

CLWR 2900 - Special Topics in Classics and World Religions

CLWR 3310 - Old Testament

CLWR 3320 - New Testament

CLWR 3330 - Introduction to Islam

CLWR 3340 - Hinduism

CLWR 3350 - Buddhism

CLWR 3360 - Theories of Religion

CLWR 3450 - Self-denial and Religion: Virgins, Monks, Hermits and other Ascetics

CLWR 3460 - Religion and Violence

CLWR 3470 - Gandhi and the Gita: The Religious Roots of Nonviolent Resistance in Colonial India

CLWR 3480 - The History of Yoga: From Ancient Discipline to Modern Movement

CLWR 3610 - American Religions

CLWR 3850J - Writing on Religion

CLWR 4330 - Political Islam

CLWR 4340 - Sufism-Mysticism and Asceticism in Islam

CLWR 4350 - Women in Buddhist Traditions

CLWR 4410 - Contemporary Religious Thought

CLWR 4420 - Religious Experience

CLWR 4430 - Women and Religion

CLWR 4440 - Taoism and Confucianism

CLWR 4450X - Sex and the Bible

CLWR 4710 - African Religions

CLWR 4810 - Myth, Ritual, and Symbolism

CLWR 4820 - Thinking About Death: Belief and Practice

CLWR 4900 - Special Topics in World Religions