Classics and the Modern World

Catalog description

The goal of this course is to create dialogues between the past and present in order to explore how the study of the past can enrich and inform our understanding of the present\2014and vice versa. CLAS 380 will bring classical antiquity into dialogue with the present for students who will engage with primary ancient texts in English translation. Students will explore the congruencies and contradictions in ancient and modern practices and thought. This course invites students to engage in critical reflection on questions of deep ethical significance regarding both our own society and an ancient culture that has had a major impact on the modern world. This course may have as its focus different topics from different periods of classical antiquity and the modern world depending on the instructor. CLAS 380 is designed to facilitate community engaged learning, and the syllabus we have submitted includes that component, but this is not a requirement of the course every time it is taught. Whether or not the course incorporates community engaged learning will be at the discretion of the faculty member teaching it. Course Attributes: Humanities Elect/Integrations College of Arts & Sciences Classics & Modern Languages