Courses

0-99 Advanced Placement Credit; House Courses; First-Year Seminars; First-Year Writing; Registrar/Department special purpose
100-199 Introductory-level undergraduate courses; basic skills/activity courses; foundation courses; Focus program courses
200-399 Undergraduate courses above introductory level
400-499 Advanced undergraduate, senior seminars, capstone courses, honors thesis courses
500-699 Graduate courses open to advanced undergraduates
700-999 Graduate only courses (not open to undergraduates)

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Number Title Codes Cross-Lists
LATIN 25 Introduction to Literature
CLST 89S First-Year Seminar
GREEK 101 Elementary Greek FL
LATIN 101 Elementary Latin FL
GREEK 102 Elementary Greek FL
LATIN 102 Elementary Latin FL
CLST 107 Roman Art and Archaeology ALP, CZ ARTHIST 107
GREEK 111 Intensive First-Year Greek FL
CLST 122 Scribes and Scriptures: The Transmission of the Bible in Antiquity CCI, CZ RELIGION 122
CLST 139 Seven Wonders: Monuments and Cultures of the Ancient Mediterranean CCI, ALP, CZ ARTHIST 139
CLST 141 Age of Warriors: Pre-Roman and Italian Archaeology CCI, CZ
CLST 144 Principles of Archaeology CCI, EI, CZ
CLST 151 Classical Etymology: The Greek and Latin Roots of English CCI, SS
CLST 170FS Liberty and Equality: Ancient and Modern Perspectives CCI, EI, CZ, SS ETHICS 170FS
POLSCI 170FS
CLST 171S Birth of the West: Thinking about the Greek Origins of Western Civilization CCI, ALP, CZ HISTORY 150S
CLST 181S Greek Civilization CCI, CZ
CLST 182S Roman Civilization CCI, CZ
CLST 190 Special Topics in Classical Studies
CLST 190S Special Topics in Classical Studies
CLST 199 Archaeology of Migration: Greeks, Roman, Egyptians, Etruscans CCI, CZ, SS
CLST 201S The Greeks
CLST 202 The Romans CCI, CZ
GREEK 203 Intermediate Greek FL, CZ
LATIN 203 Intermediate Latin FL, CZ
GREEK 203A-1 Intermediate Greek FL
LATIN 203A-1 Intermediate Latin: Caesar's Civil War FL
CLST 204 Ancient and Medieval Epic CCI, ALP MEDREN 303
CLST 206 Classics of Page and Screen: Exploring the Iconic in Literature and Film CCI, ALP, CZ
CLST 208 Ancient Myth CCI, ALP, CZ RELIGION 208
CLST 210 The Good Life: Religion, Philosophy, and Life's Ultimate Concerns CCI, R, CZ ETHICS 210
PHIL 214
PUBPOL 229
RELIGION 210
CLST 211 How to Live and How to Die: Death, Dying, and the Afterlife from Confucius to Cryonics CCI, EI, CZ ETHICS 325
PHIL 302
CLST 214 Medicine and Human Flourishing CCI, EI, STS, CZ ETHICS 214
GLHLTH 238
CLST 214D Medicine and Human Flourishing CCI, EI, STS, CZ ETHICS 214D
GLHLTH 238D
CLST 222 The Age of Nero: History, Art, and Literature CCI, ALP, CZ HISTORY 241
CLST 224S 'Telling' Time, Then and Now: Cultural Identity, Politics, and Values in the Roman Calendar CCI, ALP, CZ
CLST 230S Augustine's City of God CCI, EI, ALP, CZ ETHICS 230S
MEDREN 355S
POLSCI 396S
RELIGION 231S
CLST 240L Virtual Museums: Theories and Methods of Twenty-First-Century Museums R, STS, ALP ARTHIST 305L
ARTSVIS 305L
ISS 305L
VMS 332L
CLST 241 Etruscans: Myth, Archaeology and Civilization CCI, CZ ARTHIST 196
CLST 243S Representations of Women in the Classical World CCI, W, ALP, CZ ARTHIST 215S
VMS 209S
CLST 246 Roman Archaeology: Origins to Empire CCI, ALP, CZ ARTHIST 246
CLST 248 Art and Archaeology of Ancient Athens CCI, ALP, CZ ARTHIST 208
CLST 250 The Art of Greece and Rome CCI, ALP, CZ ARTHIST 210
LATIN 251 Refresher Latin for First-Year Students FL
LATIN 252 Advanced Intermediate Latin FL, CZ
GREEK 252S Advanced Intermediate Greek FL, CZ
CLST 262 Ancient Athletics CCI, ALP, CZ HISTORY 231
CLST 264 Greek and Roman Religion CCI, CZ RELIGION 215
CLST 266 Gender and Sexuality in the Ancient World CCI, ALP, CZ GSF 266
CLST 271 History of Ancient Philosophy CCI, CZ PHIL 203
CLST 272A The Birth of Reason in Ancient Greece CCI, EI, CZ PHIL 236A
CLST 275 Democracy: Ancient and Modern CCI, EI, CZ, SS ETHICS 275
HISTORY 234
POLSCI 211
CLST 275D Democracy: Ancient and Modern CCI, EI, CZ, SS ETHICS 275D
HISTORY 234D
POLSCI 211D
CLST 276S Contemporary Nationalism and Classical Political Theory EI, W, CZ, SS ETHICS 245S
POLSCI 256S
CLST 277 How to Rule the World: Empire and Global Governance from Greece to America CCI, EI, W, CZ ETHICS 365
POLSCI 334
CLST 278 Roman Political Thought and Its Modern Legacy CCI, EI, CZ ETHICS 276
HISTORY 262
POLSCI 278
CLST 283 Greek History CCI, CZ HISTORY 230
CLST 284 Roman History CCI, CZ HISTORY 233
CLST 290 Special Topics in Classical Studies
CLST 290A Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Special Topics in Classical Studies
CLST 290S Special Topics in Classical Studies
CLST 290SA Duke-Administered Study Abroad: Special Topics in Classical Studies
CLST 291 Independent Study
GREEK 291 Independent Study
LATIN 291 Independent Study
CLST 293 Research Independent Study R
LATIN 293 Research Independent Study R, W
CLST 299L Introduction to Landscape Archaeology and Cultural Landscapes CCI, CZ SCISOC 299L
GREEK 301A-1 Advanced Greek CCI, FL, ALP
LATIN 301A-1 Advanced Latin CCI, FL, ALP
LATIN 302S The Catilinarian Conspiracy FL, ALP, CZ
CLST 303 Drama of Ancient Greece ALP, CZ THEATRST 230
VMS 282
CLST 304 Drama of Ancient Rome CCI, ALP, CZ THEATRST 227
VMS 240
GREEK 304S Greek Historians EI, FL, ALP, CZ
LATIN 304S History and Biography EI, FL, ALP, CZ
LATIN 305S Roman Historians FL, ALP, CZ
CLST 307 Ancient Athenian Law CCI, CZ HISTORY 413
POLSCI 380
LATIN 307S Philosophy in Rome FL, ALP, CZ
CLST 308 Ancient Roman Law CCI, CZ HISTORY 240
POLSCI 381
GREEK 308S Greek Philosophy EI, FL, CZ
LATIN 308S Latin Epistle FL, ALP
CLST 312S Ancient Greek Notions of Justice CCI, EI, ALP, CZ
GREEK 312S Greek Oratory and Rhetoric CCI, FL, ALP, CZ
LATIN 312S Oratory/ Rhetoric CCI, FL, ALP
CLST 316S Self-Knowledge and the Pursuit of Wisdom CCI, EI, ALP, CZ ETHICS 316S
LATIN 316S Latin Novel CCI, FL, ALP, CZ
LATIN 320S Ovid FL, ALP
CLST 322 Jesus and the Gospels CCI, EI, CZ RELIGION 351
LATIN 322S Vergil CCI, FL, ALP
GREEK 324S Greek Epic CCI, FL, ALP
LATIN 324S Latin Epic CCI, FL, ALP
LATIN 326S Latin Lyric CCI, FL, ALP
CLST 328S Literary Translation: History, Theory, and Practice CCI, W, ALP ENGLISH 325S
JEWISHST 310S
LINGUIST 325S
RELIGION 310S
GREEK 328S Lyric and Hellenistic Poetry CCI, FL, ALP
LATIN 328S Elegy CCI, FL, ALP
GREEK 332S Greek Drama EI, FL, ALP
LATIN 332S Drama CCI, FL, ALP
GREEK 334S Ancient Greek Scholarship: G(r)eeks on Greek CCI, FL, ALP, CZ
LATIN 336S Satire CCI, EI, FL, ALP, CZ
CLST 340A Rome: History of the City CCI, ALP, CZ ARTHIST 209A
HISTORY 238A
CLST 341A The Ancient City CCI
CLST 341A-1 Art and Archaeology CCI, ALP
CLST 341A-2 Political, Social, and Cultural Context CCI, CZ
CLST 343SA Conservation and Management of the Material Heritage CCI, CZ ARTHIST 343SA
CLST 344 Early Greek Archaeology: From the Fall of Mycenae to the Persian Wars CCI, ALP, CZ ARTHIST 206
GREEK 344S Greek Novel CCI, FL, ALP, CZ
CLST 346S Classical Sculpture W, ALP, CZ ARTHIST 340S
CLST 348 Classical Greek Archaeology, Archaic to Classical CCI, ALP, CZ ARTHIST 207
CLST 350 Art of the Meal: Alcohol and Feasting in the Ancient World CCI, CZ, SS ARTHIST 351
CULANTH 351
GREEK 350S Readings in the Greek Bible and the Greek Fathers EI, FL, ALP, CZ
CLST 352 The Aegean Bronze Age CCI, ALP, CZ ARTHIST 205
CLST 354 Roman Spectacle CCI, EI, ALP, CZ ARTHIST 334
VMS 334
LATIN 356S Lucretius: On the Nature of Things CCI, EI, FL, ALP, CZ
CLST 357 Roman Coinage: The Materiality of an Ancient Economy CCI, ALP, CZ ARTHIST 347
CLST 360 The History of the Book R, ALP, CZ HISTORY 367
ISS 360
MEDREN 346
LATIN 360S Latin of the Late Roman Republic FL, ALP
LATIN 362S Latin Panegyric: Praise and Blame in Latin Letters and Life CCI, EI, FL, ALP, CZ
CLST 364 Ancient Science and Technology STS, CZ HISTORY 236
CLST 366 Inventing Sickness: The Science and Practice of Medicine in Ancient Greece EI, STS, CZ, SS HISTORY 365
CLST 368S The Afterlife of Classics CCI, ALP, CZ
LATIN 368S Pliny and Martial CCI, FL, ALP, CZ
LATIN 370S Ancient Autobiography: Augustine's Confessions CCI, EI, FL, ALP, CZ
CLST 371 Aristotle EI, CZ PHIL 317
CLST 374S Aristotle and Neuroscience CCI, EI, CZ, SS ETHICS 274S
NEUROSCI 274S
LATIN 376S Medieval Latin FL, ALP, CZ MEDREN 348S
LATIN 390S Special Topics in Latin Literature FL
CLST 480S Capstone Seminars in Classical Studies CCI, R, W, ALP, CZ
CLST 480S-1 Capstone Research Seminars in Classical Studies CCI, R, ALP, CZ
CLST 490 Special Topics in Classical Studies
CLST 491 Independent Study
GREEK 491 Independent Study
LATIN 491 Independent Study
CLST 493 Research Independent Study R
GREEK 493 Research Independent Study R
LATIN 493 Research Independent Study R
GREEK 504 Historians CCI, FL, ALP
LATIN 504S Selections from Latin Texts/Authors in the Genres of History, Oratory, and/or Philosophy EI, FL, ALP, CZ
GREEK 508S Greek Philosophy CCI, FL, ALP, CZ
LATIN 508S Medieval and Renaissance Latin CCI, FL, ALP, CZ MEDREN 608S
GREEK 512S Greek Rhetoric and Oratory CCI, FL, ALP, CZ
GREEK 516S Ancient Greek Literary Criticism CCI, FL, ALP, CZ
GREEK 520S Greek Epic CCI, FL, ALP, CZ
GREEK 524S Greek Lyric CCI, FL, ALP
LATIN 524S Latin Poetry: Epic, Lyric, and Elegy CCI, FL, ALP, CZ
GREEK 528 Drama CCI, EI, FL, ALP, CZ
CLST 528S Greek History: Fifth through First Centuries BC CZ HISTORY 528S
LATIN 528S Selections from Latin Texts/Authors in the Genres of Drama, Satire, and/or the Novel CCI, FL, ALP, CZ
GREEK 534S Ancient Greek Scholarship: G(r)eeks on Greek CCI, FL, ALP, CZ
CLST 536 The Roman Empire CCI, R, CZ HISTORY 538
CLST 536S Roman History from Augustus through Late Antiquity CCI, CZ HISTORY 539S
CLST 540S Roman Coinage: The Materiality of the Roman Economy CCI, R, CZ ARTHIST 549S
CLST 542S Greek Art: Hellenistic to Roman CCI, ALP, CZ ARTHIST 502S
CLST 543S The Archaeology of Death: Ritual and Social Structure in the Ancient World CCI, R, ALP, CZ ARTHIST 545S
CLST 544L Introduction to Digital Archaeology R, STS, CZ ARTHIST 547L
ISS 544L
GREEK 544S Readings in the Greek Novel CCI, FL, ALP
CLST 546S Ancient Spain and Portugal: The Roman Provinces of the Iberian Peninsula CCI, ALP, CZ ARTHIST 503S
CLST 547S Roman Provincial Archaeology: The West CCI, R, ALP, CZ ARTHIST 520S
CLST 550 Principles of Pre-Roman and Etruscan Archaeology CCI, CZ
GREEK 551 Elementary Greek for Graduate Students outside Classical Studies FL
LATIN 551 Elementary Latin for Graduate Students outside Classical Studies FL
CLST 551S Principles of Roman Archaeology CCI, R, CZ ARTHIST 553S
CLST 552 Greek Archaeology Survey, Part 1 CCI, CZ ARTHIST 556
GREEK 552 Elementary Greek for Graduate Students outside Classical Studies FL
LATIN 552 Elementary Latin for Graduate Students outside Classical Studies FL
CLST 553 Greek Archaeology Survey, Part 2 CCI, CZ
CLST 556SL Roman Topography: Urban Life and Cityscapes in Ancient Rome CCI, R, CZ, SS ARTHIST 560SL
VMS 570SL
CLST 558S Live Images: Ancient and Medieval Representations of the Divine CCI, W, ALP, CZ MEDREN 507S
RELIGION 552S
VMS 533S
CLST 560 Etruscan Cities CCI, CZ ARTHIST 561
CLST 564S Toleration, Freedom of Conscience, and Religious Liberty CCI, EI, R, CZ HISTORY 564S
POLSCI 588S
RELIGION 564S
CLST 571S Ancient Political Philosophy CCI, EI, SS PHIL 571S
POLSCI 575S
CLST 572S Plato CZ PHIL 511S
CLST 573S Aristotle CZ PHIL 512S
GREEK 580 Survey of Greek Literature CCI, FL, ALP
LATIN 580 Survey of Latin Literature from its Beginnings to Late Antiquity CCI, FL, ALP
LATIN 581S Latin Prose Syntax and Style CCI, FL
GREEK 582S Greek Epigraphy FL, CZ
LATIN 584S Latin Palaeography FL, ALP, CZ MEDREN 647S
LATIN 585S Latin Epigraphy FL, CZ
GREEK 586S Papyrology FL, CZ
CLST 590S Special Topics in Greek Art ARTHIST 590S-1
CLST 590S-1 Special Topics in Greek Archaeology ARTHIST 590S-11
CLST 590SL Special Topics in Roman Archaeology ARTHIST 590SL
GREEK 653 Intermediate Greek for Graduate Students outside Classical Studies FL, CZ
LATIN 653 Intermediate Latin for Graduate Students outside Classical Studies FL, CZ
LATIN 654 Advanced Intermediate Latin for Graduate Students outside Classical Studies FL, CZ
GREEK 654S Advanced Intermediate Greek for Graduate Students outside Classical Studies FL, CZ
LATIN 655 Refresher Latin for Graduate Students outside Classical Studies FL, CZ
CLST 690S Special Topics in Classical Studies
CLST 691 Directed Reading and Research
GREEK 691 Directed Reading and Research
LATIN 691 Directed Reading and Research
GREEK 711 Intensive First Year Ancient Greek for Graduate Students
CLST 724S Seminar in Ancient History I (Topics)
CLST 725S Women in Antiquity: An Intensive Methodological Introduction ARTHIST 725S
CLST 729S Religious Material Culture in Theory and Practice ARTHIST 911S
RELIGION 911S
GREEK 730S Readings in the Greek Bible and the Greek Fathers for Graduate Students
CLST 733L Virtual Museums: Theories and Methods of Twenty-First-Century Museums ARTHIST 733L
ARTSVIS 733L
CMAC 733L
ISS 733L
CLST 744S Archaeology Seminar I (Topics)
CLST 748S Archaeology Seminar II (Topics)
GREEK 750S Foundations of Ancient Greek: History, Morphology, Semantics, Syntax, Stylistics
CLST 754S Greek Sculpture in Athens, Archaic to Roman ARTHIST 727S
LATIN 764 Seminar in Latin Literature I
GREEK 764S Seminar in Greek Literature I (Selected Topics)
GREEK 768S Seminar in Greek Literature II
LATIN 768S Seminar in Latin Literature II
CLST 790 Special Topics in Classical Studies
CLST 808S Classical Studies Pedagogy
CLST 881 Christian Manuscript Culture HISTORY 881
RELIGION 885
CLST 940S Death and Dying in Late Antiquity RELIGION 930S