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Classics

Faculty

Professors Emeriti
T.D. Barnes, MA, D Phil, FRSC
R.L. Beck, AM, Ph D (University of Toronto Mississauga)
A. Dalzell, B Litt, MA
R.E. Fantham, Ph D
J.N. Grant, MA, Ph D
Rev. M.O. Lee, MA, Ph D
C.J. McDonough, MA, Ph D
W.E. McLeod, AM, Ph D
D.P. de Montmollin, D ès L
K.F. Quinn, MA
J.M. Rist, MA, FRSC
E.I. Robbins, MA, Ph D
T.M. Robinson, B Litt, D Litt
R.M.H. Shepherd, MA
J.S. Traill, AM, Ph D

Professor and Chair of the Department
A.M. Keith, MA, Ph D

Professor and Associate Chair, Graduate Affairs
V. Wohl MA, Ph D

Undergraduate Coordinator and Associate Professor
H. J. Mason, AM, Ph D (to June 30, 2011)

Undergraduate Coordinator and Assistant Professor
B. Akrigg BA, Ph D (from July 1, 2011)

University Professors
B.C. Inwood, MA, Ph D, FRSC (Canada Research Chair)
E.J. Weinrib, AM, Ph D (Cecil A. Wright Professor of Law)

Professors
C.F.M. Bruun, MA, Ph D
J.S. Burgess, MA, Ph D
M.J. Dewar, MA, D Phil
E. Gunderson, MA, Ph D
J.C. Magee, MA, Ph D

Associate Professors
R. Barney, BA, Ph D (Canada Research Chair)
A.E. Bendlin, MA, D Phil (University of Toronto Mississauga)
M. Revermann, MA, D Phil (University of Toronto Mississauga)
C.I. Rubincam, BA, Ph D (University of Toronto Mississauga)

Assistant Professors
K. Blouin (Unversity of Toronto Scarborough), MA, Ph D
M. Cottier, L ès L, D Phil
R. Höschele, MA, Ph D
E. Lytle BA, Ph D
D. Nakassis, MA Ph D
J. Welsh, MA, Ph D

Introduction

Classics is the study of the civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome. This includes their literature, religion, mythology, history, philosophy and art, and also their physical settings, their interactions with surrounding societies, and their influence on later cultures to the present day. The scope of the discipline is vast both in space (not just the territories of the modern states of Greece and Italy but most of western Europe, the Middle East and North Africa) and time (a period of at least two thousand years, from the start of the Bronze Age in Europe in the second millennium B.C. to the dawn of the Middle Ages). Classics at the University of Toronto is not just looking at the past but engaging with issues of compelling and enduring relevance, including: gender and sexuality; the nature of freedom and the basis of political power and legitimacy; how relationships should and do work between parents and children; whether democracy is compatible with imperialism; what it means to be in love; how people cope with the fear of death; and when, if ever, it is right to go to war.

The Department of Classics welcomes students of all academic backgrounds who wish to take courses in the field but do not wish to specialize in Classical Studies. Even without knowing Greek or Latin, students can profitably study Greek and Roman history or Greek and Latin literature in translation - two areas combined under the designation CLA (for Classical Civilization courses) below. Similarly, the Major and Minor Programs in Classical Civilization presuppose no knowledge of the classical languages.

Advanced work in Greek and Latin does require study of the basic language courses in sequence. These are listed below under the designations GRK (for Greek courses) and LAT (for Latin courses). The Department of Classics publishes an undergraduate handbook which may be obtained from the departmental office and is published on the internet; this and other information about the Department is available at:

http://classics.chass.utoronto.ca/.

Undergraduate Coordinator (to June 30, 2011): H.J. Mason

(after July 1, 2011) Ben Akrigg

125 Queens Park, room 110 (undergrad.classics@utoronto.ca; 416-978-4848)

Enquiries: 125 Queens Park, room 108 (416-978-5698)

Classics Programs

Department of Classics ProgramsClassical Civilization Major (Arts Program)

This is a limited enrolment program. All students who request the program and obtain at least the specified mark(s) in the required course(s) will be eligible to enrol.

Required courses: 2 CLA half-courses with a final mark of at least 65% in each. (CLA160H1 is recommended, but not required)

7.0 FCEs

1. CLA160H1
2. CLA260H1
3. 5.5 additional FCEs in CLA, including 2.0 FCEs at the 300+ level
4. CLA402H1/CLA403H1

Substitutions:
1. Up to 3.0 FCEs from approved courses involving the ancient Greek and Roman civilizations taught by other departments, notably Art (e.g., FAH206H1, FAH207H1, FAH300H1-FAH313H1) and Philosophy (e.g., PHL200Y1, PHL301H1-PHL304H1), may be substituted for the 5.5 CLA courses listed under 3. above.
2. Up to 2.0 FCEs in GRK or LAT may be substituted for the 5.5 CLA courses listed under 3. above.

Classical Civilization Minor (Arts Program)

(4 FCEs)

1. CLA160H1
2. 3.5 FCEs of CLA courses at the 200+ level, including 1 FCE at the 300+ level

Substitutions:
1. Up to 2.0 FCEs from approved courses involving the ancient Greek and Roman civilizations taught by other departments, notably Art (e.g., FAH 206H1, FAH207H1, FAH300H1-FAH313H1) and Philosophy (e.g., PHL 200Y1, PHL301H1-PHL304H1), may be substituted for the 3.5. CLA courses listed under 2 above.
2. Up to 1.0 FCEs in GRK or LAT may be substituted for the 3.5 CLA courses listed under 2.above.

Classics (Greek and Latin) Major (Arts Program)