Course Listings

The courses listed in this section include all courses approved for the undergraduate curriculum for the 2021-2022 academic year. Not all courses in the approved curriculum will be offered during the year. Students are advised to refer to the course timetables available annually in Mosaic in March and June to determine which specific courses will be offered in the upcoming sessions.
Note: An A/B suffix appearing in a course number indicates that the course may be delivered across more than one term (see Multi-Term Course in the Glossary  of this calendar). The A/B S suffix indicates that the course may be delivered as either a multi-term course or within a single term. 

See also:

• Elective Courses Available To Level I Students  
• Availability of Upper-Level Elective Courses   
• New Courses Approved for Inclusion in the 2021-2022 Calendar  

NEW for 2021-22:

Looking for MMEDIA (Multimedia), PEACEST (Peace Studies), or WOMENST (Women’s Studies) courses?

• The subject MEDIAART (Media Arts) has replaced MMEDIA
• The subject PEACJUST (Global Peace and Social Justice) has replaced PEACEST
• The subject GENDRST (Gender Studies) has replaced WOMENST

Please use the revised subject area when searching for courses. Most courses use the same code but with the revised subject area (e.g. MMEDIA 2A06 is now known as MEDIAART 2A06).

Please note, when searching courses by “Code or Number”, an asterisk (*) can be used as a wildcard character to return mass results. For example, a “Code or Number” search of ” 2* ” can be entered returning all level II courses.

Other Courses

Courses in Classics are administered by the Department of Classics.
Togo Salmon Hall, Room 706, ext. 24311
http://classics.humanities.mcmaster.ca/

No language other than English is required for courses listed under Classics.

Department Note

The following courses are available as electives to qualified students in any program:

1. Classical Archaeology and Art History 

• CLASSICS 1A03 - Introduction to Classical Archaeology 
• CLASSICS 2B03 - Greek Art 
• CLASSICS 2BB3 - Constructing the Ancient World 
• CLASSICS 2C03 - Roman Art 
• CLASSICS 2CC3 - Archaeology of the Roman Empire 
• CLASSICS 3N03 - Connectivity in the Ancient Mediterranean 
• CLASSICS 3Q03 - Greek Sanctuaries 
• CLASSICS 3S03 - Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Ostia 

2. Ancient History and Society

• CLASSICS 1M03 - History of Greece and Rome 
• CLASSICS 2K03 - The Society of Greece and Rome 
• CLASSICS 2HA3 - Athens and Sparta: Democracy, Oligarchy, and War 
• CLASSICS 2HB3 - From Alexander to Cleopatra: Cosmopolis and Empire 
• CLASSICS 2HC3 - Caesar and the Rise of Autocracy 
• CLASSICS 2HD3 - Nero, Decadence, and the End of a Dynasty 

3. Classical Literature in Translation

• CLASSICS 1B03 - An Introduction to Ancient Myth and Literature 
• CLASSICS 2D03 - Greek and Roman Mythology 
• CLASSICS 2E03 - The Ancient World in Film 
• CLASSICS 2YY3 - Greek Tragedy 
• CLASSICS 3EE3 - The Greek Historians 
• CLASSICS 3ER3 - Epics of Rome  
• CLASSICS 3M03 - Greek Intellectual Revolution 
• CLASSICS 3YY3 - Ovid 

4. Classical Languages

• GREEK 1Z03 - Beginner’s Intensive Ancient Greek I  
• GREEK 1ZZ3 - Beginner’s Intensive Ancient Greek II  
• LATIN 1Z03 - Beginner’s Intensive Latin I  
• LATIN 1ZZ3 - Beginner’s Intensive Latin II  

Courses

If no prerequisite is listed, the course is open.

See also courses in Greek and Latin.