CLSCS 297
Pro-Seminar in Classical Studies
Comparative Arts and Letters
College of Humanities
Course Description
Mechanics of researching and writing analytical papers in classical studies. Sectional and adjunct professors present seminal sub-disciplines and model research methods. Specialized library resources taught in practicum. Tutorials with faculty underpin focused research questions.
When Taught
Winter
Grade Rule
Grade Rule 9: P, E, I (Pass-fail grade rule)
Fixed
2
Fixed
2
Fixed
0
Recommended
Latin 302 or Greek 301
Title
Interpretation of Classical Scholarship
Learning Outcome
Successful students learn how to evaluate specialized scholarship under the direction of departmental faculty and library research specialists, who introduce students to their own research agenda in the process.
Title
Developing and Expressing Original Interpretations of Classical Texts
Learning Outcome
Successful students will be able to write analytical papers or the equivalent that apply close readings to Classical literary texts to develop and clearly expression original interpretations of these texts.
Title
Strategies in Scholarship
Learning Outcome
Successful students acquire strategies in how to find, read, comprehend, and write about the most important scholarship in more and less particular sub-disciplines of classical scholarship.
Title
Preparing for the Capstone Essay
Learning Outcome
Students develop a learning environment with an individual faculty mentor to define and begin to answer a particular research question that will be interesting and answerable in a capstone essay to be written during the senior year (Clscs 497).
