Classics (CLASS)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

CLASS 1331

An introduction to the essentials of Sanskrit grammar. Designed to enable the student to read classical and epic Sanskrit as soon as possible. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: SANSK 1131

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  5848 CLASS 1331   SEM 101

    • MTRF
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Clary, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

CLASS 1452

Ancient Egyptian civilization produced an extensive, diverse, and profound body of literature, including adventure stories, historical accounts, royal inscriptions, religious hymns, love poetry, satire, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIERO 1452

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19403 CLASS 1452   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

CLASS 1615

Ancient Rome was a village the size of Ithaca that grew into a world empire. In this course students will be introduced to some of its literature, art, and famous personalities in the classical period ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: SHUM 1615

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8624 CLASS 1615   LEC 001

    • MWF
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Fontaine, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

CLASS 2000

This colloquium presents students with diverse approaches at the art-science interface used to interest, educate and motivate people to consider, address and solve environmental and sustainability challenges. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  8991 CLASS 2000   SEM 101

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Lehmann, J

      Platt, V

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Preference is given to: College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) and Arts & Sciences students planning to complete the Environment & Sustainability major. If you are interested in this course but unable to enroll, see https://tinyurl.com/escourserequest.

CLASS 2010

This colloquium presents students with diverse approaches at the art-science interface used to interest, educate and motivate people to consider, address and solve environmental and sustainability challenges. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  8997 CLASS 2010   LEC 001

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Lehmann, J

      Platt, V

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Application required. Apply by Friday, August 2, 2024 to: https://cornell.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_43dIVd6b6SPTBRA. Upon approval, students are responsible for enrolling themselves with a permission number.

  •  8998 CLASS 2010   DIS 201

    • W
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Lehmann, J

      Platt, V

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

CLASS 2351

Readings from simple Sanskrit poetry: the Mahabharata and the Ramayana. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: SANSK 2251

  • 3 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  2738 CLASS 2351   SEM 101

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Subrahmanian, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Prerequisite: CLASS 1332 or equivalent.

CLASS 2601

Introduces students to the literature and intellectual life of ancient Greece from Homer to the early centuries of Roman rule. We will read and discuss ancient writers as creative artists in their own ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19687 CLASS 2601   LEC 001

    • MWF
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Kirk, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

CLASS 2604

The stories of Greek Mythology have ignited the imaginations of writers and artists from antiquity to the present day, from the tragedy of Achilles to the adventures of Percy Jackson. This course surveys ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  2395 CLASS 2604   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Clary, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

CLASS 2661

An introductory survey of ancient Greek philosophy from the so-called Presocratics (6th century BCE) through the Hellenistic period (1st century BCE) with special emphasis on the thought of Socrates, Plato, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: PHIL 2200

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3180 CLASS 2661   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Brennan, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  3182 CLASS 2661   DIS 201

    • R
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  3678 CLASS 2661   DIS 202

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  3976 CLASS 2661   DIS 203

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

CLASS 2691

An introduction to the phonology, morphology, and syntax of Proto-Indo-European and the chief historical developments of the daughter languages. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CLASS 7691LING 2261LING 6261

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5852 CLASS 2691   LEC 001

    • MWF
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Nussbaum, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

CLASS 2750

These seminars offer an introduction to the humanities by exploring historical, cultural, social, and political themes. Students will explore themes in critical dialogue with a range of texts and media ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ARTH 2750SHUM 2750

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Aesthetics of Scale

  • 19272 CLASS 2750   SEM 102

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Platt, V

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

CLASS 2807

From democratic Athens to imperial Rome, the ancient economies of Greece and Rome ran on slave labor and slavery pervaded all areas of life: farming; industry; families; the civil service; police; and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19730 CLASS 2807   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Giannella, N

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

CLASS 3391

To be taken only in exceptional circumstances. Must be arranged by the student with his or her advisor and the faculty member who has agreed to direct the study. To be approved by the DUS. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 11850 CLASS 3391   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

CLASS 3395

Selected readings in Sanskrit literary and philosophical texts. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: SANSK 3301

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  3728 CLASS 3395   LEC 001

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • McCrea, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Prerequisite: two years study of Sanskrit or equivalent.

CLASS 3635

This course engages classical antiquity and its reception through the prism of queer studies. Cruising Homer, Sappho, Euripides, Plato, Ovid and more, we will explore how queer theoretical frameworks help ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: FGSS 3636LGBT 3635SHUM 3635

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7002 CLASS 3635   SEM 101

    • MW
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Lambert, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Please contact Ryan Belle (rtb95) to be added to the wait list.

CLASS 3664

We will study several of Aristotle's major works, including the Categories, Physics, Posterior Analytics, Metaphysics, and Nicomachean Ethics. Topics include nature and change, form and matter, the nature ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: PHIL 3203

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19509 CLASS 3664   SEM 101

    • TR
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Kamtekar, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

CLASS 3686

May be taken upon completion of one semester of work at the 3000-level. To be taken only in exceptional circumstances. Must be arranged by the student with their advisor and the faculty member who has ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 11849 CLASS 3686   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Prerequisite: one semester of work at the 3000-level in the relevant field.
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

Syllabi: none
  •   Project Session Full. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 12451 CLASS 3686   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

    Prerequisite: one semester of work at the 3000-level in the relevant field.
    To apply: first discuss the Independent Study with the course supervisor, and then complete the online Independent Study form at https://data.arts.cornell.edu/as-stus/indep_study_intro.cfm.

CLASS 3750

Introduction and training in dendrochronology (tree-ring dating) and its applications in archaeology, art history, climate and environment through lab work and participation in ongoing research projects ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  8911 CLASS 3750   LEC 001

    • W
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Manning, S

      Oliver, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9273 CLASS 3750   LAB 401

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Manning, S

      Oliver, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

CLASS 4662

Advanced discussion of topics in ancient philosophy. Topics vary by instructors. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CLASS 7173PHIL 4200PHIL 6200

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8251 CLASS 4662   SEM 101

    • W
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Kamtekar, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

CLASS 4721

No description available. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  2612 CLASS 4721   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  3863 CLASS 4721   IND 602

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  3934 CLASS 4721   IND 603

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Multi-Term

  •  3936 CLASS 4721   IND 604

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

CLASS 6755

An introduction to the field of Dendrochronology and associated topics with an emphasis on their applications in the field of archaeology and related heritage-buildings fields. Course aimed at graduate ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  8920 CLASS 6755   LEC 001

    • W
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Manning, S

      Oliver, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  9502 CLASS 6755   LAB 401

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Manning, S

      Oliver, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

CLASS 7173

Advanced discussion of topics in ancient philosophy. Topics vary by instructors. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CLASS 4662PHIL 4200PHIL 6200

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6669 CLASS 7173   SEM 101

    • W
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Kamtekar, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

CLASS 7345

Pedagogical instruction and course coordination. Requirement for all graduate student teachers of LATIN 1201-LATIN 1202 and first-year writing seminars. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1 Credit Sat/Unsat

  •  3565 CLASS 7345   LEC 001

    • TBA
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Roby, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

CLASS 7346

A course to prepare Classics graduate students for exams and for professionalization. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 0 Credits Sat/Unsat

  •  7137 CLASS 7346   SEM 101

    • R
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Roby, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

CLASS 7682

Topics for this course vary. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 6300NES 6642

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 19700 CLASS 7682   SEM 101

    • F
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Rebillard, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

CLASS 7691

An introduction to the phonology, morphology, and syntax of Proto-Indo-European and the chief historical developments of the daughter languages. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: CLASS 2691LING 2261LING 6261

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5854 CLASS 7691   LEC 001

    • MWF
    • Aug 25 - Dec 8, 2025
    • Nussbaum, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person