400/500/600 Level Courses

Courses at the 400 level (often taught in conjunction with 500/600 level graduate courses) are smaller seminars. They allow students to engage in sustained conversations around more specialized topics and pursue original avenues of research.

Fall 2024

CLASS 400/505 SEM A1 - Topics in the Culture and Society of Greco-Roman Antiquity
The Plays of Aristophanes
J. Harris // M 14:00 - 16:50
Prerequisite: Any course at or above the 200-level in CLASS, GREEK or LATIN

CLASS 400 SEM A2/HIST 494 SEM A1 - Topics in the Culture and Society of Greco-Roman Antiquity
Classics and the Alt-Right
S. Dennie // W 14:00 - 16:50
Prerequisite: Any course at or above the 200-level in CLASS, GREEK or LATIN

CLASS 473/514 SEM A1 - Topics in Classical Archaeology
Resources and the Environment in the Ancient Mediterranean
C. Harvey // W 14:00 - 16:50
Prerequisite: Any course at or above the 200-level in CLASS

GREEK 482/501 LEC A1 - Topics in Greek Poetry
Homer
S. Stewart // MWF 12:00 - 12:50

HIST 403 SEM A1 - Topics in Medieval European History
The Medieval Body
J. White // R 14:00 - 16:50
Prerequisite: 3 credits at the 300-level in HIST

HIST 419/631 SEM A1 - Topics in Soviet History
Ukraine 1985-2024
D. Marples // T 09:30 - 12:20
Prerequisite: 3 credits at the 300-level in HIST

HIST 428/628 SEM X01 - Topics in the History of Christianity
Celtic Christianity
J. Samson // M 18:00 - 21:00
Prerequisite: 3 credits at the 300-level in HIST

HIST 450 SEM A1 - Topics in American History
History of Sexuality
K. Burton // M 13:00 - 15:50
Prerequisite: 3 credits at the 300-level in HIST

HIST 460/660 SEM A1 - Topics in Canadian History
Decolonizing Museums
S. Nickel // M 09:00 - 11:50
Prerequisite: 3 credits at the 300-level in HIST

HIST 460 SEM X01 - Topics in Canadian History
Metis History
K. Raven // W 18:00 - 21:00
Prerequisite: 3 credits at the 300-level in HIST

HIST 486/697 SEM A1 - Topics in the History of Technology
History of Spaceflight
R. Smith // T 14:00 - 16:50
Prerequisite: 3 credits at the 300-level in HIST

LATIN 410/510 LEC A1 - Topics in Latin Prose
Tacitus' Agricola
K. MacFarlane // TR 11:00 - 12:20

RELIG 404/504 SEM A1 - Literary Studies in Old Testament/Hebrew Bible
Jerusalem &/in the Bible
K. Ristau // R 14:00 - 16:50
Delve into the historical and literary significance of Jerusalem in the Old Testament/Hebrew Bible. Discover how this small hill country town emerged as the capital city of a kingdom, its central importance in biblical literature, and how it became the Holy City.


Winter 2025

CLASS 480/516 SEM B1 - Topics in the Archaeology of the Roman Provinces
Carthage
J. Rossiter // M 14:00 - 16:50
Prerequisite: Any course at or above the 200-level in CLASS

CLASS 481/523 SEM B1 - Topics in Greek History
Alexander the Great
F. Pownall // MWF 09:00 - 09:50
Prerequisite: Any course at or above the 200-level in CLASS

GREEK 477/509 LEC B1 - Topics in Greek Prose
Plato's Alcibiades
J. Harris // MWF 11:00 - 11:50

HIST 403/614 & RELIG 422/520 SEM B1 - Topics in Medieval European History
Medieval Iberia
J. Hendrickson // W 10:00 - 12:50
Prerequisite: 3 credits at the 300-level in HIST

HIST 403/614 SEM B3 - Topics in Medieval European History
Medieval Religious Movements
J. Kitchen // W 14:00 - 16:50
Prerequisite: 3 credits at the 300-level in HIST

HIST 419 SEM B1 - Topics in Soviet History
Gender & Socialism in USSR
Instructor TBD // T 09:30 - 12:20
Prerequisite: 3 credits at the 300-level in HIST

HIST 444 SEM B1 - Topics in Transnational History
Asia, Gender & State
A. Fujiwara // W 12:00 - 14:50
Prerequisite: 3 credits at the 300-level in HIST

HIST 450/653 SEM B1 - Topics in American History
History of Crime & Punishment
S. Romeo // T 12:30 - 15:20
Prerequisite: 3 credits at the 300-level in HIST

HIST 460 SEM B1 - Topics in Canadian History
Public History in Canada
A. Rowe // T 14:00 - 16:50
Prerequisite: 3 credits at the 300-level in HIST

HIST 467/664 SEM B1 - Topics in Alberta History
Resource Politics
L. Piper // W 09:00 - 11:50
Prerequisite: 3 credits at the 300-level in HIST

LATIN 406/506 LEC B1 - Topics in Latin Poetry
Latin Epic
S. Stewart // TR 12:30 - 13:50

RELIG 575/375 SEM B1 - Contemporary Theories of Religion
A. Wright // TR 14:00 - 15:20