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Graduate Record 2018-2019 
    
Graduate Record 2018-2019 [ARCHIVED RECORD]

Course Descriptions


 

Greek

  
  • GREE 5170 - Euripides


    Reading of selected plays, with study of the poetic and dramatic technique. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/.



    Credits: 3
  
  • GREE 5180 - Thucydides


    Selections from the History of the Peloponnesian War, emphasizing the development of Greek historical prose style and the historical monograph. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/.



    Credits: 3
  
  • GREE 5210 - Plato


    Readings from selected dialogues of Plato; studies Plato’s philosophy and literary style. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/.



    Credits: 3
  
  • GREE 5220 - Aristotle


    Reading and discussion of the Nicomachean Ethics. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/.



    Credits: 3
  
  • GREE 5993 - Independent Study


    Independent Study in Greek. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/.



    Credits: 1 to 4
  
  • GREE 8100 - Greek Religion


    Seminar on select topics in Greek Religion. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/.



    Credits: 3
  
  • GREE 8130 - Greek Literary Criticism


    Readings from Aristotle’s Rhetoric and Poetics and Longinus. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/.



    Credits: 3
  
  • GREE 8998 - Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Research


    For master’s thesis, taken before a thesis director has been selected. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/.



    Credits: 1 to 12
  
  • GREE 8999 - Non-Topical Research


    For master’s thesis, taken under the supervision of a thesis director. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/.



    Credits: 1 to 12
  
  • GREE 9998 - Non-Topical Research, Preparation for Doctoral Research


    For doctoral research, taken before a dissertation director has been selected. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/.



    Credits: 1 to 12
  
  • GREE 9999 - Non-Topical Research


    For doctoral dissertation, taken under the supervision of a dissertation director. For more details on this class, please visit the department website at http://www.virginia.edu/classics/.



    Credits: 1 to 12

Hebrew

  
  • HEBR 8993 - Independent Study in Hebrew


    Students whose proficiency in Modern Hebrew has already reached the advanced level, or alternatively students who for their research focus on Hebrew Literature in translation, will pursue an independent study that will focus on the reading and interpretation of texts, as well as the analysis of media. Prerequisite: HEBR 3010



    Credits: 1 to 3

Hindi

  
  • HIND 5010 - Advanced Hindi I


    Readings are drawn from areas of student interest and include readings from various disciplines. Restricted to area studies majors and minors. Prerequisite: HIND 2020 or equivalent or instructor permission.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIND 8993 - Independent Study in Hindi


    Restricted to area studies majors and minors.



    Credits: 1 to 3

History of Art and Architecture

  
  • ARAH 5253 - Italian Fifteenth Century Painting I


    Italian Fifteenth Century Painting I



    Credits: 3
  
  • ARAH 5254 - Italian 16th Century Painting


    Italian 16th Century Painting



    Credits: 3
  
  • ARAH 5575 - Topics in Modern Art History


    examines focused topics in the history of modern art



    Credits: 3
  
  • ARAH 5585 - Topics in the Art of East, South, and Southeast Asia


    Examines focused topics in the Art of East, South, and Southeast Asia.



    Credits: 3
  
  • ARAH 5681 - Museum Studies


    Museum Studies



    Credits: 3
  
  • ARAH 5752 - Representations of Race in American Art


    Representations of Race in American Art



    Credits: 3
  
  • ARAH 5753 - Southern History and Material Culture


    Southern History & Material Culture is an intensive graduate-level introduction to the decorative arts, history and material culture of the American South. The four-week course includes a number of lectures, collection studies and workshops by members of the staff of the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, Old Salem, Inc., the faculty of the University of Virginia, and guest scholars.



    Credits: 3
  
  • ARAH 5951 - African Art


    African Art



    Credits: 3
  
  • ARAH 7500 - Research Problems in Ancient Architecture/Archaeology


    Reading and research problems in ancient architecture and archaeology.



    Credits: 3
  
  • ARAH 7505 - Research Problems in Ancient Art/ Archaeology


    Reading and research on problems in Greek, Etruscan, and Roman art.



    Credits: 3
  
  • ARAH 7510 - Research Problems in Medieval Architecture


    Reading and research problems in medieval architecture



    Credits: 3
  
  • ARAH 7515 - Research Problems Medieval Art


    Reading and research on problems in medieval art and its social background.



    Credits: 3
  
  • ARAH 7520 - Research Problems in Renaissance/Baroque Architecture


    Reading and research problems in Renaissance/Baroque architecture



    Credits: 3
  
  • ARAH 7525 - Research Problems in Renaissance/Baroque Art


    Reading and research problems in Renaissance/Baroque art



    Credits: 3
  
  • ARAH 7530 - Research Problems in 18th/19th Century Architecture


    Reading and research problems in 18th/19th century architecture



    Credits: 3
  
  • ARAH 7535 - Research Problems in 18th/19th Century Art


    Reading and research problems in 18th/19th century art



    Credits: 3
  
  • ARAH 7540 - Research Problems in 20th/21st Century Architecture


    Reading and research problems in 20th/21st century architecture



    Credits: 3
  
  • ARAH 7545 - Research Problems in 20th/21st Century Art


    Reading and research problems in 20th/21st century art.



    Credits: 3
  
  • ARAH 7560 - Research Problems in Architecture Theory, Comparative & Other Topics


    Reading and research problems in architecture theory, comparative & other topics.



    Credits: 3
  
  • ARAH 7565 - Research Problems in Art Theory, Comparative & Other Topics


    Reading and research problems in art theory, comparative & other topics.



    Credits: 3
  
  • ARAH 7570 - Research Problems in the Architecture of the Americas


    Reading and research problems in the architecture of the Americas.



    Credits: 3
  
  • ARAH 7575 - Research Problems in the Art of the Americas


    Reading and research problems in the art of the Americas.



    Credits: 3
  
  • ARAH 7580 - Research Problems in the Architecture of East, South, and Southeast Asia


    Reading and research problems in the architecture of East, South, and Southeast Asia.



    Credits: 3
  
  • ARAH 7585 - Research Problems in the Art of East, South, and Southeast Asia


    Reading and research problems in the art of East, South, and Southeast Asia.



    Credits: 3
  
  • ARAH 7590 - Research Problems in the Architecture of Africa or Islam


    Reading and research problems in the architecture of Africa or Islam.



    Credits: 3
  
  • ARAH 7595 - Research Problems in the Art of Africa or Islam


    Reading and research problems in the art of Africa or Islam.



    Credits: 3
  
  • ARAH 8051 - Theory and Interpretation in the Visual Arts


    Investigates problems in the theory and interpretation of the visual arts



    Credits: 3
  
  • ARAH 8052 - Library Methodology in the Visual Arts


    Required for all entering graduate students. Introduces the bibliography of the visual arts including architecture, archaeology, painting, sculpture, and the graphic arts. Specific research and reference publications are analyzed in terms of their scope, special features, and applications to meeting research and information needs.



    Credits: 1
  
  • ARAH 8091 - MA Thesis Research


    MA Thesis Research



    Credits: 3
  
  • ARAH 8092 - MA Thesis Writing


    The MA thesis, up to 50 pages in length, will be prepared under the supervision of the major advisor, reviewed by a three-person committee and defended orally before the end of term.



    Credits: 3
  
  • ARAH 8095 - Dissertation Proposal


    Preparation of a 15-20 page dissertation proposal under the supervision of a dissertation advisor.



    Credits: 3
  
  • ARAH 8695 - Special Reading Problems


    Special Reading Problems



    Credits: 3 to 12
  
  • ARAH 8940 - Special Reading Problems in Art


    Special Reading Problems in Art



    Credits: 1 to 3
  
  • ARAH 8950 - Special Reading Problems


    Special Reading Problems



    Credits: 1 to 12
  
  • ARAH 8998 - Non-Topical Rsch, Masters Prep


    For master’s research, taken before a thesis director has been selected.



    Credits: 1 to 12
  
  • ARAH 8999 - Non-Topical Research, Masters


    For master’s research, taken under the supervision of a thesis director.



    Credits: 1 to 12
  
  • ARAH 9500 - Seminar in Ancient Architecture/Archaeology


    Investigates problems in ancient architecture/archaeology.



    Credits: 3
  
  • ARAH 9505 - Seminar in Ancient Art/Archaeology


    Investigates problems in ancient art/archaeology



    Credits: 3
  
  • ARAH 9510 - Seminar in Medieval Architecture


    Investigates problems in medieval architecture



    Credits: 3
  
  • ARAH 9515 - Seminar in Medieval Art


    Investigates problems in medieval art



    Credits: 3
  
  • ARAH 9520 - Seminar in Renaissance/Baroque Architecture


    Investigates problems in Renaissance and/or Baroque architecture.



    Credits: 3
  
  • ARAH 9525 - Seminar in Renaissance/Baroque Art


    Investigates problems in renaissance/baroque art



    Credits: 3
  
  • ARAH 9535 - Seminar in 18th/19th Art


    Investigates problems in 18th-19th century art



    Credits: 3
  
  • ARAH 9540 - Seminar in 20th/21st Century Architecture


    Investigates problems in 20th/21st century architecture



    Credits: 3
  
  • ARAH 9545 - Seminar in 20th/21st Century Art


    Investigates problems in 20th/21st century architecture.



    Credits: 3
  
  • ARAH 9560 - Seminar in Architecture Theory, Comparative & Other Topics


    Investigates problems in architecture theory, comparative, and other topics.



    Credits: 3
  
  • ARAH 9565 - Seminar in Art Theory, Comparative & Other Topics


    Investigates problems in architecture theory, comparative, and other topics



    Credits: 3
  
  • ARAH 9570 - Seminar in the Architecture of the Americas


    Investigates problems in architecture of the Americas



    Credits: 3
  
  • ARAH 9575 - Seminar in the Art of the Americas


    Investigates problems in art of the Americas



    Credits: 3
  
  • ARAH 9580 - Seminar in the Architecture of East, South, and Southeast Asia


    Investigates problems in architecture of East, South, and Southeast Asia



    Credits: 3
  
  • ARAH 9585 - Seminar in the Art of East, South, and Southeast Asia


    Investigates problems in art of East, South, and Southeast Asia



    Credits: 3
  
  • ARAH 9590 - Seminar in the Architecture of Africa or Islam


    Investigates problems in architecture of Africa or Islam



    Credits: 3
  
  • ARAH 9595 - Seminar in the Art of Africa or Islam


    Investigates problems in art of Africa or Islam.



    Credits: 3
  
  • ARAH 9995 - Supervised Research


    Supervised Research



    Credits: 3 to 12
  
  • ARAH 9998 - Non-Topical Rsch,Doctoral Prep


    For doctoral research, taken before a dissertation director has been selected.



    Credits: 1 to 12
  
  • ARAH 9999 - Non-Topical Research, Doctoral


    For doctoral research taken under the supervision of a dissertation director.



    Credits: 1 to 12

History-African History

  
  • HIAF 7002 - The History and Historiography of Africa


    Taught for graduate students with no previous experience in African history; consists of attendance at the lecture sessions of HIAF 2001, 2002, and weekly discussions devoted to more detailed examination of the technical and interpretive problems in writing African history.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIAF 7031 - History and Historiography of North Africa, ca. 1800-Present


    Introduces the literature on North Africa (Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia) from the precolonial period to the postcolonial era. An intensive readings and discussion colloquium devoted to the major issues in the region’s political, economic, social, and cultural history, and to the issues raised by colonial historiography. Prerequisite: HIME 2001, 2002.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIAF 9033 - Tutorial in Pre-Colonial African History


    This tutorial introduces the major themes, debates, and methods of studying pre-colonial African history. It is intended to prepare graduate students for preliminary examinations as well as to teach African history. Topics include the invention of Africa, non-archival methodologies, continuity and change in African religious and cultural history, the impact of European trade and culture on coastal societies, slavery in African society.



    Credits: 3

History-East Asian History

  
  • HIEA 5050 - International History of East Asia


    This seminar familiarizes graduate students with scholarships about relations among states, societies, and peoples of the Asia-Pacific region during the 20th century, and helps students refine their ongoing research projects or initiate new ones. In applying rigorously methods of historical research to their projects, students produce scholarly works or research proposals that can meet expectations in actual scholarly fields.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEA 5052 - China and the World: From Empire to Nation


    This reading seminar is open to graduate students and advanced undergraduates. It examines Chinese perspectives, practices, and interactions with other states in the international scene from antiquity to the People’s Republic of China. Students read about and discuss recurring issues in China’s historical external relations. Evaluation of student performance is based on participation, weekly written responses, and a historiographical essay.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEA 5151 - Mao and the Chinese Revolution


    This course, an advanced reading seminar, provids an in-depth investigation of one of the most magnificent, yet destructive, revolutions in human history–the Chinese Communist revolution, as well as the person who led the revoilution–Mao Zedong.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEA 7031 - Modern East Asian History


    Offered to graduate students with no previous background in modern East Asian history. Consists of attendance at the lecture sessions of undergraduate courses on modern East Asian history and directed readings at an advanced level on the development of the social, political and cultural institutions of East Asia.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEA 7041 - Modern East Asian History


    Offered to graduate students with no previous background in modern East Asian history. Consists of attendance at the lecture sessions of undergraduate courses on modern East Asian history and directed readings at an advanced level on the development of the social, political and cultural institutions of East Asia.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEA 8011 - East Asian History


    Directed readings, discussions, and research papers on selected topics in Chinese and Japanese history.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEA 8111 - Traditional Chinese History


    Studies documents related to social and political philosophy. Emphasizes translated texts, but some attention will be paid to Chinese texts and the problems of translation.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEA 8211 - Japanese History


    Discusses selected issues in the social, political, and economic development of Japan from the Tokugawa period to the present.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEA 9021 - Tutorial in “China in Hot and Cold Wars in Modern Times”…


    This tutorial explores three types of conflicts in China modern experiences: civil wars, international conflicts, and Cold War confrontations. Reading materials include major scholarships on these topics. The class meets biweekly, and the students are evaluated on the basis of participation, short book reviews, and a final paper.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEA 9022 - Tutorial in “Making of the ‘Chinese Nation’”…


    This tutorial is about conceptual and political constructions of the “Chinese Nation” in the 20th century. Readings include relevant writings by important intellectual and political figures of 20th-century China and major scholarships on the subject from multiethnic perspectives. The class meets biweekly, and the students are evaluated on the basis of participation, short book reviews, and a final paper.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEA 9023 - Tutorial in Modern Japanese Thought, Culture, & Politics


    Introduction the history and historiography of modern Japanese Thought, Culture, and Politics. Topics include modernity, empire, the nation-state, war, fascism, and capitalist development.



    Credits: 3

History-European History

  
  • HIEU 5001 - Dark Age Greece


    Examines the structural, political, and conceptual rise of the Greek polis and explores other aspects of the archaeology, art, history, and literature of the ‘iron age’ and early archaic period (1000-600 BC) in Greece. Prerequisite: HIEU 2031 or equivalent



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5011 - Late Archaic Greece


    Examines the history of Greece in the late archaic age down to the end of the Persian wars. Prerequisite: HIEU 2031 or equivalent.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5013 - The Early Medieval Mediterranean


    This course examines the Mediterranean world from AD 700 -1000, exploring aspects of its political, economic and cultural history. Trade and communication, the movement of goods, ideas and people will all come under scrutiny. Students will engage with historical and archaeological scholarship together with extensive primary sources (in translation) from the period. Prerequisite: HIEU 2061 or equivalent and/or HIEU 3141, HIEU 3131 or equivalent.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5021 - Greece in the Fifth Century


    Examination of the political, diplomatic, and social history of Greece from the end of the Persian Wars in 479 b.c. to the end of the Peloponnesian War in 404/3 b.c. Investigates the origins, course, and importance of the latter war, the major watershed in classical Greek history. Prerequisite: HIEU 2031 or equivalent.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5031 - Greece in the Fourth Century


    Advanced course in Greek history that examines in detail the social and economic history of Greece from the end of the Peloponnesian War in 404 b.c. to the defeat of the Greek city-states at Chaeronea in 338. Prerequisite: HIEU 2041 or equivalent.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5051 - Roman Empire


    Studies the founding and institutions of the Principate, the Dominate, and the decline of antiquity. Prerequisite: HIEU 2041 or equivalent.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5061 - Roman Imperialism


    Examines Roman transmarine expansion to determine how and why it happened, and what consequences it had, both in Rome and abroad. Prerequisite: HIEU 2041 or equivalent.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5062 - Philosophy and Theory of History


    Course surveys tradition of ‘philosophy of history’ (ca. 1860–1960s) but focuses on the more recent genre of ‘theory of history’ (late 1960s/70s–present), which responds to recent historical genres and to new problems related to narrative, memory, trauma, counterfactuality, etc. Emphasis is on linking theory to specific historical and meta-historical instances (e.g., Arendt’s Eichmann in Jerusalem, Friedlander’s Nazi Germany and the Jews, ‘trut



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5082 - Modernity and History


    Surveys a range of philosophers and other writers who have reflected on the role of history in modern life. Prerequisite: Upper class standing or above, with one or more courses in relevant theory



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5302 - Nationality, Ethnicity, and Race in Modern Europe


    Colloquium on how categories of human identity have been conceived, applied, and experienced in Western and Eastern Europe from 1789 to the present. Topics include the construction of identities, national assimilation, inter-confessional conflict, colonialism, immigration, and the human sciences. Prerequisite: One course in modern European history or instructor permission.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5312 - Era of the World Wars, 1914-1945


    A study of the major countries of Europe in the era 1914-1945, with special attention to international relations, and political, economic, and social developments. Most suitable for third- and fourth- year students with some background in European history and for graduate students.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5352 - The British Economy Since 1850


    Studies the structure, performance and policy in the British economy since 1850, focusing on the causes and consequences of Britain’s relative economic decline. Cross listed as ECON 5352.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5662 - Nineteenth-Century Russian Intellectual History


    Readings and discussion of seminal Russian intellectuals and their ideas under the later Romanov Tsars. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5871 - Early Modern Europe Seminar


    This course is a specialized seminar in early modern European historiography. As a result, it focuses on a broad reading list that covers as many subjects, regions, and methodologies as possible. The course is divided by theme, rather than region, and covers such topics as social control, Scientific Revolution, women and gender, and global Christianity.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5882 - Modern Europe, 1750-1890


    This course aims to expose graduate and advanced undergraduates students to the grand narrative of modern European history and, simultaneously, to provide them with insight into the latest historiographical trends and emerging conceptual conventions in this research field.



    Credits: 3
  
  • HIEU 5892 - Europe since 1890


    A discussion course on key topics in the transnational history of Modern Europe since 1890. A capstone for majors in the field, it is also open to others. Topics include old and new ways of doing history, Imperialism, World War I, postwar capitalism and its critics, Communism and Fascism, the Great Depression, the Holocaust, the Cold War, the path toward European Union, the Welfare State, German Reunification, and the end of the Cold War.



    Credits: 3
 

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