This course introduces the ancient Greek language and epic meter through the study of the Iliad. The grammar of the Iliad, originally an oral poem, is relatively uncomplicated, so that by the middle of the first semester students will begin to read the poem in Greek. By the end of the year they will have read a portion of Iliad, Book I.

An introduction to Greek prose, Koine and Attic, including the Gospel of Matthew and Plato's Euthyphro. Students at the 300 level will read more selections.

This course will examine the relationship among the lives of thinkers who broke with their own worlds, the new visions of reality they created, and the historical context that provoked and in turn was provoked by their ideas. Readings will include short theoretical and fictional works, memoirs and biographies, historical narratives, and secondary critical commentaries.

An introduction to some of the great critical voices of the nineteenth century with emphasis on their relevance for contemporary issues. We will explore the ideas of such mutinous thinkers as Karl Marx Friedrich Nietzsche, Sigmund Freud, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, W.E.B. Du Bois and Franz Kafka focusing on the style as well as the substance of their works and the circumstances that provoked them to write and/or that their writings helped provoke.

Examines current events in international trade. The emphasis of this course is on current trade policy debates in the WTO agenda. It investigates topics such as the expansion of regional trade agreements, environmental and labor standards, the TRIPs agreement, agricultural protection and market access, trade in services, and electronic commerce.

A study of advanced statistical methods in quantifying economic theory. Emphasis on the practical application of regression analysis to test economic theory, especially where the assumptions underlying ordinary least squares analysis are violated. Examines several different subjects that illustrate empirical economic research.