CLASS 1640 - THINK LIKE A ROMAN

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The course explores the ancient world through the lens of cognition, examining a variety of socio-historical topics, like emotion, spatial and temporal perception, color cognition, and memory and mnemotechnics, as viewed through ancient literature and modern research in cognitive psychology. Through written assignments and group discussion, students practice interpreting psychological research and Classics scholarship that looks at ancient texts through the lens of cognitive science. In addition to studying ancient cognition, students reflect on their own learning, while engaging with research on metacognition to develop evidence-based practices for improving their writing and study habits. This course is designated as a Writing Intensive course, and students will conduct an independent research project that applies cognitive methods to ancient literature, history, or art.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: ENG 0102 or ENGCMP (0002 or 0006 or 0020 or 0200 or 0203 or 0205 or 0207 or 0208 or 0210 or 0212 or 0213 or 0214) or FP (0003 or 0006) *Applies to all WRIT Courses*
Course Attributes: DSAS Phil. Think or Ethics General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Ethical/Policy GE. Req., Writing Intensive Course (WRIT)

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