Courses
The Department of Religion and Classics offers courses in Arabic, Greek, Hebrew, Latin, and Sanskrit.
Advising Contacts
Declaring a major, minor, or cluster for religion related concentrations:
- Professor Anne Merideth, anne.merideth@rochester.edu
Declaring a major, minor, or cluster for classics related concentrations:
- Professor Nicholas Gresens, nicholas.gresens@rochester.edu
Jewish Studies Program or Hebrew language questions:
- Professor Michela Andreatta, michela.andreatta@rochester.edu
Fall 2024 Master Course List
| ARBC | 101 | Elementary Arabic I | Mon/Wed | 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM | Afrah Alfatli |
| ARBC | 103 | Intermediate Arabic | Mon/Wed | 10:25 AM - 11:40 AM | Afrah Alfatli |
| ARBC | 205 | Adv Arabic Prose Seminar II | Mon/Wed | 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM | Afrah Alfatli |
| ATHS | 321 | Death and Caring for the Dead in the Americas | Friday | 10:00 AM - 12:40 PM | Stefanie Bautista San Miguel |
| ATHS | 321W | Death and Caring for the Dead in the Americas | Friday | 10:00 AM - 12:40 PM | Stefanie Bautista San Miguel |
| BLST | 107 | History of Islam | Tues/Thurs | 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM | Mahmet Karabela |
| BLST | 170 | Religion and Hip Hop | Mon/Wed | 11:50 AM - 1:05 PM | Cona Marshall |
| BLST | 239 | Love, Liberation, and Black Lives: African American Religious Traditions | Mon/Wed | 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM | Cona Marshall |
| BLST | 285 | Civil Disobedience | Tuesday | 2:00 PM - 4:40 PM | John Downey |
| CGRK | 101 | New Testmnt&Classical Greek | Mon/Wed/Fri | 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM | Justin Dwyer |
| CGRK | 103 | Intermediate Greek 1 | Mon/Wed/Fri | 11:50 AM - 12:40 PM | Nicholas Gresens |
| CGRK | 202 | Homer's Odyssey | TBD | TBD | Nicholas Gresens |
| CHIN | 275 | Religion & Chinese Society | Tues/Thurs | 11:05 AM - 12:20 PM | Shin-yi Chao |
| CLST | 101 | Introduction to Antiquity | Tues/Thurs | 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM | Nicholas Gresens |
| CLST | 120 | History of the Ancient Greek World | Tues/Thurs | 11:05 AM - 12:20 PM | Alexander Cushing |
| CLST | 145 | Roman Comedy and its Legacy | Tues/Thurs | 9:40 AM - 10:55 AM | Justin Dwyer |
| CLST | 172 | Togas, Temples, and Tyrants on the Silver Screen | Tues/Thurs | 11:05 AM - 12:20 PM | Justin Dwyer |
| CLST | 183 | Classics of Islamic Civilization | Mon/Wed | 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM | Mahmet Karabela |
| CLST | 208 | Healing in Antiquity | Mon/Wed | 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM | Anne Merideth |
| EHUM | 284 | Civil Disobedience | Tuesday | 2:00 PM - 4:40 PM | John Downey |
| FMST | 265 | Guilt | Mon/Wed | 11:50 AM - 1:05 PM | Joshua Dubler |
| GSWS | 189 | Sexuality in World Religion | Tues/Thurs | 3:25 PM - 4:40 PM | Denise Yarbrough |
| GSWS | 256 | Guilt | Mon/Wed | 11:50 AM - 1:05 PM | Joshua Dubler |
| GSWS | 285 | Civil Disobedience | Tuesday | 2:00 PM - 4:40 PM | John Downey |
| HBRW | 101 | Elementary Modern Hebrew I | Mon/Wed/Fri | 11:50 AM - 12:40 PM | Michela Andreatta |
| HBRW | 103 | Intermediate Modern Hebrew I | Mon/Wed | 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM | Michela Andreatta |
| HBRW | 204 | Modern Hebrew through Media and Literature | Mon/Wed | 4:50 PM - 6:05 PM | Michela Andreatta |
| HIST | 120 | History of the Ancient Greek World | Tues/Thurs | 11:05 AM - 12:20 PM | Alexander Cushing |
| HIST | 148 | Religion & Chinese Society | Tues/Thurs | 11:05 AM - 12:20 PM | Shin-yi Chao |
| HIST | 184 | History of Islam | Tues/Thurs | 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM | Mehmet Karabela |
| INTR | 249 | Israel/Palestine | Tues/Thurs | 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM | Aaron Hughes |
| INTR | 249W | Israel/Palestine | Tues/Thurs | 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM | Aaron Hughes |
| JWST | 100 | Introduction to Jewish Studies | Mon/Wed | 3:25 PM - 4:40 PM | Andrea Gondos |
| JWST | 101 | Elementary Modern Hebrew I | Mon/Wed/Fri | 11:50 AM - 12:40 PM | Michela Andreatta |
| JWST | 103 | Intermediate Modern Hebrew I | Mon/Wed | 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM | Michela Andreatta |
| JWST | 106 | Introduction to the Hebrew Bible | Mon/Wed/Fri | 10:25 AM - 11:15 AM | Anne Merideth |
| JWST | 116 | Jerusalem: Histories, Religions, and Architecture | Tuesday | 2:00 PM - 4:40 PM | Andrea Gondos |
| JWST | 136 | Jewish Spirituality, Mysticism, and Ethics | Tues/Thurs | 11:05 AM - 12:20 PM | Andrea Gondos |
| JWST | 145 | Judaism in America | Tues/Thurs | 9:40 AM - 10:55 AM | Nora Rubel |
| JWST | 204 | Modern Hebrew through Media and Literature | Tues/Thurs | 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM | Michela Andreatta |
| JWST | 226 | Guilt | Mon/Wed | 11:50 AM - 1:05 PM | Joshua Dubler |
| JWST | 242 | Jews, Christians, and Muslims in Medieval Spain | Tuesday | 3:25 PM - 6:05 PM | Mehmet Karabela |
| JWST | 265 | Israel/Palestine | Tues/Thurs | 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM | Aaron Hughes |
| LATN | 102 | Elementary Latin II | Mon/Wed/Fri | 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM | Alexander Cushing |
| LATN | 224 | Tacitus | Mon/Wed/Fri | 10:25 AM - 11:15 AM | Elizabeth Colantoni |
| MUSC | 140 | Religion and Hip Hop | Mon/Wed | 11:50 AM - 1:05 PM | Cona Marshall |
| PHLT | 208 | Healing in Antiquity | Mon/Wed | 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM | Anne Merideth |
| RELC | 101 | Introduction to the Hebrew Bible | Mon/Wed/Fri | 10:25 AM - 11:15 AM | Anne Merideth |
| RELC | 105 | Asian Search for Self | Tues/Thurs | 9:40 AM - 10:55 AM | Douglas Brooks |
| RELC | 107 | History of Islam | Tues/Thurs | 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM | Mehmet Karabela |
| RELC | 109 | Introduction to Jewish Studies | Mon/Wed | 3:25 PM - 4:40 PM | Andrea Gondos |
| RELC | 116 | Jerusalem: Histories, Religions, and Architecture | Tuesday | 2:00 PM - 4:40 PM | Andrea Gondos |
| RELC | 136 | Jewish Spirituality, Mysticism, and Ethics | Tues/Thurs | 11:05 AM - 12:20 PM | Andrea Gondos |
| RELC | 144 | Classics of Islamic Civilization | Mon/Wed | 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM | Mehmet Karabela |
| RELC | 145 | Judaism in America | Tues/Thurs | 9:40 AM - 10:55 AM | Nora Rubel |
| RELC | 149 | The Blues | Tues/Thurs | 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM | Daniel Beaumont |
| RELC | 159 | Introduction to Interreligious Studies | Tues/Thurs | 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM | Denise Yarbrough |
| RELC | 161 | Not Cults: Controversial Religious Movements East and West | Tues/Thurs | 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM | Shin-yi Chao |
| RELC | 170 | Religion and Hip Hop | Mon/Wed | 11:50 AM - 1:05 PM | Cona Marshall |
| RELC | 175 | Religion & Chinese Society | Tues/Thurs | 11:05 AM - 12:20 PM | Shin-yi Chao |
| RELC | 189 | Sexuality in World Religions | Tues/Thurs | 3:25 PM - 4:40 PM | Denise Yarbrough |
| RELC | 208 | Healing in Antiquity | Mon/Wed | 2:00 PM - 3:15 PM | Anne Merideth |
| RELC | 226 | Guilt | Mon/Wed | 11:50 AM - 1:05 PM | Joshua Dubler |
| RELC | 239 | Love, Liberation, and Black Lives: African American Religious Traditions | Mon/Wed | 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM | Cona Marshall |
| RELC | 242 | Jews, Christians, and Muslims in Medieval Spain | Tuesday | 3:25 PM - 6:05 PM | Mehmet Karabela |
| RELC | 265 | Israel/Palestine | Tues/Thurs | 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM | Aaron Hughes |
| RELC | 270 | The Meaning of Life: Happiness and Liberation in Theory and Practice | Tues/Thurs | 11:05 AM - 12:20 PM | Douglas Brooks |
| RELC | 277 | Death and Caring for the Dead in the Americas | Friday | 10:00 AM - 12:40 PM | Stefanie Bautista San Miguel |
| RELC | 284 | Civil Disobedience | Tuesday | 2:00 PM - 4:40 PM | John Downey |
| RELC | 265W | Israel/Palestine | Tues/Thurs | 12:30 PM - 1:45 PM | Aaron Hughes |
| RELC | 293W | Theories of Religion | Tuesday | 2:00 PM - 4:40 PM | Aaron Hughes |
You can find descriptions of courses being offered for the current semester via the Registrar's Course Description Database.