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Course Schedule - Fall Semester 2025
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CLAS 206 001 (CRN: 14862)
THE TROJAN WAR
Long Title: INVENTED HISTORIES OF THE TROJAN WAR
Department: Modrn & Classicl Lit & Culture
Instructor: Wright, Susannah
Meeting: 9:25AM - 10:40AM TR (25-AUG-2025 - 5-DEC-2025)
Part of Term: Full Term
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Language of Instruction: Taught in English
Distribution Group: Distribution Group I
Method of Instruction: Face to Face
Credit Hours: 3
Course Syllabus:
Course Materials: Rice Campus Store
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Undergraduate Professional
Visiting Undergraduate
Undergraduate
Section Max Enrollment: 25
Section Enrolled: 11
Total Cross-list Max Enrollment: 25
Total Cross-list Enrolled: 25
Waitlisted: 0 (Max 297)
Current members of the waitlist have priority for available seats.
Enrollment data as of: 20-APR-2025 6:48PM
Final Exam: Take-Home Exam
Description: This course examines the Trojan War from a historical perspective. Topics include the place of the Trojan War in historiography, material evidence for the war, debates about its historicity, and the Trojan War in literature, art, and other media. Canonical tales of Troy, such as the Iliad and Aeneid, will be studied alongside accounts from antiquity and the Middle Ages. All readings in English. Cross-list: HIST 206.