Courses Currently Offered

Winter 2025

  • I E STD M150 - Introduction to Indo-European Linguistics

    Instructor(s): John Clayton

    (Same as Linguistics M150.) Lecture, four hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Enforced requisite: Linguistics 1 or 20. Indo-European languages (ancient and modern), including their relationships, chief characteristics, writing systems, and sociolinguistic contexts; nature of reconstructed Indo-European proto-language and proto-culture. One or more Indo-European languages may be investigated in detail. P/NP or letter grading.

  • I E STD C160 - Indo-European Comparative Mythology and Poetics

    Instructor(s): John Clayton

    Seminar, three hours. Preparation: familiarity with at least one ancient Indo-European language. Comparison of major Indo-European mythological and poetic traditions and reconstruction of their common sources. Topics include divinities and their names; symbolic systems in social context; myths, folk narratives, belief systems; relations with other traditions; literary continuations of mythopoetic material. Concurrently scheduled with course C260. P/NP or letter grading.

  • I E STD M168B - Elementary Hittite

    Instructor(s): Anthony Yates

    (Same as Ancient Near East M168B.) Lecture, three hours. Recommended requisite: course M168A. Readings of selected Hittite texts from variety of genres and historical periods. Individual topics in synchronic and historical grammar of Hittite and in history and culture of Hittites are treated in detail. P/NP or letter grading.

  • I E STD 210 - Indo-European Morphology

    Instructor(s): Anthony Yates

    Lecture, three hours. Comparative study of proto-Indo-European nominal and verbal morphology and its historical development into most important of oldest attested descendant languages. S/U or letter grading.

  • I E STD M230A - Old Iranian

    Instructor(s): M Shayegan

    (Same as Iranian M230A.) Lecture, four hours. Studies in grammars and texts of Old Persian and Avestan. Comparative considerations. May not be repeated for credit. S/U or letter grading.

  • I E STD C260 - Indo-European Comparative Mythology and Poetics

    Instructor(s): John Clayton

    Seminar, three hours. Preparation: ability to read original sources in at least one ancient Indo-European language. Comparison of major Indo-European mythological and poetic traditions and reconstruction of their common sources. Topics include divinities and their names; symbolic systems in social context; myths, folk narratives, belief systems; relations with other traditions; literary continuations of mythopoetic material. Concurrently scheduled with course C160. S/U or letter grading.

  • I E STD 281A - Seminar: Indo-European Linguistics

    Instructor(s): Stephanie Watkins, David Goldstein, Anthony Yates

    Seminar, three hours. Requisite: course 210. Selected topics in Indo-European comparative grammar for advanced graduate students. May be repeated for credit. S/U or letter grading.

  • I E STD 596 - Directed Individual Studies

    Instructor(s): David Goldstein, Stephanie Watkins, H Melchert, Joseph Nagy, Christopher Stevens, Brent Vine, Anthony Yates

    Tutorial, to be arranged. S/U grading.

  • I E STD 597 - Preparation for PhD Qualifying Examinations

    Instructor(s): David Goldstein, Stephanie Watkins, H Melchert, Joseph Nagy, Christopher Stevens, Brent Vine, Anthony Yates

    Tutorial, to be arranged. S/U grading.

  • I E STD 599 - Research for PhD Dissertation

    Instructor(s): David Goldstein, Stephanie Watkins, H Melchert, Joseph Nagy, Christopher Stevens, Brent Vine, Anthony Yates

    Tutorial, to be arranged. S/U grading.