Courses Currently Offered

Winter 2026

  • I E STD M20 - Visible Language: Study of Writing

    Instructor(s): Duncan Restrepo, Tyler Jarvis, Anthony Yates, Caitlin Smith, Alexander Youngstrom

    (Same as Asian M20, Near Eastern Languages M20, Slavic M20, and Southeast Asian M20.) Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Consideration of concrete means of language representation in writing systems. Earliest representations of language known are those of Near East dating to end of 4th millennium BC. While literate civilizations of Egypt, Indus Valley, China, and Mesoamerica left little evidence of corresponding earliest developments, their antiquity and, in case of China and Mesoamerica, their evident isolation mark these centers as loci of independent developments in writing. Basic characteristics of early scripts, assessment of modern alphabetic writing systems, and presentation of conceptual basis of semiotic language representation. Origins and development of early non-Western writing systems. How Greco-Roman alphabet arose in 1st millennium BC and how it compares to other modern writing systems. P/NP or letter grading.

  • 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 200 - Proseminar: Indo-European Studies

    Instructor(s): Stephanie Watkins, Dieter Gunkel, Anthony Yates

    Seminar, two hours every other week. Required of graduate Indo-European studies students during first year. Introduction to graduate-level research in Indo-European studies. S/U 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 M222B - Vedic

    Instructor(s): Stephanie Watkins

    (Same as Iranian M222B and South Asian M222B.) Lecture, three hours. Preparation: knowledge of Sanskrit equivalent to South Asian 110C. Characteristics of Vedic dialect and readings in Rig-Vedic hymns. May be repeated for credit. S/U or letter grading.

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

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

    Tutorial, to be arranged. S/U grading.