Cuneiform
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CUNEIF 100A Elementary Akkadian 5 Units
Department: Cuneiform
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring. Offered alternate years.
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 4 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Background in German and French recommended.
Introduction to cuneiform script and grammar, reading of selected cuneiform texts. Sequence begins in fall.
CUNEIF 100B Elementary Akkadian 5 Units
Department: Cuneiform
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring. Offered alternate years.
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 4 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Background in German and French recommended.
Introduction to cuneiform script and grammar, reading of selected cuneiform texts. Sequence begins in fall.
CUNEIF 101A Selected Readings in Akkadian 4 Units
Department: Cuneiform
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring. Offered alternate years.
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 100A-100B or consent of instructor.
In each semester of this course, the student who has completed the first year of the study of Akkadian will read a variety of texts in the cuneiform script either of the Old Babylonian or the Neo-Assyrian periods. In any semester, the texts to be read may be drawn from a variety of text genres: legal, mythological, historical, prayer, etc., but each semester will focus on only one genre.
Course may be repeated for credit with consent of instructor. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Instructor: 100A-100B-100C.
CUNEIF 101B Selected Readings in Akkadian 4 Units
Department: Cuneiform
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring. Sequence begins (F).
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 100A-100B or consent of instructor.
In each semester of this course, the student who has completed the first year of the study of Akkadian will read a variety of texts in the cuneiform script either of the Old Babylonian or the Neo-Assyrian periods. In any semester, the texts to be read may be drawn from a variety of text genres: legal, mythological, historical, prayer, etc., but each semester will focus on only one genre.
Course may be repeated for credit with consent of instructor. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Instructor: 100A-100B-100C.
CUNEIF 102A Elementary Sumerian 4 Units
Department: Cuneiform
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Background in German and French recommended.
Introduction to Sumerian grammar and writing.
CUNEIF 102B Elementary Sumerian 4 Units
Department: Cuneiform
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Background in German and French recommended.
Introduction to Sumerian grammar and writing.
CUNEIF 103A Selected Readings in Sumerian 3 Units
Department: Cuneiform
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 102A-102B.
Reading of texts selected for clarity of script, simplicity of vocabulary, and historical and cultural significance.
Course may be repeated for credit with consent of instructor. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
CUNEIF 103B Selected Readings in Sumerian 3 Units
Department: Cuneiform
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 102A-102B.
Reading of texts selected for clarity of script, simplicity of vocabulary, and historical and cultural significance.
Course may be repeated for credit with consent of instructor. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
CUNEIF 106A Elementary Hittite 4 Units
Department: Cuneiform
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring. Sequence begins (F).
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Background in German and French recommended.
Introduction to Cuneiform Hittite language and grammar with reading of selected historical and religious texts.
CUNEIF 106B Elementary Hittite 4 Units
Department: Cuneiform
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring. Sequence begins (F).
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Background in German and French recommended.
Introduction to Cuneiform Hittite language and grammar with reading of selected historical and religious texts.
CUNEIF H195 Senior Honors 2 - 4 Units
Department: Cuneiform
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: Zero hours of Independent study per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Limited to senior honors candidates.
Directed study centered upon preparation of an honors thesis.
Course may be repeated for a maximum of 4 units.
CUNEIF 198 Directed Group Study for Upper Division Students 1 - 4 Units
Department: Cuneiform
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: 1 to 4 hour of Directed group study per week for 15 weeks.
Instruction in areas not covered by regularly scheduled courses.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
CUNEIF 199 Supervised Independent Study and Research 1 - 4 Units
Department: Cuneiform
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: Zero hours of Independent study per week for 15 weeks.
Enrollment is restricted by regulations shown in the .
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
CUNEIF 200A Advanced Akkadian 3 Units
Department: Cuneiform
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 101A-101B.
Reading of a variety of genres of Akkadian documents and literature. Texts selected are based on the individual needs of participating students.
Course may be repeated for credit with consent of instructor. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
CUNEIF 200B Advanced Akkadian 3 Units
Department: Cuneiform
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 101A-101B.
Reading of a variety of genres of Akkadian documents and literature. Texts selected are based on the individual needs of participating students.
Course may be repeated for credit with consent of instructor. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
CUNEIF 298 Seminar 1 - 4 Units
Department: Cuneiform
Course level: Graduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: Zero hours of Independent study per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Special topics in Cuneiform. Topics vary and are announced at the beginning of each semester.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
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