WHAT WOULD A COURSE IN GRECO-ROMAN STUDIES ENTAIL? Question?

Question

An intro course called Intro to Greece and Rome from the faculty of Greco-Roman studies

I have an interest in Greece and Rome and this course says it's a historical survey ....

I'm a math major and have Real Analysis next semester which people have said is 2-3 course equivalents ...so I cannot handle a really demanding course next semester- and this is the only one offered that was even remotely interested to me.

Will it be overwhelmingly difficult or could I handle it with my course load of

Real Analysis (Really really tough supposively)

Differential Equations

Calc III

Probability

Greek and Roman Studies

I've gotten a very good mark in Political Science --which was for poli sci majors --and quite demanding ...

What would this course entail?

Thanks

Answer 1

It may require a great deal of reading.  Philosophy was a very large part of Greco-Roman history and that could require the writing of many papers.  I do not know which school you are attending or what your prof. is like so I cannot tell you how difficult it will be but I imagine it would be facinating.  A nice shift from all of the math.

Answer 2

I'm a History and Classics major, and at my university we have two similar courses, one for the Greek world and the other for the Roman world. I took both, as well as there upper division equivalents in order to get some Classics credits.

The intro classes were, in my opinion, quite easy (but then, it is my area of interest). There was some reading, from a textbook (which I found unnecessary for anyone as long as they came to lectures) as well as primary sources (we had to read some plays and poems and such) but everything will be in translation. If a course requires Greek or Latin, in my experience, Greek or Latin will be a prereq for getting into the course. In the Greek intro class, my teacher made us learn to transliterate Greek, but that's really easy, and I'm sure as a math major you're already familiar with most of the Greek letters.

Anyway, I wouldn't worry too much about the class, it will probably be easy as long as you're interested in the subject.

But when the class starts, take a good look at the syllabus and make sure you can handle it, and if you can't, drop the class.