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Current Wake Forest Course: Classics Beyond Whiteness

This may be wrong because it’s been years, but I’m pretty sure Wake had a diversity requirement like 15 years ago. That’s why I took, “gender issues as seen through African American literature”. Woke Forest nothing new here!
 
Guess I never paid much attention to this guy before, but now I’ll remember him for something other than always misreading his name as bang bus.

Phew what a take. Feel better after posting that bang bus?
 
I mean, absolutely nobody is taking this class who isn't already hyped up about the issues here. It's not like you're changing the view of a lot of white folks with an elective class in the Classics department if you don't force them to take it. If I were taking this class, the main thing I would be interested in is how the fuck can I get around reading all of this old ass shit with modern commentary . ? ! You know, like any other Classics class.
 
As others have mentioned, this is the free market at work. A professor wants to teach this class and if it doesn’t fill up it won’t be offered. No need for angry white guys to get involved.
 
The Classics class I took only had 15-20 people in it and it fulfilled a requirement. Pretty low bar imo. That was also quite a while ago. But yeah, let the free market work.
 
ImTheCaptain said:
who the fuck is taking classics classes at WFU
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During my years at Wake there was one professor in particular whose classes were basically impossible to get into. Dunno if he is still there.
 
BiffTannen said:
The Classics class I took only had 15-20 people in it and it fulfilled a requirement. Pretty low bar imo. That was also quite a while ago. But yeah, let the free market work.
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Probably mythology. Very popular general education course in western universities

TownieDeac said:
During my years at Wake there was one professor in particular whose classes were basically impossible to get into. Dunno if he is still there.
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James Powell retired in 2015. They've really built up the program since then and it's a pretty great group of faculty and majors these days

BiffTannen said:
If I were taking this class, the main thing I would be interested in is how the fuck can I get around reading all of this old ass shit with modern commentary . ? ! You know, like any other Classics class.
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looks like a general education course (200-level) so it will not be mostly majors and it will be taught in translation.

ETA: a requirement for majors and minors in classics so not sure what percentage will be divisional students versus majors and minors
 
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I didn't take Mythology, but it was a pretty standard class.
 
These professors need to get out there and market their classes or they need to be canned !!!!
 
Frosty said:
And based on this it sounds like the market is demanding it due to the success and popularity of the Classics Beyond Europe series.
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Just to add some additional context here: responding to the success of the "classics beyond Europe" series, the "classics beyond whiteness" series ("a multidisciplinary and multimedia program including lectures, workshops, film screenings, art projects, a reading group, and a museum exhibit") began in 2019 and ran through the pandemic. The course, first taught in 2019, is now a requirement for majors and minors in classics.
 
ImTheCaptain said:
who the fuck is taking classics classes at WFU
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Though it's been a while, I was a Latin major. Have no idea of what the Classics department offers in toto these days; I do find the course interesting, though. The experiences I had in the department had a huge bearing on my perceptions, and who I am. Wouldn't trade for a trust fund.

ETA: There were two others in my graduating class who majored in Latin. Pretty sure we all became educators. So, @ImTheCaptain, not many, I reckon! 🙂
 
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Anyone else take a class with Dr Lerner? In my memory he was literally growling and prowling around the room like a bear as he impersonated Caligula or something. Certainly extremely enthusiastic about old Roman texts
 
He also had anger issues and would absolutely blow up at students IIRC.
 
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