Courses
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
Beginners' course.
Elementary Ancient Greek: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring:
15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
15 weeks - 4 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Greek/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023
Beginners' course.
Elementary Greek: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 1 or equivalent
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Greek/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Summer 2024 10 Week Session, Summer 2023 10 Week Session, Summer 2022 10 Week Session
Designed for anyone who wishes to acquire reading knowledge of ancient Greek; replaces 2+ semesters of traditional study. Lectures, discussions, drills and tutorial sessions on grammar and vocabulary; readings in prose and poetry (e.g., Homer, Plato, Greek Tragedy, the Gospels).
The Greek Workshop: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Senior or graduate standing, or consent of instructor
Credit Restrictions: Students will receive five units of credit for Greek 15 after taking Greek 1 Students will receive no credit for Greek 15 after taking Greek 2 Students will receive no credit for Greek 15 after taking Greek 10
Hours & Format
Summer: 10 weeks - 15 hours of lecture and 15 hours of recitation per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Greek/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam not required.
Instructor: Chairman
Terms offered: Fall 2014, Spring 2014, Fall 2013
Supervised Independent Study and Research: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Restricted to freshmen and sophomores; consent of instructor; 3.3 overall GPA
Credit Restrictions: Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Greek/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
Readings from Plato's or , and from other Attic prose authors (e.g., Xenophon, Lysias); some review of grammar.
Plato and Attic Prose: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 2, 10, or 15
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Greek/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023
Selected readings in the or .
Homer: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 1-2, 10, or 15
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Greek/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Fall 2023, Fall 2021, Fall 2020
Reading of one Greek tragedy, and of further selections from the dramatists and/or prose literature of fifth century Athens.
Drama and Society: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 100
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Greek/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2020, Spring 2016, Spring 2015
Readings in the Gospels and/or Acts and/or Epistles.
The Greek New Testament: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Successful completion of Greek 100
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Greek/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Formerly known as: 125
Terms offered: Spring 2024, Fall 2022, Fall 2018
Readings in various Greek poets.
Archaic Poetry: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Greek 101 or 102
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with instructor consent.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Greek/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Fall 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2021
Selected readings from Greek tragedy and/or comedy.
Greek Drama: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Greek 101 or 102
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with instructor consent.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Greek/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Fall 2009, Fall 2002, Fall 2000
Readings in various Hellenistic poets.
Hellenistic Poets: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Greek 101 or 102
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with instructor consent.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Greek/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Fall 2017, Spring 2012
Readings in Herodotus.
Herodotus: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Greek 100 and either 101 or 102 or 105
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with instructor consent.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Greek/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Fall 2019, Fall 2014, Spring 2011
Readings in Thucydides.
Thucydides: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Greek 100 and either 101 or 102 or 105
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with instructor consent.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Greek/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2017, Fall 2013, Fall 2006
Readings in oratory.
Attic Oratory: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Greek 100 and either 101 or 102 or 105
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with instructor consent.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Greek/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 2023, Fall 2021, Fall 2020
Readings in Plato and Aristotle.
Plato and Aristotle: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Greek 100 and either 101 or 102 or 105
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with instructor consent.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Greek/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Fall 2016, Spring 2014, Fall 2011
Selected readings in Greek prose or poetry written by authors active during the Hellenistic Age and the Roman Empire (3rd century BCE to 6th century CE).
Greek Literature of the Hellenistic and Imperial Periods: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: 100, and either 101, 102, or 105
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit with instructor consent.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Greek/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Instructor: Hickey
Greek Literature of the Hellenistic and Imperial Periods: Read Less [-]
Terms offered: Fall 2020, Spring 2019, Fall 1990
The goal of this course is to improve your understanding of Greek prose, its basic syntactical principles and the stylistic variation we see across the corpus. To this end, the course will comprise several components: review of grammar (especially syntax), vocabulary, and idiom; composition exercises; and reading passages (prepared and at sight) from Greek authors.
Greek Prose Syntax and Stylistics: Read More [+]
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of lecture per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Greek/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. Final exam required.
Terms offered: Spring 1998
This is a two-semester Honors course [H195A-B]. The work for the Honors course may either build on work in a previous upper division course used in fulfillment of the Greek major or may be a newly conceived project. The work will result in the writing of a thesis, to be evaluated by an Honors committee of three members. Written thesis due the Monday of the 13th week of the semester in which the course is taken.
Honors Course in Greek: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: A student must be a declared major in the Classics Department and in the subject in which Honors is done. A student must have a 3.6 overall GPA and a 3.6 GPA in the major courses
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3-3 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Greek/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. This is part one of a year long series course. A provisional grade of IP (in progress) will be applied and later replaced with the final grade after completing part two of the series. Final exam not required.
Terms offered: Prior to 2007
The work for the Honors course may either build on work in a previous upper division course used in fulfillment of the Greek major or may be a newly conceived project. The work will result in the writing of a thesis, to be evaluated by an Honors committee of three members. Written thesis due the Monday of the 13th week of the semester in which the course is taken.
Honors Course in Greek: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: A student must be a declared major in the Classics Department and in the subject in which Honors is done. A student must have a 3.6 overall GPA and a 3.6 GPA in the major courses
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 3 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Greek/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Letter grade. This is part two of a year long series course. Upon completion, the final grade will be applied to both parts of the series. Final exam not required.
Terms offered: Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2015
Supervised Independent Study and Research: Read More [+]
Rules & Requirements
Prerequisites: Restricted to senior honors students
Credit Restrictions: Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.
Repeat rules: Course may be repeated for credit without restriction.
Hours & Format
Fall and/or spring: 15 weeks - 0 hours of independent study per week
Summer:
6 weeks - 1-5 hours of independent study per week
8 weeks - 1-4 hours of independent study per week
Additional Details
Subject/Course Level: Greek/Undergraduate
Grading/Final exam status: Offered for pass/not pass grade only. Final exam not required.