Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: ELEMENTARY GREEK I

Department: Classical Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Reading-based introduction to ancient Greek. Readings include passages from classical and New Testament authors. Explanation and analysis of basic grammar, including comparison with English grammar. Besides translating Greek to English (and vice versa), we will consider the language and literature in their historical context, and practice reading ancient Greek aloud.

Long Title: ELEMENTARY GREEK II

Department: Classical Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Continuation of GREE 101.

Long Title: INTERMEDIATE GREEK I: PROSE

Department: Classical Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Review of forms and syntax. Readings from Plato. D1 credit.

Long Title: INTERMEDIATE GREEK: EURIPIDES MEDEA/BIBLICAL KOINE

Department: Classical Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Section 1 reads Euripides or Sophocles. Section 2 reads excerpts from New Testament, Septuagint, and Early Christian writers. Includes review of forms and syntax.

Long Title: HOMER

Department: Classical Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Open to third and fourth year undergraduates. An opportunity to read the Iliad/Odyssey in the original Greek. Includes review of forms and syntax as well as discussion of Homeric dialect, meter, poetics, and oral tradition. May be repeated (once) for credit. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: GREE 502. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for GREE 302 if student has credit for GREE 502. Repeatable for Credit.

Long Title: PLATO, ARISTOTLE, OR NEW TESTAMENT GREEK

Department: Classical Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Greek prose for third or fourth year undergraduates. Choice of texts flexible depending on the needs and interests of those enrolled. Includes review of forms and syntax. Continuation of GREE 301, with additional texts. May be repeated for credit. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: GREE 505. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for GREE 305 if student has credit for GREE 505. Repeatable for Credit.

Long Title: ADVANCED GREEK: POETRY

Department: Classical Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 3

Description: This course is intended for students with at least two prior years of Greek. The course will focus on Greek poetic texts, with an emphasis on Attic tragedy. The course will emphasize poetic vocabulary and grammar, meter, and performance contexts. Texts change each semester; repeatable for credit. Repeatable for Credit.

Long Title: ADVANCED GREEK: PROSE

Department: Classical Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Seminar

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 3

Description: This course is intended for students with at least two prior years of Greek. The course will focus on prose texts, with an emphasis on fifth- and fourth- century authors. The course will emphasize vocabulary, grammar, and historical contexts. Texts change each semester, repeatable for credit. Repeatable for Credit.

Long Title: DIRECTED READING

Department: Classical Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Independent Study

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Independent work for qualified juniors and seniors in genres or authors not presented in other courses. Instructor Permission Required. Repeatable for Credit.

Long Title: DIRECTED READING

Department: Classical Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Independent Study

Distribution Group: Distribution Group I

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Independent work for qualified juniors and seniors in genres or authors not presented in other courses. Instructor Permission Required. Repeatable for Credit.

Long Title: HOMER

Department: Classical Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Open to graduate students. Read the Iliad/Odyssey in the original Greek. Review of forms and syntax. Discussion of Homeric dialect, meter, poetics, and oral tradition. Requirement beyond GREE 302: oral presentation analyzing diction and poetic formulas in a specific passage. Repeatable (once) for credit. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: GREE 302. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for GREE 502 if student has credit for GREE 302. Repeatable for Credit.

Long Title: DIRECTED READING FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS

Department: Classical Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Independent Study

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Graduate level, independent reading course. Topics vary. Repeatable for Credit.

Long Title: DIRECTED READING FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS

Department: Classical Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Independent Study

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Graduate level, independent reading course. Topics vary. Offered in the spring semester. Repeatable for Credit.

Long Title: PLATO, ARISTOTLE, OR NEW TESTAMENT GREEK

Department: Classical Studies

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Greek prose for graduate students in related disciplines. Choice of texts flexible depending on the needs and interests of those enrolled. Includes review of forms and syntax. Continuation of GREE 501, with additional texts. Additional work required beyond GREE 305, in the form of an oral presentation analyzing the language and style of one or more text in terms of its historical, social, and generic context. May be repeated for credit. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: GREE 305. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for GREE 505 if student has credit for GREE 305. Repeatable for Credit.