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2017 - 2018 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2017 - 2018 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

Greek

  
  • GREK 101 - Elementary Ancient Greek I


    Fall (4) Staff Prerequisite(s): for GREK 102 : GREK 101 or consent of instructor. (ALV)

    The elements of the Greek language with translation of stories and poems from selected readers. Parallel study of aspects of Greek civilization and of the legacy left by Greek culture and thought to the modern world.
  
  • GREK 102 - Elementary Ancient Greek II


    Spring (4) Staff Prerequisite(s): for GREK 102: GREK 101  or consent of instructor. (ALV)

    The elements of the Greek language with translation of stories and poems from selected readers. Parallel study of aspects of Greek civilization and of the legacy left by Greek culture and thought to the modern world.
  
  • GREK 201 - Intermediate Ancient Greek I


    Fall (3) Staff Prerequisite(s): GREK 102  or consent of instructor. (ALV)

    A course designed to introduce the student to the basic syntactical and stylistic elements of 5th-4th cent. B.C. Attic prose through an intensive examination of selected works of Plato, Lysias and Thucydides, and other prose writers.
  
  • GREK 202 - Intermediate Ancient Greek II


    Spring (3) Staff Prerequisite(s): GREK 201  or consent of instructor. (ALV, GER 5)

    A course designed to introduce the student to the basic syntactical and stylistic elements of ancient Greek prose and poetry through a close reading of selected works of Plato, Lysias, Xenophon, Homer, Euripides and others.
  
  • GREK 203 - New Testament Greek


    Spring (3) Spaeth Prerequisite(s): GREK 201  or consent of instructor.

    Readings in the New Testament with emphasis on the language, vocabulary, and idiom of koine Greek. This course is not recommended for students who intend to continue to advanced courses in Classical Greek. Course readings in the original Greek.
  
  • GREK 321 - Philosophy


    Fall or Spring (3) Hutton Prerequisite(s): GREK 202  or consent of instructor.

    Readings from Plato, Aristotle, and others in the original Greek.
  
  • GREK 322 - New Testament


    Fall or Spring (3) Spaeth Prerequisite(s): GREK 202  or consent of instructor.

    Readings in the original Greek from the New Testament and related literature.
  
  • GREK 323 - Greek Epic Poetry


    Fall or Spring (3) Hutton, Panoussi Prerequisite(s): GREK 202  or consent of instructor.

    Readings in the original Greek from Homer and other epic poets.
  
  • GREK 324 - Greek Oratory


    Fall or Spring (3) Hutton Prerequisite(s): GREK 202  or consent of instructor.

    Readings in the original Greek from Lysias, Demosthenes and other Greek orators and rhetoricians.
  
  • GREK 325 - Greek Historians


    Fall or Spring (3) Panoussi Prerequisite(s): GREK 202  or consent of instructor. (ALV)

    Readings in the original Greek from Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon and/or other ancient historiographers.
  
  • GREK 326 - Greek Lyric Poetry


    Fall or Spring (3) Panoussi Prerequisite(s): GREK 202  or consent of instructor.

    Readings in the original Greek of lyric poetry and related genres, including elegy and iambus. Authors read may include Archilochus, Sappho, Pindar and Callimachus.
  
  • GREK 327 - Greek Tragedy


    Fall or Spring (3) Hutton Prerequisite(s): GREK 202  or consent of instructor. (ALV)

    Readings in the original Greek chosen from the plays of the great Athenian tragedians Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides.
  
  • GREK 328 - Greek Comedy


    Fall or Spring (3) Hutton Prerequisite(s): GREK 202  or consent of instructor.

    Readings in the original Greek chosen from the works of the Athenian comic playwrights Aristophanes and Menander.
  
  • GREK 329 - The Greek Novel


    Fall or Spring (3) Hutton Prerequisite(s): GREK 202  or consent of instructor.

    Readings in the original Greek chosen from the works of Longus, Achilles Tatius, Heliodorus, Lucian, and others.
  
  • GREK 421 - Writing in Greek - Greek Prose Composition


    Fall or Spring (1-3) Hutton Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.

    Experience in writing ancient Greek, at first in elementary sentences, then in extended composition in the styles of various Greek prose authors. This course can be offered on a tutorial basis when it is requested by one or several students.
  
  • GREK 490 - Topics in Greek


    Fall or Spring (1-3) Staff Prerequisite(s): GREK 202  or consent of instructor.

    Treatment of a selected topic in Greek language or literature (in the original Greek) that is not covered in regular course offerings. Course may be repeated if topic varies.
  
  • GREK 491 - Independent Study


    Fall or Spring (1-3) Staff Prerequisite(s): Consent of instructor.

    A program of reading, writing, and discussion on a particular author or topic in Greek literature in the original language. Students accepted for this course will arrange their program of study with an appropriate faculty advisor. This course may be repeated for credit with a different topic.
  
  • GREK 495 - Honors


    Fall and Spring (3) Staff

    The Department of Classical Studies offers Honors study in Greek or Latin as staff is available. Students admitted to this study will be enrolled in the course during both semesters of their senior year. The course comprises: (a) reading and discussion of selected authors in the language of the student’s emphasis, Greek or Latin; (b) supervised reading of a special bibliography in the field of the student’s major interest; (c) satisfactory completion, by April 15, of a scholarly essay; and (d) satisfactory completion of an oral examination on the subject and subject field of the essay. Note: For College provisions governing the Admission to Honors, see catalog section titled Honors and Special Programs.
  
  • GREK 496 - Honors


    Fall and Spring (3) Staff

    The Department of Classical Studies offers Honors study in Greek or Latin as staff is available. Students admitted to this study will be enrolled in the course during both semesters of their senior year. The course comprises: (a) reading and discussion of selected authors in the language of the student’s emphasis, Greek or Latin; (b) supervised reading of a special bibliography in the field of the student’s major interest; (c) satisfactory completion, by April 15, of a scholarly essay; and (d) satisfactory completion of an oral examination on the subject and subject field of the essay. Note: For College provisions governing the Admission to Honors, see catalog section titled Honors and Special Programs.