Greek (GREK)

GREK 1010:   Introduction to Greek I  
Classics  
Principles of grammar, training in translation.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
GREK 1020:   Introduction to Greek II  
Classics  
This course focuses on the principles of grammar and training in translation.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
GREK 1010 with minimum grade of C-.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
GREK 2010:   Intermediate Greek I  
Classics  
This course is a continuation of Greek grammar, with readings in selected prose, including the New Testament.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
GREK 1020 with minimum C-.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
GREK 2020:   Intermediate Greek II  
Classics  
This course is a continuation of Greek grammar, and readings in selected prose, including the New Testament.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
GREK 2010 with minimu grade of C-.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
GREK 3210:   Greek Prose  
Classics  
Selected readings in Greek prose, with special attention paid to style. Readings may be supplemented by exercises in Greek prose composition.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
GREK 2020 and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar  
GREK 3220:   Greek Historians  
Classics  
Selected readings of major historians such as Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
GREK 2020 and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
GREK 3230:   Greek Rhetoric  
Classics  
Selected readings from the speeches of Demosthenes, Lysias, Aeschines or other orators.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
GREK 2020 and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
GREK 3240:   Plato  
Classics  
Selected readings in the philosophical dialogues of Plato in Greek.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
GREK 2020 and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar  
GREK 3290:   Koine Greek  
Classics  
Readings in the koine or commonly used Greek of the Hellenistic period, such as the Christian New Testament and the Septuagint version of the Hebrew Bible.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
GREK 2020 and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar  
GREK 3310:   Greek Poetry  
Classics  
Selected readings in Greek poetry, with special attention paid to meter.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
GREK 2020 and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar  
GREK 3320:   Homer  
Classics  
Readings in the Iliad or Odyssey.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
GREK 2020 and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
GREK 3340:   Greek Lyric  
Classics  
Selections from the lyric poets, such as Archilochus, Sappho, and Pindar.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
GREK 2020 and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
GREK 3360:   Greek Tragedy  
Classics  
Selected readings from the tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
GREK 2020 and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
GREK 3370:   Greek Comedy  
Classics  
Selected readings from Old and New Comedy, namely Aristophanes and Menander.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
GREK 2020 and 24 Earned Credits.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
GREK 5070:   Special Reading  
Classics  
Extensive reading of authors not included in specific courses above, arranged according to needs of individual student. (May be repeated for additional reading and credit).  
1 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Independent Study  
GREK 5570:   Special Reading  
Classics  
Extensive reading of authors not included in specific courses above, arranged according to needs of individual student. (May be repeated for additional reading and credit).  
1 - 3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Independent Study  
GREK 6210:   Greek Prose  
Classics  
Advanced reading in Greek prose, with special attention paid to style. Readings may be supplemented by advanced exercises in Greek prose composition.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
GREK 3210 and GREK 3310.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar  
GREK 6220:   Greek Historians  
Classics  
Advanced readings of historical writers such as Herodotus, Thucydides and Xenophon, with special attention paid to historiography.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
GREK 3210 and GREK 3310.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar  
GREK 6230:   Greek Rhetoric  
Classics  
Advanced reading in the speeches of Demosthenes, Lysias, Aeschines or other orators; or in ancient rhetorical treatises or biographies of rhetoricians.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
GREK 3210 and GREK 3310.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar  
GREK 6240:   Greek Philosophers  
Classics  
Advanced readings from the works of philosophers such as Plato, Aristotle or others.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
GREK 3210 and GREK 3310.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
GREK 6290:   Koine Greek  
Classics  
Advanced readings in the koine or commonly used Greek of the Hellenistic period, such as the Christian New Testament and the Septuagint version of the Hebrew Bible.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
GREK 3210 and GREK 3310.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
GREK 6310:   Greek Poetry  
Classics  
Advanced reading in Greek poetry, with special attention paid to meter.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
GREK 3210 and GREK 3310.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar  
GREK 6320:   Homer  
Classics  
Advanced reading in the Homeric texts, the Iliad and the Odyssey.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
GREK 3210 and GREK 3310.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar  
GREK 6340:   Greek Lyric  
Classics  
Advanced reading in archaic lyric poetry, including monody, choral lyric, elegy and iambus.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
GREK 3210 and GREK 3310.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar  
GREK 6360:   Greek Tragedy  
Classics  
Advanced readings from the works of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
GREK 3210 and GREK 3310.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Discussion  
GREK 6370:   Greek Comedy  
Classics  
Advanced reading in Old and New Comedy, primarily Aristophanes and Menander.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
GREK 3210 and GREK 3310.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Seminar  
GREK 6997A:   Thesis  
Classics  
No grade  
1 - 12 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Thesis