Below is a full listing of courses in modern and ancient Greek language and literature offered by the Department. Note that, although many of these courses are offered frequently, not all are taught every year.
101 [001]/102 [002] Elementary Classical Greek (4 each). Comprehensive coverage of basic grammar and syntax in two semesters, preparing students for reading Plato or Xenophon in Greek 203 (and with instructor's permission New Testament Greek in GREK 205).
121/122 Elementary Modern Greek (4 each). Prerequisite, GREK 121 or equivalent or permission of instructor. The course introduces the essential elements of structure, vocabulary of the modern Greek language and aspects of Greek culture. Aural comprehension, speaking, reading and writing are stressed in that order. It continues with the proficiency-based instruction, with emphasis on further development and refinement of speaking, listening, reading and writing skills including a review and continuation of grammar.
203 [003]/ 204 [004] Intermediate Greek (3 each). Prerequisite, GREK 101-102 or equivalent. Review of fundamentals; reading in selected classical texts, such as Xenophon, Plato, Euripides, or others.
205 [005] Greek New Testament (3). Prerequisite, GREK 203 or equivalent.
221 [021] Advanced Greek I (3). Substantial readings from Homer's Iliad or Odyssey, the remainder of the selected poems to be read in translation.
222 [022] Advanced Greek II (3). Readings from one or more Greek Tragedies.
351 [051] Classical Greek Prose (3). Prerequisite, GREK 221. Readings in Herodotus, Thucydides, Plato, or other authors. With permission of the department, this course may be repeated for credit.
352 [052] Greek Poetry (3). Prerequisite, GREK 222. Readings in Sappho, Aeschylus, and other authors. With permission of the department, this course may be repeated for credit.
396 [091] Special Readings in Greek Literature (3). Prerequisite, GREK 222.
409 [158] Greek New Testament (RELI 409) (3). Prerequisite, GREK 221 or equivalent. On application by five or more students.
506 [106] Greek Dialects (3). Prerequisite, permission of the instructor. Survey of the major dialects of Classical Greek and study of their derivation from Common Greek. Texts include both literary and epigraphical sources from the eighth century BCE to the Hellenistic Period.
507 [107] Greek Composition (3). Prerequisite, GREK 221.
508 [108] Readings in Early Greek Poetry (3). Prerequisite, GREK 221 or GREK 222. Race.
509 [109] Readings in Greek Literature of the Fifth Century (3). Prerequisite, GREK 221 or GREK 222.
510 [110] Readings in Greek Literature of the Fourth Century (3). Prerequisite, GREK 221 or GREK 222. Wooten.
540 [140]/ 541 [141] Problems in the History of Classical Ideas (3 each). Prerequisite, permission of the department.
722 [201] Greek Epigraphy (3). Staff.
750 [251] Homer (3). Smith, Race.
753 [211] Greek Lyric Poetry (3). Race.
755 [212] Greek Tragedy (3). Smith, Race.
757 [252] Sophocles (3). Race.
759 [213] Greek Comedy (3). Staff.
761 [214] Greek Philosophical Literature (3). Smith.
763 [216] Greek Historical Literature (3). Staff.
765 [253] Thucydides (3). Staff.
767 [215] Greek Rhetoric and Oratory (3). Wooten.
769 [256] Demosthenes (3). Wooten.
771 [217] Hellenistic Poetry (3). Staff.
775 [218] Later Greek Prose (3). Staff.
841 [341] Special Reading (3). Fall and spring. Staff.
901 [301] Greek Seminars (3). Topics vary from year to year. Staff.
993 [393] Master's Thesis (3 or more). Fall and spring. Staff.
994 [394] Doctoral Dissertation (3 or more). Fall and spring. Staff.