DEPARTMENTAL
REGULATIONS
Requirements for the Major in Greek: Eight
author courses totaling 24 hours beyond two years of high school Greek
or their college equivalents (GREK 131 and 132). 300-level courses may
be substituted for two of the four 200-level courses. Majors in Greek must
also take a three-hour Greek composition course (GREK 303), and in the
senior year, CLST 383-384.
DEGREE
REQUIREMENTS FOR GREEK MAJOR
| |
Courses |
Credit Hrs. |
| Greek 303, four courses
at 200-level, four courses at 300-level |
9 |
27 |
| Classical Studies 383 and
384 |
2 |
6 |
| English 105 and 106 |
2 |
6 |
| History core |
2 |
6 |
| Mathematics core |
1 |
3 |
| Philosophy core |
3 |
9 |
| Theology core |
3 |
9 |
| Natural science core |
3 |
9 |
| Social science core |
2 |
6 |
| Communicative/expressive
arts core |
1 |
3 |
| Electives to complete 128
credit hours |
variable |
44 |
| TOTAL |
128 |
|
Requirements for the Honors Program in Greek:
Twelve author courses totaling 36 credit hours and including GREK 396,
397, 398, 399. In addition, honors majors must take GREK 303 and during
the senior year, CLST 383-384.
Requirements for the Minor in Greek: Four
author courses in the 200-series or above totaling 12 hours in addition
to CLST 383, which is to be taken in the senior year.
GREEK COURSES OF INSTRUCTION
(All courses are 3 credit hours each.)
131. Elementary Greek I.
Forms, elementary syntax, basic vocabulary, and
readings in connected prose.
132. Elementary Greek II.
Prerequisite: 131.
Exercises in syntax; review of Attic Greek morphology;
selected readings for vocabulary enrichment and illustration of grammar.
262. Introduction to Plato.
Prerequisite: 132.
Readings from Plato’s Apology, Crito, or
other shorter dialogues.
267. Introduction to New Testament Greek.
(THEO 307)
Prerequisite: 132.
Selections from the evangelists and/or other writers
of the New Testament.
275. Introduction to Greek Oratory.
Prerequisite: 132.
Selected readings from the Attic orators.
281. Introduction to Greek Historiography.
Prerequisite: 132.
Selections from Greek historians; study of the
contributions of authors such as Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon.
285. Introduction to Greek Poetry.
Prerequisite: 132.
Selections from Homer to Theocritus.
303. Greek Composition.
Prerequisite: two Greek author courses.
Practical exercises to develop correct and fluent
expression in written Greek prose.
315. The Greek Fathers.
Selections from Clement of Alexandria, Origen,
and other Greek Fathers; historical background of their times.
325. Demosthenes.
Selected orations; rhetoric and politics in the
age of Philip.
331. Herodotus.
Selections; Ionic dialect; historical method.
335. Thucydides.
Selections; the Peloponnesian War; historical
method.
341. The Iliad.
Selections; Homeric dialect; Greek epic poetry.
342. The Odyssey.
Selections; Homeric dialect; Greek epic poetry.
343. Greek Lyric Poetry.
Selected readings from the Greek lyric poets.
351. Aristophanes.
Reading of selected comedies; Attic Old Comedy.
353. Aeschylus.
Selected tragedies; origin and nature of Greek
tragedy.
354. Sophocles.
Selected tragedies; the further development of
Greek dramatic art.
355. Euripides.
Selected tragedies; evolution of Greek tragedy.
360. Theocritus.
Readings of the authentic poems; their relationship
to other Greek and to Latin and English poetry.
362. Plato.
Readings from the Republic or other major
dialogues; style, thought, and philosophical significance.
388-389. Readings in Greek Literature I and
II.
396H-399H. Honors Readings in Greek Literature.
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