Greek: Classical
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GREEK 1 Elementary Greek 4 Units
Department: Greek
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Beginners' course.
GREEK 2 Elementary Greek 4 Units
Department: Greek
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 1 or equivalent.
Beginners' course.
GREEK 10 Intensive Elementary Greek 8 Units
Department: Greek
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 5 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Beginners' course (intensive); equivalent to Greek 1-2.
GREEK 15 The Greek Workshop 10 Units
Department: Greek
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Summer
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 6 hours of instruction per day, 5 days per week, for 10 weeks.
Prerequisites: Senior or graduate standing, or consent of instructor.
Designed primarily for prospective and beginning graduate students wishing to complete as early as possible a requirement in the classical languages or to gain rapidly a basic control of Greek in order to proceed directly into intermediate courses in Homer, Plato, and Euripides. Lectures, discussions, drills and tutorial sessions on grammar and vocabulary; readings in Attic prose and poetry (Plato and Greek Tragedy). A grade of B enables the students to enroll directly in upper division Greek.
Instructor: Chairman
GREEK 40 Intermediate Greek Prose Composition 4 Units
Department: Greek
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 2, 10, or 15.
. Development of skills in writing Attic prose and sight reading; grammar review.
GREEK 98 Directed Group Study for Freshmen and Sophomores 1 - 4 Units
Department: Greek
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: 1 to 4 hour of Directed group study per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Restricted to freshmen and sophomores; consent of instructor; 3.3 overall GPA.
Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.
GREEK 99 Supervised Independent Study and Research 1 - 4 Units
Department: Greek
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: Zero hours of Independent study per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Restricted to freshmen and sophomores; consent of instructor; 3.3 overall GPA.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.
GREEK 100 Plato and Attic Prose 4 Units
Department: Greek
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 2, 10, or 15.
Readings from Plato's or , and from other Attic prose authors (e.g., Xenophon, Lysias); some review of grammar.
GREEK 101 Homer 4 Units
Department: Greek
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 1-2, 10, or 15.
Selected readings in the or .
GREEK 102 Drama and Society 4 Units
Department: Greek
Course level: Undergraduate
Term course may be offered: Fall
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 100.
Reading of one Greek tragedy, and of further selections from the dramatists and/or prose literature of fifth century Athens.
GREEK 105 The Greek New Testament 4 Units
Department: Greek
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 100.
Readings in the Gospels and/or Acts and/or Epistles.
Formerly known as 125.
GREEK 115 Archaic Poetry 4 Units
Department: Greek
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Greek 101 or 102.
Readings in various Greek poets.
Course may be repeated for credit with consent of instructor. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
GREEK 116 Greek Drama 4 Units
Department: Greek
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Greek 101 or 102.
Selected readings from Greek tragedy and/or comedy.
Course may be repeated for credit with consent of instructor. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
GREEK 117 Hellenistic Poets 4 Units
Department: Greek
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Greek 101 or 102.
Readings in various Hellenistic poets.
Course may be repeated for credit with consent of instructor. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
GREEK 120 Herodotus 4 Units
Department: Greek
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Greek 100 and either 101 or 102 or 105.
Readings in Herodotus.
Course may be repeated for credit with consent of instructor. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
GREEK 121 Thucydides 4 Units
Department: Greek
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Greek 100 and either 101 or 102 or 105.
Readings in Thucydides.
Course may be repeated for credit with consent of instructor. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
GREEK 122 Attic Oratory 4 Units
Department: Greek
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Greek 100 and either 101 or 102 or 105.
Readings in oratory.
Course may be repeated for credit with consent of instructor. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
GREEK 123 Plato and Aristotle 4 Units
Department: Greek
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Greek 100 and either 101 or 102 or 105.
Readings in Plato and Aristotle.
Course may be repeated for credit with consent of instructor. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes.
GREEK 125 Greek Literature of the Hellenistic and Imperial Periods 4 Units
Department: Greek
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of Lecture per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: 100, and either 101, 102, or 105.
Selected readings in Greek prose or poetry written by authors active during the Hellenistic Age and the Roman Empire (3rd century BCE to 6th century CE).
Course may be repeated for credit with consent of instructor as topic varies. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Instructor: Hickey
GREEK H195 Honors Course in Greek 4 Units
Department: Greek
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Letter grade.
Hours and format: 3 hours of work per week per unit.
Prerequisites: Appropriate language preparation and eligibility for admission to the honors program.
Largely independent study for one semester building on work in a previous upper-division course used in fulfillment of the Greek major; the work will result in the writing of a thesis, to be evaluated by an honors committee of three members. Written thesis due the Monday of the 13th week of the semester in which the course is taken.
GREEK 198 Directed Group Study for Advanced Undergraduates 1 - 4 Units
Department: Greek
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall and spring
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: 1 to 4 hour of Directed group study per week for 15 weeks.
Prerequisites: Restricted to senior honor students.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.
GREEK 199 Supervised Independent Study and Research 1 - 4 Units
Department: Greek
Course level: Undergraduate
Terms course may be offered: Fall, spring and summer
Grading: Offered for pass/not pass grade only.
Hours and format: Zero hours of Independent study per week for 15 weeks. 1 to 4 hour of Independent study per week for 8 weeks. 1 to 5 hour of Independent study per week for 6 weeks.
Prerequisites: Restricted to senior honors students.
Course may be repeated for credit. Course may be repeated for credit when topic changes. Enrollment is restricted; see the Introduction to Courses and Curricula section of this catalog.
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