Greek Minor - Undergraduate - 2011 University Catalog

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GREEK MINOR

Complete 18 semester hours, including the following 2 requirement(s):

  1. Complete the following 2 courses:

    GREK 101 Beginning Greek I 3
    GREK 102 Beginning Greek II 3

  2. Complete 12 semester hours from the following:

    GREK 301 Greek New Testament 3
    GREK 302 Greek Epic Poetry 3
    GREK 351 Attic Orators 3
    GREK 352 Greek Tragedy 3
    GREK 361 Greek Historians 3
    GREK 371 Greek Philosophers 3

Course Descriptions:

GREK101: Beginning Greek I

The fundamentals of ancient Greek grammar. Reading of simple texts. Meets the World Languages and Cultures Requirement - World Languages. (3 hours lecture.) 3 sh.

GREK102: Beginning Greek II

The continuation of Beginning Greek I. The fundamentals of grammar and reading of selected texts. Meets World Languages and Cultured Requirement - World Languages. (3 hours lecture.) 3 sh.

Prerequisites: GREK 101 or departmental approval.

GREK301: Greek New Testament

Selected readings from the New Testament with attention to historical context and to the nature and development of Koine Greek. (3 hours lecture.) 3 sh.

Prerequisites: GREK 202 or departmental approval.

GREK302: Greek Epic Poetry

Representative selections from the Iliad and Odyssey. Homer as an oral poet. (3 hours lecture.) 3 sh.

Prerequisites: GREK 202 or departmental approval.

GREK351: Attic Orators

Representative works of Lysias, Isocrates, Demosthenes, and others. The orators as stylists and as a source for political and social history. (3 hours lecture.) 3 sh.

Prerequisites: GREK 102 or departmental approval.

GREK352: Greek Tragedy

Selected plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. The metrics, style, themes, and structure of Attic tragedy. The influence of the Greeks on Western drama. (3 hours lecture.) 3 sh.

Prerequisites: GREK 102 or departmental approval.

GREK361: Greek Historians

Readings from Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon. The development of Greek historiography as a literary genre and as a medium for reporting events. (3 hours lecture.) 3 sh.

Prerequisites: GREK 102 or departmental approval.

GREK371: Greek Philosophers

Selected readings, especially from Plato's Dialogues concerning the trial and death of Socrates. The Greek philosophical tradition and its development in the archaic and classical periods. (3 hours lecture.) 3 sh.

Prerequisites: GREK 202 or departmental approval.

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