Greek Courses (GRK)


The following courses, numbered 5000-9999, are offered for graduate credit. Courses numbered 5000-6999 which are offered for undergraduate credit only may be found in the undergraduate bulletin, as well as all other undergraduate courses (numbered 0900-4999). Courses in the following list numbered 5000-6999 may be taken for undergraduate credit unless specifically restricted to graduate students as indicated by individual course limitations. For interpretation of numbering system, signs and abbreviations, see University Courses.

5000 Ancient Greek for Graduate Students. Cr. 1-3 (Max. 3)

Prereq: written consent of graduate adviser. Introduction to basic vocabulary, forms and grammar of classical Greek leading to the reading of continuous Greek prose passages. Offered in conjunction with GRK 1010 or GRK 1020. (T)

5100 Greek Prose Composition. Cr. 2-4

Prereq: GRK 2010 or consent of instructor. Practice in the essentials of writing idiomatic and stylistic Greek prose. Instruction will be guided by readings and imitation of exemplary Greek prose authors.
(I)

5200 Greek Lyrical Poetry. Cr. 4

Prereq: GRK 2600 or consent of instructor. Personal lyric poetry as a reflection of individual and society in the culture of the post-Homeric Greek world. (Y)

5500 Greek Historians. Cr. 4

Prereq: GRK 2600 or equiv., or consent of instructor. Prose style and historiographic techniques of ancient historians; selections from Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, and Polybius. (I)

5600 Epic Poetry. Cr. 4

Prereq: GRK 2600 or consent of instructor. Study in ancient Greek of Homer, Hesiod, Apollonius Rhodius and others. Theory of oral vs. literary composition, the Homeric question, metrics. (I)

5990 Directed Study. Cr. 1-4 (Max. 8)

Prereq: undergrad., written consent of chairperson; grad., consent of chairperson and graduate officer. (T)

7999 Master's Essay Direction. Cr. 1-4

Prereq: consent of adviser. (T)

8999 Master's Thesis Research and Direction. Cr. 1-8 (8 req.)

Prereq: consent of adviser. (T)

5110 Modern Greek for Graduate Students. Cr. 1-3

Prereq: written consent of graduate adviser. Vocabulary and grammar of modern Greek. Emphasis on conversation, reading and writing. (T)