9 courses with the subject GRKA, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
GRKA 1001Ancient Greek 14
Ancient Greek was spoken not just in Athens and Sparta but also on the shores of the Black Sea, in Egypt, Sicily, and Spain. Ancient Greek is the language of the first philosophers, the first scientists, the first dramatists, as well as the New Testament. At the end of a single year of Greek, students can read these texts, and this course, combined with 1002, will prepare them to do so. In addition to studying grammar and word forms, students learn Greek by reading it in a text that starts simply and gradually increases in difficulty until they are reading authentic Plato and Greek historians late in the second semester. Most of the early adapted readings are important texts from Greek mythology, literature, philosophy, and history. Students thus learn both the Greek language and about the ancient Greek world.
Subject
GRKA
Credits (min)
4
Credits (max)
4
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
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Repeatable
Repeatability: This course may not be repeated for additional credits.
Building on Greek 1001, Greek 1002 continues to develop knowledge of the Greek language with readings of gradually increasing difficulty, mainly based on Herodotus, until students are reading authentic Plato and Greek historians late in the semester. By the end of the course, students are prepared to read a wide range of ancient Greek authors and the New Testament.
This course provides the equivalent of a full year of the study of Ancient Greek in one semester. Students learn the fundamentals of Greek grammar and syntax and read progressively more difficult passages adapted from ancient authors. Upon completion of this course students will be able to enter second-year Greek.
Subject
GRKA
Credits (min)
7
Credits (max)
7
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
course
Repeatable
Repeatability: This course may not be repeated for additional credits.
This course consolidates the understanding of the language of the ancient Greeks through the close reading of unadapted texts. Readings in ancient Greek prose, usually Greek oratory (such as a political speech from the Athenian Assembly or a legal speech from a trial), a short dialogue by Plato, or a satirical piece by Lucian (a Syrian who lived during the Roman Empire).
Readings in ancient Greek poetry: Homeric epic or a Greek tragedy by Euripides (Medea, Alcestis or Bacchae). The course will examine in detail not just the poetic language of each text but also their broader genres and the contexts of their performance.
Subject
GRKA
Credits (min)
3
Credits (max)
3
Credit unit
Credit Hours
Type
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Repeatable
Repeatability: This course may not be repeated for additional credits.Pre-requisites: Minimum grade of C- in GRKA 2001.
