Greek courses for Spring 2013

Title Instructor Location Time All taxonomy terms Description Section Description Cross Listings Fulfills Registration Notes Syllabus Syllabus URL Course Syllabus URL
GREK 015-050 MODERN GREEK This course is designed for students with no prior knowledge of the modern Greek Language. Instructions are theme based and is supported by a Textbook as well as other written or audiovisual material. It provides the framework for development of all communicative skills (reading, writing, comprehension and speaking) at a basic level. The course also introduces students to aspects of Modern Greek culture that are close to students' own horizon, while it exposes them to academic presentations of Greek history, arts, and current affairs. Quizzes, finals and short individual work with presentation are the testing tools. The completion of this unit does NOT satisfy the language requirement.
    STUDY ABROAD
    GREK 016-680 ELEM MODERN GREEK II TSEKOURA, DIMITRA WILLIAMS HALL 3
    WILLIAMS HALL 438
    M 0400PM-0600PM
    W 0500PM-0700PM
    Continuation of Elementary Modern Greek I, with increased emphasis on reading and writing.
      GREK 102-301 ELEM CLASSICAL GREEK II NISHIMURA-JENSEN, JULIE WILLIAMS HALL 203 MWF 0100PM-0200PM Students complete their study of the morphology and syntax of Classical Greek. We begin the semester with continuing exercises in grammar and translation, then gradually shift emphasis to reading unadapted Greek texts.
        LANGUAGE SKILLS COURSE
        GREK 116-680 GREEK/HERITAGE SPKRS II TSEKOURA, DIMITRA FISHER-BENNETT HALL 17 TR 0130PM-0300PM It is the continuation of GREK 115 with completing Grammar (passive voice as well as unusual nouns and adjectives etc.,) and adding more challenging reading and writing material. The completion of this course satisfies the language requirement. ALL students completing the HSI 115 are eligible to enroll. ALL OTHERS will have to take a placement test.
          GREK 204-301 INTERMED GREEK: POETRY MOWBRAY, CARRIE PSYCHOLOGY LAB C41 MW 0330PM-0500PM This course is an introduction to reading Greek poetry, with an emphasis on the characteristics that differentiate the grammar, diction, and sentence structure of poetry from that of prose. The readings are primarily from Homer.
            LANGUAGE SKILLS COURSE; ONE TERM COURSE
            GREK 309-301 Herodotus and Thucydides MCINERNEY, JEREMY CLAUDIA COHEN HALL 204 TR 0300PM-0430PM In this course we will read a selection of the corpus of hexameter poems known as the Homeric Hymns, familiarizing ourselves with the style and form of these poems and with their narratives about specific Olympian gods , sometimes canonical and sometimes unorthodox. We will also compare the hymns with Homer and Hesiod and with Greek lyric and tragic poetry in order to get a better sense of the overall range of Greek mythic poetry. In fall 2014, we will read a selection from the comic satirical prose writer Lucian, looking at a selection of his fantastic, proto- science fiction journeys to the moon and beyond, as well as his funny dialogues featuring gods, philosophers, dead heroes and poets.
              GREK 600-301 GRADUATE SEMINAR: ANCIENT MEDICINE ROSEN, RALPH CLAUDIA COHEN HALL 203 T 0130PM-0430PM Topics will vary Fall 2014 topic: Through close reading of selected books of the Iliad, we will consider the range of approaches, from oral poetics to post-classical reception, that inform current interpretations of the Homeric epics.
                FOR PHD STUDENTS ONLY