BA in Classical Studies: Greek Emphasis
(37–45 hours*)

Emphasizes Greek language and literature, with some work in Greek civilization.

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1. Complete one course from the following:
   CL CV 110 : Introduction to Greek and Roman Literature. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   CL CV 110 : Introduction to Greek and Roman Literature. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	Honors also.
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
   DESCRIPTION:	Homer's Iliad, Sophocles' Oedipus the King, Vergil's Aeneid, and other important works of the Greeks and Romans.
   NOTE:	All readings in English. Honors also.
   
   
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   CL CV 201 : The Classical Tradition 1: Antiquity to the Renaissance. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   CL CV 201 : The Classical Tradition 1: Antiquity to the Renaissance. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	Honors also.
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
   DESCRIPTION:	Civilization from Greek and Roman antiquity to the Italian Renaissance, emphasizing Greco-Roman culture--its institutions, literature, arts, and ideas.
   
              : Honors Classical Tradition 1: Antiquity to Renaissance.
   
   
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   CL CV 241 : Greek and Roman Mythology. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   CL CV 241 : Greek and Roman Mythology. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   OFFERED:	Honors also.
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter; Spring
   DESCRIPTION:	Greek and Roman gods, heroes, and myths, emphasizing literature but also giving attention to representations in the visual arts.
   
              : Honors Greek and Roman Mythology.
   
   
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2. Complete the following:
   CL CV 245 : Golden Age of Greece. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   CL CV 245 : Golden Age of Greece. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter Odd Yrs.
   DESCRIPTION:	History of Civilization, culture, and daily life of Greece as indicated through its literature, art, history, and archaeology.
   NOTE:	All readings in English. This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information.
   
   
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   CL CV 304 : (Cl Cv-Hist 247) Greek History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   CL CV 304 : (Cl Cv-Hist 247) Greek History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
   DESCRIPTION:	Political, economic, social, and intellectual history of Greece from Mycenaean times to the Hellenistic period.
   
   
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   GREEK 101 : First-Year Greek (First Semester). (4:4:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   GREEK 101 : First-Year Greek (First Semester). (4:4:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:

   Fall
   
   
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   GREEK 102 : First-Year Greek (Second Semester). (4:4:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   GREEK 102 : First-Year Greek (Second Semester). (4:4:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:

   Winter
   
   
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   GREEK 201 : Intermediate Greek. (4:4:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   GREEK 201 : Intermediate Greek. (4:4:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
   PREREQUISITE:	GREEK 102
   DESCRIPTION:	Readings from Xenophon with review and continuation of grammar.
   
   
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   GREEK 301 : Classical Greek Poetry: Homer's, Iliad. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   GREEK 301 : Classical Greek Poetry: Homer's, Iliad. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall
   PREREQUISITE:	GREEK 201
   
   
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   GREEK 302 : Classical Greek Prose. (3:3:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   GREEK 302 : Classical Greek Prose. (3:3:3)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Winter
   PREREQUISITE:	GREEK 201
   NOTE:	This course is part of a GE Mosaic. See ge.byu.edu/mosaic-list for more information.
   
   
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   GREEK 401 : Greek Prose Composition. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   GREEK 401 : Greek Prose Composition. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall Odd Yrs.
   PREREQUISITE:	GREEK 302
   DESCRIPTION:	Exercises in composing Greek prose.
   
   
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   Note 1: Greek 101, 102 may be waived with equivalent language experience.
   
   Note 2: The Greek 302 course is the prerequisite for all 400-level Greek prose courses and the Greek 301 course is the prerequisite for all 400-level Greek poetry courses. Concurrent enrollment will be permitted only in rare and special cases and must have the approval both of the classics section head and of the instructor of the 400-level course concerned.

3. Complete 15 hours from the following:
   CLSCS 420 : Ancient Literary Criticism. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   CLSCS 420 : Ancient Literary Criticism. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PREREQUISITE:	GREEK 302; or LATIN 302
   DESCRIPTION:	Survey emphasizing both chief works of the tradition and their practical application to reading of Greek and Latin authors.
   
   
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   CLSCS 430R : (Clscs-Hist) Topics in Greek and Roman History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   CLSCS 430R : (Clscs-Hist) Topics in Greek and Roman History. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   WHEN TAUGHT:	Fall; Winter
   PREREQUISITE:	Cl Cv 304-Hist 247 and Greek 201 (Greek topics) or Cl Cv 307-Hist 248 and Latin 201 (Roman topics).
   DESCRIPTION:	Topics vary (e.g., rise of the Greek city-state, Greek political thought, classical historiography, Rome and the Etruscans, imperial Rome).
   
               : Greek City-State.
               : Classical Historiography.
               : Hellenistic World.
               : Rome and Etruscans.
               : Rise of Rome.
               : Roman Revolution.
               : Imperial Rome.
               : Roman Politics.
               : Roman Religion.
               : Augustan Rome.
               : Archaic Greece.
               : Athens: Rise and Fall.
               : 4th Century Greece.
               : Late Roman Empire.
               : World of New Testament.
               : Early Christianity.
               : Julio-Claudians.
   
   
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   CLSCS 490R : Seminar in Classics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   CLSCS 490R : Seminar in Classics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   DESCRIPTION:

   Combined topics in Greek and Latin (e.g., comparative epic poetry, classical tradition of criticism, Euripides and Seneca). Topics vary.
   
   
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   GREEK 411R : Greek New Testament and Early Christian Greek Texts. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   GREEK 411R : Greek New Testament and Early Christian Greek Texts. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PREREQUISITE:	GREEK 302 & GREEK 311
   DESCRIPTION:	Topics include Greek New Testament, the transmission and translation of New Testament manuscripts, and selections from other early Christian Greek writings.
   
               : Synoptic Gospels.
               : Luke-Acts.
               : Pauline Epistles.
               : Apocalypse.
               : Johannine Writings.
               : New Testament Apocrypha.
               : Apostolic Fathers.
               : Pre-Nicene Fathers.
               : Post-Nicene Fathers.
   
   
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   GREEK 430 : Herodotus. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   GREEK 430 : Herodotus. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PREREQUISITE:

   GREEK 302
   
   
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   GREEK 431 : Homer's Odyssey. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   GREEK 431 : Homer's Odyssey. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PREREQUISITE:

   GREEK 301
   
   
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   GREEK 433 : Thucydides. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   GREEK 433 : Thucydides. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PREREQUISITE:

   GREEK 302
   
   
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   GREEK 434 : Sophocles and Euripides. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   GREEK 434 : Sophocles and Euripides. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PREREQUISITE:

   GREEK 301
   
   
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   GREEK 435 : Greek Lyric Poetry. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   GREEK 435 : Greek Lyric Poetry. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PREREQUISITE:

   GREEK 301
   
   
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   GREEK 436 : Plato. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   GREEK 436 : Plato. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PREREQUISITE:	GREEK 302
   DESCRIPTION:	Reading and analysis of Greek text of selected dialogues by Plato (e.g., The Republic, Meno, Protagoras).
   
   
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   GREEK 437 : Attic Orators. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   GREEK 437 : Attic Orators. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   PREREQUISITE:

   GREEK 302
   
   
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   GREEK 490R : Topics in Greek Literature. (.5-3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   GREEK 490R : Topics in Greek Literature. (.5-3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)
   
   DESCRIPTION:

   Topics vary.
   
   
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   Note: Greek 411R may be taken only once.

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