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Undergraduate Bulletin College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Classical Studies

Minor in Greek

Students on Summer 2022, Fall 2022, or Spring 2023 requirements GREEKMIN

A Minor in Greek enables students to begin to access some of the world's most exciting and profound texts in the original language. It allows students to immerse themselves in the language and culture of ancient Greece while also providing them with important analytical skills that can be adapted to a wide range of other fields.

Requirements

The minor requires at least 15 credit hours, including the requirements listed below.
  1. Literature. Nine (9) credit hours:
    • CLAS-G 305 Greek Tragedy
    • CLAS-G 306 Greek Oratory
    • CLAS-G 307 Selected Works of Plato
    • CLAS-G 308 Readings in Biblical Greek
    • CLAS-G 396 Classical Greek Abroad
    • CLAS-G 401 Archaic Greek Poetry
    • CLAS-G 406 Homer
    • CLAS-G 407 Greek Historians
    • CLAS-G 410 Greek Prose Authors
    • CLAS-G 411 Greek Comedy
    • CLAS-X 491 Individual Reading in Greek
  2. Electives. Six (6) additional credit hours:
    • CLAS-G 100 Elementary Ancient Greek I
    • CLAS-G 150 Elementary Ancient Greek II
    • CLAS-G 200 Intermediate Ancient Greek I: Classical and Biblical Greek
    • CLAS-G 250
    • CLAS-G 305 Greek Tragedy
    • CLAS-G 306 Greek Oratory
    • CLAS-G 307 Selected Works of Plato
    • CLAS-G 308 Readings in Biblical Greek
    • CLAS-G 396 Classical Greek Abroad
    • CLAS-G 401 Archaic Greek Poetry
    • CLAS-G 406 Homer
    • CLAS-G 407 Greek Historians
    • CLAS-G 410 Greek Prose Authors
    • CLAS-G 411 Greek Comedy
    • CLAS-X 491 Individual Reading in Greek
  3. Minor GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
    1. Minor GPA. A GPA of at least 2.000 for all courses taken in the minor—including those where a grade lower than C- is earned—is required.
    2. Minor Minimum Grade. Except for the GPA requirement, a grade of C- or higher is required for a course to count toward a requirement in the minor.
    3. Minor Upper Division Credit Hours. At least 9 credit hours in the minor must be completed at the 300–499 level.
    4. Minor Residency. At least 9 credit hours in the minor must be completed in courses taken through the Indiana University Bloomington campus or an IU-administered or IU co-sponsored Overseas Study program.

Minor Area Courses

  • Unless otherwise noted below, the following courses are considered in the academic program and will count toward academic program requirements as appropriate:

    • Any course contained on the course lists for the academic program requirements at the time the course is taken—as well as any other courses that are deemed functionally equivalent—except for those listed only under Addenda Requirements
    • Any course directed to a non-Addenda requirement through an approved exception

This program of study cannot be combined with the following:

  • Bachelor of Arts in Classical Studies—Latin and Greek (CLSTBA)
  • Minor in Latin (LATINMIN)
  • [Name unavailable] (CLASSTBA)

Exceptions to and substitutions for minor requirements may be made with the approval of the unit's Director of Undergraduate Studies, subject to final approval by the College of Arts and Sciences.