Department of Classical Studies
Minor in Greek
Students on Summer 2023, Fall 2023, or Spring 2024 requirements GREEKMIN
Requirements
The minor requires at least 15 credit hours, including the requirements listed below.
- 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
CLAS-G 305 Greek Tragedy
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: CLAS-G 250
- Description
- One play of Sophocles and one of Euripides in the light of the social and cultural background.
- Spring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
CLAS-G 306 Greek Oratory
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: CLAS-G 250
- Description
- Selected readings in the Greek orators, such as Lysias and Demosthenes, with some discussion of the development of prose artistry and rhetorical theory.
- Spring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
CLAS-G 307 Selected Works of Plato
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: CLAS-G 250
- Description
- An introduction to the works of Plato, emphasizing the figure of Socrates.
- Spring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
CLAS-G 308 Readings in Biblical Greek
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: CLAS-G 250
- Description
- Selected readings from the New Testament and Septuagint.
- Spring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
CLAS-G 396 Classical Greek Abroad
- Credits
- 1–9 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Acceptance into an approved Indiana University overseas study program
- Description
- Credit for foreign study at an advanced level in Classical Greek when no equivalent course is available among departmental offerings.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
CLAS-G 401 Archaic Greek Poetry
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: CLAS-G 250
- Description
- Selections from archaic Greek poetry, such as the works of Sappho, Bacchylides, and Pindar. Attention will be given to dialect, style, and cultural context.
CLAS-G 406 Homer
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: CLAS-G 250
- Description
- Introduction to the Homeric dialect and epic style and study of Homer's place in Greek culture through readings from the "Iliad" or ""Odyssey."
- Spring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
CLAS-G 407 Greek Historians
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: CLAS-G 250
- Description
- Selections from Herodotus and Thucydides, with attention to the authors' literary style, their conception of history and the causation of events, and their portrayal of individuals and states.
- Spring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
CLAS-G 410 Greek Prose Authors
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: CLAS-G 250
- Description
- Advanced reading material taken from such historians, orators, and philosophers as Thucydides, Demosthenes, Isocrates, Plato, and Aristotle.
- Spring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
CLAS-G 411 Greek Comedy
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: CLAS-G 250
- Description
- Aristophanes and Menander; emphasis on the cultural background and the development of comic drama at Athens.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated once for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Spring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
CLAS-X 491 Individual Reading in Greek
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Consent of department
- Description
- Independent, guided readings in Greek from selected authors, paying close attention to rhetorical figures, generic conventions, stylistic features, and motifs and themes. May also include exploration of how texts reflect and respond to socio-political developments and particular audiences.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Electives. Six (6) additional credit hours:
- CLAS-G 100 Elementary Greek I
- CLAS-G 150 Elementary Greek II
- CLAS-G 200 Intermediate 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
CLAS-G 100 Elementary Greek I
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- None
- Description
- Fundamentals of both classical and koine (New Testament) Greek; developing reading comprehension.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CLAS-G 100 or CLAS-G 301.
CLAS-G 150 Elementary Greek II
- Credits
- 4
- Prerequisites
- CLAS-G 100
- Description
- Fundamentals of both classical and koine (New Testament) Greek; developing reading comprehension; selections from classical authors and the New Testament.
- Repeatability
- Credit given for only one of CLAS-G 150 or CLAS-G 302.
CLAS-G 200 Intermediate Greek
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- CLAS-G 150 or consent of instructor
- Description
- Continuation of CLAS-G 150. Advanced grammatical, morphological, and lexical components of Ancient Greek. Readings in Plato.
CLAS-G 305 Greek Tragedy
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: CLAS-G 250
- Description
- One play of Sophocles and one of Euripides in the light of the social and cultural background.
- Spring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
CLAS-G 306 Greek Oratory
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: CLAS-G 250
- Description
- Selected readings in the Greek orators, such as Lysias and Demosthenes, with some discussion of the development of prose artistry and rhetorical theory.
- Spring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
CLAS-G 307 Selected Works of Plato
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: CLAS-G 250
- Description
- An introduction to the works of Plato, emphasizing the figure of Socrates.
- Spring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
CLAS-G 308 Readings in Biblical Greek
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: CLAS-G 250
- Description
- Selected readings from the New Testament and Septuagint.
- Spring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
CLAS-G 396 Classical Greek Abroad
- Credits
- 1–9 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Acceptance into an approved Indiana University overseas study program
- Description
- Credit for foreign study at an advanced level in Classical Greek when no equivalent course is available among departmental offerings.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 9 credit hours.
CLAS-G 401 Archaic Greek Poetry
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: CLAS-G 250
- Description
- Selections from archaic Greek poetry, such as the works of Sappho, Bacchylides, and Pindar. Attention will be given to dialect, style, and cultural context.
CLAS-G 406 Homer
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: CLAS-G 250
- Description
- Introduction to the Homeric dialect and epic style and study of Homer's place in Greek culture through readings from the "Iliad" or ""Odyssey."
- Spring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
CLAS-G 407 Greek Historians
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: CLAS-G 250
- Description
- Selections from Herodotus and Thucydides, with attention to the authors' literary style, their conception of history and the causation of events, and their portrayal of individuals and states.
- Spring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
CLAS-G 410 Greek Prose Authors
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: CLAS-G 250
- Description
- Advanced reading material taken from such historians, orators, and philosophers as Thucydides, Demosthenes, Isocrates, Plato, and Aristotle.
- Spring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
CLAS-G 411 Greek Comedy
- Credits
- 3
- Prerequisites
- None
- Notes
- R: CLAS-G 250
- Description
- Aristophanes and Menander; emphasis on the cultural background and the development of comic drama at Athens.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated once for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Spring 2025CASE AHcourseFall 2024CASE AHcourse
CLAS-X 491 Individual Reading in Greek
- Credits
- 1–3 credit hours
- Prerequisites
- Consent of department
- Description
- Independent, guided readings in Greek from selected authors, paying close attention to rhetorical figures, generic conventions, stylistic features, and motifs and themes. May also include exploration of how texts reflect and respond to socio-political developments and particular audiences.
- Repeatability
- May be repeated for a maximum of 6 credit hours.
- Minor GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
- 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.
- 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.
- Minor Upper Division Credit Hours. At least 9 credit hours in the minor must be completed at the 300–499 level.
- 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
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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)
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.