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Undergraduate Bulletin College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Classical Studies

Minor in Greek

Students on Summer 2019, Fall 2019, or Spring 2020 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 hours from the Electives list.
    • 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
  3. Minor GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
    1. 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.
    2. At least 9 credit hours in the minor must be completed at the 300–499 level.
    3. Except for the GPA requirement, a grade of C- or higher is required for a course to count toward a requirement in the minor.
    4. 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.
    5. Exceptions to minor requirements may be made with the approval of the department's Director of Undergraduate Studies, subject to final approval by the College of Arts and Sciences.