Greek Minor; Classics

(College of Letters & Science)

Carey Seal, Ph.D., Program Director

Department Office. Classics Program; 211 Sproul Hall; 530-752-4999; http://classics.ucdavis.edu

Faculty. https://classics.ucdavis.edu/people/classics-faculty

The Department offers minors in Classical Civilization, Greek and Latin for those wishing to follow a shorter but formally recognized program of study in Classics.

Greek
Units: 20
Classics; choose one:
4
CLA 001
Ancient Near East & Early Greece: 3000-500 B.C.E. (Active)
4
CLA 002
Ancient Greece & the Near East: 500-146 B.C.E. (Active)
4
Three upper division courses in Greek.
12
One additional upper division course in Classics, Latin, or Greek.
4
Total: 20
Courses in GRK:
GRK 001—Elementary Greek (5) Active
Lecture—5 hour(s). Introduction to the basic grammar and vocabulary of Classical and New Testament Greek. Development of translation skills with emphasis on Greek-English. (Letter.) GE credit: AH. Effective: 1997 Winter Quarter.
GRK 002—Elementary Greek (5) Active
Lecture—5 hour(s). Prerequisite(s): GRK 001; Or the equivalent. Continuation of GRK 001. (Letter.) GE credit: AH. Effective: 2016 Spring Quarter.
GRK 002NT—Elementary New Testament Greek (1) Active
Lecture—1 hour(s). Prerequisite(s): GRK 002 (can be concurrent); Concurrent attendance required. Supplementary study of New Testament Greek. (Letter.) GE credit: AH. Effective: 2016 Spring Quarter.
GRK 003—Intermediate Greek (5) Active
Lecture—5 hour(s). Prerequisite(s): GRK 002; Or the equivalent. Continuation of GRK 002. Selected readings from Greek authors. (Letter.) GE credit: AH. Effective: 2016 Spring Quarter.
GRK 003NT—Elementary New Testament Greek (1) Active
Lecture—1 hour(s). Prerequisite(s): GRK 003 (can be concurrent); or Consent of Instructor. Concurrent attendance required. Supplementary study of New Testament Greek. (Letter.) GE credit: AH. Effective: 2016 Spring Quarter.
GRK 098—Directed Group Study (1-5) Active
Variable. Prerequisite(s): Consent of Instructor. (P/NP grading only.) Effective: 1997 Winter Quarter.
GRK 100—Readings in Greek Prose (4) Active
Lecture/Discussion—4 hour(s). Prerequisite(s): GRK 003; Or equivalent. Review of Greek morphology, syntax, and vocabulary. Readings in Greek prose authors, including Xenophon. (Letter.) GE credit: AH. Effective: 2015 Fall Quarter.
GRK 101—Plato (4) Active
Lecture—3 hour(s); Term Paper. Prerequisite(s): GRK 100; or Consent of Instructor. (Letter.) GE credit: AH, WE. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
GRK 102—Euripides (4) Active
Lecture—3 hour(s); Term Paper. Prerequisite(s): GRK 100; or Consent of Instructor. (Letter.) GE credit: AH, WE. Effective: 2016 Spring Quarter.
GRK 103A—Homer: Iliad (4) Active
Recitation—3 hour(s); Term Paper. Prerequisite(s): GRK 003. (Letter.) GE credit: AH, WE. Effective: 1997 Winter Quarter.
GRK 103B—Homer: Odyssey (4) Active
Recitation—3 hour(s); Term Paper. Prerequisite(s): GRK 100; or Consent of Instructor. (Letter.) GE credit: AH, WE. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
GRK 104—Menander (4) Active
Lecture—3 hour(s); Term Paper. Prerequisite(s): GRK 100; or Consent of Instructor. (Letter.) GE credit: AH, WE. Effective: 2016 Spring Quarter.
GRK 105—Attic Orators (4) Active
Lecture/Discussion—3 hour(s); Term Paper. Prerequisite(s): GRK 100; or Consent of Instructor. Selected readings from the orators of 4th- and 5th- century Athens. May be repeated up to 1 Time(s) with consent of instructor and when topic differs. (Letter.) GE credit: AH, WC, WE. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
GRK 106—Greek Hexameter Poetry (4) Active
Lecture/Discussion—3 hour(s); Extensive Writing. Prerequisite(s): GRK 100; or Consent of Instructor. Selected readings from ancient Greek hexameter poetry. Wisdom poetry, hymns, epyllia, idylls, epic, natural history and other texts from the hexameter tradition. May be repeated for credit when topic differs. (Letter.) GE credit: AH, WC, WE. Effective: 2017 Fall Quarter.
GRK 110—Readings in the Greek Novel (4) Active
Lecture—3 hour(s); Term Paper. Prerequisite(s): GRK 100; or Consent of Instructor. Selected readings from Greek prose fiction of the late classical, Hellenistic and imperial periods. May be repeated up to 2 Time(s) with consent of instructor. (Letter.) GE credit: AH, WE. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
GRK 111—Sophocles (4) Active
Lecture—3 hour(s); Term Paper. Prerequisite(s): GRK 100; or Consent of Instructor. (Letter.) GE credit: AH, WE. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
GRK 112—Aristophanes (4) Active
Lecture—3 hour(s); Term Paper. Prerequisite(s): GRK 100; or Consent of Instructor. (Letter.) GE credit: AH, WE. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
GRK 113—Thucydides (4) Active
Lecture—3 hour(s); Term Paper. Prerequisite(s): GRK 100; or Consent of Instructor. (Letter.) GE credit: AH, WE. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
GRK 114—Lyric Poetry (4) Active
Lecture—3 hour(s); Term Paper. Prerequisite(s): GRK 100; or Consent of Instructor. (Letter.) GE credit: AH, WE. Effective: 2016 Spring Quarter.
GRK 115—Aeschylus (4) Active
Lecture—3 hour(s); Term Paper. Prerequisite(s): GRK 100; or Consent of Instructor. (Letter.) GE credit: AH, WE. Effective: 2016 Spring Quarter.
GRK 116—Herodotus (4) Active
Lecture—3 hour(s); Term Paper. Prerequisite(s): GRK 100; or Consent of Instructor. (Letter.) GE credit: AH, WE. Effective: 2016 Spring Quarter.
GRK 121—Greek Prose Composition (4) Active
Lecture/Discussion—4 hour(s). Prerequisite(s): GRK 100; or Consent of Instructor. Intensive grammar and vocabulary review through exercises in Greek prose composition. (Letter.) GE credit: AH. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
GRK 130—Readings in Later Greek (4) Active
Lecture/Discussion—3 hour(s); Term Paper. Prerequisite(s): GRK 100; or Consent of Instructor. Translation and discussion of selected readings from Hellenistic to Byzantine Greek literature. (Letter.) GE credit: AH, WE. Effective: 2016 Fall Quarter.
GRK 131—Readings in Ancient Greek Philosophy & Science (4) Active
Extensive Writing; Lecture/Discussion—3 hour(s). Prerequisite(s): GRK 100 (can be concurrent); or Consent of Instructor. Selected readings from ancient Greek philosophical and scientific writers. Texts on logical truth and empirical sense data, material and social contexts of ancient Greek philosophy and science. May be repeated for credit when topics differ. (Letter.) GE credit: AH, WC, WE. Effective: 2017 Fall Quarter.
GRK 198—Directed Group Study (1-5) Active
Variable. Prerequisite(s): Consent of Instructor. (P/NP grading only.) Effective: 1997 Winter Quarter.
GRK 199—Special Study for Advanced Undergraduates (1-5) Active
Variable. Prerequisite(s): Consent of Instructor. (P/NP grading only.) Effective: 1997 Winter Quarter.