Upper-level Programs in Latin and Greek
The upper-level programs in Latin and Greek permit qualified undergraduates who have completed the Basic Program in Latin or Greek plus additional upper-level work in the language, or at least two and a half years (five semesters) of college-level Latin or Greek, to read in depth a substantial body of literature. The programs last seven weeks. During the first week, students review intensively basic morphology and syntax and establish a common terminology. For the remaining six weeks, the major focus is on translating and analyzing a large body of material. Daily quizzes, special tutorials and frequent drills are included. The large amount of reading is enriched by regular prose composition exercises. Throughout, there is emphasis on aspects of criticism that derive from a linguistic analysis of a text and that cannot be appreciated from a translation. Graduate students of literature and related fields are welcome.
Classes meet Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
The upper-level programs, like the basic ones, are team-taught, and faculty are available 24 hours a day. There are substantial nightly assignments. The work of the programs is extremely demanding, with the equivalent of one week's material in a normal college setting covered each day. No one should enroll who has any other commitment for the summer. Daily attendance is required. Eight undergraduate credits can be earned through Brooklyn College. Whether or not these credits can be applied elsewhere is the decision of authorities at the student's home school.
Upper-level Latin
Works to be read will include the following (in their entirety unless otherwise noted). Additional selections will be read at sight.
- Cicero — Selections Philippics I and II
- Vergil — Georgics
- Tacitus — Annales 14 and 16
Upper-level Greek
Works to be read (in their entirety unless otherwise noted). Additional selections will be read at sight.
- Lysias 1 — On the Murder of Eratosthenes
- Plato — Phaedrus
- Thucydides — selected speeches
- Aristophanes — Clouds
