Hellenic Studies (Minor)

About This Program

The Alexander S. Onassis Program in Hellenic Studies provides students with a comprehensive and interdisciplinary understanding of the language, literature, history, and politics of Greece. Through a wide range of courses, students are exposed to a polyphony of viewpoints that help elucidate the historical and political experiences of Byzantine, Ottoman, and modern Greece; the ways in which Greece has borne its several pasts and translated them into the modern era; Greece and its relations to Western Europe, the Balkans, the Middle East, and Mediterranean cultures; and the distinguished literary and artistic traditions of a country that many regard as the birthplace of Western civilization, even as these traditions exhibit their multicultural contexts. The Arts and Science summer program in Athens combines classroom study of the language, history, and culture of Greece with extracurricular activities and excursions that introduce students to all aspects of Greek life. The program offers a wide range of courses on such subjects as the Greek language, Greek literature and photography, Greek drama, Greek political history, the city of Athens, and the archaeology of Greece. Classes are held at our new facility in Athens, conveniently located in Kolonaki neighborhood and the historical center of Athens. Activities include walking tours of Athens, visits to monuments and museums, and evening outings to dramatic and musical performances. Weekend excursions include trips to several Greek islands and to important historical and archaeological sites. Relevant courses taken in this summer program count toward the major or minor as regular courses. To request declaration of a CAS minor, CAS students should visit the host department. To request declaration of a minor in another NYU school, CAS students should complete the online Minor Application available in their Albert Student Center. Students may also use the Minor Application in Albert to request cancellation of a minor in CAS or in another NYU unit. The minor requires four 4-credit courses (16 credits) offered by the program and competed with a grade of C or better (courses graded Pass/Fail do not count). Students must demonstrate full intermediate proficiency in modern Greek language by successful completion of either a placement examination or HEL-UA 106 Intermediate Modern Greek II. (Elementary Modern Greek I and II do not count toward the minor.) Students should consult the director of undergraduate studies of the program prior to registering for courses in the minor. If the minor includes any courses in intermediate or advanced modern Greek, it cannot satisfy the Expressive Culture requirement of the College Core Curriculum (i.e., it must be composed entirely of content courses to satisfy Expressive Culture).

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