# Greek (Classics) Course Catalog | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/departments/GREEK/catalog) ## Dataset ### revision e243353dcb7d79b7247ced91d69443ef4c2a6349 ### repository twangodev/uwcourses ### schema version 6 ### importer version 7 ### projection id 52a78527ff09011d88cb04c7d43867d9fbfec2930bf1dd2ec359ebd2844e0b07 ### observed at 2026-09-07T15:55:43.033547+00:00 ### built at 2026-09-10T19:50:42.743001+00:00 ### courses 8951 ### current instructors 5754 ### limited false ### terms * 1272 * 1264 * 1262 * 1254 * 1252 * 1244 * 1242 * 1234 * 1232 * 1224 * 1222 * 1212 * 1204 * 1202 * 1194 * 1192 * 1184 * 1182 * 1174 * 1172 * 1164 * 1162 * 1154 * 1152 * 1144 * 1142 * 1134 * 1132 * 1124 * 1122 * 1114 * 1112 * 1104 * 1102 * 1094 * 1092 * 1084 * 1082 * 1074 * 1072 ### term 1272 ### departments | subject | count | | --------- | ----- | | AAE | 90 | | ABT | 20 | | ACCTIS | 36 | | ACTSCI | 14 | | AFAERO | 10 | | AFRICAN | 87 | | AFROAMER | 71 | | AGROECOL | 21 | | AMERIND | 53 | | ANAT\&PHY | 7 | | ANATOMY | 2 | | ANESTHES | 8 | | ANSCI | 57 | | ANTHRO | 95 | | ART | 125 | | ARTED | 10 | | ARTHIST | 121 | | ASIALANG | 129 | | ASIAN | 109 | | ASIANAM | 28 | | ASTRON | 38 | | ATMOCN | 69 | | BIOCHEM | 51 | | BIOCORE | 10 | | BIOLOGY | 14 | | BIOMDSCI | 18 | | BME | 66 | | BMI | 41 | | BMOLCHEM | 10 | | BOTANY | 69 | | BSE | 44 | | C\&ESOC | 73 | | CBE | 48 | | CHEM | 101 | | CHICLA | 52 | | CIVENGR | 133 | | CLASSICS | 47 | | CNP | 10 | | CNSRSCI | 50 | | COMARTS | 137 | | COMPBIO | 15 | | COMPLIT | 11 | | COMPSCI | 138 | | COUNPSY | 78 | | CRB | 19 | | CS\&D | 71 | | CSCS | 40 | | CURRIC | 193 | | DANCE | 93 | | DERM | 8 | | DS | 88 | | DYSCI | 35 | | ECE | 155 | | ECON | 145 | | EDPOL | 114 | | EDPSYCH | 97 | | ELPA | 70 | | EMA | 53 | | EMERMED | 17 | | ENGL | 206 | | ENTOM | 40 | | ENVIRST | 148 | | EP | 15 | | EPD | 67 | | ESL | 16 | | F\&WECOL | 60 | | FAMMED | 22 | | FINANCE | 50 | | FOLKLORE | 40 | | FOODSCI | 43 | | FRENCH | 63 | | GEN\&WS | 145 | | GENBUS | 72 | | GENECSLR | 17 | | GENETICS | 60 | | GEOG | 113 | | GEOSCI | 83 | | GERMAN | 82 | | GLE | 48 | | GNS | 38 | | GREEK | 27 | | HDFS | 41 | | HEBR-BIB | 13 | | HEBR-MOD | 10 | | HISTORY | 233 | | HISTSCI | 56 | | HONCOL | 13 | | ILS | 43 | | INFOSYS | 9 | | INTEGART | 7 | | INTEGSCI | 22 | | INTER-AG | 18 | | INTER-HE | 11 | | INTER-LS | 22 | | INTEREGR | 16 | | INTLBUS | 21 | | INTLST | 50 | | ISYE | 83 | | ITALIAN | 53 | | JEWISH | 56 | | JOURN | 88 | | KINES | 128 | | LACIS | 26 | | LANDARC | 61 | | LATIN | 24 | | LAW | 120 | | LEGALST | 48 | | LINGUIS | 35 | | LIS | 89 | | LITTRANS | 78 | | LSC | 52 | | M\&ENVTOX | 7 | | MARKETNG | 62 | | MATH | 153 | | MDGENET | 8 | | ME | 130 | | MEDHIST | 43 | | MEDICINE | 60 | | MEDIEVAL | 32 | | MEDPHYS | 39 | | MEDSC-M | 29 | | MEDSC-V | 41 | | MHR | 68 | | MICROBIO | 45 | | MILSCI | 16 | | MM\&I | 22 | | MOLBIOL | 6 | | MS\&E | 59 | | MUSIC | 165 | | MUSPERF | 126 | | NAVSCI | 20 | | NE | 44 | | NEURODPT | 11 | | NEUROL | 7 | | NEURSURG | 4 | | NTP | 11 | | NURSING | 111 | | NUTRSCI | 65 | | OBS\&GYN | 18 | | OCCTHER | 39 | | ONCOLOGY | 14 | | OPHTHALM | 5 | | OTM | 43 | | PATH | 34 | | PATH-BIO | 29 | | PEDIAT | 26 | | PHARMACY | 31 | | PHILOS | 77 | | PHMCOL-M | 11 | | PHMPRAC | 45 | | PHMSCI | 60 | | PHYASST | 37 | | PHYSICS | 88 | | PHYSIOL | 3 | | PHYTHER | 37 | | PLANTSCI | 52 | | PLPATH | 35 | | POLISCI | 192 | | POPHLTH | 58 | | PORTUG | 33 | | PSYCH | 101 | | PSYCHIAT | 22 | | PUBAFFR | 54 | | PUBLHLTH | 23 | | RADIOL | 11 | | REALEST | 41 | | RELIGST | 90 | | RHABMED | 9 | | RMI | 24 | | RP\&SE | 102 | | S\&APHM | 17 | | SCANDST | 73 | | SLAVIC | 89 | | SOC | 149 | | SOCWORK | 87 | | SOILSCI | 46 | | SPANISH | 83 | | SRMED | 21 | | STAT | 94 | | STDYABRD | 52 | | STS | 8 | | SURGERY | 25 | | SURGSCI | 33 | | THEATRE | 91 | | URBRPL | 60 | | UROLOGY | 5 | | ZOOLOGY | 89 | ## subject GREEK ## catalog | course\_id | title | description | credits\_min | credits\_max | | ---------- | ------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------ | ------------ | | GREEK 103 | FIRST SEMESTER ANCIENT GREEK | An introduction to ancient Greek grammar and the development of basic reading skills. | 4 | 4 | | GREEK 104 | SECOND SEMESTER ANCIENT GREEK | An introduction to ancient Greek grammar and the development of basic reading skills. | | | | GREEK 303 | FIRST SEMESTER ANCIENT GREEK | An introduction to ancient Greek grammar and the development of basic reading skills. | 4 | 4 | | GREEK 304 | SECOND SEMESTER ANCIENT GREEK | An introduction to ancient Greek grammar and the development of basic reading skills. | | | | GREEK 305 | THIRD SEMESTER ANCIENT GREEK | Selections from Plato's Dialogues, the New Testament, Homer's Iliad, or Herodotus. | 3 | 3 | | GREEK 306 | FOURTH SEMESTER ANCIENT GREEK | Selections from Plato's Dialogues, the New Testament, Homer's Iliad, or Herodotus. | | | | GREEK 401 | READINGS IN GREEK LITERATURE | Selected readings in ancient Greek poetry or prose. | | | | GREEK 505 | GREEK PROSE COMPOSITION | The study of Greek grammar and style through composition. | | | | GREEK 510 | HOMER | Extensive reading in both Iliad and Odyssey. | | | | GREEK 511 | HESIOD | The writings of Hesiod in Greek. | | | | GREEK 512 | GREEK LYRIC POETS | The complete corpus of Alcman, Ibycus, Stesichorus, Sappho, Alcaeus, Corinna, Anacreon, Praxilla, and Simonides. Selections from Bacchylides and Pindar. | | | | GREEK 520 | GREEK COMEDY | Close reading of several plays with attention to Aristophanes' lyric genius and political opinions. | | | | GREEK 521 | GREEK TRAGEDY | Close reading of selected plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles or Euripides. | 3 | 3 | | GREEK 532 | THUCYDIDES | Close reading of selections from Thucydides, with a focus on developing skills in reading and interpreting historical texts. | | | | GREEK 541 | GREEK PHILOSOPHICAL WRITERS | Featuring close reading in the original language of canonical works for classical Greek philosophy, including but not limited to Plato and Aristotle, develop proficiency in the Greek language of the classical and post-classical periods, emphasizing grammar, style, socio-historical context, and the history of ideas. | | | | GREEK 551 | ATTIC ORATORS | Selected speeches from Antiphon to Hypereides, with emphasis upon the contribution of rhetoric to the intellectual life of the fourth century. | | | | GREEK 560 | HELLENISTIC GREEK | A selection of texts, chiefly religious in content, pagan, Jewish, and Christian. | | | | GREEK 571 | ADVANCED READINGS IN GREEK LITERATURE | Advanced practice in analyzing, evaluating, and interpreting ancient Greek texts. | | | | GREEK 681 | HONORS THESIS | Individual mentored study for completing theses for Honors in the Major as arranged with a faculty member. | | | | GREEK 682 | SENIOR HONORS THESIS | Individual mentored study for seniors completing theses for Honors in the Major as arranged with a faculty member. | | | | GREEK 691 | SENIOR THESIS | Individual mentored study for seniors completing theses, as arranged with a faculty member. | | | | GREEK 692 | SENIOR THESIS | Individual mentored study for seniors completing theses, as arranged with a faculty member. | | | | GREEK 699 | DIRECTED STUDY | Independent study as arranged with a faculty member. | 1 | 3 | | GREEK 890 | INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH THESIS | Individual mentored study for completing theses, as arranged with a faculty member. | 1 | 12 | | GREEK 910 | SEMINAR-POETRY | Advanced study in Greek poetry, secondary scholarship, and ancient and modern literary interpretation. | | | | GREEK 930 | SEMINAR-HISTORY | Advanced study in Greek historiography, secondary scholarship, and ancient and modern literary interpretation. | | | | GREEK 970 | ADVANCED SEMINAR IN GREEK LITERATURE | Advanced study in ancient Greek language, secondary scholarship, and ancient modern literary interpretation. | | |