Courses Offered by the Program in Modern Greek Studies (Fall 2015):
Ø GRKM 201: Elementary Modern Greek I (credit: 5 hours)
Instructor: Anna Tsiola (Teaching Assistant)
This course aims to develop elementary proficiency in spoken and written Modern Greek, as well as to introduce elements of cultural knowledge. The course will familiarize beginning students with the Greek alphabet and Modern Greek pronunciation rules, as well as basic morphology and syntax, with an emphasis on listening comprehension and reading skills, as well as basic conversational skills. Online language laboratory and Internet assignments required.
Ø GRKM 403: Intermediate Modern Greek I (credit: 4 hours)
Instructor: Ilias Markos Bolaris (Teaching Assistant)
This course aims to strengthen the concepts learned at the basic level and to introduce students to more complex structures of the Greek language. Specifically it aims to develop intermediate-level proficiency in spoken and written Modern Greek, as well as to introduce elements of cultural knowledge. The course will familiarize students with more complex morphology, syntax, and vocabulary in Modern Greek, with an emphasis on listening comprehension and reading skills, as well as conversational skills. Online language laboratory and Internet assignments required.
Ø GRKM 453: Advanced Modern Greek I (credit: 3 hours)
Instructor: Anna Tsiola (Teaching Assistant)
This course aims to enable students to attain conversational fluency and to become independent users of the language who deal effectively and with a good deal of accuracy with familiar communication situations. Online language laboratory and Internet assignments required. Prerequisite: GRKM 404 or consent of instructor.
Ø SLCL 200/GRKM 199: Partnership in Crisis?: Greece and the EU
Instructor: Dr. Stefanos Katsikas
For nearly six years the international media have been gripped by the “Greek crisis”. As the crisis intensified mass protests in Athens and other major Greek cities have caught the world’s attention. Meanwhile what began as a localized fiscal deficit problem grew into a widespread crisis of epic proportions that challenged the political and social fabric of the Greek nation and at times seemed destined to undermine the very existence of a global currency, the Euro.
This eight-week course aims to explore the lengthy crisis that has beset Greece and the wider Eurozone. Is it a purely economic phenomenon or something wider and deeper, as many Greeks would suggest? Are its causes to be found in the prevailing international financial environment or in the economic and political system that has evolved in Greece since the early 1970s? To what extent have choices made by both domestic and international actors, such as the International Monetary Fund and the European Union, assisted or exacerbated the crisis? Most importantly, what has been the impact of the crisis on the daily lives of the country’s residents—and what is this impact of the Greek crisis on the rest of the world?
Dr. Stefanos Katsikas
Stefanos Katsikas MA, Ph.D. (London) | Director
Program in Modern Greek Studies
School of Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics (SLCL)