Students often complete their study of basic grammar and spend the rest of the semester reading selections from Xenophon, Plato, the New Testament, or other ancient Greek texts.
A close reading in English translation of speeches and other rhetorical Greek and Roman literature, leading to an understanding of the nature of the art of persuasion, ancient and modern.
A study of the syntax, style, and content of Christian texts of the second through the sixth centuries (e.g., works by Athanasius, Basil of Caesarea, John Chrysostom). This course may be repeated for credit if the reading is different.