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Greek and Roman Studies - Postgraduate Diploma Program

Introduction

Please note that operation of optional courses depends on the availability of the faculty and the interest of the students enrolled. All courses will be available only in English medium. Only four (4) optional courses are to be chosen for Postgraduate Diploma. All courses carry three credits each and the independent study one credit, while an applicant should earn 25 credits to be qualified for the diploma.

Overview

Semester	Course Code	Course Title	Prerequisites	Status (C/ O)
First	GRS 501	Elementary Greek/ Latin I	None	C
First	GRS 503	History of Greek Literature	None	C
First	GRS 506	Greek Sculpture of the Classical Period	None	O
First	GRS 507	Greek and Roman Mythology	None	O
Second	GRS 502	Elementary Greek/ Latin II	GRS 501	C
Second	GRS 504	History of Roman Literature	None	C
Second	GRS 505	Cicero, the Man and his Works	None	O
Second	GRS 508	Greek and Roman Drama	None	O
Second	GRS 509	History of the Roman Republic	None	O

C = Compulsory | O = Optional

Diploma Course Syllabus

Semester ONE

GRS 501 - Elementary Greek/ Latin I

GRS 503 - History of Greek Literature

GRS 506 - Greek Sculpture of the Classical Period

GRS 507 - Greek and Roman Mythology

Semester TWO

GRS 502 - Elementary Greek/ Latin II

Course Code	GRS 502
Course Title	Elementary Greek/ Latin II
ILOs	At the end of the course students will be able read unabridged verse and prose passages in advanced Greek or Latin and explain complex and difficult features of syntax and grammar and how they contribute to the structure of ancient Greek / Latin. They will also be able to read and explain the grammatical features of difficult verse and prose passages and, begin reading in the original Greek authors such as Plato in Greek and Caesar in Latin.
Course Description	Latin: Participles; ablative absolute; passive periphrastic; dative case; infinitives; indirect statement; comparison of adjectives and declension of comparatives; special and irregular comparison of adjectives; subjunctive mood; present subjunctive; jussive and purpose clauses; imperfect subjunctive; result clauses; perfect and pluperfect subjunctive; sequence of tenses; indirect questions; cum clauses; formation and comparison of adverbs; proviso clauses; conditions; deponent verbs; dative with compounds and special verbs; jussive noun clauses; constructions of place and time; relative clauses of characteristic; supines; gerund and gerundive; fear clauses. Greek: The future tense; irregular verbs; the genitive absolute; attributive and predicate position of adjectives; the subjunctive mood; the uses of the subjunctive; clauses of fearing; indefinite or general clauses; indirect statements and questions; the passive voice; aorist of deponent verbs; comparison of adjectives; the optative mood; correlatives; perfect and pluperfect middle and passive; the articular infinitive; conditional clauses.

GRS 504 - History of Roman Literature

GRS 505 - Cicero, the Man and his Works

GRS 508 - Greek and Roman Drama

GRS 509 - History of the Roman Republic

Department of Classical Languages, Faculty of Arts, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka.
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