Hi All,

I am not entirely sure this program could work for UVM students, but some
of you may be interested in investigating it, or some of you may be
interested in taking Greek and eventually going to Greece, so I thought I
would pass this along in case there is interest.

Yours,

JB

Perhaps I can call again on you for help in announcing to serious
students of
Classical Greek  the Ohio University Greek-in-Greece program for this
coming
spring. Students should (except in rare instances) be in at least their
second year
of Greek.  Third- or fourth-year students will receive even more
benefit.

During the 10-11 weeks of our trip students will take a 3-week crash
course in
Modern Greek at the Athens Centre and visit important sites in Athens
and environs
(including Delphi); spend 3 weeks on the road visiting
archaeological/historical
sites in the Peloponnese, Crete, and Santorini; and spend the final 4-5
weeks
reading Homer and Plato at sight for 40-50 hours per week.  Typically we
read about
10 books of the Odyssey twice through; and the Erastai, Lysis, and the
first half
of the Phaedrus twice through -- sharpening our Greek and thinking about
the
relationship between the human passions (such as attraction to Beauty)
and the
human intellect.

We at Ohio University are keenly aware of the serious pragmatic concerns
that may
discourage departments from encouraging their best students to enroll at
another
university for a term.  Consequently, we have decided that PARTICIPANTS
MAY REMAIN
ENROLLED AT THEIR HOME INSTITUTION AND RECEIVE ACADEMIC CREDIT FROM
THEIR OWN
DEPARTMENT  on whatever terms may seem appropriate to the home
department.  The
Greek-in-Greece faculty will, in effect, function as adjuncts to your
department,
COMPLETELY WITHOUT COST TO YOUR DEPARTMENT.

So, please consider whether you have any intermediate-advanced Greek
students
(undergraduate or graduate) who would benefit from our program.  If you
do, we welcome
applications from them to join us either with or without Ohio University
credit.

Ifyou would prefer that your students participate remain enrolled in
your department for the
spring semester or quarter,

    We will send you at your request detailed syllabi of the courses
that your
students would take with us.

    You will decide what credits your departments are willing to give
your students for participating
in the program and under what terms.

       You may, for example, decide that you want to give your students
exams when
they return to assess how much they learned.  You may require some
papers or
additional readings.  Or, you may be satisfied with the grades that OU
faculty will
suggest as our appraisal of your students' work.  You can work out with
your
students any terms that your department may deem appropriate.

    You will decide which of YOUR courses the students should get credit
for and
how much credit they should get.

    We will cooperate with you in informing you about the content of the
courses
and your students' performance.  We will not, needless to say, customize
the
courses to meet your department's needs.  You will be responsible for
that sort of
customizing.

    Your students will then register for YOUR courses in YOUR
department--presumably with someone in your department as supervising
instructor of
record, though much or all of the instruction will actually be conducted
by
Greek-in-Greece faculty.
    Your students will study with us.  We will inform you how they did.
You will
assign grades based on your arrangement with your students.


Your department will benefit from this program in that your institution
will not
lose tuition or student credit hours.  In addition, your students will
return with
first-hand knowledge of Greece and much improved Greek skills.  Your
students will
be able to benefit from the program without going through the hassle of
enrolling
at Ohio University and obtaining financial aid here.  We will benefit
(educationally) by bringing in bright students from other programs and
(financially) by dividing the overhead of the program among a greater
number of
students and so making the program cheaper for our own students.

One cautionary note: Ohio University provides a very generous subsidy to
the
program out of the tuition that is paid to the University.
Non-tuition-paying
students will obviously not receive that subsidy.  Consequently, their
costs will
be considerably higher.

Details on the program in general, and on costs and the
non-credit option in particular are available on our website:

www.classics.ohiou.edu.

Hit the "Study Abroad in Greece" link.

If you have any questions, please e-mail me.  Thanks ,

Steve Hays
Associate Professor
Ohio University
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