Modern Greek Courses

Department of Other Languages (Modern Greek)

Modern Greek is taught at Cambridge in the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages as part of the BA degree. Students must study two languages in their first and second years, though they may choose to specialise in one language in their final year. Candidates must have taken A2 (or the International Baccalaureate) in ONE of their two chosen languages, but the other language (except for French) may be studied ab initio. The Modern Greek course caters for both beginners and students who have taken A level (or equivalent). The two groups follow different pathways in the first two years. In addition to language, students are taught Modern Greek literature and history. The course has a flexible structure: students are able to build up a portfolio of different papers and specialisms which, taken together, form the degree as a whole. Students normally spend their third year abroad. If they opt to spend a year in Greece, they can study at a leading Greek university, such as Thessaloniki or Crete. During the year abroad they undertake a dissertation or translation project. In the final year, in addition to language papers, there is a wide choice of advanced papers in the literature and history of various periods. For full information about the course and admissions procedures, click here.

Humanities Programme

The Programme offers an MSc in Scientific, Technical and Medical Translation with Translation Technology in a wide range of language pairs, including Greek-English. While the main focus is on various kinds of specialised translation, the programme also includes software and e-content localisation and places a strong emphasis on the use of translation technology where this is appropriate. Graduates of the MSc generally have no trouble finding work in the translation industry, while those for whom this is of interest can go on to study for a PhD in translation at Imperial.

Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies

Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies at King's go back to 1919, when the Koraes Chair was inaugurated. Its first holder was A.J. Toynbee (1889-1975). The Department began to expand in the 1970s, with the establishment of a full undergraduate programme in Modern Greek Language and Literature (now Modern Greek Studies) in 1974, of the MA degree in Late Antique & Byzantine Studies in 1984, and of the MA degree in Modern Greek Studies in 1990. The Department is now the largest of its kind in Britain, and has a long and distinguished tradition of scholarship in the fields of Modern Greek and Byzantine history, language and literature. The Department has six full-time members of academic staff and about forty students, more than half of them engaged in postgraduate study. The Department cooperates closely with the Centre for Hellenic Studies in the College, as well as with academic colleagues in Greece and elsewhere, who frequently visit King's to give lectures and seminars.

Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages

Subfaculty of Modern Greek

Oxford University is one of four universities in Britain where Medieval and Modern Greek can be studied as a major component of a B.A. degree and at graduate level. Graduate courses in Medieval and Modern Greek literature include taught Master's courses and research degrees (M.Litt. and D.Phil.). The University of Oxford Language Centre also offers courses in Modern Greek (beginners, Intermediate and advanced levels) for students and staff of the University.

Centre for Hellenic Studies

Three levels of Modern Greek language are offered by the Centre for Hellenic Studies (CHS) in association with the Institution-Wide Language Programme. These modules are available as credit-bearing options to all students of the University regardless of their degree course. A further module on Modern Greek Literature (in translation) is available within the Department of Classics. Classes are provided through the generosity of the Greek Ministry of Education. Director of the CHS: Dr. Timothy E. Duff. Teacher (seconded from the Greek Ministry of Education): Dr Dimitra Tzanidaki-Kreps.

Centre for Translation Studies

The Centre offers a full time MA in Translation and an MA in Audiovisual Translation between English and Greek, designed to equip language graduates with a comprehensive range of practical and theoretical skills needed to work as professional translators or subtitlers, or to pursue further research in Translation Studies on the doctoral programme. MA classes are taught by well-known academics—recognised specialists in their fields—who regularly publish in international journals, and by experienced professional translators and subtitlers who understand the needs of the market. Ab initio Greek for translation purposes is offered on the MA in Translation.

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