An Open Tutorial for Beginning Ancient Greek

Abstract

Being a professor of Classics is often a paradoxical position. Enrollments in Classics courses are often not large enough to justify offering courses in Greek and Latin and many programs have faced closure due to low student numbers. The Modern Language Association’s 2015 report on enrollments in language courses reports a 35% decline in the number of students enrolled in Ancient Greek and a 16% drop in the number of students enrolled in Latin in the since 2009.¹ A recent article in Inside Higher Education describes an enrollment pattern in Greek and Latin courses at Centenary College that will sound