Symposium scene painted on ancient Greek vase by Nikias Painter (Wikimedia Commons)
Latin/Greek Institute
Application Deadline
Application deadline for all summer 2023 programs is March 31, 2023 (March 10 for students requiring a Brooklyn College-sponsored international student visa).
For almost 50 years, the Latin/Greek Institute has been providing the world's most rigorous and intensive instruction in Latin and Greek. The Institute's method of total-immersion -- which requires full-time, active, and dedicated engagement from every student -- enables students to master material normally covered in two to three years in a single summer. Our graduates typically return to their home institutions prepared to excel in advanced or upper-division reading courses and to pass graduate departmental translation exams.
All programs are team-taught by experienced instructors, the majority alumni of the Institute. Hourly rotation of faculty provides for exposure to a variety of approaches, and faculty closely mentor and advise students. As our over 2,000 graduates can attest, there is nothing quite like the LGI experience.
The institute is held at the CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue, in Manhattan. The Graduate Center is easily accessible by all major means of public transportation.
Program Offerings
Basic Program in Latin
June 12 to August 22, 2023, In Person
A 10-week introduction to Latin. The first five weeks cover the first year of college-level Latin. The second half is devoted to the reading of unadapted works including Caesar, Sallust, Tacitus, Augustine, Catullus, Vergil, Lucretius, and Ovid.
Basic Program in Greek
June 12 to August 22, 2023, In Person
A 10-week introduction to Greek. The first six weeks cover the first year of college-level Greek. The remaining four weeks are devoted to the reading of unadapted works including Plato, Aristotle, Lysias, Augustus, Homer, Euripides, and Sophocles.
Upper-Level Program in Latin
June 26 to August 14, 2023, Online
A seven-week in-depth reading of literature in Latin. The first week is spent reviewing basic morphology and syntax. The remaining six weeks is spent reading a substantial body of literature at a high level of grammatical precision.
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