Summer Language Scholarships

Applications Due by May 5, 2025

The Department of Religious Studies and Classics is excited to offer support to University of Arizona students who would like to begin their study of Ancient (Classical) Greek or Latin this summer! Full or partial Summer tuition funding is available to students who plan to continue their studies in GRK or LAT during the Fall 2025 semester (after completing summer GRK or LAT) OR who are taking summer language to complete the Classics major at the University of Arizona. 

The following courses will be available fully online during Summer 2025. Information on enrolling during Summer Session can be found at summer-winter.arizona.edu.

• Greek 112 - Intensive Beginning Classical Greek will be available fully online (asynchronously) during a 10-week summer session (06/09/2025 - 08/13/2025). GRK 112 is the equivalent of GRK 101 and GRK 102, and prepares students for GRK 201. Funding to support summer tuition for GRK 112 is available to students enrolling in GRK 201 in the Fall 2025 semester. For more information on this course, contact Prof. Robert Groves or Prof. Sarah McCallum.
• LAT 101 - Elementary Latin I will be available fully online (asynchronously) during the first seven-week summer session (05/19/2025 - 07/03/2025). Funding to support summer tuition for LAT 101 is available to students enrolling in LAT 102 in summer or fall 2025. For more information on this course, contact Prof. Robert Groves.
• LAT 102 - Elementary Latin II will be available fully online (asynchronously) during the second seven-week summer session (07/07/2025 - 08/22/2025). Funding to support summer tuition for LAT 102 is available to students enrolling in LAT 201 in Fall 2025. For more information on this course, contact Prof. Nathaniel Katz.
• LAT 212 - Accelerated Latin II will be available Live Online (with synchronous online meetings MoTuWeThFr 9:00AM - 12:45PM) during the second five-week summer session (07/14/2025 - 08/13/2025). LAT 212 gives extensive training in practice in reading Latin texts and achieves the same proficiency level as both LAT 201 and LAT 202, and completes the language requirement for the Classics major. Funding to support summer tuition for LAT 212 is available to declared Classics majors, with priority given to majors enrolling in LAT 400 in the Fall 2025 semester. For more information, contact Prof. Philip Waddell. 

TO APPLY FOR THIS FUNDING, PLEASE SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING TO HECTOR SILVA AT hctrslv25@arizona.edu BY MAY 5, 2025: 

1. Your University of Arizona transcript. It is fine to send an unofficial transcript.
2. A brief letter of application (1-2 pages). Please discuss the following: why you are interested in studying Greek or Latin this summer; your ability to devote significant time this summer to intensive language study; and your financial need to cover summer tuition. At the top of your statement, please include the following:

• the language course(s) you wish to take this summer (GRK 112, LAT 101, 102, and/or LAT 212)
• your name
• your university email address
• your major(s) and minor(s)
• your expected graduation date
• If applying for GRK 112, please confirm that you have enrolled in GRK 201 in Fall 2025; if applying for LAT 101, please confirm that you have enrolled in LAT 102 in summer  or  fall 2025; if applying for LAT 102, please confirm that you have enrolled in LAT 201 in Fall 2025; if applying for LAT 212, please indicate if you have enrolled in LAT 400 in Fall 2025 and/or if you are completing LAT 212 to fulfill the language requirement for the Classics major.

Questions? Contact Dr. Karen Seat, kkseat@arizona.edu