In order to afford the best opportunity possible to place yourself in courses which are the most suitable and profitable for you and your separate and distinct case, College Year in Athens has revised its curriculum. The degree of preparation or preliminary knowledge serving to make you ready to cope with, tackle, the subject matter of a particular course. Note that the wider the scope of a given course happens to be, the less it requires by way of previous knowledge. The courses are more specific and restricted in scope. In the treatment of the subject they are more thorough and detailed.
Students ought to have a measure of previous, general background knowledge relevant to the subject.
Level 2 courses are writing as well as reading intensive. Assignments such as the writing of a paper of 5,000 words or more or of two shorter papers are to be expected. Qualified students can opt to take level 2 courses at level 3. Such students will have to declare their intention to do so and complete reading and writing assignments similar in nature and size to those expected of students enrolled in level 3 courses. The courses are seminars on special topics.