希腊研究课程为学生提供了对后古典希腊的语言，文学，历史和政治的全面而跨学科的理解。通过广泛的课程，学生可以接触多种观点，以帮助他们了解拜占庭，奥斯曼帝国和现代希腊的历史和政治经验，以及希腊承载其数个过去并将其转化为现代时代的方式，以及一个被许多人视为西方文明发源地的国家杰出的文学和艺术传统。奥纳西斯计划（Onassis Program）是美国研究希腊文化的领先中心之一，拥有来自各个学科的多元化教职员工。该计划还赞助各种文化和知识活动。该大学的Bobst图书馆拥有两个特别的古希腊研究收藏馆：拜占庭和中世纪希
The Program in Hellenic Studies provides students with a comprehensive and interdisciplinary understanding of the language, literature, history, and politics of post-classical Greece. Through a wide range of courses, students are exposed to a polyphony of viewpoints which help them understand the historical and political experiences of Byzantine, Ottoman and modern Greece, the ways in which Greece has borne its several pasts and translated them into the modern era, and the distinguished literary and artistic traditions of a country that many regard as thebirthplace of Western civilization. One of the leading centers in the United States for the study of Hellenism, the Onassis Program includes a diverse faculty drawn from a variety of disciplines. The Program also sponsors numerous cultural and intellectual activities. The University's Bobst Library is home to two special endowed collections of Hellenic Studies: the Papamarkou Library of Byzantine and Medieval Greek Books, and the Vardinoyannis Library of Hellenic Civilization. Also, NYU in Athens gives students the opportunity to study in Greece during the summer.The major in Hellenic studies consists of ten 4-point courses (40 points) completed with a grade of C or better. Courses taken in NYU's Arts and Science summer program in Athens count toward the major as regular courses. A solid foundation in the modern Greek language is a requirement for all majors. Upon declaring the major, a student is expected to enroll in Elementary Modern Greek I (HEL-UA 103) or take a placement examination. By the end of their program, all students must demonstrate competence in modern Greek at the intermediate level through successful completion of two semesters of Intermediate Modern Greek (HEL-UA 105, 106) or performance on a placement examination.