Hellenic Studies Certificate is a certificate in Classical Studies & Ancient History programme offered by Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, Canada. The programme is delivered fully online. Teaching is in English. Tuition for international students is CAD 1,263 per credit (CAD 221 per credit for local students).
At a glance
Degree:Certificate
Field:Classical Studies & Ancient History
Delivery: Online
Language: English
Local tuition: CAD 221 / credit
International tuition: CAD 1,263 / credit
Information for the 2027/28 academic year · Last reviewed September 2026 ·
Program details
Overview
The Hellenic Studies Certificate focuses on the history, culture, and language of Greece through traditional seminars and lectures, online, or in a blended classroom. These courses will give you the practical critical-thinking and communication skills that come with a traditional liberal arts degree, as well as an appreciation of your global citizenship which will prepare you for a range of professions, both inside and outside academia.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: The certificate's calendar entry publishes no separate admission GPA, standardized language-test score, portfolio or interview requirement beyond a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 (a C average) required across all courses applied to the 19-unit certificate, at least one of which must be upper-division. Entry is otherwise governed by Simon Fraser University's standard undergraduate admission, summarised on the university's admission-requirements page: Canadian high-school applicants need at least five approved Grade 12 courses, including English Studies 12 or equivalent at 70% or better in Language Arts 11/English 12, filed through EducationPlannerBC; international secondary-school applicants are assessed on a first-semester senior-year transcript. No Greek-language proficiency test is required to declare the certificate.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through EducationPlannerBC, with one set of dates per applicant type rather than by citizenship. Fall 2027 entry: high-school-route applications open 1 October 2026 and close 31 January 2027, while transfer applications open 1 March 2027 and close 15 April 2027 (Education and Contemporary Arts transfer applicants may apply from 1 October 2026). Spring 2027 entry runs 1 July to 15 September 2026, and Summer 2027 entry runs 1 December 2026 to 15 January 2027. Admission documents are generally due 28 February 2027 (Fall) and offers must be accepted by 1 May. International applicants use the same EducationPlannerBC dates and portal; SFU publishes no separate international deadline. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.