The Greek Academy offers its courses in a bichronous format — a structure that combines independent, self-paced study with a fixed schedule of live, optional class meetings. Every student works through the week's material at their own pace, and then has the opportunity to bring questions, practice, and conversation into live sessions and forums with the professor and other students. Neither half of the format stands alone; independent study builds the foundation each week, and the live sessions and forums allow students to apply their knowledge and get answers to any questions that arise through the course of their studies.

Each week of coursework follows the same four-part structure. Students first study the assigned pages of that week's textbook chapter, supported by a forty-five-minute video walkthrough of the material. They then practice with a set of assigned exercises from the accompanying workbook, followed by a video reviewing the correct answers. A set of flashcards is provided to build vocabulary for that chapter's key words and expressions. Finally, a short quiz allows each student to assess their own grasp of the material before moving on.

Two forms of community support this work. Each course maintains its own Course Forum, where questions, resources, and encouragement are shared among students working through the same course at the same time. Separately, The Greek Academy as a whole holds live Office Hours & Conversation twice each week — Mondays at 7-8 PM EST and Fridays at 10-11 AM EST — open to every enrolled student, regardless of which course they're in. These sessions are less a class than a standing appointment: they provide an open, professor-led space for questions, discussion, and conversation practice among the whole community of current students.

A typical week asks for about three hours of independent study. Attendance at the live sessions is optional, though students are strongly encouraged to attend at least one each week; many attend both. A recording of each live sessions is available for one week after occurrence. Between self-study and the live sessions, a student engaged fully with the program can expect to spend approximately four hours a week on their Greek.

Every course runs for ten weeks. The first four weeks and the second four weeks each introduce new material; the fifth and tenth weeks are Integration Weeks, in which no new material is introduced. That time is set aside instead to consolidate what's already been learned — reviewing, practicing, and being assessed on the material as a whole, rather than one chapter at a time. At four hours a week across ten weeks, each course totals forty hours of structured work.

Two modules fall outside that template. New students complete Week Zero — the course’s introductory chapter, covering the alphabet, pronunciation, and basic greetings — independently, at their own pace, before Modern Greek 101 begins. Additionally, Modern Greek 103 runs one week longer than the others: an eleventh week, Capstone Week, covers the textbook's final chapter and closes out the three-course sequence.

The Greek Academy's full academic year is organized into three bichronous courses — Greek 101, 102, and 103 — offered across three semesters. Taken in sequence, they total 124 hours of guided study over the year, designed to bring an engaged student fully through the A1 level of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR), the standard used internationally to describe language ability.

A student who completes A1 can introduce themselves, understand and answer simple personal questions, and manage everyday. A1 is a firm foundation in usage, vocabulary, and grammar, and constitutes a solid first layer of language that further study can build on directly.