First-Year Courses in Latin This page was created at 12:16 PM on Thu, Oct 4, 2001. Fall Academic Term, 2001 (September 5 - December 21) Open courses in Latin (*Not real-time Information. Review the "Data current as of: " statement at the bottom of hyperlinked page) Wolverine Access Subject listing for LATIN Fall Term '01Time Schedule for Latin. LATIN 101. Elementary Latin. Elementary Courses Instructor(s): Prerequisites & Distribution: No credit granted to those who have completed or are enrolled in Latin 103, 193, or 502. (4). (LR). Credits: (4). Course Homepage: http://www.umich.edu/~classics/latin/101/ All of the assigned tasks/exercises in Latin 101 are directed toward the reading and translation of Classical Latin and not toward writing or conversation. The course has as its primary objective the acquisition of a fundamental understanding of basic Latin grammar and the development of basic reading skills. The text for the course is Knudsvig, Seligson, and Craig, Latin for Reading. Latin 101 covers approximately the first half of the text. Supplementary readings in Roman culture will also be assigned. Grading is based on quizzes, class participation, hour examinations, and a final. Check Times, Location, and Availability Cost: No Data Given. Waitlist Code: No Data Given. LATIN 102. Elementary Latin. Elementary Courses Instructor(s): Prerequisites & Distribution: Latin 101. No credit granted to those who have completed or are enrolled in Latin 193 or 502. (4). (LR). Credits: (4). Course Homepage: http://www.umich.edu/~classics/latin/102/ All of the assigned tasks/exercises in Latin 102 are directed toward the reading and translation of Classical Latin and not toward writing or conversation. The course continues the presentation of the essentials of the Latin language as it covers the last half of Knudsvig, Seligson, and Craig, Latin for Reading. Supplementary readings in Roman culture will also be assigned. Extended reading selections from Plautus (comedy) and Eutropius (history) are introduced. Grading is based on class participation, quizzes, hour examinations, and a final. Check Times, Location, and Availability Cost: No Data Given. Waitlist Code: No Data Given. LATIN 103. Review Latin. Elementary Courses Section 001. Instructor(s): Deborah Pennell Ross (dpross@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: Some background in Latin and assignment by placement test. Credit is granted for no more than two courses among Latin 101, 102 and 103. No credit granted to those who have completed or are enrolled in Latin 193 or 502. (4). (LR). Credits: (4). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. All of the assigned tasks and exercises in Latin 103 are directed toward the reading and translation of Classical Latin and not toward writing or conversation. The text used is the same as that in Latin 101 and 102, and the course starts at the beginning of the book. A more rapid pace is maintained as 103 covers the material of 101 and 102. Grading is based on class participation, quizzes, hour examinations, and a final. Check Times, Location, and Availability Cost: No Data Given. Waitlist Code: No Data Given. LATIN 193. Intensive Elementary Latin I. Elementary Courses Section 001. Instructor(s): Prerequisites & Distribution: No credit granted to those who have completed or are enrolled in Latin 101, 102, 103 or 502. (4). (Excl). Credits: (4). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. This course is a rapid introduction to Latin and is intended for students with little or no prior Latin. Upperclass undergraduates in such fields as history, medieval or renaissance literature, or linguistics and who need to acquire a reading competence in Latin as quickly and as efficiently as possible should elect this course. So should other undergraduates who intend to continue the study of Latin and want a rapid introduction that enables them to take upper-level Latin courses as soon as possible. This first-term course covers elementary grammar and syntax. Check Times, Location, and Availability Cost: No Data Given. Waitlist Code: No Data Given. LATIN 193. Intensive Elementary Latin I. Elementary Courses Section 002 – Meets with Latin 502.002 Instructor(s): Prerequisites & Distribution: No credit granted to those who have completed or are enrolled in Latin 101, 102, 103 or 502. (4). (Excl). Credits: (4). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. This course is a rapid introduction to Latin and is intended for students with little or no prior Latin. Upperclass undergraduates in such fields as history, medieval or renaissance literature, or linguistics and who need to acquire a reading competence in Latin as quickly and as efficiently as possible should elect this course. So should other undergraduates who intend to continue the study of Latin and want a rapid introduction that enables them to take upper-level Latin courses as soon as possible. This first-term course covers elementary grammar and syntax. Check Times, Location, and Availability Cost: No Data Given. Waitlist Code: 4 LATIN 195 / RCCORE 195. Intensive Latin I. Section 001 – Intensive Latin I Instructor(s): Gina Soter (soter@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: (8). (Excl). Credits: (8). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. See RC Core 195.001. Check Times, Location, and Availability Cost: No Data Given. Waitlist Code: No Data Given. LATIN 231. Introduction to Latin Prose. Elementary Courses Instructor(s): Prerequisites & Distribution: Latin 102 or 103. No credit granted to those who have completed or are enrolled in Latin 194, 222, or 503. (4). (LR). Credits: (4). Course Homepage: http://www.umich.edu/~classics/latin/231/ This course reviews grammar as it introduces students to extended passages of classical Latin prose through selections from several authors of the first centuries B.C. and A.D., but primarily from Pliny the Younger. Class discussions center upon the readings. There will be supplementary readings assigned in Roman social history. Some course materials require the use of a computer. Grading is based on class participation, quizzes, hour examinations, and a final. Check Times, Location, and Availability Cost: No Data Given. Waitlist Code: No Data Given. LATIN 232. Vergil, Aeneid. Elementary Courses Section 001. Instructor(s): Prerequisites & Distribution: Latin 231 or 221. No credit granted to those who have completed or are enrolled in Latin 194, 222, or 503. (4). (LR). Credits: (4). Course Homepage: http://www.umich.edu/~classics/latin/232/ The goal of this course is simple: to learn to read extensive passages of the greatest work of Latin literature, Vergil's Aeneid, with comprehension and enjoyment. This course will ask you to bring together and apply the knowledge and skills you have acquired up to this point and to build on these as you learn to read poetry. There will be some grammar review as necessary. You will also study Vergil's epic poem in English translation. By term's end you should have both a good understanding and appreciation of what the Aeneid is all about and an ability to handle a Latin passage of the poem with control and comprehension. Grading is based on class participation, quizzes, hour exams, and a final. Check Times, Location, and Availability Cost: No Data Given. Waitlist Code: No Data Given. LATIN 232. Vergil, Aeneid. Elementary Courses Section 002. Instructor(s): Robert D Wallin (rdwallin@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: Latin 231 or 221. No credit granted to those who have completed or are enrolled in Latin 194, 222, or 503. (4). (LR). Credits: (4). Course Homepage: No homepage submitted. The goal of this course is simple: to learn to read extensive passages of the greatest work of Latin literature, Vergil's Aeneid, with comprehension and enjoyment. This course will ask you to bring together and apply the knowledge and skills you have acquired up to this point and to build on these as you learn to read poetry. There will be some grammar review as necessary. You will read approximately one thousand lines of the poem overall, including one book of the epic in its entirety, probably book four – the tragic story of Aeneas' love affair with Queen Dido in Carthage. You will also study Vergil's complete poem in English translation as well as some of the poem's social, historical, and literary context. By term's end you should have both a good understanding and appreciation of what the Aeneid is all about and an ability to handle a Latin passage of the poem with control and comprehension. Our texts will include Carr and Wedeck, Latin Poetry (Heath and Co.), and David West's translation of The Aeneid, A New Prose Translation in the Penguin Classics series, and perhaps a third, as yet undetermined background book. Grading is based on class participation, numerous quizzes, three hour exams, and a final. Check Times, Location, and Availability Cost: No Data Given. Waitlist Code: No Data Given. LATIN 301. Intermediate Latin I. Intermediate Courses Section 001 – Ovid and Livy. Meets with Latin 505.001. Instructor(s): Donka D Markus (markusdd@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: Latin 194, 222, or 232. (3). (HU). Credits: (3; 2 in the half-term). Course Homepage: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~markusdd/ovliv.html The purpose of this course is to read selections from the works of Ovid and Livy with competence and appreciation, to increase mastery of Latin morphology, syntax and vocabulary, to develop advanced reading skills and sensitivity to word-order, meter and style. Class- sessions will consist of pre-reading, close reading, sight-reading, analysis and discussion of passages with due attention to cultural context and the authors' social background. Students will be introduced to the major reference tools and resources for the study of Latin available in print and electronic format. The readings are selected and organized around the theme of Passion and Power in Ancient Rome. Check Times, Location, and Availability Cost: 1 Waitlist Code: 4 LATIN 505. Intermediate Latin. Graduate Courses Section 001 – Ovid and Livy. Meets with Latin 301.001. Instructor(s): Donka D Markus (markusdd@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: (Excl). Credits: (3; 2 in the half-term). Course Homepage: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~markusdd/ovliv.html The purpose of this course is to read selections from the works of Ovid and Livy with competence and appreciation, to increase mastery of Latin morphology, syntax and vocabulary, to develop advanced reading skills and sensitivity to word-order, meter and style. Class-sessions will consist of pre-reading, close reading, sight-reading, analysis and discussion of passages with due attention to cultural context and the authors' social background. Students will be introduced to the major reference tools and resources for the study of Latin available in print and electronic format. The readings are selected and organized around the theme of Passion and Power in Ancient Rome. Check Times, Location, and Availability Cost: 1 Waitlist Code: 4 This page was created at 12:16 PM on Thu, Oct 4, 2001. 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