First-Year Courses in Latin This page was created at 6:55 PM on Mon, Jan 21, 2002. Winter Academic Term, 2002 (January 7 - April 26) 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 Winter Academic Term '02 Time 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: 1 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: 1 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 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: 1 LATIN 295 / RCCORE 295. Intensive Latin II. Section 001. Instructor(s): Gina Marie Soter (soter@umich.edu) Prerequisites & Distribution: Latin 102, 103, or 193/504. (8). (LR). Credits: (8). Course Homepage: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~soter/LAT29501.html See RC Core 295.001. Check Times, Location, and Availability Cost: 1 Waitlist Code: 4 LATIN 301. Intermediate Latin I. Intermediate Courses Section 001 – Catullus and Cicero. 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 Catullus and Cicero 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 on the theme of Friendship in Ancient Rome. Check Times, Location, and Availability Cost: 1 Waitlist Code: 4 This page was created at 6:55 PM on Mon, Jan 21, 2002. 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