CLAS 205 E: Bioscientific Vocabulary Building From Latin and Greek

Autumn 2024
Meeting:
MWF 9:30am - 10:20am / DEN 258
SLN:
12849
Section Type:
Lecture
Instructor:
Syllabus Description (from Canvas):

Section E: MWF 9:30 – 10:20 am DEN 258

Instructor: Caden Hanrahan (he/him)

Email: kch1@uw.edu

Office Hours: Wednesday 1-2 pm, Thursday 1-2 pm in Denny 400k, or by appointment

All class materials can be found under Modules.

Important Dates Quick Reference

9/30: Homework 1 Due
10/7: Homework 2 Due 10/14: Test 1
10/21: Homework 3 Due 10/28: Test 2
11/4: Homework 4 Due 11/13: Test 3
11/25: Homework 5 Due 12/6: Test 4

Full Course Schedule

 

Monday

Wednesday

Friday

Week 1

9/25, 9/27

 

Syllabus and Introduction

Introduction to Word Building

Chapters 1 & 2

Week 2

9/30, 10/2, 10/4

Homework 1 Due

Pre-Hippocratic Medicine

Chapters 3 & 4

Homer’s Bioscientific Vocabulary

Chapters 5 & 6

Natural Philosophy

Chapters 7 & 8

Week 3

10/7, 10/9, 10/11

Homework 2 Due

Hippocratic Medicine

Chapters 9 & 10

Diminutive Suffixes

Chapter 11

Test 1 Review

Week 4

10/14, 10/16, 10/18

Test 1

Herodotus and Thucydides

Chapters 12 & 13

Classical Mythology

Chapter 14

Week 5

10/21, 10/23, 10/25

Homework 3 Due

Unintuitive Meanings and Figurative Etymologies

Chapters 15 & 16

Dinosaurs!

Chapters 17 & 18

Test 2 Review

Chapters 19 & 20

Week 6

10/28, 10/30, 11/1

Test 2

Introduction to Latin Bioscientific Vocabulary

Chapters 21 & 22

Language History

Chapters 23 & 24

Week 7

11/4, 11/6, 11/8

Homework 4 Due

Early Roman Medicine

Chapters 25 & 26

Galen

Chapters 27 & 28

Test 3 Review

Chapters 29 & 30

Week 8

11/11, 11/13, 11/15

NO CLASS

Veteran's Day

Test 3

Medieval Science and Medicine

Chapters 31 & 32

Week 9

11/18, 11/20, 11/22

Alchemy

Chapters 33 & 34

Latin Nouns Part 1

Chapters 35 & 36

Latin Nouns Part 2

Chapters 37 & 38

Week 10

11/25, 11/27, 11/29

Homework 5 Due

Latin Adjectives and Phrases

Chapters 39 & 40

History of Scientific and Medical Naming

NO CLASS

Week 11

12/2, 12/4, 12/6

Test 4 Review

Test 4 Review

Test 4

Catalog Description:
Designed to help students master the scientific vocabulary of their particular field by a study of the Latin and Greek roots that are used to create the majority of scientific terms. Knowledge of Latin or Greek is not required. Offered: AWSpS.
GE Requirements Met:
Arts and Humanities (A&H)
Credits:
3.0
Status:
Active
Last updated:
December 18, 2024 - 12:08 pm