CLAS 101 C: Latin and Greek in Current Use

Welcome to Classics 101!

Information:

• Section C: T Th 10:30am- 11:20 am SMI 311
• All Course Materials can be found in Modules
• Instructor: Caden Hanrahan (he/him)
• Email: kch1@uw.edu
• Mailbox: Classics Dept. Office, Denny 262
• Office: Denny Hall 400K
• Office Hours: Monday 12:35 – 1:25 pm and Thursday 11:35 am- 12:25 pm

Full Syllabus

• including grading scale and all course policies

Schedule 

Week 1:

Tuesday, March 31^st - Syllabus Overview

• Look over Syllabus

Thursday, April 2^nd – Introduction to Language History and Word Building

• Read Words and Ideas, Chapter 1: Word Building Basics

Week 2:

Tuesday, April 7^th –Word Building

• Read Words and Ideas, Chapter 2: Word Building Tools: Greek Components

Thursday, April 9^th – Mythology

• Hesiod Reading (Canvas)
• Read Words and Ideas, Chapter 4: Mythology (p. 75-90, stop at the Trojan War)

Week 3:

Tuesday, April 14^th – Mythology

• Homeric Hymn to Demeter (Canvas)
• Homework 1 Due

Thursday, April 16^th – Mythology

• Iliad, Odyssey, and Aeneid Reading (Canvas)
• Read Words and Ideas, Chapter 4: Mythology (p. 90- end) (Trojan War- end)

Week 4:

Tuesday, April 21^st – Test 1

Thursday, April 23^rd  – Greek History

• Read Greek Historians Excerpts (Canvas)
• Read Words and Ideas, Chapter 3: Word Building Tools: Latin Components
• Read Words and Ideas, Chapter 9: History (p. 227-235, stop at Polybius)

Week 5:

Tuesday, April 28^th  – Roman History

• Read Roman Historians Excerpts (Canvas)
• Read Words and Ideas, Chapter 9: History (p. 236-end, Polybius- end)

Thursday, April 30^th  – Greek Law and Politics

• Read Words and Ideas, Chapter 6: Politics and Law (p.145-151, stop at the Roman Republic)

Week 6:

Tuesday, May 5^th – Roman Law and Politics

• Read Words and Ideas, Chapter 6: Politics and Law (p. 151- end, the Roman Republic- end)
• Homework 2 Due

Thursday, May 7^th   – Commerce and Economics

• Read excerpt from “A Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” (Canvas)
• Read “Zoninus Collar” (Canvas)
• Read Words and Ideas, Chapter 7: Commerce and Economics (p.169-187, the whole thing)

Week 7:

Tuesday, May 12^th – Test 2

Thursday, May 14^th – Medicine

• Read Words and Ideas, Chapter 5: Medicine (p. 105- 122, stop at Ophthalmology)

Week 8:

Tuesday, May 19^th – Medicine

• Reading on the Hippocratic Oath (Canvas)
• Read Words and Ideas, Chapter 5: Medicine (p. 122-end, Ophthalmology- end)

Thursday, May 21^st – Philosophy

• Read Words and Ideas, Chapter 8: Philosophy and Psychology (p. 191- 206, Stop at Psyche)

Week 9:

Tuesday, May 26^th – Psychology

• Echo and Narcissus Reading (Canvas)
• Read Words and Ideas, Chapter 8: Philosophy and Psychology (p. 206- end, Psyche- end)
• Homework 3 Due

Thursday, May 28^th  – Test 3

Week 10:

Tuesday, June 2^nd – Literature: Love Poetry

• Selected Sappho and Catullus Poems (Canvas)

Thursday, June 4^th  – Final Exam Review

FINAL EXAM

Section C: Monday, June 8, 10:30 AM – 12:20 PM

*I reserve the right to modify the syllabus at any time