Course Description:

Latin 102/499b is a continuation of Latin 101/499a which offers credit at the freshman-sophomore level (102) or at the senior-graduate level (499b).  The student will continue learning the Latin language--basic grammar, vocabulary, and syntax--and will acquire enough knowledge of these elements to begin reading Latin.

Objective:  The objective of this course is to give students an introductory knowledge of the Latin language.

Text:

Frederic Wheelock and Richard LaFleur.  Wheelock's Latin. Sixth Edition. Harper, 2005.

Requirements:

Students will be required to prepare approximately one chapter per class meeting.  Preparation includes mastery of all the material in the chapter as well as completion of any additional written, translation or reading assignments given.  Attendance and participation in class are required.  In addition, quizzes, two unit tests and a final exam will be given.  This course also requires that students spend two hours per week completing language lab work.  This is why the course gives four credit hours instead of three.

Attendance:

Regular and punctual attendance is essential to mastering the material covered in this course.  Students who miss more than five class hours should expect to fail the course.

Grading:

Course grades will be figured by the following percentages: Unit tests =  20% each; Final = 35%; Quizzes, daily assignments, participation and lab work =  25%.

Schedule: Students should come to class having prepared the chapter(s) assigned for a given day.  Preparation means that all paradigms, grammatical principles and vocabulary presented in the chapter have been memorized and that all exercises at the end of the chapter have been completed in writing and brought to class.

Week 1:
1/14      Introduction and Review.
1/16      Review of Verbs Chapters 1, 5, 6, 8.  Submit labs for these chapters before class to the digital dropbox. Review of 101 Final.
1/18      Submit labs for Chapters 10, 12, 18 before class.. In class  Review of Verb Forms; Introduction to Chapter 19

1/20     Lab for Chapter 18 due.

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Week 2:
1/21    No classes. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday.
1/23    Chapter 19
1/25    Chapter 19 
1/27    Lab for Chapter 19 due.

Week 3:
1/28    Due:  Labs for Chapters 2,3,4,7, 14,
1/30    Chapter 20
2/01    Chapter 20
2/03    Lab for  Chapter 20 due.
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Week 4:
2/04    Chapter 21
2/06    Chapter 21
2/08    Chapter 22
2/10    Labs Chapters 21 and 22 due.
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Week 5:
2/11    Chapter 23 . participle exercises; Additional exercises on participles
2/13    Chapter 23
2/15    Chapter 23
2/17:  Lab for Chapters 23 due.
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Week 6:
2/18    Chapter 24. Exercises.
2/20   For class: Using recently learned vocabulary, write five sentences using ablative absolute constructions and five using participles of various kinds in Latin and English.
2/22    Quiz on ablative absolutes and passive periphrasis  Chapter 25
2/24    Labs on Chapters 24 and 25 Due.
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Week 7:
2/25   Chapter 25
2/27   Chapter 26 
3/01   Chapter 27; Review for Unit Test 1: Chapter 18-27
3/3    Labs Chapters 26 and 27 due
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Week 8:
3/03    Unit Test 1: Chapters 18-27
3/05    Chapter 28
3/07    Chapter 28
3/09    Lab Chapter 28 due
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3/10-17:  Spring Break--no classes.
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Week 9
3/18    Chapter 29
3/20    Chapter 29 Complete online exercises
3/22    Chapter 30
3/24    Labs Chapters 29 and 30 due.
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Week 10:
3/24    Chapter 30
3/26    Chapter 31  exercises
3/28    Chapter 32
3/30    Labs Chapters 31 and 32 due
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Week 11:
3/31    Chapter 33 Exercises on all subjunctive uses learned so far.
4/02    Chapters 33 Exercises on Conditions.
4/04    Review for Unit Test 2
4/06    Lab Chapter 33 due.
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Week 12:
4/07    Unit Test 2: Chapters 28-33
4/09    Chapter 34
4/11    Chapter 34
4/13    Lab Chapter 34 due.
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Week 13:
4/14    Chapter 35
4/16    Chapter 36
4/18    Chapter 36
4/20    Labs Chapters 35 and 36 due.
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Week 14
4/21    Chapter 37
4/23    Chapter 38
4/25    Chapter 38
4/27    Labs Chapters 37 and 38 due.
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Week 15

4/28    Review of Chapters 19-25
4/30    Review of Chapters 26-30
5/02    Review of Chapters 31-38

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Final Examination:  Thursday, May 8, 2008 10-11:40 AM in Peck 2408
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Note:  This syllabus is subject to change at the discretion of the instructor.  Changes will be announced orally in class.  It is the students' responsibility to keep themselves informed of all such changes.