98 Course Title Instructor Description CLAS 101 Greek Civilization Travis Lectures and discussion, two one-hour tests and final exam. CLAS 121 Elementary Latin I Farina Regular class recitation, weekly quizzes and final exam. The course aims at providing the student with a basic reading knowledge of Latin through study of its grammatical structure.
Syntactic analysis provides insight into grammar of English and other modern languages.
Sentences and passages from classical authors serve as springboards to discussion of Roman culture. Text F. Wheelock, Latin CLAS 123 Intermediate Latin I Staff Regular class recitation, four one-hour tests, and final exam. After a rapid review of grammar, the student samples a wide variety of readings from Latin prose and poetry, including Cicero, Nepos, Pliny, Catullus, Horace, Phaedrus, and Martial. I Johnson Regular written homework, weekly quizzes, two one-hour tests, and final exam. This course is the first half of a year-long course in beginning Ancient Greek, covering grammar, vocabulary, and reading strategies.