THIS IS A SAMPLE SYLLABUS FROM THE FALL 2006 SEMESTER.
THE SYLLABUS FOR ANOTHER SEMESTER MAY BE DIFFERENT.

GREEK 201: Intermediate Greek
Selected Readings
Fall, 2006
MTWF, 10:00-10:50, FA 450

Dr. Carolyn G. Koehler
FA 427; ext. 52979; 301-498-2941
koehler@umbc.edu
Office hours: MTW 11:00-12:00, and by appointment

Course Description (This syllabus is also available in RTF.)

Selected readings in ancient Greek, particularly Plato's Apology of Socrates. The course builds on the basic skills learned in GREK 101 and 102, and prepares students to continue with upper-level Greek in the following semester.

Learning Goals

¨To read selections from representative Greek works, primarily Aesop, Theophrastus, Xenophon, Herodotos, and Plato, noting the mode of thought and manner of expression for each, as well as its historical and social context

¨To review the fundamentals of grammar and syntax learned in the first two semesters of Greek; to develop facility in grammatical analysis; to enlarge vocabulary

¨To increase accuracy in translation and, gradually, speed

Schedule

We begin translation on the first day (8/30/06), incorporating review of the principles of Greek grammar and considering relevant literary and cultural elements as we proceed.

Besides daily recitation, there will be frequent quizzes on both translation and grammar, some announced and some not. Three hourly exams will be based mainly on our texts or similar material. The third will be during our scheduled final exam, Monday, 12/18/06.

Evaluation

1/3 - Quizzes and

1/3 - daily prepared translation in class

Class attendance is mandatory. Unexcused absences after the first 2 will earn

a mark of 0 on the day’s work. There will be no make-up quizzes except

in extreme circumstances. The lowest 3 marks on the quizzes will be dropped

before the average is computed.

1/3 - 3 examinations, consisting largely of translations (prepared and at sight)

GREK 201 syllabus, Fall 2006, p. 2

Required Texts

Freeman, C.E. and W.D. Lowe, A Greek Reader for Schools. Introductions, Notes, and Vocabularies. Waukonda, IL: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, Inc., 2005 (reprint).

ISBN 0-86516-267-0 (pbk)

Plato: Apology of Socrates and Crito, ed. by L. Dyer and rev. by T.D. Seymour (reprint of the 1908 ed.)

Liddell & Scott's Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon is recommended (can be ordered).

You should have Athenaze from GREK 101 and 102 for reference as we review.