Beginning Ancient Greek-2nd Semester (GRE 1121, section #0620)
MTuWF 8th (3-3:50) FLI 0117

 


      Welcome to the second semester of beginning ancient Greek! This course completes the first-year ancient Greek sequence and prepares students for higher-level survey and author-based classes. We will finish the Hansen & Quinn textbook and move on to "real Greek" for the last few weeks of the semester, specifically Plato's Apology.


click here for Syllabus


instructor
Jim Marks
Department of Classics
jmarks@ufl.edu
office hours: 380 Dauer MWF 11:45-12:45 or email for appointment


required textbooks (available at the University of Florida Bookstore or purchase online)
1) Hardy Hansen and Gerald Quinn. Greek: An Intensive Course 2nd revised edition. Fordham University Press. ISBN 0823216632
2) Plato Apology edited by James J. Helm, revised edition. Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers. ISBN 0865163480


evaluation
10 Quizzes @ 5% each = 50 % of final grade
4 Exams @ 10% each = 40% of final grade
participation (attendance is mandatory) = 10% of final grade

grading scale: A= 90 and above; A- = 87-89; B+ = 84-86; B = 80-83; B- = 77-79; C+ = 74-76; C = 70-73;    
                                C- = 67-69 (note that UF does not consider a C- to be a passing grade);
                                D+ = 64-66; D = 60-63; D- = 57-59; E = 56 and below
                            for UF policy on minus-grades, see http://www.isis.ufl.edu/minusgrades.html

online resource: Smyth's Greek Grammar
study guides
also, UF linguistics professor emeritus Dr. Gary Miller has kindly made available a pre-publication draft of his new book, Ancient Greek Dialects and Early Authors, which contains a concise overview of the Greek language. Two chapters are posted here that will be of most interest to beginning students; contact me for access to the entire book. Dr. Miller encourages students to contact him with any feedback or questions (dgm@ufl.edu).



This course is conducted in compliance with all University of Florida policies regarding special needs, academic honesty, and absences for emergencies, religious holidays and extracurricular activities. For details, see http://www.dso.ufl.edu/drc/ (special needs); http://www.dso.ufl.edu/studentguide/studentrights.php (academic honesty).