Syllabus
AcceleratedClassical Greek I / Philosophical Greek I
GRK301, Section 1 / PHL 693, Section 1
Location:Main Classroom 471
FallSemester 2004
MichaelR. Baumer
COURSEDESCRIPTION
Thiscourse is the first of a four-course sequence (GRK 301, 302, 350, 351) thatprovides a comprehensive training in Classical Greek sufficient to enable astudent to begin to read the great authors of the archaic (examples, Homer andHesiod), classical (examples, tragedians, historians, Plato, Aristotle,Euclid), Hellenistic (examples, Septuagint and New Testament, Greek Fathers andcommentators on Plato and Aristotle), and Byzantine periods of Greekliterature. This course counts towards the B. A. language requirement in TheCollege of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences and The College of Science.
Ascurrently planned, GRK 302 will be offered in Spring 2005, GRK 350 in Fall2005, and GRK 351 in Spring 2006.
REQUIREDTEXT: Athenaze: An Introduction to Ancient Greek, Book I, Second Edition,by Maurice Balme and Gilbert Lawall.
OPTIONALTEXT: Workbook for Athenaze.
TOPICS:During this semester we will cover the Introduction and the first eight and onehalf chapters of the textbook. (There is a second volume, which will come intoplay sometime during the second semester.)
SCHEDULEOF CLASSES (42 class days including Final Exam)
| WEEK BEGINNING | MONDAY | WEDNESDAY | FRIDAY |
| Aug 29 | Introduction Parts I-II | Introduction Part III | Introduction Parts IV-V Assignment: Write out words, names, and text in Introduction Part IV |
| Sept 5 | LABOR DAY HOLIDAY | Chapter 1�� (alpha) (1) | Chapter 1�� (alpha) (2) Assignment: Exercise 1�� (alpha) |
| Sept 12 | Chapter 1�� (beta) (1) | Chapter 1�� (beta) (2) Assignment: Exercise 1�� (beta) | Chapter 2�� (alpha) (1) |
| Sept 19 | Chapter 2�� (alpha) (2) Assignment: Exercise 2�� (beta) | Chapter 2�� (beta) (1) | Chapter 2�� (beta) (2) Assignment: Exercise 2�� (zeta) |
| Sept 26 | Chapter 3�� (alpha) (1) | Chapter 3�� (alpha) (2) Assignment: Exercise 3�� (alpha) | Chapter 3�� (beta) (1) |
| Oct 3 | Chapter 3�� (beta) (2) Assignment: Exercise 3�� (epsilon) | Chapter 4�� (alpha) (1) | Chapter 4�� (alpha) (2) Assignment: Exercise 4�� (delta) |
| Oct 10 | COLUMBUS DAY HOLIDAY | Chapter 4�� (beta) (1) | Chapter 4�� (beta) (2) Assignment: Exercise 4�� (kappa) |
| Oct 17 | REVIEW FOR FIRST MIDTERM EXAM | FIRST MIDTERM EXAM | NO CLASS���INSTRUCTOR OUT OF TOWN |
| Oct 24 | Chapter 5�� (alpha) (1) | Chapter 5�� (alpha) (2) Assignment: Exercise 5�� (delta) | Chapter 5�� (beta) (1) |
| Oct 31 | Chapter 5�� (beta) (2) Assignment: Exercise 5�� (zeta) | Chapter 6�� (alpha) (1) | Chapter 6�� (alpha) (2) Assignment: Exercise 6�� (delta) |
| Nov 7 | Chapter 6�� (beta) (1) | Chapter 6�� (beta) (2) Assignment: Exercise 6�� (xi) | Chapter 7�� (alpha) (1) |
| Nov 14 | Chapter 7�� (alpha) (2) Assignment: Exercise 7�� (beta) (second part) and �� (delta) | Chapter 7�� (beta) (1) | Chapter 7�� (beta) (2) Assignment: Exercise 7�� (zeta) |
| Nov 21 | REVIEW FOR SECOND MIDTERM | SECOND MIDTERM EXAM | Chapter 8�� (alpha) (1) |
| Nov 28 | Chapter 8�� (alpha) (2) Assignment: Exercise 8�� (beta) | Chapter 8�� (beta) (1) | THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY |
| Dec 5 | Chapter 8�� (beta) (2) Assignment: Exercise 8�� (delta) (6-10) and 8�� (epsilon) (1-5) | Chapter 9�� (alpha) (1) | Chapter 9�� (alpha) (2) Assignment: Exercise 9�� (delta) |
| Dec 12 | | | FINAL EXAM 1-3 PM |
EachChapter is divided into two parts, marked �������� and ��������. It will take usapproximately two class-days to get through each chapter-part, one day devotedmainly to the primary reading and one day to the exercises. There are alsosupplementary reading passages and essays in English about ancient Greece. Iwill always introduce the important new points of grammar on the day before youare to prepare the primary reading.
STUDENTCOURSEWORK
Thiscourse requires sustained effort of at least ten hours of work outside of classeach week. It is largely a matter of assimilating material rather than intenseintellectual labor, though it does require thinking, especially as regards theprinciples of grammar. The textbook is well-written, and doing the assignmentsand exercises regularly should increase your competence on schedule, butfailure to do them will result in your becoming lost.
Themain work will consist of class attendance and recitation, regular homework,two Midterm Exams, and a Final Exam. Unless otherwise announced, all thelettered exercises except those accompanying the supplementary readings are tobe prepared for recitation, although only the ones labeled as ���Assignment��� inthe Schedule of Classes are to be handed in. If you must miss class I willstill accept your missed homework when you return. In general we will go overthe homework in great detail in class. The dates of the exams appear in theSchedule of Classes.
Thereis a graduate philosophy section of this course, and for you graduate studentsI will provide some extra vocabulary and short philosophical texts tosupplement the textbook.
ATTENDANCEPOLICY
Becauseof the nature of the course and the importance of class recitation, regularclass attendance will in general be required. If you have a problem in thisregard, please let me know so that we can determine what to do and work aroundit.
OFFICELOCATION AND HOURS
Myoffice hours will be Wednesday and Friday from 2:00 pm to 2:30 pm and after ourclass period by appointment. My office is in the Philosophy Department, RT1920. My phone number is 687-3902.