LATN 102-001: Latin II Spring Semester 2020

Mastering the fundamentals of Latin yields great rewards. You'll become able to read magnificent literature in its original glory. You'll build a new basis for understanding language - Latin itself, and languages related to it, but also more broadly how speaking and listening and writing and reading communities map worlds with words. Through Latin and the uses ancient Romans made of it, you will see insiders' perspectives on literature, history, and culture. Your own competences will grow.

Our work will aim at five main Learning Outcomes (in addition to the fun of learning):

• to gain familiarity with commonly-used vocabulary of ancient Latin, the words and the concepts in terms of which the Romans delineated ideas
• to be able to recognize and understand the system of forms, morphology, by which Latin words delivered meaning beyond naming concepts
• to gain familiarity with Latin syntax, the language's principles for using forms in particular ways and combining words so as to make meaningful statements
• to read Latin, bringing your understanding of Latin words, their forms, and their combinations together into a higher synthesis
• to learn through reading about Roman cultural contexts

• Required: Andrew Keller and Stephanie Russell, Learn to Read Latin, 2nd edn., textbook + workbook (Yale UP 2015)
• Additional resources on-line:
  • Guide to pronouncing Classical Latin
  • Concepts for the Study of Latin (follow the links)

• Bring both the textbook and the workbook to class with you every meeting.
• Assignments will be determined by the class's progress; normally we will expect to introduce some new numbered sections within each Chapter every period, as well as touching back on material we have introduced before and working together to advance your synthesis of understanding.
• You will begin becoming responsible for the Chapter Vocabulary as soon as we begin working with the Chapter. The groups of the words in the Vocabulary lists, the Vocabulary Notes, and the lists of Derivatives and Cognates at the end of each Vocabulary section can all help organize and deepen this new knowledge.
• You will become responsible for forms, syntax, and concepts covered in each Chapter as soon as we introduce their sections.
• Be sure you understand concepts discussed in class well enough to be able to apply them. You are your own best monitor and advocate. Take this opportunity to learn how you learn, and grow in mastery.
• Practice form-patterns using new vocabulary, so that you reinforce both facets of meaning at once.
• Sample sentences and readings in the textbook and exercises in the workbook will use vocabulary-words, practicing forms and meanings in context.
• Written homework will be assigned most days. Sometimes we will take it to its next stages together in the next class meeting, sometimes it will be collected and marked but not graded, for revision and resubmission, and sometimes it will be collected and graded. Always give it your best shot, so that you can help others and so that you can learn the most from them.
  • Missing class will limit your opportunities to ask questions, contribute to answers, and get feedback on your work, but if illness or anything keeps you unavoidably away, do be sure to get and do the homework assignments so that you do not fall behind.
  • When marked or graded work is handed back, review all corrections and make sure you understand how, and how else, to make your work perfect - feedback offers the greatest value of class work, but only if you take it up and use it.
• Unannounced micro-quizzes will reinforce recent vocabulary and forms.
• Short summary quizzes will consolidate recent reading, syntax, forms, and vocabulary, roughly every two weeks.
• Dates to watch out for, within the parameters of Loyola's official Academic Calendar for Spring 2020:

M 1/13	First day of classes and of our class. Guide to pronunciation of Classical Latin Concepts relevant to the study of Classical Latin
M 1/20	Martin Luther King Day: no classes
F 1/24	Short quiz as well as ongoing classwork.
F 2/7	Short quiz as well as ongoing classwork.
F 2/21	Short quiz as well as ongoing classwork.
F 2/28	Midterm examination.
M-Sa 3/2-7	Spring Break: no classes.
F 3/20	Short quiz as well as ongoing classwork.
F 4/3	Short quiz as well as ongoing classwork.
Th 4/9, 4:15pm - M 4/13, 4:15pm	Easter Break: no classes.
W 4/15	Short quiz as well as ongoing classwork.
F 4/24	Last day of class.
M 4/27 9:00am - 11:00am	Final examination. See Loyola's Final Exam Schedule.

• Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short, eds., A Latin Dictionary, Oxford University Press 1879 & rpt. J. B. Greenough et al., eds.,
• Allen & Greenough's New Latin Grammar, Boston: Ginn & Company 1903; also through Dickinson College Commentaries
• Classical Latin Texts, a resource prepared by the Packard Humanities Institute
• selected Latin texts and translations, also some Greek, are available from Lacus Curtius
• The Latin Library is a repository of public-source texts
• The Greek and Roman Materials of the Perseus Digital Library include texts, commentaries, translations, and other resources such as Lewis & Short and Allen & Greenough cited above
• Nuntii Latini offers current news briefs in Latin on a weekly basis. Produced by Radiophonia Finnica Generalis, Yle, the Finnish national broadcaster

• Diotima, materials for the study of women and gender in the ancient Mediterranean world
• Lacus Curtius, on-line resources for Roman archaeology and topography (especially); compiled by Bill Thayer
• The Perseus Digital Library, an evolving digital library that originated with an extensive and still-growing center of resources for the study of the Classical world
• Loyola Libraries' Subject Guide to Classical Studies, prepared by Classical Studies Bibliographer Jane Currie: a research guide to help identify and access core research resources relating to Classical Civilization, ancient Greek, or Latin
• Oxford Bibliographies Online - Classics: annotated bibliographies compiled by leading scholars in the relevant fields, including literary, historical, and cultural topics
• Loyola Writing Program's Statement of Grading Standards: a useful articulation of widely-held standards for undergraduate essay-writing including research papers

Additional support-resources at Loyola University Chicago

• Academic Advising & Support Services, Sullivan Center, Suite 260, 6339 Sheridan Rd., LSC; 773-508-7714, fsyadvising@luc.edu
• Campus Safety: general, 6427 N Sheridan Road and asksafety@luc.edu; Campus Safety Dispatcher, 773-508-6039; on-campus emergency x4-4911; City of Chicago emergency 911
  • Campus Safety satellite station (joint endeavor with the Chicago Police Department and the Chicago Transit Authority) near the Granville Redline Station: can be accessed via valid LUC ID card 24/7, and has emergency phones outside and inside connecting with the Campus Safety dispatch center
• Center for Student Assistance and Advocacy: offers support, coordinated case-management, and referrals to appropriate resources for student concerns across the University. The website can direct students and members of faculty and staff to pertinent explanations and resources, including online reporting-forms for first, second, or third parties. Coverage includes severally
  • equity & Title IX concerns
  • behavioral concerns
  • academic concerns
  • personal concerns
  • student conflict & conduct concerns
  • general student concerns
  • BUT, in any case of crisis or imminent harm call Campus Safety first, 773-508-6039
• Dean of Students, Division of Student Development, Damen Student Center, South Wing, Suite 300, LSC; 773-508-8840, deanofstudents@luc.edu
• Information Technology Services, 773-508-4ITS, ITSservicedesk@luc.edu or helpdesk@luc.edu
• Student Accessibility Center, Student Academic Services, Sullivan Center, Suite 117, LSC, 773-508-3700 and Lewis Towers 1240, WTC (MTTh only), 312-915-8960; sac@luc.edu
• Student Conduct & Conflict Resolution, Damen Student Center, Suite 300, LSC, 773-508-8890, osccr@luc.edu
• Student Services Hub, Sullivan Center First Floor, LSC; 773-508-7700; 8:30am-5:00pm M-F
• Tutoring Center, Sullivan Center Room 245, LSC; 773-508-7708; tutoringcenter@luc.edu
• University Libraries: Cudahy Library, LSC: IC 773-508-8000, Circulation 773-508-2632, Reference Desk 773-508-2654; Lewis Library, 25 E Pearson, WTC, Circulation 312-915-6622, Reference Desk 312-915-6631; Ask a Librarian
• Wellness Center: Granada Center Suite 310, 6439 N Sheridan Rd, LSC, 773-508-2530; Terry Student Center Suite 250, 26 E Pearson, WTC, 312-915-6360; for medical appointments call Dial-a-Nurse at 773-508-8883 (live registered nurse during Wellness Center hours and confidential voice mail after hours; you must leave voice mail including your phone number in order to have your call returned); phone-consultations outside Wellness Center hours are also available at the NurseLine, 877-257-7075, but note the Advice Nurses are not able to access Wellness Center health or appointment records, they cannot make or cancel appointments, and they cannot give test results or refill prescriptions; mental health triage appointments may be scheduled online or by calling 773-508-2530
• Writing Program and Writing Center, Loyola Hall, LSC, 773-508-8468, writingctr@luc.edu

Academic honesty, a.k.a. the life's blood of the intellect:

• Any practice of academic dishonesty (cheating, plagiarism, obstructing the work of other students, etc.) perpetrated in this course will result in failure of the course. Do not do it.
• For basic principles and definitions, see the subsection on "Academic Integrity" in the General Academic Standards and Regulations. The College of Arts and Sciences endorses and upholds this policy, as does the Department of Classical Studies. We also recommend you consult the helpful discussion of The Use and Misuse of Source Materials, provided by Loyola's Writing Program.
• Loyola University requires that all instances of academic dishonesty must be reported to the chairperson of the department involved and to the academic Dean of the student's College.
• Learning is wholly personal: it only happens if you do it yourself. Your University record should be certifying only what has really happened.

Revised 9 January 2020 by jlong1@luc.edu
http://www.luc.edu/classicalstudies/