LATN 389: Archaic Latin Spring Semester 2005

Our work together will pursue three main aims (plus the fourth, of enjoying the activity of learning):

• To investigate what early Latin texts reveal about the development of the Latin language and its architecture of thought
• To build facility in reading Latin and appreciating its communication
• Through research --identifying and evaluating source-material, formulating interpretive hypotheses, testing and refining analysis, and setting forth conclusions in persuasive arguments with pertinent and accurate support and documentation-- to practice skills of critical thought and verbal communication

TBA
Crown Center 553
Dr. Jacqueline Long

• Assignments will be determined by the progress of our exploration; normally we will expect to devote part of meeting-times to reading skills and translation, and part to reports of research into linguistic problems identified in previous meetings' reading.
• Dates to watch out for:

Attendance

Meeting times will be determined by mutual agreement, according to the needs and progress of investigation; normally we will expect to meet at least once each week. In no case may more than one week of class-time go by without a meeting for reading and discussion. Please let me know as early as possible if any difficulty of meeting arises (illness, non-negotiable appointments). Once we establish a regular schedule for meeting, we will endeavor to schedule other obligations around our times.

Internet resources

• Allen & Greenough. Part of the Perseus Digital Library.
• Lewis & Short On-Line. Also part of the Perseus Digital Library.

Academic integrity

Any practice of academic dishonesty (cheating, plagiarism, obstructing the work of other students, etc.) perpetrated in this course will result in failure of the coures. Do not do it.

For basic principles and definitions, see the subsection on "Academic Integrity" in the section of the Undergraduate Studies Catalogue outlining General Academic Standards and Regulations (scroll down). There's also a helpful webpage on Avoiding Plagiarism, provided by UC-Davis, to which Loyola's Writing Center refers.

Loyola University requires that "all instances of academic dishonesty must be reported to the chairperson of the department involved"; relevant procedures are outlined in the last paragraph of the "Academic Integrity" subsection.