UNCG

Hugh Parker

Fall, 2006

HHRA 1111

GRK 203-01

334-5703

 

hcparker@uncg.edu

 

 

INTERMEDIATE GREEK

OFFICE HOURS:  WF 12-12:30, T 11:00-12:00, and by appointment.

 

TEXTS:  Douglas Domingo-ForastŽ, Lysias on the Murder of Eratosthenes

 

Henry George Liddell & Robert Scott, Greek-English Lexicon

 

COURSE OBJECTIVES:  The main objective of this course is to improve your Greek by building on what you learned last year in GRK 201 and 202.  By the end of this course you need to be able to:

 

1.     read a passage from Lysias with the aid of a lexicon and a selected passage without the aid of a lexicon

2.     recognize quickly all forms of Greek nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and verbs

3.     write out from memory the principle parts of the most important irregular Greek verbs

4.     describe the importance of Lysias in Greek literature

5.     discuss the basics of the Greek legal system

6.   be ready to start reading Euripides in the spring

 

GRADES:  Grades will be determined as follows:

                                                                                   

                                    Big Quizzes                                           15%

                                    Little Quizzes                                        15%

                                    Principal Part Quizzes                          10%

                                    Midterm Exams (3)                               30%

                                    Final Exam                                            30% 

Grading scale:

97-100               A+

94-96               A

90-93               A-

87-89               B+

84-86               B

80-83               B-

 

77-79               C+

74-76               C

70-73               C-

67-69               D+

64-66               D

60-63               D-

59 or lower      F

 

 

QUIZZES:  There will be three types of quizzes—Big, Little, and Principal Part.  The Big Quizzes will cover approximately two previous weeks of reading assignments and will be on the following dates (all Fridays):  August 25, September 22, October 20, and November 17.  Principal Parts Quizzes will be given on Mondays beginning August 21.  The Little Quizzes will be given as needed.  All quizzes will take place at the beginning of class.  If you arrive late and we are still taking the quiz, you may take it but you must hand it in with everyone else.  If you arrive after I have collected the quizzes, you will receive a zero.  N.B.  THERE WILL BE NO MAKEUP QUIZZES FOR ANY REASON; IF YOU MISS A QUIZ  OF ANY SORT,  YOU WILL RECEIVE A ZERO.  I will drop your lowest Big Quiz grade, your lowest Little Quiz grade, and your lowest Principal Parts Quiz grade when I figure your final grade for the course.

 

MIDTERM EXAMS:  We will have three midterm exams on the following dates (all Fridays:  September 8, October 6, and November 3.  Please note that the second midterm is on the day before fall break; please make your plans for break accordingly.

 

ATTENDANCE:  You need to be here to every day.  If you miss more than 3 classes for any reason, you will be dropped from the course.

 

FINAL EXAM:  The final exam will be on Wednesday, December 6 from noon to 3 p.m.

 

OTHER INFORMATION: 

1.  Please make sure you have read and understood the Academic Integrity Policy (it can be found at http://academicintegrity.uncg.edu). I will ask you to sign the Academic Integrity Pledge on all graded work. 

 

2.  As far as homework is concerned, my standards are the same as those of the Bryan School of Business here at UNCG (found in the 2006-2007 Undergraduate Bulletin, p. 75):

 

In general, students should plan to devote between 2-3 hours outside of class for each hour in class.