Office phone: 334-5703
GREEK ORATORS (Fall 2004)
OFFICE HOURS: WF 12-12:30, T 11:00-12:00, and by appointment.
TEXTS: Douglas Domingo-Forasté, Lysias on the Murder of Eratosthenes.
M. J. Edwards, Lysias. Five Speeches (Speeches 1, 12, 19, 22, 30).
Liddell & 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 203 and 204. By the end of this course you must be able to:
1. read a passage from Lysias without the aid of a
lexicon
2. describe the importance of Lysias in Greek literature
3. discuss the basics of the Greek legal system
4. demonstrate that you can read and understand
scholarly research on Lysias
GRADES: Grades will be determined as follows:
| Big Quizzes (4) | 10% |
| Little Quizzes (as needed) | 10% |
| 311-only Quizzes (approx. 6) | 15% |
| Principal Parts Quizzes (12) | 10% |
| Reviews/Oral Reports (2) | 10% |
| Midterm Exams (3) | 20% |
| Final Exam | 25% |
QUIZZES: There will be three types of quizzes that you will do with the 203 students—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 27, September 24, October 22, and November 19. Principal Parts Quizzes will be given on Mondays beginning August 23. 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 grade for the course.
EXTRA QUIZZES: You will read extra Lysias on your own and be quizzed on it every two weeks. We will discuss what you’d like to read and agree on the procedures. I will then give you written guidelines
ORAL REPORTS: In mid September and mid October, you will each be assigned a scholarly article on the Lysias. You will read the article and write a short paper (3-4 pages) about the content of the article and whether or not you agree with it. You will also give two 10-minute oral reports to the class on your articles during the 2nd half of the semester.
MIDTERM EXAMS: We will have three midterm exams. They will be during the weeks of September 6, October 4, and November 1.
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 8 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://studentconduct.uncg.edu/policy/academicintegrity/.
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 2004-2005 Undergraduate Bulletin, p. 73):
In general,
students should plan to devote between 2-3 hours outside of class for each
hour in class.