LATN 209
Intermediate Latin

Instructor

Fall Term

Course Description

Fall Term

Review of grammar followed by a study of representative works of Ovid and other authors. In addition to developing facility in translation, study of literary content and background of authors.

LATN 209 is designed to build upon LATN 110  The course will proceed by intensive instruction based closely on systematically working our way through chapters 21-32 inclusive of Shelmerdine's text.

As with any language, the learning of Latin requires the investment of time and effort on a consistent basis.  Regular class attendance and participation, together with prior preparation and subsequent review are necessary to ensure success.  All students are expected to come to each class having prepared the assigned exercises and readings, and to be willing to offer their English rendition of the Latin when called upon to translate in class.

Winter Term

For students of Latin 209, 50% of your mark has already been determined from the Fall term. For Winter 2013, the students will complete the last two chapters of their main textbook, Susan Shelmerdine’s Introduction to Latin in the first two weeks of the term and will then take a test which will be worth 5% of your Final mark and which will cover the material from that text. Thereafter, students will use for the rest of the term the text A Latin Reader for Colleges,by Harry Levy. The selections we shall read will be taken from Aulus Gellius, Phaedrus, Cornelius Nepos and Julius Caesar. There will be, besides vocabulary quizzes which will be worth 5% of the Final Mark, a midterm test in the 7^th week, which will be worth 10%. Class participation, which involves not just attendance in class but preparation for class material, will be worth 5%. The Final Exam will cover all readings of the Winter term and will be worth 25% of your Final Mark. 

Required Textbooks

Fall

• Susan C. Shelmerdine,  Introduction to Latin, rev. ed.  Focus Publishing 2007.  ISBN 1-58510-270-9

Winter

Marking Scheme

Fall

• Attendance and Participation - 5%
• Assignments - 10%
• 3 Tests (5% each) in the Fall Term - 15%
• Mid-year Test (December 2012) - 20%

Winter

See Course Description for the Winter Term.

Grading Methodology

All components of this course will receive numerical percentage marks.  The final grade you receive for the course will be derived by converting your numerical course average to a letter grade according to Queen’s Official Grade Conversion Scale:

Queen’s Official Grade Conversion Scale

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Electronic Devices in the Classroom

The Department of Classics believes that maintaining an atmosphere of respect and consideration in the classroom is an important part of the pursuit of free intellectual enquiry. The use of electronic devices in the classroom can be disruptive to both the instructor and to other students, and thus we are introducing guidelines on their use. These guidelines will follow the procedure explained in Section 14 of the Student Code of Conduct and are in force starting January 2011:

1. Non-course related use of electronic devices (e.g. playing games, watching movies, social networking and texting), including smartphones, tablets and laptops, is regarded by the Department of Classics as disruptive pursuant to Section 14 of the Student Code of Conduct. The use of these devices may be restricted at the discretion of the instructor;
2. In some courses in CLST, LATN or GREK laptops may not be permitted. You will be told in class by your instructor if this is the case. If the use of laptops is permitted, please understand that their use is restricted to note-taking;
3. The use of recording devices for lectures is not allowed unless you have requested and been given the express permission of the instructor of the course.

Academic Integrity

Academic integrity is constituted by the five core fundamental values of honesty, trust, fairness, respect and responsibility (see www.academicintegrity.org). These values are central to the building, nurturing and sustaining of an academic community in which all members of the community will thrive. Adherence to the values expressed through academic integrity forms a foundation for the "freedom of inquiry and exchange of ideas" essential to the intellectual life of the University (see the Senate Report on Principles and Priorities http://www.queensu.ca/secretariat/policies/senateandtrustees/principlespriorities.html).

Students are responsible for familiarizing themselves with the regulations concerning academic integrity and for ensuring that their assignments conform to the principles of academic integrity. Information on academic integrity is available in the Arts and Science Calendar (see Academic Regulation 1 http://www.queensu.ca/artsci/academic-calendars/2011-2012-calendar/academic-regulations/regulation-1), on the Arts and Science website (see http://www.queensu.ca/artsci/academics/undergraduate/academic-integrity), and from the instructor of this course. Departures from academic integrity include plagiarism, use of unauthorized materials, facilitation, forgery and falsification, and are antithetical to the development of an academic community at Queen's. Given the seriousness of these matters, actions which contravene the regulation on academic integrity carry sanctions that can range from a warning or the loss of grades on an assignment to the failure of a course to a requirement to withdraw from the university.

Download the  Statement on Academic Integrity for Inclusion in Course Syllabi and Assignments  [PDF]

Copyright

The material on this website is copyrighted and is for the sole use of students registered in LATN 209. The material on this website may be downloaded for a registered student’s personal use, but shall not be distributed or disseminated to anyone other than students registered in LATN 209.  Failure to abide by these conditions is a breach of copyright, and may also constitute a breach of academic integrity under the University Senate’s Academic Integrity Policy Statement.

This page was last updated 14 January, 2013 .