UPDATE: Added a useful site for studying vocabulary to the Online Resources section (11/7/09)

 
  The Arch of Titus in the Roman Forum (Copyright 2006, JMP)

LAT 1010/1010H: ELEMENTARY LATIN 1
Mon.-Fri. 11:30-12:20
111 South Hall

Instructor:

James M. Pfundstein
Shatzel 222
Phone: 419-372-8278
Office Hours: Tues. & Wed. 12:30-1:20, or by appointment
e-mail: jmpfund@bgsu.edu
web-page: http://personal.bgsu.edu/~jmpfund/JMP.html

Text:

(required) Wheelock & LaFleur, Wheelock's Latin (revised 6th ed: HarperCollins, 2005)
               
            website: http://www.wheelockslatin.com/index.shtml

(recommended) Grote, A Comprehensive Guide to Wheelock's Latin(Bolchazy-Carducci, 2001)

(recommended) Goldman/Szymanski, English Grammar for Students of Latin(Olivia & Hill Press, 1994)

On-Line Resources: All of these are free; the product is of varying quality. Caveat araneo-fluitator! (Let the web-surfer beware!) Let me know about any broken links you find.

The Official Wheelock's website has a section devoted to pronunciation (with streaming or downloadable audio files)

http://www.wheelockslatin.com/chapters/introduction/introduction.html

WORDS, a superb (and freeware) program that parses and briefly defines Latin words, can be downloaded for Windows (of various flavors), Mac OS X, DOS, LINUX and OS/2. (You have to scroll down a bit.)

http://users.erols.com/whitaker/words.htm

There is also an online version of WORDS that should work with any standard browser.

http://lysy2.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/words.exe

       http://people.hofstra.edu/faculty/Ilaria_Marchesi/text/list_exercises.htm

An older and incomplete version of Grote is on-line at:

            http://www.carthage.edu/outis/grote.html

"Wheelock's Latin Vocabulary Tools" by Eric Warmenhoven: build vocab lists and quizzes for a chapter, a set of chapters, etc. Really useful, and free.

http://www.warmenhoven.org/latin/vocab/

Orbilius, a freeware program by Nick Lowe to help you practice conjugations and basic vocabulary (and which includes a Latin version of Hangman) can be found at:

        http://www.sun.rhbnc.ac.uk/Classics/NJL/Latin/download.html

A DOS program for conjugating verbs can be found at:

        http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Alley/7182/latin.html

A Beta version of a Latin parsing/translating program (DOS/Windows type) can be found at:

        http://www.levity.com/alchemy/latin/latintrans.html

There are some electronic vocabulary flashcards, a parsing program, and assorted other stuff (mostly for Mac) at William Harris' website:

        http://community.middlebury.edu/~harris/SubIndex/classics.sub.html

Format:

Electrifying grammatical lectures; exercises and readings in Wheelock's Latin as assigned. Balloons! Prizes!! EVERYONE A WINNER!!! (Your results may vary. "Balloons" is used here in a metaphorical sense. Prizes consist of nuggets of pure incorporeal knowledge. Void where prohibited.)

Grading:

FINE PRINT:

Homework will be collected periodically; it will be graded S (5 pts.) or N (0 pts.), depending on whether or not the work displays a good faith effort to get through the day's assignment; the points so accumulated will be counted under the "Tests"  heading.

The lowest of the five quizzes and tests will drop except for the final, which must receive a passing grade for the student to pass the course. No one can pass the course without taking and passing the final exam.

Test V (= Final Exam) may be taken in the last class period, or at the official Final time (Mon. Dec. 14, 10:45-12:45).

There will be no class on the following days: Mon. Sept. 7 (Labor Day),  Oct. 12-13 (Fall Break), Nov. 11 (Veterans Day), Nov. 25-27 (Thanksgiving Break).

The maximum level of extra credit that will be counted toward the final grade = 5% of the total course points.

Missed tests and quizzes may not be made up, except by prior arrangement with the instructor.

"'It's my opinion,' replied the Tuna, 'and opinions deserve respect! That's what Tuna politicians say.'"--Carlo Collodi, Pinocchio

The instructor reserves the right to recognize significant improvement (or decline) in student performance when awarding the final grade.

The syllabus is subject to change at the discretion of the instructor; changes will be announced in class and posted on-line.

No incompletes will be issued, except for pressing reasons and by prior arrangement with the instructor.