Course syllabus
Welcome to
Latin for Philosophers, 10 credits
During the first semester, students with a BA in Philosophy and no (or very little) prior knowledge of Latin take the course
AMP015: Latin for Philosophers.
The course will be taught by prof. Christina Thomsen Thörnqvist and runs parallel to three other courses during the first two thirds of the first semester. Each section will end with a written exam. Lesson plans with preparation notes will be circulated before the start of the course.
The lesson plan is simple: After a joint programme introduction on August 30th, the sessions will proceed as stated in the schedule found via the link below. At the sessions, the units of Moreland & Fleischer (see below) will be treated successively: Unit one at session one etc. All sessions will take place via Zoom. Zoom invitations will be sent out before the sessions.
A Zoom link for the introduction will be sent out to all students before August 30th.
For questions, please feel free to contact Christina at any time (email below).
Registration
You will be able to register on the course one week before it starts.
Here you will find information regarding registration.
Schedule
Link to the schedule is found here: https://cloud.timeedit.net/gu/web/schema/ri15666300000YQQ27Z552000Xy7Y3005g47g5X2Y65Z762658YQ16527Q7.html
Literature
For AMP015, students are required to make sure that they have access to the following title:
Floyd L. Moreland and Rita M. Fleischer, Latin: An Intensive Course. University of California Press, 1977. ISBN: 978-0520031838.
In addition, the students will be expected to consult the following title online:
Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary:
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3atext%3a1999.04.0059
Students who wish to refresh their knowledge of basic grammatical terminology relevant for the study of the classical languages are recommended to consult the following title:
Norma Goldman and Jacqueline Morton, English Grammar for Students of Latin, Olivia and Hill Press, 2004, 3rd edition. ISBN: 978-0934034340
Course Syllabus
The syllabus for the course can be found here: Syllabus AMP015
Contact information
Programme coordinator: Christina Thomsen Thörnqvist (christina.thornqvist@gu.se)
Student information
Grattis, du är student (YouTube)
Welcome to the department of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory of Science
Course summary:
| Date | Details | Due |
|---|---|---|