Classics

ELEMENTARY GREEK & LATIN (UCLS01)

No previous knowledge required. The texts are: Wheelock’s Latin Grammar (chap. 1-25) and Hansen and Quinn’s Greek: An Intensive Course (chapters 1-6). Students review major concepts of sentence structure and grammar in English, applying these concepts to their growing power to read Latin and Greek. All three languages reinforce each other, and class time is spent on analyzing English sentences in increasingly sophisticated ways. Students acquire important and interrelated vocabulary in English, Latin and Greek. Students sit for the National Latin Exam and the National Greek Exam. Additionally, students study the early social and literary history of the classical world.

INTERMEDIATE GREEK & LATIN (UCLS02)

Duration: 1 year

Credit: 1

Grade: 9-12

Prerequisite: Elementary Greek & Latin (Classics I)

Homework: Moderate

Prerequisite is middle school classics with department recommendation or a final grade of B or higher in Elementary Greek & Latin (upper school). Students rapidly review the first fifteen chapters of Wheelock’s Latin Grammar. Students then study the material through chapter 35. In Greek, students begin with a rapid review of the material in chapters 1-6 of Greek: An Intensive Course, and then continue their study to the end of chapter 15. Upon completion of Intermediate Greek & Latin, students should have a solid foundation in the fundamental grammar of Greek and Latin. Students acquire additional vocabulary in English, Latin and Greek. Students sit for the National Latin Exam and the National Greek Exam. Together with this work, the class conducts a careful review of history and geography of ancient world with a focus on late republican Rome and fifth century Athens, especially art and archaeology.

HONORS READING GREEK & LATIN (UCLS02H)

All material in Intermediate Greek & Latin and Reading Greek & Latin is covered in the course of one year. Homework expectations for this course are high. Enrollment is by permission of the department.

READING GREEK & LATIN (UCLS03)

Duration: 1 year

Credit: 1

Grade: 9-12

Prerequisite: Intermediate Greek & Latin (Classics II)

Homework: Moderate

The course begins with a review of Latin and Greek grammar, along with additional study of some more complex structures. Students then begin reading the Latin authors like Caesar, Vergil and Cicero, and selections from the works works of Plato, Xenophon, and Lysias in Greek. Students sit for the National Latin Exam, and the National Greek Exam.

AP LATIN (UCLS04)

IBSL CLASSICAL LANGUAGES (LATIN) (UCLS051)
IBSL CLASSICAL LANGUAGES (GREEK) (UCLS052)

IBHL CLASSICAL LANGUAGES (LATIN) (UCLS061)
IBHL CLASSICAL LANGUAGES (GREEK) (UCLS062)

Duration: 1 year

Credit: 1

Grade: 9-12

Prerequisite: Reading Greek & Latin or Honors Reading Greek and Latin and Permission of Department.

Homework: Heavy

Homework: Heavy

Students enrolling in these courses elect to concentrate in Greek or Latin. Some will read Greek or Latin authors in preparation for the IB SL or HL examination. Others will focus on close reading of Vergil and Caesar in Latin in preparation for the AP Latin Literature Examination. All students begin to study prose composition in their selected language(s). Seniors may register for university competitions in Greek and Latin.

ADVANCED LATIN (UCLS07)

ADVANCED ANCIENT GREEK (UCLS08)
ADVANCED GREEK & LATIN (UCLS09)

HONORS ADVANCED LATIN (UCLS07H)
HONORS ADVANCED ANCIENT GREEK (UCLS08H)
HONORS ADVANCED GREEK AND LATIN (UCLS09H)

Duration: 1 year

Credit: 1

Grade: 9-12

Prerequisite: Reading Greek & Latin (honors levels require department permission) Homework: Heavy

Students and teachers work together to design courses that center around reading a selected body of literature in the original languages. In these classes many students choose to continue their study of both Latin and Greek. However, some students may choose to concentrate on one language only (usually Greek). Students who focus on Greek alone are encouraged to start learning dialects other than Attic, usually Ionic first , and then Homeric. Advanced classics courses also require the students to gain an understanding of some of the topics related to the works they read (e.g., history, philosophy, metrics, drama, etc.). Students continue their study of Greek and Latin composition. These courses are in content and design equivalent to their college counterparts at the best US colleges.

HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT GREEK PEOPLE (UCLS101)

Duration: 1 semester, offered in Semester I only

Credit: 0.5

Grade: 9-12

Prerequisite: None

Homework: Light

An introduction to the history of the ancient Greek world to the end of the Hellenistic Period, this course is based on reading ancient authors and documents in translation. examining ancient artifacts, including architecture and infrastructure, and tracing the cultural and artistic development of Greek civilization. The focus of the course is on examining the emergence and development of a Panhellenic Greek cultural identity. In addition, students will study the history of Mediterranean archaeology and learn about the most recent developments in that field as they pertain to the ancient Greek peoples.

HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT ROMAN PEOPLE (UCLS102)

Duration: 1 semester, offered in semester 2 only

Credit: 0.5

Grade: 9-12

Prerequisite: None

Homework: Light

An introduction to the history of the ancient Roman world to the age of Constantine, this course is based on reading ancient authors and documents in translation, examining ancient artifacts, including architecture and infrastructure, and tracing the cultural and artistic development of Roman civilization. The focus of the course is on the problems that attended the development and spread of a shared Roman cultural identity in the disparate places that were governed from Rome. In addition, students study the history of Mediterranean archaeology and learn about the most recent developments in that field as they pertain to the history of Rome.