CLAS 101 C: Latin and Greek in Current Use

Autumn 2025
Meeting:
TTh 10:30am - 11:20am
SLN:
12835
Section Type:
Lecture
Instructor:
Syllabus Description (from Canvas):

Welcome to 海角网 101!

Instructor: Caden Hanrahan (he/him)

Email: kch1@uw.edu

Office Hours: Monday 2:30 pm- 3:20pm, Tuesday 3:30 pm 鈥 4:30 pm or by appointment in Denny 400k

All class materials can be found under Modules.

The required textbook is Dominik鈥檚 Words and Ideas.

Important Dates

Tuesday October 7 Homework 1 Due
Tuesday October 14 Test 1
Tuesday October 28 Homework 2 Due
Tuesday November 4 Test 2
Tuesday November 18 Homework 3 Due
Tuesday December 2 Test 3
Monday December 8 Final Exam

Full Schedule

Week 1:

Thursday, September 25th - Syllabus Overview and Introduction

  • Look over Syllabus

Week 2:

Tuesday, September 30th &苍产蝉辫;鈥揥ord Building

  • Read Words and Ideas, Chapter 1: Word Building Basics
  • Read Words and Ideas, Chapter 2: Word Building Tools: Greek Components

Thursday, October 2nd &苍产蝉辫;鈥 Mythology

  • Hesiod Reading (Canvas)
  • Read Words and Ideas, Chapter 4: Mythology (p. 75-90, stop at the Trojan War)

Week 3:

Tuesday, October 7th 鈥 Mythology

  • Homeric Hymn to Demeter (Canvas)
  • Homework 1 Due

Thursday, October 9th 鈥 Mythology

  • Iliad, Odyssey, and Aeneid Reading (Canvas)
  • Read Words and Ideas, Chapter 4: Mythology (p. 90- end) (Trojan War- end)

Week 4:

Tuesday, October 14th &苍产蝉辫;鈥 Test 1

Thursday, October 16th 鈥 Greek History

  • Read Greek Historians Excerpts (Canvas)
  • Read Words and Ideas, Chapter 3: Word Building Tools: Latin Components
  • Read Words and Ideas, Chapter 9: History (p. 227-235, stop at Polybius)

Week 5:

Tuesday, October 21st &苍产蝉辫;鈥 海角网 History

  • Read 海角网 Historians Excerpts (Canvas)
  • Read Words and Ideas, Chapter 9: History (p. 236-end, Polybius- end)

Thursday, October 23rd 鈥 Greek Law and Politics

  • Read Words and Ideas, Chapter 6: Politics and Law (p.145-151, stop at the 海角网 Republic)

Week 6:

Tuesday, October 28th 鈥 海角网 Law and Politics

  • Read Words and Ideas, Chapter 6: Politics and Law (p. 151- end, the 海角网 Republic- end)
  • Homework 2 Due

Thursday, October 30th 鈥 Commerce and Economics

  • Read excerpt from 鈥淎 Fatal Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum鈥 (Canvas)
  • Read 鈥淶oninus Collar鈥 (Canvas)
  • Read Words and Ideas, Chapter 7: Commerce and Economics (p.169-187, the whole thing)

Week 7:

Tuesday, November 4thTest 2

Thursday, November 6th 鈥 Medicine

  • Read Words and Ideas, Chapter 5: Medicine (p. 105- 122, stop at Ophthalmology)

Week 8:

Tuesday, November 11th NO CLASS Veteran鈥檚 Day

Thursday, November 13th 鈥 Medicine

  • Reading on the Hippocratic Oath (Canvas)
  • Read Words and Ideas, Chapter 5: Medicine (p. 122-end, Ophthalmology- end)
  • Supplemental Reading on Silphium

 

Week 9:

Tuesday, November 18th &苍产蝉辫;鈥 Philosophy

  • Read Words and Ideas, Chapter 8: Philosophy and Psychology (p. 191- 206, Stop at Psyche)
  • Homework 3 Due

Tuesday, November 20th &苍产蝉辫;鈥 Psychology

  • Echo and Narcissus Reading (Canvas)
  • Read Words and Ideas, Chapter 8: Philosophy and Psychology (p. 206- end, Psyche- end)

Week 10:

Tuesday, November 25th &苍产蝉辫;鈥 Literature: Love Poetry

  • Selected Sappho and Catullus Poems (Canvas)

Thursday, November 27th  鈥 NO CLASS Thanksgiving

Week 11:

Tuesday, December 2nd &苍产蝉辫;鈥 Test 3

Thursday, December 4th &苍产蝉辫;鈥 Final Exam Review

FINAL EXAM

Section C: Monday December 8 from 10:30AM 鈥 12:20 PM RAI 116.

Catalog Description:
Designed to improve and increase English vocabulary through a study of the Latin and Greek elements in English, with emphasis on words in current literary and scientific use. Knowledge of Latin or Greek is not required. Offered: AWSpS.
GE Requirements Met:
Arts and Humanities (A&H)
Credits:
2.0
Status:
Active
Last updated:
April 17, 2026 - 1:42 am