CLAS 205 A: Bioscientific Vocabulary Building From Latin and Greek

Summer 2025 Full-term
Meeting:
to be arranged
SLN:
10690
Section Type:
Lecture
Instructor:
SUMMER A & B TERMS
Syllabus Description (from Canvas):

Instructor: A. M. Davis (they/them/theirs)

Email: amdavis4@uw.edu

Office Hours: by appointment via Zoom

Required Text:

  • Donald M. Ayers, Bioscientific Terminology: Words from Latin and Greek Stems (The University of Arizona Press)

Syllabus:

Course Evaluation link

 

WEEK ONE

Monday, June 23rd – Introduction and Syllabus

Wednesday, June 25th – Introduction to Word Building

  • Prepare Lessons 1 and 2

Friday, June 27th

  • Prepare Lessons 3 and 4
  • Homework 1 due today

 

WEEK TWO

Monday, June 30th – Greek Suffixes + Greek Prefixes, Pre-Hippocratic Medicine

  • Prepare Lessons 5 and 6

Wednesday, July 2nd – Homer’s Bioscientific Vocabulary

  • Prepare Lessons 7 and 8

Friday, July 4th – NO CLASS TODAY (UNIVERSITY HOLIDAY)

 

WEEK THREE

Monday, July 7th

  • Prepare Lessons 9 and 10

Wednesday, July 9th – Test 1

  • On Lessons 1–10
  • Due today by 11:59pm PST

Friday, July 11th – Hippocratic Medicine

  • Prepare Lessons 11 and 12

 

WEEK FOUR

Monday, July 14th – Classical Mythology

  • Prepare Lessons 13 and 14
  • Homework 2 due today

Wednesday, July 16th – Greek Plurals

  • Prepare Lessons 15 and 16

Friday, July 18th – Thucydides’ Plague

  • Prepare Lessons 17 and 18

 

WEEK FIVE

Monday, July 21st – Dinosaurs

  • Prepare Lessons 19 and 20

Wednesday, July 23rd – Test 2

  • On Lessons 11–20
  • Due today by 11:59pm PST

Friday, July 25th – Latin Basics and Prefixes

  • Prepare Lessons 21 and 22

 

WEEK SIX

Monday, July 28th – Latin Suffixes, Early º£½ÇÍø Medicine

  • Prepare Lessons 23 and 24
  • Homework 3 due today

Wednesday, July 30th – Galen

  • Prepare Lessons 25 and 26

Friday, August 1st – Latin and Greek Medieval Science

  • Prepare Lessons 27 and 28

 

WEEK SEVEN

Monday, August 4th

  • Prepare Lessons 29 and 30

Wednesday, August 6th – Test 3

  • On Lessons 21–30
  • Due today by 11:59pm PST

Friday, August 8th – Applying Skills: Plants (On Your Own Field Trip)

  • Prepare Lessons 31 and 32

 

WEEK EIGHT

Monday, August 11th – Latin Nouns and Phrases

  • Prepare Lessons 33 and 34
  • Homework 4 due today

Wednesday, August 13th

  • Prepare Lessons 35 and 36

Friday, August 15th

  • Prepare Lessons 37 and 38
  • Homework 5 due today

 

WEEK NINE

Monday, August 18th

  • Prepare Lessons 39 and 40

Wednesday, August 20th – STUDY DAY

Friday, August 22nd – Test 4

  • On Lessons 31–40
  • Due today by 11:59pm PST

 

 

I reserve the right to modify the syllabus at any time; however, notice will be given. *

 

Catalog Description:
Designed to help students master the scientific vocabulary of their particular field by a study of the Latin and Greek roots that are used to create the majority of scientific terms. Knowledge of Latin or Greek is not required. Offered: AWSpS.
GE Requirements Met:
Arts and Humanities (A&H)
Credits:
3.0
Status:
Active
Last updated:
April 17, 2026 - 2:06 am