CLAS 205 A: Bioscientific Vocabulary Building From Latin and Greek

Winter 2025
Meeting:
MWF 8:30am - 9:20am
SLN:
12545
Section Type:
Lecture
Instructor:
Syllabus Description (from Canvas):

Instructor: A. M. Davis (They/Them/Theirs)

Email: amdavis4@uw.edu

Office Hour: Monday, 2–3:00pm and by appointment in Denny 400K

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, January 6th – Introduction to Word Building and Syllabus
    • Prepare Lessons 1 and 2

 

  • Wednesday, January 8th – Greek Prefixes, Pre-Hippocratic Medicine
    • Prepare Lessons 3 and 4

 

  • Friday, January 10th – Greek Suffixes
    • Homework 1 due today
    • Prepare Lessons 5 and 6

 

WEEK TWO:

  • Monday, January 13th – Homer's Bioscientific Vocabulary
    • Prepare Lessons 7 and 8

 

  • Wednesday, January 15th
    • Prepare Lessons 9 and 10

 

  • Friday, January 17th – Review Day on Lessons 1–10

 

WEEK THREE:

  • Monday, January 20th – NO CLASS TODAY (Martin Luther King Jr. Day)

 

  • Wednesday, January 22nd – TEST 1
    • On Lessons 1–10

 

  • Friday, January 24th – Hippocratic Medicine
    • Prepare Lessons 11 and 12

 

WEEK FOUR:

  • Monday, January 27th – Classical Mythology
    • Prepare Lessons 13 and 14

 

  • Wednesday, January 29th – Greek Plurals
    • Homework 2 due today
    • Prepare Lessons 15 and 16

 

  • Friday, January 31st – Herodotus and Thucydides' Plague
    • Prepare Lessons 17 and 18

 

WEEK FIVE:

  • Monday, February 3rd – Dinosaurs
    • Prepare Lessons 19 and 20

 

  • Wednesday, February 5th – Review Day on Lessons 11–20

 

  • Friday, February 7th – TEST 2
    • On Lessons 11–20

 

WEEK SIX:

  • Monday, February 10th – Latin Basics and Prefixes
    • Prepare Lessons 21 and 22

 

  • Wednesday, February 12th – Latin Suffixes, Early º£½ÇÍø Medicine
    • Prepare Lessons 23 and 24

 

  • Friday, February 14th – Galen
    • Homework 3 due today
    • Prepare Lessons 25 and 26

 

WEEK SEVEN:

  • Monday, February 17th – NO CLASS TODAY (Presidents' Day)

 

  • Wednesday, February 19th – Latin and Greek Medieval Science
    • Prepare Lessons 27 and 28

 

  • Friday, February 21st
    • Prepare Lessons 29 and 30

 

WEEK EIGHT:

  • Monday, February 24th – Review Day on Lessons 21–30

 

  • Wednesday, February 26th – TEST 3
    • On Lessons 21–30

 

  • Friday, February 28th – Applying Skills: Plants
    • Prepare Lessons 31 and 32

 

WEEK NINE:

  • Monday, March 3rd
    • Prepare Lessons 33 and 34

 

  • Wednesday, March 5th – Latin Nouns and Phrases
    • Homework 4 due today
    • Prepare Lessons 35 and 36

 

  • Friday, March 7th – Latin and Greek in Alchemy (NO CLASS TODAY)
    • Prepare Lessons 37 and 38

 

WEEK TEN:

  • Monday, March 10th
    • Homework 5 due today
    • Prepare Lessons 39 and 40

 

  • Wednesday, March 12th – Review Day on Lessons 31–40

 

  • Friday, March 14th – TEST 4
    • On Lessons 31–40
    • Extra credit assignment 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 - 2:04 am