Spring 2026
Meeting:
TTh 10:30am - 11:20am
SLN:
12230
Section Type:
Lecture
Syllabus Description (from Canvas):
Welcome to 海角网 101!
Information:
- Section C: T Th 10:30am- 11:20 am SMI 311
- All Course Materials can be found in Modules
- Instructor: Caden Hanrahan (he/him)
- Email: kch1@uw.edu
- Mailbox: 海角网 Dept. Office, Denny 262
- Office: Denny Hall 400K
- Office Hours: Monday 12:35 鈥 1:25 pm and Thursday 11:35 am- 12:25 pm
- including grading scale and all course policies
Schedule
Week 1:
Tuesday, March 31st - Syllabus Overview
- Look over Syllabus
Thursday, April 2nd 鈥 Introduction to Language History and Word Building
- Read Words and Ideas, Chapter 1: Word Building Basics
Week 2:
Tuesday, April 7th 鈥揥ord Building
- Read Words and Ideas, Chapter 2: Word Building Tools: Greek Components
Thursday, April 9th 鈥 Mythology
- Hesiod Reading (Canvas)
- Read Words and Ideas, Chapter 4: Mythology (p. 75-90, stop at the Trojan War)
Week 3:
Tuesday, April 14th 鈥 Mythology
- Homeric Hymn to Demeter (Canvas)
- Homework 1 Due
Thursday, April 16th 鈥 Mythology
- Iliad, Odyssey, and Aeneid Reading (Canvas)
- Read Words and Ideas, Chapter 4: Mythology (p. 90- end) (Trojan War- end)
Week 4:
Tuesday, April 21st 鈥 Test 1
Thursday, April 23rd &苍产蝉辫;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, April 28th &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, April 30th &苍产蝉辫;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, May 5th 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, May 7th &苍产蝉辫;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, May 12th 鈥 Test 2
Thursday, May 14th 鈥 Medicine
- Read Words and Ideas, Chapter 5: Medicine (p. 105- 122, stop at Ophthalmology)
Week 8:
Tuesday, May 19th 鈥 Medicine
- Reading on the Hippocratic Oath (Canvas)
- Read Words and Ideas, Chapter 5: Medicine (p. 122-end, Ophthalmology- end)
Thursday, May 21st 鈥 Philosophy
- Read Words and Ideas, Chapter 8: Philosophy and Psychology (p. 191- 206, Stop at Psyche)
Week 9:
Tuesday, May 26th 鈥 Psychology
- Echo and Narcissus Reading (Canvas)
- Read Words and Ideas, Chapter 8: Philosophy and Psychology (p. 206- end, Psyche- end)
- Homework 3 Due
Thursday, May 28th &苍产蝉辫;鈥 Test 3
Week 10:
Tuesday, June 2nd 鈥 Literature: Love Poetry
- Selected Sappho and Catullus Poems (Canvas)
Thursday, June 4th &苍产蝉辫;鈥 Final Exam Review
FINAL EXAM
Section C: Monday, June 8, 10:30 AM 鈥 12:20 PM
*I reserve the right to modify the syllabus at any time
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 15, 2026 - 6:10 am