LATIN-I
- Course
- LATN101 - LATIN-I
- Department
- School of Foreign Languages
- Course Type
- Course
- Status
- Required
- Language
- English
- Credit
- 3
- ECTS
- 4
- T+P+L
- 3 + 0 + 0
- Course Coordinator(s)
- -
- Prerequisite
- -
Course Description
The course is intended to familiarize the student with the phonetics, grammatical structure and vocabulary of the Latin language. It is specfically aimed at students whose studies involve a lot of Latin names, phases and descriptions, in particular students of agriculture, health sciences and pharmacology will find this course useful. The students will be able to use the acquired vocabulary regarding the above mentioned fields.The students will be able to identify and understand names and definitions in Latin. The course will also enable the students to write short sentences in Latin and they will be able to understand simple texts in Latin.
LATIN-I
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Course outcomes
- 01 Comprehension of roots of Latin terms used in the natural sciences and law
- 02 Better understanding of European languages with roots in Latin
- 03 Experiencing a new dimension in learning
- 04 Acquiring a rare faculty
- 05 Acquiring a sense of the importance of the language in shaping history
Course Syllabus
| Week | Topic |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Timeline of the history of the Roman Empire |
| Week 2 | History of the Latin language |
| Week 3 | The Latin alphabet, Latin phonetics and pronunciation |
| Week 4 | First principles |
| Week 5 | First declnesion nouns |
| Week 6 | The nominative case. The verb esse |
| Week 7 | The acccusative case. First conjgation verbs |
| Week 8 | Mid term exam week |
| Week 9 | The genitive case. Dialogues in Latin |
| Week 10 | The dative case. Short stories in Latin |
| Week 11 | The ablative case. Conversations in Latin |
| Week 12 | Latin prepositions and exercises with Latin prepositions |
| Week 13 | Pronouns and exercises with pronouns |
| Week 14 | Auxilairy verbs: esse, posse, volle, debere |
| Week 15 | Final exam week |
Reference Books & Course Materials
- 01 D'Ooge, Benjamin Leonard: "Latin for Beginners". Ginn and Company 1911
Learning Outcomes
- L01 Comprehension of roots of Latin terms used in the natural sciences and law
- L02 Better understanding of European languages with roots in Latin
- L03 Experiencing a new dimension in learning
- L04 Acquiring a rare faculty
- L05 Acquiring a sense of the importance of the language in shaping history
Program Outcomes
- P01 Becoming aware of sufficient theoretical knowledge in basic engineering and agricultural science
- P02 Having sufficient theoretical knowledge in basic agricultural production especially in pomology, viticulture, olericulture, floriculture and agronomy, and their breeding
- P03 Being well equiped with practical experiences in agriculture
- P04 Finding the source of environmental, biotic, abiotic, technical and economical problems in agricultural crops which reduce yield and quality, and create solutions to related problems
- P05 Defining, classifying and naming cultivated crop plants and knowing how to manage them
- P06 Breeding of horticultural and field crops, developing new cultivars and producing propagation materials of new developed varieties
- P07 Applying up-to-date methods and techniques for preserving genetic resources and environment for sustainable use in agricultural commodities
- P08 Evaluating, asseying and analyzing the changes in cultivation of horticultural and agronomic crops in respect to irrigation, fertilization, defining pests and diseases and after postharvest handling
- P09 Establishing and managing orchards, vineyards and field crop productions and greenhouse operations
- P10 Obtaining data in horticulture and field crops along with researching, considering, recording, consulting and expert abilities, project writing and applying
- P11 Identifying different roles in enchancing individual abilities and skills beside taking responsibilities, participations in team works under any given conditions
- P12 Easily accessing to appropriate information and thinking analytically in their interested area and subjects. They can do accurate timing and planning in agricultural productions in year round. They think analytically, prepare questionaries, have an exploratory and creative vision and use the obtained knowledge for the benefit of farmers and societies
- P13 Having ability to transfer information and also able to easily communicate with the people in the field at different levels. They have self - confidence and self- improvement skills as well
Po-Lo Matrix
| LO | P01 | P02 | P03 | P04 | P05 | P06 | P07 | P08 | P09 | P10 | P11 | P12 | P13 | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L01 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| L02 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| L03 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| L04 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| L05 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |