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Course Code: 
PHIL 218
Semester: 
Spring
Course Type: 
Core
P: 
3
Lab: 
0
Laboratuvar Saati: 
0
Credits: 
3
ECTS: 
5
Course Language: 
English
Course Objectives: 
Teaching intermediate structures of Classical Greek and Latin grammar, analyzing simple philosophical texts in Classical Greek and Latin, recognizing philosophical concepts in Classical Greek and Latin.
Course Content: 

The course covers intermediate structures of Greek & Latin grammar with drills specially designed for helping students analyze basic philosophical texts in Greek & Latin.

Course Methodology: 
1: Lecture, 2: Question-Answer, 3: Discussion
Course Evaluation Methods: 
A: Exam , B: Experience C: Homework

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Course Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Upon the completion of this course a student:

Program Learning Outcomes

Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

1. learns complex structures of Classical Greek and Latin grammar.

1,8,10

1,2,3

A,C

2. understands basic original texts.

1,8,10

1,2,3

A,C

3. acquires a general knowledge about the structure of “language”.

1,8,10

1,2,3

A,C

4. becomes used to making etymological analysis.

1,8,10

1,2,3

A,C

5. becomes apt at reading and analyzing texts basic philosophical texts in Greek & Latin.

1,8,10

1,2,3

A,C

 
 

Course Flow

Week

Topics

Study Materials

1

Introduction

 

2

a)  Augmentum – Plato: Selected texts

b)  Lectio XIII, Exercitium XII (perfectum passivum participium) –  Augustine: selected texts

 

3

a)  Contracted nouns, adjectives - Plato: Selected texts

 

b)  Lectio XIV, Exercitium XIV (ablativus limitationis) - Augustine: selected texts

 

4

a)  Palatal and Labial Stems, Genitivus Partitivus - Plato: Selected texts

b)  Lectio XV, Exercitium XV (relative pronouns) - Augustine: selected texts

 

5

a)  Dental Stems - Plato: Selected texts

 

b)  Lectio XVI, Exercitium XVI (verbs “posse” & “prodesse”, consecutive sentences) - Augustine: selected texts

 

6

a)  Liquid Stems - Plato: Selected texts

 

b)  Lectio XVII, Exercitium XVII (third conjugations) – Anselm of Canterbury: Selected texts

 

7

MIDTERM

 

8

a)  Stems with Nu, genitivus temporis - Plato: Selected texts

 

b)  Lectio XVIII, Exercitium XVIII (third declension – exceptions) - Anselm of Canterbury: Selected texts

 

9

a)  Stems with NT, apposition - Plato: Selected texts

b)  Lectio XIX, Exercitium XIX (ablativus qualitatis) - Anselm of Canterbury: Selected texts

 

10

  1. Active and middle- passive forms of present participle - Plato: Selected texts

 

  1. Lectio XX, Exercitium XX  - Lectio XXI, Exercitium XXI (ablativus modi, third declension) – Thomas Aquinas: selected texts

 

 

11

a)  Neutral nouns on stems with sigma, dativus limitationis - Plato: Selected texts

 

  1.  

 

 

12

a)  Adjectives on stems with sigma - Plato: Selected texts

b)  Lectio XXIV, Exercitium XXIV - Lectio XXV, Exercitium XXV (third declension adjectives)  - Thomas Aquinas: selected texts

 

13

a) Contracted verbs: active and middle future and aorist indicative, infinitive and participials. - Plato: Selected texts

b)  Lectio XXVI, Exercitium XXVI - Lectio XXVII, Exercitium XXVII (indirect questions) – Thomas Aquinas: Selected Texts

 

14

a)  Contracted verbs: active and middle -passive present and imperfect indicative, imperative, infinitive and participial. Verbs with the ending: “ao” - Plato: Selected texts

 

b)  Lectio XXVIII, Exercitium XXVIII (praesens participium) – Thomas Aquinas: Selected Texts

 

15

FINAL EXAM

 
 
 

Recommended Sources

Textbook

 

Additional Resources

Yunanca Uygulama Kitabı, Prof. Dr. Suat Sinanoğlu, Dr. Candan Türkkan,  Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih- Coğrafya Fakültesi Yayınları No. 286 Klasik Filoloji Bölümü, Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, Ankara, 1979.

 

H. Hansen and G. Quinn: Greek : An Intensive Course. (2nd Revised edition, Fordham University Press 1992).

 

H.G. Liddell and R.Scott. Abridged Greek Lexicon (Oxford University Press 1935).

 

  H.W. Smyth, Greek Grammar.

Plato: selected texts

 Lingua Latina (Latince Ders Kitabı I), Ord. Prof. Dr. Georg Rohde, Prof. Dr. Samim Sinanoğlu, DTCF Yay., Ankara 1985.

 

Uygulamalı Latin Dili, Doç. Dr. Filiz Öktem, Sosyal Yayınlar, 1996.

 

Wheelock’s Latin, Frederic M. Wheelock, Harper Collins.

St. Augustine: Selected texts

Anselm of Canterbury: Selected texts

Thomas Aquinas: Selected texts

 

Material Sharing

Documents

 

Assignments

 

Exams

 
 
 

Assessment

IN-TERM STUDIES

NUMBER

PERCENTAGE

Mid-terms

1

30

Assignments

15

30

Final Examination

1

40

Total

 

100

CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE

 

40

CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE

 

60

Total

 

100

 

 

COURSE CATEGORY

Core Area Course

 

 

 

Course’s Contribution to Program

Programme OUTCOMES

 

Contribution*

 

1

2

3

4

5

1. Grasps the fundamental concepts and analytical methods necessary to succeed in academic studies in the field of philosophy.

 

 

 

 

X

 

2. Acquires a versatile critical and analytical approach, and problem-solving, interpretative and argumentative skills necessary for a successful career in philosophy.

 

 

 

 

x

3. . Communicates effectively, is specifically successful in written and oral presentation, has proper capacities for teamwork and interdisciplinary studies, takes the initiative, has developed a sense of responsibility, contributes original ideas to the field of philosophy, and is loyal to ethical principles.

 

 

 

x

 

 

4. . Reaches the perfection of pursuing professional and personal development by using all means of knowledge with a view to lifelong learning.

 

 

 

 

X

 

5. Develops a consciousness of professional and social ethics.

 

 

X

 

 

6. Gains the skills of choosing and developing contemporary means required in philosophical applications as well as using computing technologies effectively.

 

 

 

X

 

7. Acquires substantial knowledge of the history of philosophy.

 

 

 

 

x

8. Learns a classical and at least one modern foreign language so as to read the historical texts of philosophy in the original.

 

 

 

 

x

9. Pinpoints, recognizes, grasps and discusses the problems of philosophy within their context in the history of philosophy.

 

 

 

 

X

10. Develops perfection in reading, understanding and analyzing philosophical texts in different languages.

 

 

 

 

 

x

ECTS

Activities

Quantity

Duration
(Hour)

Total
Workload
(Hour)

Course Duration (Including the exam week: 15x Total course hours)

15

3

45

Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)

10

2

20

Mid-terms

1

10

10

Assignments

15

2

30

Final examination

1

20

20

Total Work Load

 

 

125

Total Work Load / 25 (h)

 

 

5

ECTS Credit of the Course

 

 

5