Summer Language Institute
Course Offerings

 

Latin

CLLA 10001 01: Beginning Latin I

4 credits, Daniel Perett
MTWHF, 8:30-11:00 and 12:00-12:50,
June 21-July 9

These sequence of courses introduce students to the language of the ancient Romans for the first time. It emphasizes the fundamentals of Latin grammar and vocabulary, and prepares students to read original Latin texts. An appreciation for ancient Roman culture is also fostered through secondary readings and class discussion.

CLLA 60001 01: Beginning Latin I

4 credits, Daniel Perett
MTWHF, 8:30-11:00 and 12:00-12:50,
June 21-July 9

These sequence of courses introduce students to the language of the ancient Romans for the first time. It emphasizes the fundamentals of Latin grammar and vocabulary, and prepares students to read original Latin texts. An appreciation for ancient Roman culture is also fostered through secondary readings and class discussion.

Notre Dame graduate students should sign up for this section if they wish to receive credit for the course.

CLLA 60001 02: Beginning Latin I

0 credits, Daniel Perett
MTWHF, 8:30-11:00 and 12:00-12:50
June 21-July 9

This is a no-credit course. Notre Dame graduate students who wish to receive credit should sign up for CLLA 60001 01.

Non-Notre Dame graduate students, and all undergraduate students, will be charged the equivalent of four credit hours' tuition.

CLLA 10002 01: Beginning Latin II

4 credits, Daniel Perett
MTWHF, 8:30-11:00 and 12:00-12:50
July 12-July 30

These sequence of courses introduce students to the language of the ancient Romans for the first time. It emphasizes the fundamentals of Latin grammar and vocabulary, and prepares students to read original Latin texts. An appreciation for ancient Roman culture is also fostered through secondary readings and class discussion.

CLLA 60002 01: Beginning Latin II

4 credits, Daniel Perett
MTWHF, 8:30-11:00 and 12:00-12:50,
July 12-July 30

These sequence of courses introduce students to the language of the ancient Romans for the first time. It emphasizes the fundamentals of Latin grammar and vocabulary, and prepares students to read original Latin texts. An appreciation for ancient Roman culture is also fostered through secondary readings and class discussion.

Notre Dame graduate students should sign up for this section if they wish to receive credit for the course.

CLLA 60002 02: Beginning Latin II

0 credits, Daniel Perett
MTWHF, 8:30-11:00 and 12:00-12:50
July 12-July 30

This is a no-credit course. Notre Dame graduate students who wish to receive credit should sign up for CLLA 60001 01.

Non-Notre Dame graduate students, and all undergraduate students, will be charged the equivalent of four credit hours' tuition.

 

CLLA 20103/60103: Intermediate Latin

3 credits, Brian Krostenko
MTWHF, 8:30-11:00,
July 12-July 30
Prerequisite: CLLA 10002, 60002, CLLA 10111, 60111 or equivalent.

This course combines a review of basic Latin grammar with careful reading of classical Latin authors such as Cornelius Nepos and Ovid. It develops students' translating skills, introduces methods for studying Latin literature in its historical and cultural contexts, and prepares students for advanced work in Latin language and literature. 

CLLA 60104: Intermediate Latin

0 credits, Brian Krostenko
MTWHF, 8:30-11:00,
July 12-July 30
Prerequisite: CLLA 10002, 60002, CLLA 10111, 60111 or equivalent.

This course combines a review of basic Latin grammar with careful reading of classical Latin authors such as Cornelius Nepos and Ovid. It develops students' translating skills, introduces methods for studying Latin literature in its historical and cultural contexts, and prepares students for advanced work in Latin language and literature.

This is a no-credit course. Notre Dame graduate students who wish to receive credit should take CLLA 60103.

Non-Notre Dame graduate students, and all undergraduate students, will be charged the equivalent of three credit hours' tuition.

 

CLLA 40116: Medieval Latin

(Crosslisted with Medieval Institute)
Frank Mantello,
June 21- August 6 (3 credits)
MWF 10:30-12:20
$45 materials fee.

Prerequisite: Both elementary and Intermediate Classical Latin (or the equivalent), taken recently for college credit.

This course is an introduction to the Latin language and literature of the late antique and medieval periods (ca. A.D. 200-1500). Designed to move students toward independent work with Medieval Latin texts, the course will emphasize the close reading and careful translation of a variety of representative Medieval Latin texts and documents, with attention to vocabulary and word formation, orthography and pronunciation, morphology and syntax, and prose styles and metrics. The course will also provide an introduction to the principal areas of medieval Latin scholarship, including lexica, bibliographies, a review of the principal constructions of Classical Latin and great collections and repertories of sources, and reference works for the study of Latin works composed in the Middle Ages. ($45 materials fee)

The Medieval Academy of America's Committee on Centers and Regional Associations (CARA) offers two full-tuition scholarships for students taking a three-credit summer program Latin course through the Medieval Institute at Notre Dame.  Application details and eligibility information is available at:  http://www.nd.edu/~medinst/programs/summer.html.

CLLA 40118: Latin Paleography

(Crosslisted with Medieval Institute)
Frank Mantello,
June 21- August 6 (3 credits)
MWF 3:10-5:00
$45 material fee.

Prerequisite: Both elementary and Intermediate Classical Latin or the equivalent, taken recently for college credit.

This course is an introduction to the study of medieval writing materials and practices and of Latin scripts from antiquity to the early Renaissance. Designed to provide students with the skills necessary to make use of Latin manuscripts in their research, the course will focus on practical exercises in identifying, transcribing, dating and localizing the various scripts. It will be of interest (1) to a wide variety of students whose courses are centered in or touch upon the Middle Ages and who wish to work with unpublished Latin materials of the medieval period; (2) to professional Latinists and other humanists who study the classical tradition and the transmission of texts before the age of printing; and (3) to librarians and others with an interest in manuscripts, diplomata, incunabula and rare books.

Greek

CLGR 10001 01: Beginning Greek I

4 credits, Albertus Horsting
MTWHF, 8:30-11:00 and 12:00-12:50
June 21-July 9

These sequence of courses introduces students to the language of the ancient Greeks for the first time. It emphasizes the fundamentals of ancient Greek grammar and vocabulary, and prepares students to read original Greek texts. An appreciation for ancient Greek culture is also fostered through secondary readings and class discussion.

CLGR 60001 01: Beginning Greek I

4 credits, Albertus Horsting
MTWHF, 8:30-11:00 and 12:00-12:50
June 21-July 9

These sequence of courses introduces students to the language of the ancient Greeks for the first time. It emphasizes the fundamentals of ancient Greek grammar and vocabulary, and prepares students to read original Greek texts. An appreciation for ancient Greek culture is also fostered through secondary readings and class discussion.

Notre Dame graduate students should sign up for this section if they wish to receive credit for the course.

CLGR 60001 02: Beginning Greek I

0 credits, Albertus Horsting
MTWHF, 8:30-11:00 and 12:00-12:50
June 21-July 9

This is a no-credit course. Notre Dame graduate students who wish to receive credit should sign up for CLLA 60001 01.

Non-Notre Dame graduate students, and all undergraduate students, will be charged the equivalent of four credit hours' tuition.

CLGR 10002 01: Beginning Greek II

4 credits, Albertus Horsting
MTWHF, 8:30-11:00 and 12:00-12:50
July 12-July 30

These sequence of courses introduces students to the language of the ancient Greeks for the first time. It emphasizes the fundamentals of ancient Greek grammar and vocabulary, and prepares students to read original Greek texts. An appreciation for ancient Greek culture is also fostered through secondary readings and class discussion.

CLGR 60002 01: Beginning Greek II

4 credits, Albertus Horsting
MTWHF, 8:30-11:00 and 12:00-12:50
July 12-July 30

These sequence of courses introduces students to the language of the ancient Greeks for the first time. It emphasizes the fundamentals of ancient Greek grammar and vocabulary, and prepares students to read original Greek texts. An appreciation for ancient Greek culture is also fostered through secondary readings and class discussion.

Notre Dame graduate students should sign up for this section if they wish to receive credit for the course.

CLGR 60002 02: Beginning Greek II

0 credits, Albertus Horsting
MTWHF, 8:30-11:00 and 12:00-12:50
July 12-July 30

This is a no-credit course. Notre Dame graduate students who wish to receive credit should sign up for CLLA 60001 01.

Non-Notre Dame graduate students, and all undergraduate students, will be charged the equivalent of four credit hours' tuition.

CLGR 20103/60103: Intermediate Greek

3 credits, Joseph Stanfiel
MTWH, 8:55-10:15
June 21-August 6
Prerequisite: CLGR 10002, 60002, CLGR 10111, 60111 or equivalent

This course combines a review of basic classical Greek grammar with careful reading of such Greek authors as Homer and Plato, as well as readings in New Testament Greek and early Christian texts. It develops students' translating skills, introduces methods for studying Greek literature in its historical and cultural contexts, and prepares students for advanced work in Greek language and literature. 

CLGR 60104: Intermediate Greek

0 credits, Joseph Stanfiel
MTWH, 8:55-10:15,
June 21-August 6
Prerequisite: CLGR 10002, 60002, CLGR 10111, 60111 or equivalent

This course combines a review of basic classical Greek grammar with careful reading of such Greek authors as Homer and Plato, as well as readings in New Testament Greek and early Christian texts. It develops students' translating skills, introduces methods for studying Greek literature in its historical and cultural contexts, and prepares students for advanced work in Greek language and literature.

This is a no-credit course. Notre Dame graduate students who wish to receive credit should take CLGR 60103.

Non-Notre Dame graduate students, and all undergraduate students, will be charged the equivalent of three credit hours' tuition.

Hebrew

Check with the Department of Theology

Syriac

CLSS 10111/60111: Introduction to Syriac Grammar

3 credits, Abdul Saadi
MTWHF, 8:30-11:00
June 21-July 9

An intensive, three-week introduction to the grammar of Syriac. The course introduces students to the basic reading, grammar, and structures of the language. Texts include T.E. Robinson's Paradigm's and Exercises in Syriac Grammar, which is supplemented with a specially developed course packet, and J. H. Eaton's Horizons in Semitic Languages.

CLSS 60112: Introduction to Syriac Grammar

0 credits, Abdul Saadi
MTWHF, 8:30-11:00
June 21-July 9

An intensive, three-week introduction to the grammar of Syriac. The course introduces students to the basic reading, grammar, and structures of the language. Texts include T.E. Robinson's Paradigm's and Exercises in Syriac Grammar, which is supplemented with a specially developed course packet, and J. H. Eaton's Horizons in Semitic Languages. This is a no-credit course. Notre Dame graduate students who wish to receive credit should take CLSS-60111.

Non-Notre Dame graduate students, and all undergraduate students, will be charged the equivalent of three credit hours' tuition.

 

CLSS 10115/60115: Introduction to Syriac Reading

3 credits, Abdul Saadi
MTWHF, 8:30-11:00

July 12-July 30

An intensive introduction to basic prose reading in Syriac. Texts include: excerpts from the Peshitta Gospels, the teaching of the Apostle Addai, and the Life of Ephrem the Syrian. This course is taught during the summer. It is highly recommended that this course be taken immediately following CLSS 10111/60111.

CLSS 60116: Introduction to Syriac Reading

0 credits, Abdul Saadi
MTWHF, 8:30-11:00

July 12-July 30

An intensive introduction to basic prose reading in Syriac. Texts include: excerpts from the Peshitta Gospels, the teaching of the Apostle Addai, and the Life of Ephrem the Syrian. This course is taught during the summer. It is highly recommended that this course be taken immediately following CLSS 10111/60112. This is a no-credit course. Notre Dame graduate students who wish to receive credit should take CLSS 60115.

Non-Notre Dame graduate students, and all undergraduate students, will be charged the equivalent of three credit hours' tuition.

Arabic

(Will not be offered in Summer 2010)