LNW 5665 Spring 2009 Homepage

Instructor: Dr. Velvet Yates

Announcements:

- Class meeting time is Tuesday, 8:00-10:00 p.m. (Eastern Time).

- Classes will meet in Elluminate. A link will be emailed to students a few days prior to each class; you will use this link to access the weekly Elluminate session. (see Elluminate link at left for more information.)

- Enrollment will not be accepted after Week 3. You must be enrolled in the UF Classics distance-learning graduate program to take this class.

Textbooks:

- Required: Virgil: Eclogues, by Wendell Clausen, Clarendon Press (Oxford), 1994. (By all means, please buy the paperback version.)

- Recommended: Virgil: Georgics, by R.A.B. Mynors, Clarendon Press (Oxford), 1990. (Another commentary on the Georgics will suffice, if this one is prohibitively expensive.)

- There will also be secondary readings posted in e-reserves (stay tuned for more information).

- for your reference, see the Virgil website: http://virgil.org

Grading: Grades will be based on class participation, 2 translation exams, and a short review of a secondary article(s) presented to the class. Attendance is necessary for the success of this class; please notify me if you anticipate a class absence. Translation exams will be timed, but taken outside of class in Vista/WebCT during week 9 and week 15.

Grading percentages:
Exam 1: 25%

Exam 2: 25%

Article review: 20%

Class participation: 30%

Grading scale: (note: this is the last semester before UF adopts a new grading scale, which allows minus grades, such as A- .)
90-100: A

88-89: B+

80-87: B

78-79: C+

70-77: C

68-69: D+

60-67: D

0-59: F

	LNW 5665 Roman Poets: Vergil Spring 2009
Home Schedule Elluminate Vista/WebCT VY Home Classics Dept. UF Home Critical Academic Dates DOCE	Instructor: Dr. Velvet Yates Announcements: - Class meeting time is Tuesday, 8:00-10:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). - Classes will meet in Elluminate. A link will be emailed to students a few days prior to each class; you will use this link to access the weekly Elluminate session. (see Elluminate link at left for more information.) - Enrollment will not be accepted after Week 3. You must be enrolled in the UF Classics distance-learning graduate program to take this class. Textbooks: - Required: Virgil: Eclogues, by Wendell Clausen, Clarendon Press (Oxford), 1994. (By all means, please buy the paperback version.) - Recommended: Virgil: Georgics, by R.A.B. Mynors, Clarendon Press (Oxford), 1990. (Another commentary on the Georgics will suffice, if this one is prohibitively expensive.) - There will also be secondary readings posted in e-reserves (stay tuned for more information). - for your reference, see the Virgil website: http://virgil.org Grading: Grades will be based on class participation, 2 translation exams, and a short review of a secondary article(s) presented to the class. Attendance is necessary for the success of this class; please notify me if you anticipate a class absence. Translation exams will be timed, but taken outside of class in Vista/WebCT during week 9 and week 15. Grading percentages: Exam 1: 25% Exam 2: 25% Article review: 20% Class participation: 30% Grading scale: (note: this is the last semester before UF adopts a new grading scale, which allows minus grades, such as A- .) 90-100: A 88-89: B+ 80-87: B 78-79: C+ 70-77: C 68-69: D+ 60-67: D 0-59: F

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Roman Poets: Vergil