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Language Programs
SUMMER COURSES IN ANCIENT GREEK AND LATIN
Summer Courses will be taught May 12 through July 3, 2009.
Acquire a working knowledge of classical Latin, ancient Greek or Hebrew, or improve your knowledge of classical Latin. Summer is the ideal time to focus on language acquisition and reading the classical texts.
- Two eight-week courses taught by regular AMU Classics faculty
- Mature, effective, and rewarding method of teaching and learning
- Completion of a course earns eight credit-hours
Classes meet five days per week, with a minimum of three hours of classroom instruction. Supplemental drills and group study sessions help participants master the material. Students enjoy access to AMU library and recreational facilities as well as all the amenities of Naples area including the resort beaches on the Gulf of Mexico. On-campus housing and food services are available.
INTENSIVE INTERMEDIATE ANCIENT GREEK
Designed for students with at least two semesters of college Greek. Students read extended passages of Greek prose, beginning with the New Testament but also including texts from the Septuagint, Greek patristic writings, as well as Plato or Lysias. This course provides a thorough review of Greek morphology and syntax, an opportunity to expand one's vocabulary, daily practice in accurately and fluently reading Greek prose, and exposure to some influential passages from seminal Greek works.
INTENSIVE CLASSICAL LATIN
Introduces the student to the grammar and structure of Latin and presents an essential vocabulary; covers all necessary sentence structures for reading classical and ecclesiastical texts. We will read from Caesar, Cicero, Catullus, St. Augustine, and the Bible.
For more information or to register for these courses, please contact:
Dr. Bradley Ritter
Ave Maria University
Phone: (239) 280-1667Email : bradley.ritter@avemaria.edu
Summer Courses will be taught May 12 through July 3, 2009.
Our faculty will include:
 | Andrew Dinan, Ph.D. Catholic Univ. Special Interests: Greek, Hellenistic Philosophy, Latin philology |
 | Thomas Scheck, Ph.D. University of Iowa in Religion, Classics and Philosophy Special Interests: Reception of the Church Fathers in the West and the Theology of Erasmus of Rotterdam |