Classics

• CLAS 125: Word Formation and Etymology
• CLAS 126: Medical Word Formation and Etymology

CLAS 125: Word Formation and Etymology

Self-paced Online and Correspondence

CLAS 125 is an introduction to the Latin and Greek elements that make up over half the vocabulary of the English language. It is designed to improve vocabulary skills, promote precision of expression in writing and speaking, and increase the student's appreciation of the historical developments of his or her language.

• Instructor: Alice Ann Campbell, MA
• Credit-granting Institution: UNC-Chapel Hill
• UNC-Chapel Hill perspectives/requirements fulfilled: The Office of Undergraduate Curricula has links to information about which perspectives this course fulfills under the “Pre-2006 Curriculum” and which requirements it fulfills under the new curriculum (see “2006 Curriculum”).
• Credit Hours: 3
• Submitted Assignments: 14
• View a sample course syllabus for the correspondence course.
• View a sample course syllabus for the online course.

Required Texts

• Luschnig, Etyma: An Introduction to Vocabulary-Building from Latin & Greek, (1982)

Optional

• American Heritage College Dictionary, 4th edition (2007), ISBN 9780618835959

You may purchase the textbooks at Friday Center Books & Gifts in person, online, or by mailing or faxing in the book order form. Refer to the online ordering site for current book prices.

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CLAS 126: Medical Word Formation and Etymology

Self-paced Correspondence

The goal of this course is to give you access to the imposing language of the medical profession. It will acquaint you with the elements from which most medical terms are formed—roots taken from Greek and Latin, which were the languages of doctors and philosophers from the time of Hippocrates.

• Instructor: Alice Ann Campbell, MA
• Credit-granting Institution: UNC-Chapel Hill
• Credit Hours: 3
• Submitted Assignments: 16
• View a sample course syllabus.

Required Texts and Materials

• Walker-Esbaugh, McCarthy, and Sparks, Dunmore and Fleischer's Medical Terminology: Exercises in Etymology, Edition III (2004)
• A medical dictionary—the instructor recommends Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, Philadelphia: FA Davis Company (2001)

You may purchase the textbooks at Friday Center Books & Gifts in person, online, or by mailing or faxing in the book order form. Refer to the online ordering site for current book prices.

How to Enroll

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