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Course Info for CLCV - 215 - 90, January 2024
Class number: 1026 Title: Legal & Scientific Terminology Department: Classical Studies
Career: Undergraduate Component: Lecture Session: Regular
Instructor's Permission Required: No Grading Basis: Regular Units: 0.50
Enrollment limited to 29 Current enrollment: 9 Available seats: 20
Start date: Tuesday, January 2, 2024 End date: Friday, January 19, 2024 Mode of Instruction: Remote
Schedule: MTWRF: 10:00AM-12:15PM, N/A Instructor(s): Tomasso, Vincent
Prerequisite(s): None
Distribution Requirement: Meets Humanities and Global Requirements
Note: Seat Reservations: 8 first-years, 8 sophomores, 8 juniors, 5 seniors.
Course Description:
This Legal & Scientific Terminology course provides students with the tools to understand the immense amount of technical vocabulary derived from Greek and Latin languages in legal and scientific fields such as law and medicine. Much of the legal and scientific terminology in the English language still today are words that were formed or borrowed from Greek and Latin such as habeas corpus, affidavit, appendectomy, nephrology, etc. In this course, students will learn how to decipher complex vocabulary including patterns in prefixes, suffixes, roots, and stems. Students will also gain a deeper understanding of the history and meaning of the terminology they will likely encounter in their careers and future. No prior knowledge of Greek or Latin is required.