CLA 030F Word Roots

CLA 030F Word Roots

Instructor: Timothy Brelinski

Section 1 - Lecture MWF 11:00 AM 11:50 AM PITZER 01010

Section 2 - Lecture TR 12:10 PM 1:30 PM ROCK 00194

Course Description: Classics 30F helps students develop their English vocabulary by teaching them the Greek and Latin elements from which much formal and technical English vocabulary comes. It includes study of vocabulary essential for the biological sciences. 

Approximately 65% of English vocabulary is derived from Greek and Latin.   If we consider the specialized terminology of law, medicine, and other sciences, this share goes as high as 90%.  We review the history of the English language and the basic principles of etymological analysis, including the concepts of morphemes and combining words.  The student who completes this course can expect to have a greatly increased control over the use of the English language, the meaning of words, and the structure of English grammar. 

Restricted to incoming freshmen.

• General Education: Arts & Humanities (AH).