Syllabus for Bible 365.01

SYLLABUS BIB 365.01

                            SYLLABUS

BIB 365 Greek Readings III       Instructor: Bruce Terry
Section: 01  Room: NC 313        Day/Time: MWF 2:00-2:50pm
Office: Stotts (NC), Room 311    Telephone: (304) 865-6120/295-6486
Office Hours: MWF 10:30-11:30am; 1-2pm; MW 3-4pm; TTh 2:30-3:30pm

Texts:

Required:

A Greek New Testament (either 3rd or 4th edition of the United Bible Societies' Greek New Testament or the 26th or 27th editions of the Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece)
A.T. Robertson's Grammar of the Greek New Testament in the Light of Historical Research Kubo's A Reader's Greek-English Lexicon
Metzger's Lexical Aids for Students of New Testament Greek

Suggested:

Danker's A Greek-English Lexicon of the N.T. and Other Early Christian Literature (4th Revised ed.)
Holman & Broadman Verb Chart
Friberg and Friberg's Analytical Greek New Testament
Rienecker and Rogers' Linguistic Key to the Greek New Testament
Han's A Parsing Guide to the Greek New Testament
Gingrich's Shorter Lexicon to the Greek New Testament

Course Description

This course will focus on improving reading skills in Koin‚ Greek. To accomplish this, three methodologies will be employed. First, students will read the Letter to the Galatians and the Gospel of Mark in Greek aloud in class, preparing each lesson throughly. Second, students will memorize vocabulary words that are frequently used in the Greek New Testament. Third, students will consult a major Greek grammar for insight to passages that are read in class. In line with this, students will be introduced to the concept of discourse grammar and how it affects the traditional approach to Greek grammar.

Course Objectives

To improve the student's ability to read and understand Koin‚ Greek.
To impart a better understanding of Galatians and the Gospel of Mark.
To teach Greek vocabulary for less frequently used words.
To help the student learn how to use a major Greek grammar.
To help the student understand the significance of Greek grammar as it affects understanding and exegesis.
To introduce a discourse perspective to Greek grammar and semantics.
To help the student come face to face with the story of Jesus in the original language, thus providing a strengthening of faith.

Attendance and Tardies

Attendance in class is mandatory; it will be part of the basis for the grade given. If you cannot attend for good reason, either notify me beforehand or as soon as possible afterward. This applies even if you have an excused absence. You will be expected to do all work of any classes missed, except for pop quizzes and daily homework. If you do not intend to attend regularly, kindly withdraw from the class now.

Do NOT miss class simply because you do not have an assignment finished. Do NOT miss class if you can possibly come; save any absences for sickness or death in the family. If you have an extended illness, please contact me to let me know.

Kindly try to be in class on time. If you are consistently tardy for no good reason, I reserve the right to count three tardies as an absence.

If you have to leave early, please inform me before class. Do not schedule extra work, doctor's appointments, etc. during class time if at all possible. If you are too frequent in leaving early, I reserve the right to count early departures as a partial absence, adversely affecting your grade.

Absences may be excused if you bring me documentation that you were hospitalized, ill with a contagious disease, involved in an accident, on school business (up to five hours), or there was a death in the immediate family. More than six hours of unexcused absences will result in your being dropped from the course with either a W or an F at my discretion. You may pay a fine and petition to be reinstated. Additional unexcused absences will result in your being dropped without future reinstatement. No credit will be given for a course in which absences, both excused and unexcused, total more than 25% of the hours of the course (i.e., as many as 12 class hours, counting each class as 1 hour). Should you approach this limit, you will be asked to withdraw from the course. I reserve the right to drop you from the course as a warning once you have at least 7 total absences. If you are dropped for any reason, reinstatement is not guaranteed and will be granted only if a plan for success is presented. Note well: Absences may adversely affect your grade, as outlined below under the topic Grades.

Please turn off cell phones before entering class. If you should have wireless service in the classroom, do not use your messaging service on your laptop or PDA. I reserve the right to count you absent should you disregard this.

Office Hours

I will be in my office ten hours during the week as outlined above. If you have class conflicts with my office hours, you can schedule another time with me. Appointments during office hours will be given precedence over drop-ins, but if you need to see me about something and don't have an appointment, come on up to my office and I will try to squeeze you in. If you need help, please use my office hours. You may also see me both before and after class as time permits. I will be available for extended conferences after class hours if it does not interfere with another class or chapel. No appointment will usually be necessary to see me at this time. If I am not in my office at office hours after a class, check my last classroom to see if a student has detained me there or in the computer lab since I also serve as webmaster at OVC. Please feel free to interrupt me in either situation.

Assignments, Assessment, and Grades

Assessment of whether the objectives have been met will be based on the student's performance on homework and tests assigned by the teacher and on the student's ability to read Greek in class.

Your grade for the class will be based on four major exams (including the final exam), weekly vocabulary quizzes, attendance, preparation to read in class, and reports over the reading in Greek grammar. Reports on the grammar reading should include a brief comment about each verse listed in the index of Robertson's Big Grammar. Exam questions can come from the lectures or assigned readings from either the textbooks or the New Testament. A significant portion of each exam will involve a literal translation of a Greek text. The final exam will cover material from the whole course.

Class will be excused for students attending the World Missions Workshop. Students will be expected to attend at least a one hour class for each hour missed and turn in a one- page report on the class attended. The reports will count as attendance grades.

Ten points will be given for attendance. One point will be deducted for each class missed, including those missed for illness. The only exception to this will be those who miss on official school business and have an official notice to this effect; up to five such absences will not count against the student's grade if the student has no unexcused absences. Two grace days will be given to all students to allow for absences due to illness and excused absences for official school business. Note well: Grace days will be applied first to excused absences.

Additional readings/quizzes/essays/maps may be assigned.

The final grade will be based on your work in the following way:

          Reading Preparation                               10%
          Attendance                                        10%
          Vocabulary and Grammar Reports                    15%
          Major Tests                                       45%
          Final Exam                                        20%

Bonus points may be assigned in the future for extra reading in grammars. Your final grade will be A, B, C, D, or F. An A will be given for an average of 100-90, a B for 89-80, a C for 79-70, a D for 69-60, and an F for any average below 60.

All work is expected to be turned in on time. If for some reason you cannot make the due date, please ask my permission to turn the work in late. Missed vocabulary quizzes should be taken within one week in order to receive full credit; otherwise, expect to have your grade on them docked by one-half the total value of the quiz.

Students who are absent on exam days with good reason may schedule a make-up exam within the next week. You must ask to take a make-up exam.

Students who score less than a 70 on a major exam may petition to retake the exam within a week after grades are returned on it. The highest grade on any retake exam will be 70. Once again, you must ask to retake an exam. There will be no retakes on the final exam. Study hard for it.

Class Reading:

Students will be expected to prepare to read aloud the Greek text and their own literal English translation of it in class. The order of reading will be random, chosen by computer, so students should prepare the whole selection every day. Reading will be graded on an 8 point scale. Students may use any helps they choose outside of class to prepare the reading, but in the class the only books permitted are the Greek text and Kubo's lexicon. Specifically, I do NOT want to see open English Bibles, translations on loose paper, or interlinears of any type, including any hand-written interlinears in the student's Greek text!

Academic Integrity Policy

Because Ohio Valley College expects students to follow the highest standards of honorable conduct in all areas of life, it is essential that students maintain high standards of academic integrity. Cheating, plagiarizing (whether intentionally misrepresenting another's work as one's own or failing to follow appropriate requirements of documentation), and helping others to cheat or plagiarize are all violations of these standards. Students who engage in these behaviors will face appropriate consequences, which could include failing the assignment in question, failing the course, or being dismissed from the College. A student who believes that he or she is being treated unjustly may file an appeal with the Provost; the student must initiate the appeal within 48 hours after receiving notification of the consequence. Appeal procedures are available in the office of the Provost.

Plagiarism

Plagiarism is the presentation of another person's work as your own, whether you mean to or not. Copying or paraphrasing passages from another writer's work without acknowledging that you've done so is plagiarism. Translating passages from another writer's work in another language without acknowledging that you've done so is plagiarism. Copying another writer's work without putting the material in quotation marks is plagiarism, even if credit is given. Allowing another writer to write any part of your essay is plagiarism.

Plagiarism is a serious crime. The maximum penalty at OVC is expulsion from the college.

Plagiarism is easy to avoid. Simply acknowledge the source of any words, phrases, or ideas that you use. If you're not sure how to quote or paraphrase a source or if you need help with the format of endnotes or bibliographies, check with me. While you can (and in fact should) seek the help and advice of friends, classmates, and tutors, be sure that your written work is completely your own.

Compliance with Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

If you have a diagnosed disability and need special accommodations, please notify the Office of the Provost before or immediately after your first scheduled class meeting. After your disability has been verified, notify your instructor, who will work with you and the Office of the Provost to insure that you have a fair opportunity to perform in the course.

Mission Statement of Ohio Valley College:

At Ohio Valley College, we seek to transform lives in a Christ-centered academic community that integrates higher learning, biblical faith, and service to God and humanity.

MAJOR EXAM DATES:   Exam 1 -- Friday, September 19, 2004
                    Exam 2 -- Friday, October 17, 2004
                    Exam 3 -- Friday, November 14, 2004
                    Final Exam -- Wednesday, December 15, 2004
                                  1:00 p.m. - 2:50 p.m.

Tentative Course Plan

WEEK ONE:
 8/25/04 -- Introduction to the Course
            homework: study Kubo special vocabulary for Galatians 
 8/27/04 -- Vocabulary Quiz and Reading in Galatians

WEEK TWO:
            homework: prepare readings
 8/ 30/04 -- Reading in Galatians and Grammar Review
            homework: study Metzger vocabulary for 201 and up times
 9/ 1/04 -- Vocabulary Quiz and Reading in Galatians
            homework: prepare readings
 9/ 3/04 -- Reading in Galatians and Grammar Review

WEEK THREE:
            homework: prepare readings
 9/ 6/04 -- Reading in Galatians and Grammar Review
            homework: study Metzger vocabulary for 121-200 times
 9/8/04 -- Vocabulary Quiz and Reading in Galatians
            homework: prepare readings
 9/10/04 -- Reading in Galatians and Grammar Review

WEEK FOUR:
            homework: prepare readings
 9/13/04 -- Reading in Mark and Grammar Review
            homework: study Kubo special vocabulary for Mark
 9/15/04 -- Vocabulary Quiz and Reading in Mark
INMAN FORUM
            homework: prepare readings
 9/17/04 -- Reading in Mark and Grammar Review

WEEK FIVE:
            homework: study for test
 9/20/04 -- Major Exam
            homework: study Metzger vocabulary for 91-120 times
 9/22/04 -- Vocabulary Quiz and Reading in Mark
            homework: prepare readings
 9/24/04 -- Reading in Mark and Grammar Review

WEEK SIX:
            homework: prepare readings
 9/27/04 -- Reading in Mark and Grammar Review
            homework: study Metzger vocabulary for 71-90 times
 9/29/04 -- Vocabulary Quiz and Reading in Mark
            homework: prepare readings
10/ 1/04 -- Reading in Mark and Grammar Review
World Mission Workshop

WEEK SEVEN:
            homework: prepare readings
10/ 4/04 -- Reading in Mark and Grammar Review
            homework: study Metzger vocabulary for 56-70 times
10/ 6/04 -- Vocabulary Quiz and Reading in Mark
            homework: prepare readings
10/8/04 -- Reading in Mark and Grammar Review

WEEK EIGHT:
10/11/04 -- Fall Break
            homework: prepare readings
                      study Metzger vocabulary for 46-55 times
10/13/04 -- Vocabulary Quiz and Reading in Mark
            homework: study for test
10/15/04 -- Major Exam

WEEK NINE:
            homework: prepare readings
10/18/04 -- Reading in Mark and Grammar Review
            homework: study Metzger vocabulary for 38-45 times
10/20/04 -- Vocabulary Quiz and Reading in Mark
            homework: prepare readings
10/22/04 -- Reading in Mark and Grammar Review

WEEK TEN:
            homework: prepare readings
10/25/04 -- Reading in Mark and Grammar Review
            homework: study Metzger vocabulary for 32-37 times
10/27/04 -- Vocabulary Quiz and Reading in Mark
            homework: prepare readings
10/29/04 -- Reading in Mark and Grammar Review

WEEK ELEVEN:
            homework: prepare readings
11/ 1/04 -- Reading in Mark and Grammar Review
            homework: study Metzger vocabulary for 28-31 times
11/ 3/04 -- Vocabulary Quiz and Reading in Mark
            homework: prepare readings
11/ 5/04 -- Reading in Mark and Grammar Review

WEEK TWELVE:
            homework: prepare readings
11/8/04 -- Reading in Mark and Grammar Review
            homework: study Metzger vocabulary for 25-27 times
11/10/04 -- Vocabulary Quiz and Reading in Mark
            homework: study for test
11/12/04 -- Major Exam
Last Day to Drop a Class with a "W"--Stick with it to the end!

WEEK THIRTEEN:
            homework: prepare readings
11/15/04 -- Reading in Mark and Grammar Review
            homework: study Metzger vocabulary for 23-24 times
11/17/04 -- Vocabulary Quiz and Reading in Mark
            homework: prepare readings
11/19/04 -- Reading in Mark and Grammar Review

THANKSGIVING BREAK

WEEK FOURTEEN:
            homework: prepare readings
11/ 29/04 -- Reading in Mark and Grammar Review
            homework: study Metzger vocabulary for 21-22 times
12/ 1/04 -- Vocabulary Quiz and Reading in Mark
            homework: prepare readings
12/ 3/04 -- Reading in Mark and Grammar Review

WEEK FIFTEEN:
            homework: prepare readings
12/ 6/04 -- Reading in Mark and Grammar Review
            homework: study Metzger vocabulary for 19-20 times
12/ 8/04 -- Vocabulary Quiz and Reading in Mark
            homework: prepare readings
12/10/04 -- Reading in Mark and Grammar Review

WEEK SIXTEEN: Final Exam Week
            homework: study for final exam
12/15/03 -- Final Exam (1:00-2:50pm)

N. B.: Homework is listed before the class for which it is due!

THIS SYLLABUS MAY BE MODIFIED AS THE TEACHER FEELS NECESSARY!

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