LATI 1010

Corbeill is great! He is so good at teaching Latin as he is so passionate and knowledgable about the subject. I will say that this class does move very fast but it is not too bad as Corbeill and the TAs are very informative and helpful. If you have not taken Latin before, the first few weeks will be tough but you will get used to it. There are daily translations, weekly quizzes, two midterms and a final in the course. All are manageable and you are told what will be on them.

I enrolled in this course initially with the sole purpose of beginning the sequence of satisfying the College of Arts & Science's language requirement. Throughout the duration of the semester, I developed a passion towards developing my understanding of Latin and Roman culture. I was elated to complete the course with an A+, and I feel that it is very attainable because this department wants you to succeed.

Pros:
- Professor Corbeill is an amazing and engaging lecturer. His knowledge and enthusiasm towards the subjects he teaches is evident, and I never felt out of place during his class, if that makes sense.
- I had Camilla as my TA. She's kind, responsive, and has a great philosophy towards teaching. I considered her discussion section helpful.
- I do believe this class has improved my overall memory. I learned to store information in ways I never imagined possible, and I certainly never expected to recognize Latin words as something familiar to me after just a few months of learning.
- Effort and success have a strong correlation. The expectations are clear, exams are fair, and extra credit is plentiful.

Cons & Tips:
- You will be randomly called on. Quite frequently, actually, but you will always have the option to pass.
- There is *usually* a quiz each week that is easy to do terribly on if you aren't on top of the vocab. Your lowest 3 get dropped.
- There is daily homework. It is time-consuming, but it gets significantly easier the more effort you put into understanding the associated chapters. I recommend completing them directly after the lecture to ensure that you retained the information.

My biggest piece of advice is to memorize the declensions and indicative endings as early as you can! Latin is all about pattern recognition.

I highly recommend taking LATI 1010 with Professor Corbeill!

Taking Latin with Professor Corbeill in my first semester of college was probably the best decision I've made thus far in my college career (if she's still teaching when you take it, definitely get Nina as your TA). Corbeill is incredibly knowledgeable about the Latin language (especially grammatical gender - he's written a book about it) and is an awesome lecturer. From what I understand, he's one of the top people in the Department of Classics yet insists on teaching introductory Latin. He's very passionate about the Latin language and genuinely wants to see his students succeed and grow.
Now, the class.
When I took the class it was set up much like the way a high school class is set up (you'll come to appreciate this is in college). There were approximately 60 people in the class overall and 20 in the discussion section (lecture MoWeFr, discussion TuTh). We had homework due about every day, a quiz every week, and 3 tests total (Exam #1, Exam #2, Final Exam). We used the Wheelock textbook and a tiny booklet of Latin stories called Groton & May. Not a super heavy reading class, but you will have to commit a good bit of time to studying paradigms, declensions, and memorizing vocabulary. The first test was really easy; the second test wasn't really easy, but manageable. Corbeill gives you an exam review guide and practically tells you what to expect throughout his lectures. Depending on your TA, grading will vary, but my TA (Nina) was super compassionate while also taking off points for stuff that deserved it. From what I've heard from others with different TAs, under Corbeill, grading seems to be generally lenient.
Overall, Corbeill is a great guy, super approachable, and runs really entertaining but educating lectures. I would strongly recommend this class, not because it's easy (it generally is, but you will have to work), but because learning the Latin language is very rewarding and Corbeill does his best to make the class enjoyable for his students.
Hope this helped.

Highly, highly recommend Latin 1010 with Corbeill. He is a fantastic lecturer and is incredibly knowledgeable about Latin (he has written and published multiple books). The class is much easier if you have taken a language before, just because the concepts of conjugation will not be foreign to you. Learning Latin is very very rewarding and it is very interesting to see where our languages have come from. I have also learned more about english grammar from this Latin class than I had in my entire high school career. The textbook is Wheelock's Latin, which is really cheap, and you use a small book of Latin stories that accompanies the textbook. The class does move very fast, so you HAVE to keep up on vocabulary, but homework is pretty spread out and light (about an hour or less a night). If you can, get Nina as a T.A.