Medical Latin (aBFLT011; autumn term 2017)
Instructions – course requirements and rules
STUDY MATERIALS
1) Study materials (e.g. handouts, presentations) available in the IS in Study materials. These
materials form an integral part of the course syllabus, containing exercises and explanations
to the grammar covered in the classes.
2) Prucklová, R. – Severová, M.: Introduction to Latin and Greek Terminology in Medicine. Praha:
KLP, 2016.
3) "Drill" on the IS (https://is.muni.cz/auth/dril/?lang=en)
The application enables students to practice pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar
covered in Introduction to Latin and Greek Terminology in Medicine, UNIT 1-7. The manual to
the application is available in the Study materials of the course in the IS in a separate file
called “DRILL Manual” (recommended for self-study)
TESTING
TYPE OF
TESTING
DATES OF THE
TESTS
CONTENT OF
TESTING
PASS LIMIT METHOD OF TESTS
RATING
Progress
test 1
app. in the 6th
week of the
autumn term
(the exact date
will be specified
at least one week
before the test)
Nouns and
adjectives of the
1st and 2nd
declensions
(units 1-3)
60% The progress tests are
designed to help students
to asses their knowledge
regularly. In the event of
failure in the progress test,
the student is not loosing
her/his chance to pass the
credit test, and this is the
reason, why there are NO
resits of progress tests.
However, each
successfully written
progress test automatically
enhances student´s
chances to succeed in the
written part of the exam
as the final pass mark is
lowered by 5% each time.
Considering the fact that
the exam is a very complex
test anticipating the
extensive knowledge of
the subject, students are
strongly recommended
to take progress tests
and possibly lower the
pass limit for the exam
test.
Progress
test 2
app. in the 9th
week of the
autumn term
(the exact date
will be specified
at least one week
before the test)
nouns of the 3rd
declension
(units 4-5)
60%
Credit
test and
oral
exam
in the 1st week
of the exam
period (the exact
date will be
specified at least
two weeks before
the test)
Nouns of the 4th
and 5th
declensions,
adjectives of the
3rd declension and
complex testing of
the curriculum
(units 1-8, 11-13)
50%
if successful in both
progress tests
55%
if successful in one
of the progress tests
only
60%
if not successful in
any of the progress
tests
COMMON RULES FOR TESTING
1. All students are sitting all their tests in his/her group only.
2. No way of cheating will be tolerated. If a student is caught cheating at a test, he/she
automatically fails and further consequences will be drawn from his/her behaviour.
3. All students have to sit the exam test in the 1st week of the exam period (January 2–5, 2018)
4. Resits of the exam test will take place only during the exam period, i.e. January 8 – February
12, 2018.
5. The number of possible exam resits is two.
6. The dates and number of resits set by the teacher before the exam period are final; it
means no other dates will be added during the exam period or later.
ACCESS TO THE PROGRESS TESTS AND CREDIT TEST RESULTS
 Results of the tests will be available to students in the Notebook on the IS.
 The student’s results will be given in percentage together with the pass mark.
 The student will have the access to his/her tests during his/her teacher’s office hours only.
ABSENCES + CLASS SUBSTITUTIONS
1. Your absences are going to be electronically registered in the IS. In order to be sure you have
been registered as present in the class, be punctual, the attendance is always checked
immediately after the beginning of the class.
2. Only one unexcused absence is tolerated; all further absences have to be properly excused
at the Study Department (i.e. in a week after the absence).
3. Unexcused absences are regularly recorded in the Notebook on the IS, and students having
these records cannot sit the credit test.
4. The student may substitute a class only by a special appointment agreed with the teacher.
5. Class substitution is not possible during testing weeks.
NOTES!
MEDICAL LATIN IN THE AUTUMN TERM IS A PREREQUISITE FOR MANY SUBJECTS IN THE
SECOND TERM
THESE INSTRUCTIONS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE IS.
Written by Tereza Ševčíková
23/08/2017
Student’s name: _____________________________________
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