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LATIN 101 Fundamentals of Latin I
Description:
Latin 101 introduces students to the Latin language by teaching them to read, write, and speak in elementary forms. The goals are to enable students (1) to read elementary texts with some ease and fluency, (2) to manipulate Latin and English grammar, and (3) to enhance their English vocabulary. More Info
Offered in:LATIN 102 Fundamentals of Latin II
Description:
Latin 102 continues the reading, writing and speaking exercises of Latin 101. Particular attention will be given to using and understanding complex sentences and to increasing Latin vocabulary. The goals are to enable students (1) to read increasingly complex Latin texts with some ease and fluency, (2) to manipulate the grammar, syntax and vocabulary of Latin, and (3) to deepen their knowledge of English grammar and vocabulary. More Info
Offered in:LATIN 115 Intensive Elementary Latin
Description:
An intensive course aimed at developing reading skills in Latin. This course covers a year's worth in one semester. Open to students with no previous training in Latin. More Info
Offered in:LATIN 211 Intermed Latin
LATIN 222 Ovid-Metamorphoses
LATIN 301 Cicero
Description:
Reading in Cicero's orations, philosophical, or rhetorical works; background and scholarship. More Info
Offered in:- TBA
LATIN 302 Caesar
LATIN 303 Roman Comedy
Description:
Reading in the plays of Plautus and Terence; background and scholarship. More Info
Offered in:- TBA
LATIN 306 Tacitus
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Reading in the historical works of Tacitus; background and scholarship. More Info
Offered in:- TBA
LATIN 308 Livy
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Reading in the historical works of Livy; background and scholarship. More Info
Offered in:- TBA
LATIN 309 Lucretius
LATIN 310 Virgil
Description:
Reading in the works of Virgil with primary emphasis on the Aeneid; background and scholarship. Required for Latin majors, and for combined Greek/Latin majors. More Info
Offered in:- TBA
LATIN 312 Horace
LATIN 313 Juvenal
Description:
Reading in the satires of Juvenal; background and scholarship. More Info
Offered in:- TBA
LATIN 314 Catullus and Horace
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In this course we read, in Latin, significant excerpts from the poetry of Catullus and Horace. We discuss the influences of lyric and Hellenistic poetic traditions; the political back ground of the late republic and early empire; and attitudes toward love, death, and nature. More Info
Offered in:- TBA
LATIN 320 Latin Letters
Description:
A survey of the epistolary genre in Latin literature. Readings will focus on Cicero, Seneca and Pliny; short examples from Horace, Ovid, Fronto and Petrarch will also be included. Letters will be considered in historical, social and literary contexts. Students will evaluate the structure, content and evolution of the genre. More Info
Offered in:LATIN 330 Latin Love Poetry
Description:
This course focuses on readings in the amatory poetry of Catullus, Horace, Virgil and the Roman elegists. Significant attention is paid to historical, philosophical, and cultural context, literary history and genre distinctions, and the love poets' use of their poetry to reflect their constructions of self and society. Students will be introduced to relevant secondary literature. More Info
Offered in:LATIN 376 Latin Prose Composition
Description:
This course provides an intensive introduction to written composition in the Latin language. Stress will be laid on writing as an active methodology, on the premise that fluency in Latin is achieved more effectively through Latin-on-Latin composition, rather that through a traditional English-to-Latin translation approach. The normal starting point for activities will be a Latin text; assignments will progress in complexity from rephrasings or restructurings of parts of the text to free composition. More Info
Offered in:LATIN 397 Special Topics
Description:
This course will cover selected topics in Latin, taught by staff or visiting lecturers. More Info
Offered in:LATIN 415 Methods of Teaching in the Latin Language
Description:
This course explores the theory and practice of teaching in the schools (K-12). We will discuss pedagogical approaches that have been developed in recent decades and the textbooks that they have produced. Members of the class will develop imaginative activities and techniques for teaching out to students. More Info
Offered in:- TBA
LATIN 460 History of Latin Literature
Description:
This course is a survey of Latin literature by genre and chronology from the earliest Latin writing through the reign of Hadrian. Students will read selections of Latin prose and poetry from the works of all major authors and will evaluate the structure and content of each work within its historical and literary contexts. The goals of the course are to give students a strong foundation in the development and evolution of Latin literature and to prepare them for subject area examinations for prospective teachers of Latin such as Praxis and MTEL. More Info
Offered in:LATIN 478 Independent Study
LATIN 479 Independent Study
LATIN 490 Honors
