Latin Courses

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LATN 101 (3)
Elementary Latin I
Fundamentals of the language in preparation for reading literary works, with written exercises and translation. Chiefly for beginners, but students with one year of secondary school Latin may take the course.

LATN 102 (3)
Elementary Latin II
Fundamentals of the language in preparation for reading literary works, with written exercises and translation.

LATN 201 (3)
Intermediate Latin I
Review and continuing study of grammar and syntax. Readings from Latin prose.

LATN 202 (3)
Intermediate Latin II
Readings from Latin poetry. V3

LATN 205 (3)
Readings in Latin Literature
An introduction to Latin literature through readings of representative selections from major prose authors such as Cicero, Caesar, Catullus, Vergil and Ovid. The specific authors will vary from year to year depending on the needs and interests of the students enrolled. V2, V

LATN 261 (1)
Directed Study
Selected topics pursued by individual students or small groups of students under supervision of a member of the department. The content of the course will vary according to the interests and needs of the students.

LATN 283 (3)
Epic Poetry
Readings in the great works of Latin epic poetry. Works include Vergil's Aeneid, Lucretius' de Rerum Natura, or Ovid's Metamorphoses. Offered alternate years. V2, V

LATN 311 (3)
Latin Poetry
Extensive reading in the works of Vergil, Horace, Ovid, the elegists or the comic playwrights. Offered alternate years. V2, V

LATN 312 (3)
Roman Historians
Selections from Livy or Tacitus. Offered alternate years.

LATN 314 (3)
Later Latin Literature
Readings in works of Latin poetry or prose written after the "classical" period of Latin literature. Author and genre will vary; possible topics include Apuleius, St. Augustine or Latin writings of the Middle Ages or later. V2, V

LATN 331 (3)
Latin Prose Authors
Readings in great works of Latin prose with attention to their historical and literary context. Author and genre will vary, but inlcude Cicero, Sallust, the younger Pliny, Apuleius and Augustine. Offered alternate years. V2, V

LATN 361 (1)
Special Study
Selected topics pursued by individual students under supervision of a member of the department. The content of the course will vary according to the interests and needs of the students.

LATN 461 (1)
Independent Study
Selected topics pursued by individuat students under supervision of a member of the department. The content of the course will vary according to the interests and needs of the students.