Latin

Departmental placement in Latin is achieved through the submission of the results of a standardized examination, either a certified external examination, such as the SAT II Achievement Test in Latin or an AP Latin examination, or the department's own internal examination. For further information, see the catalog section on "Requirements for Degrees: Course Specific Requirements: Foreign Language Proficiency," in the paragraph beginning "The following additional placement rules apply to classical languages."

101-102. Elementary Latin.
Fall and Spring (4,4) Prerequisite for LATN 102: LATN 101 or departmental placement.
This course is designed to equip the student with a mastery of the structure of the Latin language and with knowledge of basic vocabulary. There are translations from appropriate Latin texts and parallel study of pertinent aspects of Roman life and history.

201. Introduction to Latin.
Fall and Spring (4,4) Prerequisite: LATN 102 or departmental placement.
There will be a review of forms and syntax after which some major prose author will be read at length.

202. Introduction to Latin Poetry.
(GER 5) Spring (3) Prerequisite: LATN 201 or departmental placement.
A major poet will be read at length and other selections from Classical Latin poetry will be covered.

321. Latin Lyric and Elegiac Poetry.
Fall or Spring (3) Prerequisite: LATN 202 or departmental placement.
Readings in the original Latin chosen from the works of Catullus, Horace, Propertius, Ovid, and others.

322. Cicero.
Fall or Spring (3) Prerequisite: LATN 202 or departmental placement.
Readings in the original Latin chosen from the orations, letters and/or essays of Cicero.

323. Roman Drama.
Fall or Spring (3) Prerequisite: LATN 202 or departmental placement.
Readings in the original Latin chosen from the works of Plautus, Terence, and Seneca.

324. Roman Satire.
Fall or Spring (3) Prerequisite: LATN 202 or departmental placement.
Readings in the original Latin chosen from the works of Horace, Juvenal, Persius, and others.

325. Roman Historians.
Fall or Spring (3) Prerequisite: LATN 202 or departmental placement.
Readings in the original Latin chosen from the works of Livy, Tacitus, and others.

326. Vergil.
Fall or Spring (3) Prerequisite: LATN 202 or departmental placement.
Readings in the original Latin chosen from the Aeneid and other Vergilian works.

327. The Roman Novel.
Fall or Spring (3) Prerequisite: LATN 202 or departmental placement.
Readings in the original Latin chosen from the works of Petronius, Apuleius, and others.

328. Roman Philosophy.
Fall or Spring (3) Prerequisite: LATN 202 or departmental placement.
Readings in the original Latin chosen from the works of Cicero, Lucretius, Seneca, and others.

329. Medieval Latin.
Fall or Spring (3) Prerequisite: LATN 202 or departmental placement.
Readings in the original Latin chosen from the works of medieval authors in prose and poetry.

421. Writing Latin - Latin Prose Composition.
Fall or Spring (3) Prerequisite: LATN 202 or departmental placement.
Reading of such Latin prose authors as Caesar, Cicero and Nepos followed by the writing of connected Latin passages in imitation of their style. This course can be offered on a tutorial basis whenever it is requested by one or several students, if is available

490. Topics in Latin.
Fall and Spring (1-3) Prerequisite: LATN 202 or departmental placement.
Treatment of a selected topic in Latin language or literature (in the original Latin) that is not covered in regular course offerings. Course may be repeated if topics vary.

†495-496. Honors.
Fall, Spring (3,3)
The Department of Classical Studies offers Honors study in Greek or Latin as is available. Students admitted to this study will be enrolled in the course during both semesters of their senior year. The course comprises: (a) reading and discussion of selected authors in the language of the student's emphasis, Greek or Latin; (b) supervised reading of a special bibliography in the field of the student's major interest; (c) satisfactory completion by April 15 of a scholarly essay; and (d) satisfactory completion of an oral examination of the subject and subject field of the essay. For College provisions governing the Admission to Honors, see catalog section titled Honors and Special Programs.