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Courses (LATN)

111, 112 Introduction to Latin. (4,4)

The elements of classical Latin, its grammatical structure and forms, with a basic vocabulary. Development of reading skill through a varied selection of ancient texts in prose and verse.

211 Intermediate Latin. (4)

Review and completion of the fundamentals of Latin, including the reading of passages from classical texts. Satisfactory completion of this course fulfills the core foreign language proficiency.

271 Individual Learning Project. (1-4)

Supervised reading or research at the lower-division level. Permission of department chair required. Consult department for applicability towards major requirements. Not available to first-year students.

327 Topics in Latin Literature. (4)

A selected topic in Latin literature, such as classical rhetoric, Lucretius, Cicero, Ovid, the novel, philosophy, satire, medieval Latin, or Christian literature. This course may be repeated for credit if the topics are different.

331 Virgil and Epic Poetry. (4)

Virgil's Aeneid: Latin readings in the first six books; the entire work in translation. The influence of Homer and of Alexandrian poetry and the unique quality of Virgil's poetic art.

333 Elegiac and Lyric Poetry. (4)

Readings in Catullus, Tibullus, Propertius, Ovid, and Horace, with emphasis on a close explication of the Latin text and on the characteristics of classical poetry. Development of Roman elegiac and lyric forms.

338 Roman Comedy. (4)

Reading of one or more plays of Plautus or Terence, with emphasis on the techniques of New Comedy, situation, characterization and plot, the play's subsequent influence, and perhaps comparison with a later treatment of the theme, as by Shakespeare.

349 Roman Historians. (4)

Reading of one or more Roman historians, such as Livy, Tacitus, Suetonius, Sallust, or Josephus. Emphasis on methodology, style, function of speeches, views of causality, origins of war, and the weighing and presentation of evidence.

371 Individual Learning Project. (1-4)

Supervised reading or research at the upper-division level. Permission of department chair and completion and/or concurrent registration of 12 credits within the department required. Consult department for applicability towards major requirements. Not available to first-year students.

398 Honors Senior Essay, Research, or Creative Project. (4)

Required for graduation with "All-College Honors" and "Departmental Distinction in Latin." Prerequisite: HONR 396 and approval of the department chair and director of the honors program. For further information see HONR 398.

399 Senior Project. (1)

All majors must present a senior project in a public forum. In consultation with a faculty advisor students choose a project appropriate to their previous course of study and/or their individual goals.