LAT 111-112-113/501-502-503: Beginning Latin
4 credit hours
Instructor(s): James A. Andrews, Neil Bernstein, Lisa Carson, Heather Gruber, Steve Hays, William Owens, Ruth Palmer, Tim Smith
Course Schedule: Fall 2008
The three first-year introductory courses give the student a thorough grounding in Latin grammar so that he/she can read connected prose by the end of the third quarter. The 500-level course is preparation for the graduate reading knowledge examination required by some departments; credit does not count towards the degree.
LAT 211-212-213: Intermediate Latin
4 credit hours
Instructor(s): James A. Andrews, Neil Bernstein, Lisa Carson, Heather Gruber, Steve Hays, William Owens, Ruth Palmer, Tim Smith
Course Schedule: Fall 2008
In the second year the student is introduced to original works by Latin authors, such as Caesar and Cicero, and the poets Vergil and Ovid. LAT 213 will continue to emphasize the reading skills developed in Latin 212. We will be translating excerpts from Vergil’s Aeneid, and will pay particular attention to poetic meter and analysis. Class work will consist of in-class translation, scansion, regular quizzes, and two exams. Successful completion of LAT 212 or high school equivalent is a prerequisite.
LAT 351-352-353: Latin Prose and Poetry
4 credit hours
Instructor(s): Neil Bernstein, William Owens
Course Schedule: Fall 2008
We will read from the first book of Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita over the course of the quarter. Our emphasis will be on improving Latin reading skills and understanding the work of the greatest of the Roman historians in its original cultural context. Class-work and evaluation will consist of in-class translations, supplementary readings in English, brief papers, translation quizzes, two comprehensive examinations, and a final research project. The course prerequisite is successful completion of Latin 351 or two years of college-level Latin or equivalent high school work.
LAT 364: The Teaching of High School Latin
4 credit hours
Instructor(s):
Course Schedule: Offered on demand.
Content and methods of teaching high school Latin courses.
LAT 411-412-413: Latin Literature of the Republic
4 credit hours
Instructor(s): Neil Bernstein, William Owens
Course Schedule:
Selections from works of Plautus, Terence, Caesar, Cicero, Lucretius, Catullus, and Sallust.
LAT 415-416-417: Latin Literature of the Early Empire
4 credit hours
Instructor(s): Neil Bernstein, William Owens
Course Schedule:
Selections from the works of Vergil, Horace, Livy, Ovid, Martial, Tacitus, Juvenal, and Pliny the Younger.
LAT 419-420-421: Readings in Latin Literature
4 credit hours
Instructor(s): Neil Bernstein, William Owens
Course Schedule:
Selections complement students’ other readings in Latin literature.
LAT 433: Advanced Latin Syntax
4 credit hours
Instructor(s): Neil Bernstein, William Owens
Course Schedule:
Writing of Latin prose.
Courses with Graduate Credit
LAT 511-512-513: Studies in Latin Literature of the Republic
4 credit hours
Instructor(s): James A. Andrews, Neil Bernstein, Lisa Carson, Steve Hays, William Owens, Ruth Palmer,
Course Schedule: Fall 2008
Extensive reading or study of special topics in the period.
LAT 515-516-517: Studies in Latin Literature of the Early Empire
4 credit hours
Instructor(s): James A. Andrews, Neil Bernstein, Lisa Carson, Steve Hays, William Owens, Ruth Palmer,
Course Schedule:
Extensive reading or study of special topics in the period.