This course will involve the reading of original material in Latin with a focus on the advanced study of the language itself, although topics may vary from single authors to literary genres to chronological periods. This course is repeatable provided the topic is different. Examples could include: Latin Palaeography; Augustan Poetry; Epic Poetry; Advanced Grammar, Reading, and Composition; Greek and Roman Identities in the Lyric Poetry of Horace; Latin Epigraphy; or Medieval Latin.
0.25 credit offering to be combined with LAT 601. This 0.25 credit version of GRK 600 will allow faculty members to offer single-term courses that combine reading of original sources in both ancient Greek and Latin on selected topics. This course is repeatable provided the topic is different. Examples could include: Greek Palaeography or Greek Epigraphy.
LAT 610Introductory Latin for Graduate Students0.25 units
This course covers the most basic vocabulary and grammatical concepts, including several declension and conjugation patterns typically in the fall, while focusing on the use of the cases, especially the Ablative, and the various tenses typically in the winter. After taking this course, students will be able to translate simple Latin sentences.
LAT 620Intermediate Latin for Graduate Students0.25 units
This course continues LAT 610. One offering of the course extends the concepts of the Latin cases and the complexity of the verbal structures (Accusative Infinitive, Ablative Absolute), typically taught in the fall, another concentrates on the Subjunctive and is typically taught in the winter, while a third version teaches grammar on the basis of relatively easy authors. After taking this course, students will be able to translate more complex Latin sentences.