19 courses in Waterloo’s course catalog for 2020–21 (Fall 2020, Winter 2021, Spring 2021), from UW Open Data. ucalendar asks programs not to read that year’s calendar, so this stands in for it. Original: ucalendar.uwaterloo.ca/2021/COURSE/course-LAT.html
A course designed for students beginning the study of Latin or who have not yet reached the level expected in LAT 201/202. Although the teaching approach emphasizes exposure to simple texts as soon as possible, students desiring minimal competence in reading should go on to do LAT 102.
Continuation of LAT 101. Most of the rules of Latin grammar will be covered by the end of the year, and students should have a minimal competence in reading prose texts; but for the remaining grammar and further practice students should go on to do LAT 201.
LAT 291Intermediate Latin: Translation and Interpretation
A selection of unadapted material from one or two authors or an investigation of selected themes or topics at the intermediate level. Authors such as Livy, Caesar, Cicero, Catullus, Vergil, or Ovid may be studied. Topics may include desire, death, war, identity, or a specific genre such as tragedy, to name but a few. [Note: Permission to register is by consent of the undergraduate advisor. This is a repeatable course, subject to different content; it may be completed a total of three times.]
A selection of material from one author or several authors within the field of Latin prose. Topics and selections may include oratory and rhetoric, history, philosophy, Cicero, Quintilian, Caesar, Livy, and Apuleius. [Note: This is a repeatable course, subject to different content; it may be completed a total of four times.]
A selection of material from one author or several authors within the field of Latin poetry. Topics and selections may include comedy, lyric poetry, elegy, epic, Plautus, Terence, Catullus, Ovid, and Vergil. [Note: This is a repeatable course, subject to different content; it may be completed a total of four times.]
An investigation of selected themes, topics, time periods, or genres in Latin. [Note: This is a repeatable course, subject to different content; it may be completed a total of four times.]
The course introduces and investigates Latin inscriptions as evidence for the Latin language and Roman political, religious, legal, social, and economic history.
A practical overview of the various styles of Latin handwriting from the late Roman Empire to the writing styles of the Renaissance humanists which introduces students to the study of original documents and manuscripts.
A selection of material from one author or several authors or an investigation of selected themes, topics, or genres at the senior level. Topics and authors may include philosophy, letter writing, history, elegy, satire, Seneca, Pliny the Younger, Tacitus, Propertius, Petronius, and Juvenal. [Note: This is a repeatable course, subject to different content; it may be completed a total of four times.]
Prereq: At least 0.5 unit in a 300-level LAT course
Under special circumstances and with the approval of the department, a student or small group of students may arrange to pursue individualized readings under the supervision of a faculty member. [Note: This is a repeatable course, subject to different content; it may be completed a total of ten times.]
Prereq: At least 0.5 unit in a 300-level LAT course