A course designed for students beginning the study of Latin. Students will learn to memorize basic vocabulary and grammatical concepts and several patterns of declension and conjugation, will apply them to Latin sentences. Students also will learn to identify linguistic challenges and address them systematically. Instruction exposes students to Latin texts as soon as possible; for greater competence in reading Latin students are encouraged, upon completion of this course, to proceed to LAT 102.
This course builds on the grammatical concepts taught in LAT 101. Students will expand their knowledge of the nominal and verbal systems, including infinitive and participial constructions, and the distinctions in the moods and tenses of the verbs. Learning to identify these structures in Latin sentences and relating words to each other syntactically, students will develop their ability to read and translate Latin sentences. At the same time, students will learn to solve linguistic problems. To be able to read more complex sentences, students should go on to take LAT 201.
This course is a continuation of LAT 102. Students will extend and refine and practise their understanding of Latin grammar and complex sentences, and begin to read adapted and unadapted texts, with particular attention to vocabulary, grammar, and translation strategies. At the same time, students will develop their ability to articulate, analyze, and solve complex problems systematically. Students will complete the study of Latin grammar on the basis of the course book and thus be prepared to read and translate easier or adapted Latin authors in LAT 202, and further studies.
This course is designed to follow LAT 201 and to expand students' experience of reading and translating Latin texts. Students will engage with longer passages of adapted and unadapted texts, thereby consolidating their theoretical and practical understanding of grammar and internalize conventional translation techniques. Students also will strengthen their ability to master linguistic problems systematically. Typically, one text is drawn from prose authors such as Caesar or Nepos, and one from a poet such as Ovid.
LAT 291Intermediate Latin: Translation and Interpretation0.50 units
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.
LAT 331Advanced Readings in Latin: Prose0.50 units
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.
LAT 332Advanced Readings in Latin: Poetry0.50 units
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.
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.
LAT 490Senior Studies in Latin: Selected Topics0.50 units
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.
LAT 491Senior Studies in Latin: Independent Study0.50 units
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.
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.