25 courses in the 1988–89 Undergraduate Calendar, read from the scanned original. The text comes from OCR, so check the scanned page before relying on a detail.
Introductory Note
Students should consult with the departmental Undergraduate Advisor for the latest information on course offerings. Some courses are offered in rotation.
A course designed for students beginning the study of Latin or who have not yet reached the level expected in LAT 203/204. Although the teaching approach emphasizes exposure to simple texts as soon as possible, students desiring basic competence in reading should go on to do LAT 100B.
Students are advised to preregister early for this course as enrolment is limited.
attain basic reading competence in prose.
Prereq: LAT 100A
A general survey of Latin prose and poetry from its origins to the beginning of the Roman Empire. The literary achievement of Rome will be examined mainly through selections in Latin with occasional readings in translation.
Prereq: Grade 13 Latin, LAT 100B or instructor s permission
A general survey of Latin prose and poetry from the beginning to the fall of the Roman Empire; a continuation of LAT 203.
Prereq: LAT 203 or instructors permission
Selections from the Letters of Cicero and Pliny.
Selections from Livy and Suetonius.
Selections from the. Works of Vergil. Prereq: Grade 13 Latin, LAT 100B or
instructor s permission.
Selections from the lyric poems of Catullus and Horace.
Selections from Ovid and Martial.
Course Descriptions 16:33 Classical Studies
A reading course designed to follow the second year of Latin. By the end of the course students should be’competent to read moderately difficult prose and poetic texts. Authors and teaching techniques will be chosen to fit the needs of the students.
Prereq: One full 200-level course in LAT or instructors permission
Composition, translation and grammar with intensive analysis of selected passages.
A study of the history and development | of the Latin language from its origins to its evolution into the Romance languages.
The life and works of Cicero, his historical importance and his contribution to Latin literature. Selections from various works.
Prereq: One full 200-level course in LAT or instructor s permission
Selections from the De Rerum Natura. Prereq: Grade 13 or OAC Latin, LAT
100B, or instructor s permission
The study in Latin of at least one play by Plautus or Terence, with supplementary readings in translation. Prereq: One full 200-level course in LAT or instructors permission
of the development of Roman historiography.
Prereq: One full 200-level course in LAT or instructor s permission
Selections from the works of Tacitus. Prereq: One full 200-level Latin course or instructor s permission Offered 1988-89 at Wilfrid Laurier University.
16:34 Course Descriptions
Selections from the works of the fourth to the 12th centuries A.D.
Prereq: One full 200-level Latin course or instructor's permission
Selections from works of the 12th
century A.D. to the Renaissance. Prereq: One full 200-level Latin course
or instructor s permission
Selections from Aeneid 1-6.
Aeneid Vil - Xil (selections); readings from the Eclogues and Georgics.
Prereq: LAT 461 or instructor s permission
Selections from Catullus, Ovid, Propertius and Tibullus.
Selections from Horace and Persius.
Selections from Petronius, Martial and Juvenal.
By arrangement with the department, an individual student or a small group of students will follow a course of study under the supervision of a faculty member.
Senior standing or instructor s permission is a prerequisite for any 400-level Latin course.
Dance Group
Assistant Professor, Chairman of Dance
Group.
J. Officer, ARAD (Adv. and ATC), (London), Recipient of the Distinguished Teacher Award
Associate Professor, Undergraduate
Officer
R. Ryman, BA, MA (York), Al Chor (London)
Associate Professor R. Priddle, BPHE (Toronto), MSc (Springfield), MA (Waterloo), PhD (Waterloo)
Assistant Professor J. Chapman, BA, MA (York), PhD (CNAA, England)
Lecturer L. Prada, BSc (Waterloo), ARAD (Adv. and ATC), (London)
Guest Artist Susan Cash BFA (York)
Course Descriptions
Courses not offered in the current academic year are listed at the end of this section.