Academic Catalog

Latin (LATN)

LATN-1000  Beginning Latin I  
(4 credits)  (Fall Semester)  
This course is offered to meet the needs of students who have had no introduction to Latin in high school and are interested in learning a reading knowledge of Latin. Emphasis is placed on vocabulary, grammar, and sight reading in the first semester. In the second semester, the emphasis is on extensive Latin reading. (C)
LATN-1020  Beginning Latin II  
(4 credits)  (Spring Semester)  
This course is offered to meet the needs of students who have had no introduction to Latin in high school and are interested in learning a reading knowledge of Latin. Emphasis is placed on vocabulary, grammar, and sight reading in the first semester. In the second semester, the emphasis is on extensive Latin reading. (C)
Prerequisite(s): LATN-1000 or placement.  
LATN-2120  Latin Literature in Translation  
(3 credits)  (Discretion of Department)  
Works studied in this course range in time from the classics of antiquity to the "modern" Latin of the Renaissance.
LATN-3110  Survey of Latin Prose Authors  
(3 credits)  (Discretion of Department)  
This course involves the translation and discussion of key passages from the most prominent Latin prose authors of the classical period (roughly 100BC-100AD), focusing on syntax and rhetorical devices. (AE).
Prerequisite(s): LATN-1020 or placement.  
General Education Categories: Aesthetic Experience  
LATN-3120  Latin Prose Authors II  
(3 credits)  (Discretion of Department)  
The works read are determined by the needs and interests of the members of the class according to literary genres. These genres normally include: rhetoric, philosophy, and history. (AE).
Prerequisite(s): LATN-1020 or placement.  
General Education Categories: Aesthetic Experience  
LATN-4110  Survey of Latin Poets  
(3 credits)  (Discretion of Department)  
This course involves the translation and discussion of key passages from the most prominent Latin poets of the classical period (roughly 100BC-100AD), focusing on syntax, poetic meter, and rhetorical devices. (AE).
Prerequisite(s): LATN-1020 or placement.  
General Education Categories: Aesthetic Experience  
LATN-4120  Latin Poets II  
(3 credits)  (Discretion of Department)  
The works read are determined by the needs and interests of the members of the class according to literary genres. These genres normally include epic, satire, and drama. (AE)
Prerequisite(s): LATN-1020 or placement.  
General Education Categories: Aesthetic Experience  
LATN-4590  Directed Readings I  
(3 credits)  (Discretion of Department)  
A program of independent study open only to advanced students under the supervision of the instructor.
LATN-4600  DIrected Readings II  
(3 credits)  (Discretion of Department)  
A program of independent study open only to advanced students under the supervision of the instructor.
LATN-4990  Independent Study  
(1-4 credits)  (Discretion of Department)  
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