Courses Taught in Latin
LAT 101:
Elementary Latin I
Fundamentals of the Latin language. Cr
4.
LAT
102: Elementary Latin II
Fundamentals of the Latin language.
Prerequisite:
LAT 101 or equivalent. Cr 4.
LAT
199: Review Latin
Fast-paced review of elementary Latin grammar for those who have taken
two or more years of high school Latin but do not feel qualified to go
on to LAT 203/204; substantial written assignments. The course is also
appropriate for students at all levels who have been away from Latin
for sometime and wish to review their Latin skills. This class is not
the equivalent of LAT 203/204 level language courses.
Prerequisite:
2 years of high school Latin or permission of instructor.
Lec 2. Cr 3.
LAT
203: Readings in Latin Literature I
Selections from Latin prose authors: Cicero, Caesar, the letters
of Pliny. Facility in reading through grammatical analysis will
be emphasized.
Satisfies
the General Education Western Cultural Tradition,
Social Contexts and Institutions and Cultural
Diversity and International Perspectives requirement.
Cr 3.
LAT
204: Readings in Latin Literature II
Selections from Latin poetry. Meter, scansion and the interpretation
of poetry will be emphasized.
Satisfies
the General Education Western Cultural
Tradition, Social Contexts and Institutions
and Cultural Diversity and International
Perspectives requirement.
Prerequisite:
LAT 203 or the eqivalent or permission
of instructor. Cr 3.
LAT
247: Latin Prose Composition and
Stylistics I
Review of grammar and syntax, with particular attention
to Cicero and Tacitus. The writing of prose, especially
in the style of Cicero. Required for majors; should
be taken in the junior year or earlier, if possible.
Satisfies
the General Education Cultural
Diversity and International Perspectives
and Writing Intensive requirements.
Prerequisite:
LAT 204 or the equivalent or
permission of instructor. Cr
3.
LAT
248: Latin Prose Composition
and Stylistics II
Continued study of grammar and syntax. Required
for majors; should be taken in the junior
year or earlier, if possible.
Satisfies
the General Education Cultural
Diversity and International
Perspectives and Writing
Intensive requirements.
Prerequisite:
LAT 247 or permission
of instructor. Cr 3.
LAT
451: Roman Comedy:
Plautus and Terence A study of the
source of Roman comedy, its literary
features, and influence upon later
literature. One play by each dramatist
will be read. Given every three years.
Satisfies
the General Education
Cultural Diversity
and International
Perspectives requirement.
Prerequisite:
LAT 204 or permission.
Cr 3.
LAT
452: Roman
Philosophical
Thought
Examines the three major
philosophical schools: Academic,
Stoic, Epicurean, and their
ifluence on Roman thought
with selection from: Lucretius,
.us De Rerum Natura, and
Cicero's philosophical essays.
Offered every three years.
Satisfies
the General
Education
Cultural
Diversity
and International
Perspectives
requirement.
Cr 3.
LAT
453:
Poetry
of
the
Republic
and
Early
Empire
Considers the lyric
poetry of Catullus,
the Odes of Horace
and the origin and
development of satire,
with selections from
the satires of Horace
and Juvenal. Offered
every three years.
Satisfies
the
General
Education
Cultural
Diversity
and
International
Perspectives
requirement.
Cr
3.
LAT
454: Prose of the Republic
and of Early Empire
Includes selections
from Cicero's
letters, Pliny's
letters, and
Tacitus' Annals.
Offered every
three years.
Satisfies
the General Education Cultural
Diversity and International
Perspectives requirement.
Cr 3.
LAT
481: Virgil: The Ecologues,
Georgics, Aeneid
The poet's
background
achievements
and influence
upon later
literature.
Offered
every three
years.
Satisfies
the General Education
Cultural Diversity
and International Perspectives
requirement. Cr 3.
LAT
482: Medieval
Latin
Introduction
to
a
variety
of
Latin
prose
and
texts
from
the
Middle
Ages.
Emphasis
on
stylistic
and
thematic
continuities
with
and
differences
from
classical
Latin
prose
and
poetry.
Offered
upon
sufficient
demand.
Satisfies
the General Education
Cultural Diversity
and International
Perspectives
requirement.
Cr 3.
LAT
497: Projects
in Latin
I
Individual
work on a project selected
by the student.
Satisfies
the General
Education
Cultural
Diversity
and International
Perspectives
requirement.
Prerequisite:
LAT 204
or equivalent
or permission
of instructor.
(maximum:
3 hrs.)
Cr Ar.
LAT
498:
Projects
in
Latin
II
Individual
work on a project
selected by the student.
Satisfies
the
General
Education
Cultural
Diversity
and
International
Perspectives
requirement.
Prerequisite:
LAT
204
or
equivalent
or
permission
of
instructor.
(maximum:
3
hrs.)
Cr
Ar.
