01-02 LS&A Bulletin

Courses in Latin (Division 411)

LATIN 401. Republican Prose.: (Intermediate Courses); Latin 301 or 302. (3; 2 in the half-term). May be repeated for a total of 9 credits.; Readings in Cicero or Caesar or Sallust or Livy.
LATIN 402. Imperial Prose.: (Intermediate Courses); Latin 301 or 302. (3; 2 in the half-term). May be repeated for a total of 9 credits.; One of the following authors is read each term: Seneca, Petronius, Tacitus.
LATIN 403. Elementary Latin Composition.: (Intermediate Courses); Latin 301. (2).; Systematic reviews in Latin grammar with daily written exercises. Emphasis on correctness of expression and a feeling for idiom.
LATIN 409. Augustan Poetry.: (Intermediate Courses); Latin 301 or 302. (3; 2 in the half-term). May be repeated for a total of 9 credits.; Vergil or Horace or Propertius or Ovid.
LATIN 410. Poetry of the Republic or Later Empire.: (Intermediate Courses); Latin 301 or 302. (3; 2 in the half-term). May be repeated for a total of 9 credits.; Reading of Lucretius, or Catullus, or Comedy or Seneca or Juvenal.
LATIN 421 / EDCURINS 421. Teaching of Latin.: (Advanced Courses); Junior standing in Latin and permission of instructor. (3; 2 in the half-term).; Materials and techniques for teaching in either secondary school or college. Emphasizes those aspects of linguistics which have practical application in teaching and learning Latin. If credit in Education is desired, elect as Education D421.
LATIN 426. Practicum.: (Advanced Courses); Junior or senior standing, and permission of instructor. I, II, IIIb. (3; 2 in the half-term).; The course is designed for students who wish to continue work begun in Latin 421. Students must submit a plan for a project related to the teaching of Latin.
LATIN 435 / MEMS 440. Medieval Latin I, 500-900 A.D.: (Advanced Courses); Two years of college Latin. (3; 2 in the half-term).; A survey of the major literary works from Boethius to the Carolingian Age. Provides the basic methodology for studying Medieval Latin and emphasizes the continuity of the classical tradition.
LATIN 436 / MEMS 441. Medieval Latin II, 900-1350 A.D.: (Advanced Courses); Two years of college Latin. (3; 2 in the half-term).; A study of a major author or genre in the period; topics vary from year to year. Examples include Medieval Latin lyric, satire, drama, etc.
LATIN 445. Tacitus, Histories.: (Advanced Courses); (3; 2 in the half-term).; Study of the "Year of the Four Emperors" and the founding of the Flavian dynasty. Lectures and translations. One class hour each week is reserved for group discussion of such topics as Tacitus' historical bias and objectivity, Tacitean attitudes towards Roman imperialism, Tacitean techniques of character portrayal, and Tacitus and Roman religion.
LATIN 451. Early Latin Prose.: (Advanced Courses); (3).; Readings of specimens of early Latin prose to illustrate the morphological development of classical Latin and the origins of the "severe" styles of Sallust and Tacitus. Reading includes Cato, De agricultura, the Rhetorica ad Herennium, and the Epistula consulum de Bacchanalibus.
LATIN 452. Caesar's Commentaries.: (Advanced Courses); (3).; Readings in both the Gallic and Civil Wars and consideration of problems in geography, military strategy and tactics, and historiography in Caesar's works.
LATIN 466. Horace.: (Advanced Courses); Latin 301. (3; 2 in the half-term).; Selected Odes and Epodes are studied with equal emphasis upon content and structure. Development of the Horatian lyric.
LATIN 470. Catullus.: (Advanced Courses); (3; 2 in the half-term).; Upperclass and graduate level study of the poet and his influence.
LATIN 475 / GREEK 475. Roman Historiography.: (Advanced Courses); (3).; Survey of Roman historical writing, evading the stylistic masterpieces, concentrating on the sources of historical and chronological data; the aims, doctrines, and influence of antiquarians, and Roman philosophies of history in their Hellenistic and early Christian contexts. Guided readings in the most important works from Polybius to Cassiodorus and instructed use of the standard collections.
LATIN 497. Senior Latin Seminar.: (Advanced Courses); Honors student; others with permission of instructor. (3).; This course, alternatively offered as Greek 497, is a problem-oriented seminar which draws upon both Greek and Latin texts, secondary literature and methodological questions are emphasized. Topics change from year to year, and tend to be synoptic in scope.
LATIN 499. Latin: Supervised Reading.: (Advanced Courses); Permission of instructor. (1-4). May not be included in a concentration plan in Greek Language and Literature or Classical Languages and Literatures. (INDEPENDENT). May be repeated for credit.; Regular reports and conferences required.
LATIN 502. Rapid Beginning Latin.: (Graduate Courses); Graduate standing. (3; 2 in the half-term).; This course is a rapid introduction to Latin and is intended for students, with little or no prior Latin, in such fields as history, medieval or renaissance literature, or linguistics and who need to acquire a reading competence in Latin as quickly and as efficiently as possible. This first-term course covers elementary grammar and syntax.
LATIN 503. Intensive Reading of Latin.: (Graduate Courses); Graduate standing. (3; 2 in the half-term).; This is a continuation of Latin 502, a beginning language course which will have covered, by the end of the Fall Term, the essentials of Latin accidence and syntax, with some experience in reading continuous Latin prose. The second term of this introductory sequence will continue the reading of prose and will then include one of the first six books of Vergil's Aeneid. Students need not have taken Latin 502 to enroll in Latin 503. Initially there will be a systematic review of Latin grammar, and throughout the term attention will be paid to details of grammar to ensure a command of language necessary for increasing ease in reading.
LATIN 504. Intensive Latin.: (Advanced Courses); Permission of instructor. No credit granted to those who have completed 102, 193, or 502. (4).; A course designed to provide the student with the linguistic skills necessary to read passages of average difficulty from major Roman authors.
LATIN 505. Intermediate Latin.: (Graduate Courses); Latin 502 or equivalent. Graduate standing. (3).
LATIN 506. Advanced Latin Composition.: (Advanced Courses); Latin 403. (3).; Readings in Cicero leading to an analysis of his style, with continuous exercises based on the readings.
LATIN 511. Letters of Cicero.: (Advanced Courses); (3; 2 in the half-term).; Interpretation of selected letters, with a study of Roman manners and political conditions at the end of the Republic.
LATIN 529. Livy.: (Advanced Courses); (3; 2 in the half-term).; Study of Livy's historiography and style, with extensive reading of the Latin text and special emphasis on the legendary history of Rome.
LATIN 535. Petronius.: (Advanced Courses); Latin 401. (3; 2 in the half-term).; Readings in the Satyricon with some attention to the development of the ancient novel.
LATIN 536. Apuleius.: (Advanced Courses); Latin 401. (3).; The Golden Ass of Apuleius is read as the only sample of Roman novel existing.
LATIN 551. Elegiac Poets.: (Advanced Courses); Latin 401. (3). May be repeated for six credits.; The Roman elegy is studied, with chief emphasis upon poets of the Augustan Age. Some attention is given to the post-classical Latin elegy and to its influence on English poetry.
LATIN 558. Cicero, Philosophical Works.: (Advanced Courses); (2).; Selections from three of Cicero's philosophical works are read as a basis for the exploration of problems in Hellenistic philosophy. We approach the dialogues through the study of key topics in Stoic ethics and epistemology, with attention to the scholastic controversies that enliven our dialogues. Topics include: the Criterion of Truth; Doubt and Dogmatism; Knowledge and Sense Impressions; Pleasure and Virtue; Passions; the Sage. The emphasis is not only upon reading the primary sources, but also upon familiarity with secondary literature in the field.
LATIN 568. Reading of Augustan Poetry.: (Advanced Courses); (3).; Vergil or Horace or Propertius or Ovid. Attention is given to poetic technique and to the interpretation of the poetry within its historical and generic context.
LATIN 581. Lucretius and Roman Epicureanism.: (Advanced Courses); Latin 401. (3; 2 in the half-term).; Interpretations of the text and collateral readings in the history of Epicureanism and ancient atomism.
LATIN 582. Roman Biographers.: (Advanced Courses); (3).; Representative biographies are studied in Latin and in translation, with emphasis upon Suetonius' Lives of the Caesars.
LATIN 591. History of Roman Literature, Beginnings to Cicero.: (Advanced Courses); Approximately eight credits in advanced Latin reading courses. (3).; A survey of the development of Roman literature from the beginnings of the Augustan age, including epic, drama, lyric, oratory, and the beginnings of philosophy. Lectures, assigned readings, and reports.
LATIN 592. History of Roman Literature, Vergil to Ausonius.: (Advanced Courses); Latin 591 or twelve credits in advanced Latin reading courses. (3).; The development of Roman literature under the Empire, including the beginnings of Christian literature in Latin.
LATIN 599. Supervised Reading in Latin Literature.: (Advanced Courses); Permission of instructor. (1-4). (INDEPENDENT). May be repeated for credit.; Regular reports and conferences required.
LATIN 600 / GREEK 600. Proseminar: Introduction to Classical Philology.: (Graduate Courses); Graduate standing. (3).
LATIN 602. Latin Textual Criticism.: (Graduate Courses); Graduate standing. (3; 2 in the half-term).
LATIN 606 / CLARCH 606. Latin Inscriptions.: (Graduate Courses); Graduate standing. (3; 2 in the half-term).
LATIN 610 / COMPLIT 690. Latin Literary Studies: Current Approaches and Methodologies.: (Graduate Courses); Graduate Student Standing. (1).
LATIN 620. Problems in the Teaching of Latin.: (Graduate Courses); Graduate Standing. (2-4).
LATIN 621. Program Instr-Latin.: (Graduate Courses); Graduate Standing. (2-4).
LATIN 641. Introduction to Latin Palaeography.: (Graduate Courses); Undergraduates with permission of instructor. (3).
LATIN 642 / LAW 877. Introduction to Roman Law.: (Graduate Courses); Graduate standing only. (3).; Roman private law, with its long tradition of scholarship, its large but manageable body of source material, and its all-important influence on the development of Western legal theory and institutions, makes an almost ideal topic for comparative study. This seminar places particular emphasis on the relationship between the Roman legal system and social, economic, and political aspects of Roman life within which the legal system operated. Topics covered vary depending on the interests of the participants, but an effort is made at least to touch upon the history of Roman lawmaking institutions and sources of law from the Twelve Tables to Justinian, procedure, the law of persons, contracts, delicts, property, and Roman legal method.
LATIN 643. Romance Law.: (Graduate Courses); Graduate standing and permission of instructor. (3; 2 in the half-term).
LATIN 650. Textual Criticism: Horace.: (Graduate Courses); Graduate standing. (3).
LATIN 665 / CLARCH 665 / HISTART 665. Archaeology of the City of Rome.: (Graduate Courses); Graduate standing. (3).
LATIN 791 / GREEK 791. Ancient Allegorical Interpretation.: (Graduate Courses); Graduate standing. (3).
LATIN 800. Plautus.: (Graduate Courses); Graduate Standing. (3).
LATIN 803. Cicero � Rhetoric and Philosophy.: (Graduate Courses); Gradaute standing. (3; 2 in the half-term).
LATIN 804. Orations of Cicero.: (Graduate Courses); Graduate standing. (3; 2 in the half-term).
LATIN 805. Roman Society: Tacitus and the Younger Pliny.: (Graduate Courses); Graduate standing. (3; 2 in the half-term).
LATIN 808 / HISTORY 808. Roman Society in the Early Empire.: (Graduate Courses); Graduate standing. (3; 2 in the half-term).
LATIN 817. Appendix Vergiliana.: (Graduate Courses); Graduate standing. (3; 2 in the half-term).
LATIN 818. Vergil-Georgics.: (Graduate Courses); Graduate standing. (3; 2 in the half-term).
LATIN 819. Vergil.: (Graduate Courses); Graduate standing. (3).
LATIN 820. Ovid: The Amores.: (Graduate Courses); Graduate standing. (3).
LATIN 821. Odes and Satires of Horace.: (Graduate Courses); Graduate standing. (3).
LATIN 822. Roman Satire.: (Graduate Courses); Graduate standing. (3; 2 in the half-term).
LATIN 823. Propertius.: (Graduate Courses); Graduate standing. (3).
LATIN 825. Roman Elegy.: (Graduate Courses); Graduate standing. (3; 2 in the half-term).
LATIN 826. Medieval Manuscripts and Palaeography.: (Graduate Courses); (3; 2 in the half-term).
LATIN 829. Seneca.: (Graduate Courses); Graduate standing. (3; 2 in the half-term).
LATIN 831. Juvenal.: (Graduate Courses); Graduate standing. (3).
LATIN 833. Lucretius.: (Graduate Courses); Graduate standing. (3).
LATIN 835. Catullus.: (Graduate Courses); Graduate standing. (3).
LATIN 837. Roman Lyric Poetry.: (Graduate Courses); Graduate standing. (3; 2 in the half-term).
LATIN 839. Roman Comedy.: (Graduate Courses); Graduate standing. (3).
LATIN 841. Petronius.: (Graduate Courses); Graduate standing and permission of instructor. (3; 2 in the half-term).
LATIN 842. The Age of Nero.: (Graduate Courses); Graduate standing. (3; 2 in the half-term).
LATIN 843. Lucan.: (Graduate Courses); Graduate standing. (3; 2 in the half-term).
LATIN 844. Housman's Manilius.: (Graduate Courses); Graduate standing. (3).
LATIN 845. Livy.: (Graduate Courses); (3; 2 in the half-term).
LATIN 846 / CLARCH 845 / HISTART 845. Roman Port Cities.: (Graduate Courses); Graduate standing and permission of instructor. (3; 2 in the half-term).
LATIN 847. Tacitus, the Elder and the Younger Pliny, Frontinus.: (Graduate Courses); Graduate standing. (3).
LATIN 848. Ammianus Marcellinus' Res Gestae.: (Graduate Courses); A 500-level Latin course and Graduate standing. (3).
LATIN 849. Constantine and His Age.: (Graduate Courses); A 500-Level Latin course; Graduate standing and permission of instructor. (3).
LATIN 850. The Roman Family.: (Graduate Courses); Graduate standing. (3).
LATIN 851. Vis Rome Historiography and Literature.: (Graduate Courses); Graduate standing. (3; 2 in the half-term).
LATIN 990. Dissertation/Precandidate.: (Graduate Courses); Election for dissertation work by doctoral student not yet admitted as a Candidate. Graduate standing. (1-8; 1-4 in the half-term). (INDEPENDENT). May be repeated for credit.; Election for dissertation work by doctoral student not yet admitted as a Candidate.
LATIN 993. Graduate Student Instructor Training Program.: (Graduate Courses); Must have Teaching Assistant award. Graduate standing. (1).; A seminar for all beginning graduate student instructors, consisting of a two day orientation before the term starts and periodic workshops/meetings during the Fall Term. Beginning graduate student instructors are required to register for this class.
LATIN 995. Dissertation/Candidate.: (Graduate Courses); Graduate School authorization for admission as a doctoral Candidate. Graduate standing. (8; 4 in the half-term). (INDEPENDENT). May be repeated for credit.; Graduate School authorization for admission as a doctoral Candidate. N.B. The defense of the dissertation (the final oral examination) must be held under a full term Candidacy enrollment period.

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