Latin Language and Literature (Division 411)

Elementary Courses

101. Elementary Latin. No credit granted to those who have completed or are enrolled in 103, 193, or 502. (4). (LR).
Latin structures are taught in comparison with English structures.

102. Elementary Latin. Latin 101. No credit granted to those who have completed or are enrolled in 193 or 502. (4). (LR).
Continuation of the study of Latin structures. Connected reading from Latin authors of various periods.

193. Intensive Elementary Latin I. No credit granted to those who have completed or are enrolled in 101, 102, 103 or 502. (4). (Excl).
Designed to provide undergraduate students with an intensive introduction to elementary Latin. Introduces the basic principles of grammar and provides some experience in the reading of Latin, preparing students to advance rapidly towards upper level courses and, in the case of students with a serious interest in language, toward a concentration in Latin.

194. Intensive Elementary Latin II. Latin 193. No credit granted to those who have completed or are enrolled in 221, 222, 231, 232, or 503. Graduate students should elect 503. (4). (Excl). This course does not satisfy the language requirement.
A continuation of Latin 193, preparing the student to advance rapidly towards upper level courses and, in the case of students with a serious interest in language, towards a concentration in Latin.

231. Introduction to Latin Prose. Latin 102 or 103. No credit granted to those who have completed or are enrolled in 194, 222, or 503. (4). (LR).
A review of grammar as students are introduced to extended passages of classical Latin prose through selections from such authors of the first centuries BC and AD as Cicero, Caesar, Sallust, Livy, and Tacitus.

232. Vergil, Aeneid. Latin 231 or 221. No credit granted to those who have completed or are enrolled in 194, 222, or 503. (4). (LR).
Emphasis on rapid reading and comprehension of early books of the Aeneid and other Latin poetry.

Intermediate Courses

301. Intermediate Latin I. Latin 194, 222, or 232. (3). (HU).
Selections from Latin poetry and prose, with grammar review and discussion of cultural context.

302. Intermediate Latin II. Latin 194, 222, or 232. (3). (HU).
Selections from Latin poetry and prose, with grammar review and discussion of cultural context.

401. Republican Prose. Latin 301 or 302. (3). (HU). May be repeated for a total of 9 credits.
Readings in Cicero or Caesar or Sallust or Livy.

402. Imperial Prose. Latin 301 or 302. (3). (HU). May be repeated for a total of 9 credits.
One of the following authors is read each term: Seneca, Petronius, Tacitus.

409. Augustan Poetry. Latin 301 or 302. (3). (HU). May be repeated for a total of 9 credits.
Vergil or Horace or Propertius or Ovid.

410. Poetry of the Republic or Later Empire. Latin 301 or 302. (3). (HU). May be repeated for a total of 9 credits.
Reading of Lucretius, or Catullus, or Comedy or Seneca or Juvenal.

Advanced Courses

421/EducationD 421. Teaching of Latin. Junior standing in Latin and permission of instructor. (3). (Excl).
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.

426. Practicum. Junior or senior standing, and permission of instructor. (3). (Excl).
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.

435/MARC 440. Medieval Latin I, 500-900 A.D. Two years of college Latin. (3). (Excl).
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.

436/MARC 441. Medieval Latin II, 900-1350 A.D. Two years of college Latin. (3). (Excl).
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.

445. Tacitus, Histories. (3). (Excl).
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.

451. Early Latin Prose. (3). (Excl).
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.

466. Horace. Latin 301. (3). (Excl).
Selected Odes and Epodes are studied with equal emphasis upon content and structure. Development of the Horatian lyric.

470. Catullus. (3). (Excl).
Upperclass and graduate level study of the poet and his influence.

490. Martial and Roman Epigram. Latin 301. (3). (Excl).
Study and interpretation of selected epigrams. Special attention is given to Martial's wit and humor and to city life in Rome, which forms the background of his poems.

497. Senior Latin Seminar. Honors students or permission of instructor. (3). (Excl).
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.

499. Latin: Supervised Reading. Permission of instructor. (1-4). (Excl). 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.

504. Intensive Latin. Permission of instructor. No credit granted to those who have completed 102, 193, or 502. (4). (LR).
A course designed to provide the student with the linguistic skills necessary to read passages of average difficulty from major Roman authors.

506. Advanced Latin Composition. Latin 403. (3). (Excl).
Readings in Cicero leading to an analysis of his style, with continuous exercises based on the readings.

511. Letters of Cicero. (3). (Excl).
Interpretation of selected letters, with a study of Roman manners and political conditions at the end of the Republic.

516. Letters of Seneca. (3). (Excl).
A selection from the Letters to Lucilius introduces students to a type of Latin prose not to be found among authors more commonly read and also to the Neronian "analyst of a corrupt society" and "ideal director for the upper class." For light relief add, hopefully, the Apocolocyntosis.

529. Livy. (3). (Excl).
Study of Livy's historiography and style, with extensive reading of the Latin text and special emphasis on the legendary history of Rome.

535. Petronius. Latin 401. (3). (Excl).
Readings in the Satyricon with some attention to the development of the ancient novel.

551. Elegiac Poets. Latin 401. (3). (Excl).
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.

568. Reading of Augustan Poetry. (3). (Excl).
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.

599. Supervised Reading in Latin Literature. Permission of instructor. (1-4). (Excl). (INDEPENDENT). May be repeated for credit.
Regular reports and conferences required.

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