LAT 100A Introductory Latin 1
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 minimal competence in reading should go on to do LAT 100B. Students are advised to preregister early for this course as enrolment is limited.
LAT 100B Introductory Latin 2
Continuation of LAT 100A. Most of the rules of Latin grammar will be covered by the end of the year, and students should have a minimal competence in reading prose texts; but for the remaining grammar and further practice students should go on to do LAT 203.
LAT 101 Introductory Latin 1
A course designed for students beginning the study of Latin or who have not yet reached the level expected in LAT 201/202. Although the teaching approach emphasizes exposure to simple texts as soon as possible, students desiring minimal competence in reading should go on to do LAT 102.
LAT 102 Introductory Latin 2
Continuation of LAT 101. Most of the rules of Latin grammar will be covered by the end of the year, and students should have a minimal competence in reading prose texts; but for the remaining grammar and further practice students should go on to do LAT 201.
LAT 201 Intermediate Latin
The course will complete the study of Latin grammar and move on to unadapted readings in Latin authors, particularly Caesar.
LAT 202 Selections from Latin Authors
A course designed to follow LAT 201, including both literature and grammar review. Authors normally read are Vergil and Ovid.
LAT 203 Intermediate Latin
The course will complete the study of Latin grammar and move on to unadapted readings in Latin authors, particularly Caesar.
LAT 204 Selections from Latin Authors
A course designed to follow LAT 203, including both literature and grammar review. Authors normally read are Vergil and Ovid.
LAT 331 Advanced Readings in Latin: Prose
A selection of material from one author or several authors within the field of Latin prose. Topics and selections may include oratory and rhetoric, history, philosophy, Cicero, Quintilian, Caesar, Livy, and Lucretius.
LAT 332 Advanced Readings in Latin: Poetry
A selection of material from one author or several authors within the field of Latin poetry. Topics and selections may include comedy, lyric poetry, elegy, epic, Plautus, Terence, Catullus, Ovid and Vergil.
LAT 351 Latin Composition, Grammar and Reading
Composition, translation and grammar with intensive analysis of selected passages.
LAT 371 Early Roman Historians
Readings from one or more of the early historians, e.g., Sallust, Livy.
LAT 391 Advanced Latin Reading
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.
LAT 421 Latin Epigraphy
The course introduces and investigates Latin inscriptions as evidence for the Latin language and Roman political, religious, legal, social and economic history.
LAT 422 Latin Palaeography
A practical overview of the various styles of Latin handwriting from the late Roman Empire to the writing styles of the Renaissance humanists which introduces students to the study of original documents and manuscripts.
LAT 490 Senior Studies in Latin: Selected Topics
A selection of material from one author or several authors or an investigation of selected themes, topics or genres at the senior level. Topics and authors may include philosophy, letter writing, history, elegy, satire, Seneca, Pliny the Younger, Tacitus, Propertius, Petronius and Juvenal.
LAT 496 Senior Reading Courses
Under special circumstances, and with the approval of the Department, a student or small group of students may arrange to pursue individualized readings under the supervision of a faculty member.