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LAT 301 Survey of Latin Prose

Is designed for the reading of selections of Latin prose of various genres and periods from a comprehensive anthology such as Russell's Anthology of Latin Prose. The purpose of this course is to introduce the student to the major styles of Latin prose from early classical to Christian patristic authors. This course is required of majors and minors.

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Prerequisites

LAT 204

LAT 302 Latin Prose Composition

Focuses on practical exercises to develop correct and fluent expressionin written Latin prose and to explore in a deeper way the nature of language itself. This course is required of majors and shall be offered every third semester.

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Prerequisites

LAT 301

LAT 311 Virgil

Is designed for reading the Eclogues, the Georgics, and the Aeneid, and to introduce students to the impact of Virgil on subsequent thinkers and poets. This course may be repeated once, if the faculty determine that the material covered is substantially different from that of the student's previous enrollment. The material covered will be announced as part of the course title.

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Prerequisites

LAT 204

LAT 321 Horace

Is designed for the reading of the poet who, after Virgil, has been arguably the most influential poet upon Christian Humanism. In the Middle Ages his Satires and Epistles were most read, while in the Renaissance the Epodes and Odes were brought to the fore again. This course may be repeated once, if the faculty determine that the material covered is substantially different from that of the student's previous enrollment. The material covered will be announced as part of the course title.

3

Prerequisites

LAT 204

LAT 331 Roman Philosophy

Is designed for the reading of the Roman philosophers in any of the genres in which they wrote. This course may be repeated once, if the faculty determine that the material covered is substantially different from that of the student's previous enrollment. The material covered will be announced as part of the course title.

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Prerequisites

LAT 204

LAT 341 Cicero

Is designed for the reading of the works of Cicero, either a major long work or selections of the various genres into which his corpus falls, in order to introduce the student to the high classical standard of his prose and to the influence of his thought on subsequent thinkers. This course may be repeated once, if the faculty determine that the material covered is substantially different from that of the student's previous enrollment. The material covered will be announced as part of the course title.

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Prerequisites

LAT 204

LAT 351 The Roman Historians

Is designed for the reading of selections from the Roman historians, especially Livy and Tacitus, to introduce the student to Latin historical prose, to the methods of historical investigation practiced by Roman historians, and to the impact their practice had on subsequent thinkers, especially those who were themselves historians. This course may be repeated once, if the faculty determine that the material covered is substantially different from that of the student's previous enrollment. The material covered will be announced as part of the course title.

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Prerequisites

LAT 204

LAT 361 Alii Romani

Is designed for the reading of poets, dramatists, and prose writers who have influenced the humanist tradition in specific ways, but are not otherwise covered in the curriculum, notably Terence, Ovid, Juvenal, and Seneca. This course may be repeated once, if the faculty determine that the material covered is substantially different from that of the student's previous enrollment. The material covered will be announced as part of the course title.

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Prerequisites

LAT 204

LAT 371 Liturgical Latin

Is designed for the reading in Latin of the Vulgate, the Breviary, and the Mass in the "duo usus unici ritus romani". This course may be repeated once, if the faculty determine that the material covered is substantially different from that of the student's previous enrollment. The material covered will be announced as part of the course title.

3

Prerequisites

LAT 204

LAT 380 The Latin Fathers

Is designed for the reading of the Church Fathers who wrote in Latin. This course may be repeated once, if the faculty determine that the material covered is substantially different from that of the student's previous enrollment. The material covered will be announced as part of the course title.

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Prerequisites

LAT 204

LAT 390 Medieval Latin

Is designed either for the reading of selections from medieval authors, such as those found in Sidwell's anthology Reading Medieval Latin, or for the closer reading of a single medieval author. This course may be repeated once, if the faculty determine that the material covered is substantially different from that of the student's previous enrollment. The material covered will be announced as part of the course title.

3

Prerequisites

LAT 204