LAT - Latin Course Descriptions
Introduce the fundamental morphology, lexicon, and syntax of the Latin language. Classical Latin is the basis of instruction, but the historical changes of the language are taken into account. Thus, the student will begin to acquire not only the classical language, which was the basis of all subsequent developments, but also will learn about the changes that occurred in Late Latin and Ecclesiastical Latin. Students will also read short selections from classical and ecclesiastical authors, as well as from the Vulgate.
Introduce the fundamental morphology, lexicon, and syntax of the Latin language. Classical Latin is the basis of instruction, but the historical changes of the language are taken into account. Thus, the student will begin to acquire not only the classical language, which was the basis of all subsequent developments, but also will learn about the changes that occurred in Late Latin and Ecclesiastical Latin. Students will also read short selections from classical and ecclesiastical authors, as well as from the Vulgate.
Review and augment the grammar learned in the first year. Students will also read longer selections from classical authors, from the Vulgate, and from ecclesiastical authors, such as those found in Wheelock's Latin Reader.
LAT 104. Evidence of intermediate-level proficiency is required for further Latin courses.
Review and augment the grammar learned in the first year. Students will also read longer selections from classical authors, from the Vulgate, and from ecclesiastical authors, such as those found in Wheelock's Latin Reader.
LAT 203. Evidence of intermediate-level proficiency is required for further Latin courses.
Is offered as part of the Summer Ancient and Biblical Languages Institute and is designed to provide an intensive study of Latin. Students will complete Moreland and Fleischer's Latin, an intensive course, and read one short oration of Cicero, for example, the "First Catilinarian," as well as selections from the Vulgate. This course may be taken only by permission of the department, and requires a separate application to the Institute. This course satisfies the university's language requirement.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.