LATIN – Latin
Courses Offered
Lower Division
LATIN 211 ELEMENTARY CLASSICAL LATIN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (4-1-4)(F)(DLL). An intensive introduction to the basic vocabulary, grammar and syntax of classical Latin with emphasis on comprehension of the nominal declension and verbal conjugation forms of the language; and a survey of Roman republican literature with illustrative reading passages excerpted from the ancient authors. Recommended: HIST 302 Ancient Rome.
LATIN 212 ADVANCED CLASSICAL LATIN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (4-1-4)(S)(DLL). Second semester of the intensive introduction to the study of classical Latin with emphasis on comprehension of the advanced grammatical forms and syntactical patterns of the language; and a survey of Roman imperial literature with translations and analysis of extended historical and literary texts from the ancient authors. PREREQ: LATIN 211, or a year of high school Latin.
Upper Division
LATIN 323 EARLY CHURCH LATIN LITERATURE (2-2-3)(F)(Alternate years). Translation and analysis of selections from the major writings of the Latin Fathers of the early Church, such as Tertullian, Cyprian, Lactantius, Ambrose, Jerome and Augustine. Recommended: HIST 303 Early Christianity. PREREQ: LATIN 212 or equivalent, or PERM/INST.
LATIN 324 MEDIEVAL LATIN LITERATURE (2-2-3)(S)(Alternate years). Translation and analysis of selections from significant medieval Latin writers, such as the papal biographers, Egeria, Gregory of Tours, the Venerable Bede, Einhard, Pope Gregory VII, Fulcher of Chartres, Abelard and Jacques De Vitry. Recommended: HIST 305 Medieval Europe. PREREQ: LATIN 212 or equivalent, or PERM/INST.
LATIN 491 ADVANCED LATIN TUTORIAL: AUGUSTAN AGE (2-2-3)(F/SU)(Alternate years). Translation and analysis of classical texts from authors of the “Golden Age of Latin Literature,” such as Cicero, Caesar, Vergil, and Livy. Survey of materials and methods of teaching Latin in secondary schools. Recommended: HIST 580 European Seminar on Augustus and the Golden Age of Rome. PREREQ: PERM/INST.
LATIN 492 ADVANCED LATIN TUTORIAL: CONSTANTINIAN ERA (2-2-3)(F/SU)(Alternate years). Translation and analysis of Christian texts from the Constantinian Era, such as imperial biographies, laws, letters, and creeds. Survey of materials and methods of teaching Latin in secondary schools. Recommended: HIST 580 European Seminar on Constantine and the Late Roman Empire. PREREQ: PERM/INST.