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Latin (LATIN)

Knowledge of Greek or Latin not required. See also CLASSICS AND ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN STUDIES and GREEK.

LATIN 001 Elementary Latin (4) Pronunciation; inflections; simple rules of syntax.
Effective: Winter 1978
 

LATIN 002 Elementary Latin (4) Advanced syntax and sentence structure.
Effective: Winter 1978
Prerequisite: LATIN 001  

LATIN 003 Intermediate Latin (4) Selected readings from representative authors.
Effective: Winter 1978
Prerequisite: LATIN 002  

LATIN 051 Elementary Intensive Latin for Graduate Students I (3) Intensive introduction to Latin: first half of graduate intensive sequence in elementary reading, writing, syntax, and cultural contexts.
Effective: Summer 2008
Prerequisite: graduate standing  

LATIN 052 Elementary Intensive Latin for Graduate Students II (3) Intensive introduction to Latin: second half of graduate intensive sequence in elementary reading, writing, syntax, and cultural contexts.
Effective: Summer 2008
Prerequisite: LATIN 051 and graduate standing  

LATIN 053 Intermediate Intensive Latin for Graduate Students (3) Continued intensive study of Latin at the intermediate level: reading, writing, syntax, and cultural contexts.
Effective: Summer 2008
Prerequisite: LATIN 052 or equivalent and graduate standing  

LATIN 099 (IL) Foreign Studies (1-12) Courses offered in foreign countries by individual or group instruction.
Effective: Summer 2005
 

LATIN 101 Introductory Latin (4) Introduction to Latin forms, syntax, and vocabulary.
Effective: Summer 2007
 

LATIN 102 Advanced Latin (4) Advanced study of Latin grammar, syntax, and vocabulary.
Effective: Summer 2007
Prerequisite: LATIN 101 or evidence of advanced placement through a Latin A.P. exam (minimum grade of 3) or a placement exam set by the instructor  

LATIN 197 Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject that may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Spring 1995
 

LATIN 199 (IL) Foreign Studies (1-12) Courses offered in foreign countries by individual or group instruction.
Effective: Summer 2005
 

LATIN 203 Latin Reading and Composition (4) The course reviews Latin grammar, syntax, and vocabulary and introduces students to classical Latin poetry and prose.
Effective: Summer 2008
Prerequisite: LATIN 102  

LATIN 294 Research Project (1-12) Supervised student activities on research projects identified on an individual or small-group basis.
Effective: Summer 1994
 

LATIN 296 Independent Studies (1-18) Creative projects, including research and design, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.
Effective: Spring 2001
 

LATIN 297 Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be taught in one year or semester.
Effective: Fall 1983
 

LATIN 299 (IL) Foreign Studies (1-12) Courses offered in foreign countries by individual or group instruction.
Effective: Summer 2005
 

LATIN 395 Internship (1-18) Supervised off-campus, nongroup instruction including field experiences, practica, or internships. Written and oral critique of activity required.
Effective: Summer 1996
Prerequisite: prior approval of proposed assignment by instructor  

LATIN 399 (IL) Foreign Studies (1-12) Courses offered in foreign countries by individual or group instruction.
Effective: Summer 2005
 

LATIN 400 Latin Syntax and Stylistics (3) Latin style and stylistics as examined and appreciated through standard exercises in composition and parallel selected prose readings.
Effective: Fall 2005
Prerequisite: LATIN 003 or 12th-credit level of proficiency  

LATIN 402 Republican Literature (3-12) Selected works by Plautus, Lucretius, Catullus, Cicero (content varies).
Effective: Summer 1995
Prerequisite: LATIN 003  

LATIN 403 Augustan Age Literature (3-12) Selected works by Virgil, Horace, Propertius, Tibullus, Ovid, Livy (content varies).
Effective: Summer 1995
Prerequisite: LATIN 003  

LATIN 404 Silver Age Literature (3-12) Selected works by Petronius, Seneca, Tacitus, Juvenal, Martial, Pliny the Younger (content varies).
Effective: Summer 1995
Prerequisite: LATIN 003  

LATIN 420 Medieval Latin Literature (3-6) Survey of Medieval Latin literature.
Effective: Spring 1995
Prerequisite: LATIN 003  

LATIN 450W History of Latin (3) History of the Latin language and its speakers, from their origins to the 2nd century C.E.
Effective: Summer 1994
Prerequisite: LING 102;LATIN 401, LATIN 402 orLATIN 403  

LATIN 494 Research Project (1-12) Supervised student activities on research projects identified on an individual or small-group basis.
Effective: Summer 1994
 

LATIN 494H Research Project (1-12) Supervised student activities on research projects identified on an individual or small-group basis.
Effective: Fall 2007
 

LATIN 496 Independent Studies (1-18) Creative projects, including research and design, which are supervised on an individual basis and which fall outside the scope of formal courses.
Effective: Fall 1983
 

LATIN 497 Special Topics (1-9) Formal courses given infrequently to explore, in depth, a comparatively narrow subject which may be topical or of special interest.
Effective: Fall 1983
 

LATIN 499 (IL) Foreign Studies (1-12) Courses offered in foreign countries by individual or group instruction.
Effective: Summer 2005
 

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