Classics
LAT 103-104
INTRODUCTORY STUDIES IN LATIN I & II 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. LAT 103 is a prerequisite for LAT 104.
(Communications Core)
3 credit hours
LAT 203-204
INTERMEDIATE STUDIES IN LATIN I & II 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 is a prerequisite for LAT 203. LAT 203 is a prerequisite for LAT 204. Evidence of intermediate-level proficiency is required for further Latin courses.
(Communications Core)
3 credit hours
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.
Prerequisite: LAT 204
3 credit hours
LAT 302
LATIN PROSE COMPOSITION focuses on practical exercises to develop correct and fluent expression in 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.
Prerequisite: Latin 301
3 credit hours
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 enrolment. The material covered will be announced as part of the course title.
Prerequisite: LAT 204
3 credit hours
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 enrolment. The material covered will be announced as part of the course title.
Prerequisite: LAT 204
3 credit hours
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 enrolment. The material covered will be announced as part of the course title.
Prerequisite: LAT 204
3 credit hours
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 enrolment. The material covered will be announced as part of the course title.
Prerequisite: LAT 204
3 credit hours
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 enrolment. The material covered will be announced as part of the course title.
Prerequisite: LAT 204
3 credit hours
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 enrolment. The material covered will be announced as part of the course title.
Prerequisite: LAT 204
3 credit hours
LAT 371
LITURGICAL LATIN is designed for the reading of the 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 enrolment. The material covered will be announced as part of the course title.
Prerequisite: LAT 204
3 credit hours
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 enrolment. The material covered will be announced as part of the course title.
Prerequisite: LAT 204
3 credit hours
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 enrolment. The material covered will be announced as part of the course title.
Prerequisite: LAT 204
3 credit hours