Latin (LATN)

LATN 109  - Beginning Latin I  (3 Credits)  

Introduction to grammar and practical vocabulary necessary for fundamental reading skills. Admission to 109 restricted to those who have never studied Latin, who have not studied Latin in the previous five years, or who have a score of L-1 on the placement test.

Carolina Core: GFL

LATN 110  - Beginning Latin II  (3 Credits)  

Introduction to grammar and practical vocabulary necessary for fundamental reading skills. Credit may not be received for both LATN 109/LATN 110 and LATN 121.

Prerequisites: LATN 109.

Carolina Core: GFL

LATN 121  - Elementary Latin  (4 Credits)  

Grammar and vocabulary necessary for fundamental reading skills. Assumes prior experience in Latin. Admission only by proficiency examination. Credit may be received for only one of the following: LATN 109/LATN 110 or LATN 121.

Carolina Core: GFL

LATN 122  - Basic Proficiency in Latin  (3 Credits)  

Practice and further development of essential reading skills.

Prerequisites: LATN 110 or LATN 121.

Carolina Core: GFL

LATN 301  - Advanced Readings in Latin Literature  (3 Credits)  

A survey of Latin literature designed for the student who wishes to develop a major or cognate in Latin.

Prerequisites: LATN 122.
LATN 321  - Virgil  (3 Credits)  

Readings from the Aeneid.

LATN 322  - Latin Literature of the Golden Age  (3 Credits)  

Selected readings in prose and poetry of representative authors.

LATN 342  - Latin Composition  (3 Credits)  

A study of Latin syntax in order to translate English prose into Latin. Instruction is individualized.

LATN 399  - Independent Study  (3-6 Credits)  

Contract approved by instructor, advisor, and department chair is required for undergraduate students.

Graduation with Leadership Distinction: GLD: Research

LATN 501  - Latin Drama  (3 Credits)  

Selected plays of Plautus and Terence.

LATN 502  - Cicero  (3 Credits)  

Readings from a variety of Cicero’s works to gain a concept of the man as a humanist.

LATN 504  - Horace  (3 Credits)  

Readings from the Odes.

LATN 508  - Ovid  (3 Credits)  

Selected readings from the Metamorphoses.

LATN 513  - Tacitus  (3 Credits)  

Agricola or selections from the Annales.

LATN 514  - Livy  (3 Credits)  

Readings from Ab Urbe Condita.

LATN 525  - Roman Satire  (3 Credits)  

Readings in Horace, Juvenal, and Petronius.

LATN 530  - Latin Erotic Poetry  (3 Credits)  

Readings from the elegies of Catullus, Tibullus, Propertius, and Ovid.

LATN 537  - Lucretius  (3 Credits)  

Readings from the De Rerum Natura.

LATN 540  - Renaissance Latin  (3 Credits)  

An examination of several genres of Latin writing from Europe during the period 1400-1600, emphasizing, but not limited to, Italian writers.

LATN 551  - History of Latin Literature from the Origins to the Golden Age  (3 Credits)  

Readings from the Twelve Tables to Virgil, supplemented by readings in history and scholarship. Designed to prepare majors and honors students for further study.

LATN 552  - History of Latin Literature in the Silver Age  (3 Credits)  

Readings from Ovid to Ammianus, supplemented by readings in history and scholarship. Designed to prepare majors and honors students for further study.

LATN 560  - Independent Study  (1-3 Credits)  

Special projects for independent study and research.

LATN 561  - Independent Study  (1-3 Credits)  

Special projects for independent study and research.

LATN 580  - Teaching Advanced Latin in Secondary School  (3 Credits)  

Methods and materials for teaching the Latin Advanced Placement courses in secondary school.

LATN 614  - Intensive Grammar Review in Latin  (3 Credits)  

Intensive grammar review for non-majors; designed as preparation for LATN 615.

LATN 615  - Intensive Readings in Latin  (3 Credits)  

Intensive reading for non-majors. Graduate students fulfill their foreign-language reading requirement with successful completion of the course. Undergraduates may take the course as an elective only.