Graduate Courses for Latin (LATN)

Schedule of Classes: Fall | Winter | Spring | Summer
(Only current and next semester available)

LATN 402 Tacitus (3 credits)

LATN 403 Roman Satire (3 credits)

LATN 405 Lucretius (3 credits)

LATN 410 Latin Historians (3 credits)
Latin historical writing as a literary genre. Influences, style, and literary techniques.

LATN 415 Vergil's Aeneid (3 credits)
Formerly LATN305.
Vergil's Aeneid: readings of selections in Latin and of the entire epic in English translation along with critical essays.

LATN 420 Cicero and Caesar (3 credits)
Reading and analysis of texts by M. Tullius Cicero and C. Iulius Caesar, with emphasis on the relationships between them and on the period of the Civil War.

LATN 424 Silver Age Latin (3 credits)
Reading and analysis of selected texts. Emphasis on the role of Nero and Seneca in literary developments.

LATN 472 Historical Development of the Latin Language (3 credits)
Credit will be granted for only one of the following: LATN472 or LING431.
An analysis of the development of the Latin language from archaic times to the Middle Ages.

LATN 488 Latin Readings (3 credits)
Prerequisite: permission of department. Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs.
The reading of one or more selected Latin authors from antiquity through the Renaissance. Reports.

LATN 499 Independent Study in Latin Language and Literature (1-3 credits)
Prerequisite: permission of department. Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs.

LATN 604 Cicero (3 credits)
A study of Cicero's contributions to Roman literature and culture. Readings from the speeches, letters, and/or philosophical and rhetorical works. The development of Cicero's style, his philosophy, and his attitudes toward the changing political scene between 82 and 43 B.C.

LATN 605 Vergil (3 credits)
A study of Vergil's development as a literary artist and Augustan poet through readings in the Eclogues, Georgics, and Aeneid.

LATN 620 Archaic Latin (3 credits)
An investigation of both the evolving Latin language and the emerging literary genres of the late third and second centuries B.C.

LATN 622 The Age of Caesar (3 credits)
Life and works of G. Julius Caesar and of his contemporaries in their social, political and intellectual contexts. Close analysis of the texts and familiarization with major developments in modern scholarship.

LATN 623 The Augustan Age (3 credits)
Analysis of the major literary figures and genres in prose and poetry of the period from 43 BC to AD 14.

LATN 624 Silver Age Latin (3 credits)
An investigation of both the evolving Latin language and the major literary figures and genres in prose and poetry of the period from A.D. 14 through the mid-second century.

LATN 630 Latin Literature of the Late Empire (3 credits)
An examination of Latin literary texts from the third to the fifth centuries A.D., Christian as well as pagan.

LATN 631 Medieval Latin (3 credits)
An examination of literary documentary texts in Latin from the end of the Roman Empire to the Renaissance.

LATN 640 Latin Pedagogy (3 credits)
Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite: 300-level Latin course or permission of instructor.
Learning styles and abilities in the Latin language classroom; textbooks and workbooks for teaching Latin; integrating Roman culture into language study; computer and technological resources for Latin Language instruction; using videos and feature films in Latin and classical civilization classes; the articulation between secondary school and college-level Latin study. Meets in a series of five day-long Saturday workshops and culminates in an outreach program for secondary school Latin students. Recommended for teachers, graduate students and undergraduates plannig to teach Latin.

LATN 672 Historical Development of the Latin Language (3 credits)
An analysis of the development of the Latin language from the archaic period to the Middle Ages.

LATN 688 Special Topics in Latin Literature (3 credits)
Repeatable to 9 credits if content differs.

LATN 699 Independent Studies in Latin Literature (1-3 credits)
Prerequisite: permission of department. Repeatable to 6 credits.

LATN 799 Master's Thesis Research (1-6 credits)