Latin Courses

Latin (LTN) courses

• LTN 101 Elementary Latin I

  Grammar and pronunciation; vocabulary study through reading and derivative study.

  Credit hours	Lecture contact hours	Lab contact hours	Typically offered
  3	3	0	Fall

• LTN 102 Elementary Latin II

  Prerequisite: C or better in LTN 101.

  Continuation of LTN 101.

  Credit hours	Lecture contact hours	Lab contact hours	Typically offered
  3	3	0	Spring

• LTN 201 Intermediate Latin I

  Prerequisite: C or better in LTN 102.

  Continuation of LTN 102, with increased emphasis on reading.

  Credit hours	Lecture contact hours	Lab contact hours	Typically offered
  3	3	0	Fall

• LTN 202 Intermediate Latin II

  Prerequisite: C or better in LTN 201.

  Introduction to Latin literature, analysis of its subjects, forms and ideals.

  Credit hours	Lecture contact hours	Lab contact hours	Typically offered
  3	3	0	Spring

• LTN 312 Latin Composition

  Prerequisite: LTN 202.

  Review of grammar with practice in writing, giving emphasis to style.

  Credit hours	Lecture contact hours	Lab contact hours	Typically offered
  3	3	0	Upon demand

• LTN 450 Readings in Roman Public Affairs

  Prerequisite: LTN 202.

  Readings in authors (Cicero, Seneca, Cato, inter alios) and genres (oratory, philosophy, letters) treating Roman civic life. Variable content course. May be repeated, as content changes, to a maximum of six hours.

  Credit hours	Lecture contact hours	Lab contact hours	Typically offered
  3	3	0	Upon demand

• LTN 451 Roman Elegy and Lyric

  Prerequisite: LTN 202.

  Designed to introduce students of classics to prominent Latin lyric poets (Catullus and Horace), and to the major works of the elegiac writers (Ovid, Propertius and Tibullus, inter alios). Variable content course. May be repeated, as content changes, to a maximum of six hours.

  Credit hours	Lecture contact hours	Lab contact hours	Typically offered
  3	3	0	Upon demand

• LTN 460 Roman History

  Prerequisite: LTN 202.

  Intensive reading in one or more major historical writers from the time of Caesar to the reign of Trajan: Livy, Nepos, Sallust, Suetonius, or Tacitus. Variable content course. May be repeated, as content changes, to a maximum of six hours.

  Credit hours	Lecture contact hours	Lab contact hours	Typically offered
  3	3	0	Upon demand

• LTN 461 Roman Epic

  Prerequisite: LTN 202.

  Designed primarily to provide students of the Classics with a sense of appreciation for Rome's masterpiece, Vergil's Aeneid, as well as some of the writing of other epic authors, e.g. Lucan, Statius, Valerius Flaccus, et al. Variable content course. May be repeated, as content changes, to a maximum of six hours.

  Credit hours	Lecture contact hours	Lab contact hours	Typically offered
  3	3	0	Upon demand

• LTN 470 Roman Letters and Personal Life

  Prerequisite: LTN 202.

  A study of works reflecting the Roman way of life outside the political arena, including personal letters of Pliny, the Roman novel (Petronius and Apuleius), and the Philosopher's mediations on friendship, old age, and other aspects of the human condition (Cicero, Seneca). Variable content course. May be repeated, as content changes, to a maximum of six hours.

  Credit hours	Lecture contact hours	Lab contact hours	Typically offered
  3	3	0	Upon demand

• LTN 471 Roman Satire

  Prerequisite: LTN 202.

  Works of Roman satire by such authors as Horace, Petronius, Persius, Martial, and Juvenal. Variable content course. May be repeated, as content changes, to a maximum of six hours.

  Credit hours	Lecture contact hours	Lab contact hours	Typically offered
  3	3	0	Upon demand

• LTN 480 Research in Latin Literature

  Prerequisite: LTN 202.

  A writing project designed to develop skills necessary for research in original texts of ancient authors. Must be taken in conjunction with LTN 450, 451, 460, 461, 470, 471 or 485. May be repeated once to a maximum of two hours. Does not count toward the 12-hour B.A. language requirement.

  Credit hours	Lecture contact hours	Lab contact hours	Typically offered
  1	1	0	Upon demand

• LTN 485 Patristics and Late Latin Writers

  Prerequisite: LTN 202.

  Introduction to post-Roman Latin used from Christian period through the Renaissance. Readings from sources such as St. Augustine, Jerome, Carmina Burana, Medieval fables, Erasmus, and Sir Thomas More. Variable content course. May be repeated, as content changes, to a maximum of six hours.

  Credit hours	Lecture contact hours	Lab contact hours	Typically offered
  3	3	0	Upon demand

• LTN 499 Independent Studies in Latin

  Prerequisite: permission of instructor and department head.

  Supervised independent study in literature, linguistics or other restricted topics. May be repeated to a maximum of six hours.

  Credit hours	Lecture contact hours	Lab contact hours	Typically offered
  1-3			Upon demand

• LTN 525 Seminar in Latin Literature

  Prerequisite: 60 hours and permission of instructor or department head.

  Selected topics in Latin literature such as genre studies, period studies, or concentration on one or more authors. Variable content course. May be repeated once with changed content. May be taught concurrently with LTN 625. Cannot receive credit for both LTN 525 and LTN 625.

  Credit hours	Lecture contact hours	Lab contact hours	Typically offered
  3	3	0	Upon demand

• LTN 625 Seminar in Latin Literature

  Selected topics in Latin literature such as genre studies, period studies, or concentration on one or more authors. Variable content course. May be repeated once with changed content. May be taught concurrently with LTN 525. Cannot receive credit for both LTN 525 and LTN 625.

  Credit hours	Lecture contact hours	Lab contact hours	Typically offered
  3	3	0	Upon demand