LAT LATIN

Given by Members of the Department of Classics

LATIN (B.A.)

Major program: M14511 (6 full courses or their equivalent)
1. CLA 160Y/230H, 231H
2. Four LAT courses, including LAT330H, with 1.5 more at 300+level
3. One additional CLA/GRK/LAT course (which may include DRM 260H, PHI/PHL 200Y)

Minor program: R14511 (4 full courses or their equivalent)
1. CLA 160Y/230H, 231H
2. Three LAT courses, of which at least one must be a 300+ series course

LATIN COURSES

For Distribution Requirement purposes, all LAT courses are classified as HUMANITIES courses.

LAT100Y
Introductory Latin 104S

An intensive introduction to Latin for students who have no knowledge of the language; preparation for the reading of Latin literature.
Exclusion: LAT101H, 102H; more than one year of secondary school Latin

LAT102H
Introductory Latin: Continuation 52S

An intensive language course for students who have some Latin, but have not reached OAC level. This course is equivalent to the second term of LAT 100Y.
Exclusion: LAT100Y, OAC Latin
Prerequisite: Some background in Latin

LAT201H
Intermediate Latin I 52S

Reading of selections of prose works with systematic language study.
Prerequisite: OAC Latin/LAT100Y/102H

LAT202H
Intermediate Latin II 52S

Continued language training with readings in Latin prose and verse.
Prerequisite: LAT201H

LAT300H
Roman Comedy 39S

Roman comedy, with reading of a play of Plautus and a play of Terence.
Prerequisite: LAT202H

LAT301H
Ovid 39S

Reading of three books of the Metamorphoses, with discussion of Ovid's literary achievement.
Prerequisite: LAT202H

LAT302H
Catullus 39S

The poems of Catullus, with emphasis on their literary quality.
Prerequisite: LAT202H

LAT310H
Cicero 39S

Readings from Cicero, the equivalent of two short speeches.
Prerequisite: LAT202H

LAT311H
Livy 39S

An introduction to the writing of history in Rome and in particular to Livy, Ab Urbe Condita. The focus is upon either Book 1, Book 21, or Book 30.
Prerequisite: LAT202H

LAT322H
Mediaeval Latin I 78S

A survey of the prose and poetry of the Middle Ages with emphasis on the linguistic features of mediaeval Latin.
Prerequisite: LAT202H

LAT323H
Mediaeval Latin II 78S

Further study of Latin in the Middle Ages.
Prerequisite: LAT322H

LAT330H
Advanced Latin Language Study 39S

A course designed to enhance language skills. Prose composition, sight translation, stylistic analysis of Latin prose.
Prerequisite: LAT202H

LAT400H
Virgil 39S

Virgil's literary achievement, with emphasis on the Aeneid and with representative readings from the Eclogues and Georgics.
Co- or prerequisite: LAT330H
Prerequisite: One full course equivalent in the LAT300-series

LAT401H
Elegy 39S

Study of selected poems from the elegiac corpus (Propertius, Tibullus, Ovid).
Co- or prerequisite: LAT330H
Prerequisite: One full course equivalent in the LAT300-series

LAT403H
Horace 39S

Readings from the Odes and Epistles.
Prerequisite: One full course equivalent in the LAT300-series
Co- or prerequisite: LAT330H

LAT404H
Satire 39S

Roman satire with reading of satires by Horace, Persius, and Juvenal.
Prerequisite: One full course equivalent in the LAT300-series
Co- or prerequisite: LAT330H

LAT405H
Lucretius 39S

Readings from De Rerum Natura.
Prerequisite: One full course equivalent in the LAT300-series
Co- or prerequisite: LAT330H

LAT410H
Silver Latin Prose 39S

Readings from Seneca, Petronius, and Pliny.
Prerequisite: One full course equivalent in the LAT300-series
Co- or prerequisite: LAT330H

LAT411H
Tacitus 39S

Readings from Histories and Annals.
Prerequisite: One full course equivalent in the LAT300-series
Co- or prerequisite: LAT330H

LAT428Y
Independent Studies TBA
Prerequisite: Permission of Department

LAT429H
Independent Studies TBA
Prerequisite: Permission of Department

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