Course Schedule and Catalog
Course Catalog - 2009-2010
LATI 101 - ELEMENTARY LATIN I
Long Title: ELEMENTARY LATIN I
Department: Classical Studies
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Description: Study of the fundamentals of Latin grammar with emphasis on acquisition of reading skill. Cross-list: MDST 101.
LATI 102 - ELEMENTARY LATIN II
Long Title: ELEMENTARY LATIN II
Department: Classical Studies
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions:
May not be enrolled in one of the following Level(s):
Graduate
Prerequisite(s): LATI 101 OR MDST 101
Description: Continuation of LATI 101 and MDST 101. Graduate students require permission of instructor. Cross-list: MDST 102.
LATI 104 - AP CREDIT IN ELEMENTARY LATIN
Long Title: AP CREDIT IN ELEMENTARY LATIN
Department: Classical Studies
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Transfer
Credit Hours: 3
Description: For AP credit in elementary Latin.
LATI 201 - INTERMEDIATE LATIN I: PROSE
Long Title: INTERMEDIATE LATIN I: PROSE
Department: Classical Studies
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Distribution Group: Distribution Group I
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite(s): (LATI 101 OR MDST 101) AND (LATI 102 OR MDST 102)
Description: Review of grammar and readings in Latin prose. Cross-list: MDST 211.
LATI 202 - INTERMEDIATE LATIN II
Long Title: INTERMEDIATE LATIN II
Department: Classical Studies
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Distribution Group: Distribution Group I
Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite(s): LATI 201 OR MDST 211
Description: Readings in Virgil. Cross-list: MDST 212.
LATI 204 - AP CREDIT INTERMEDIATE LATIN
Long Title: AP CREDIT IN INTERMEDIATE LATIN
Department: Classical Studies
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Transfer
Distribution Group: Distribution Group I
Credit Hours: 3
Description: For AP credit in intermediate Latin. D1 credit.
LATI 301 - ADV LATIN:LIT OF EXILE
Long Title: ADVANCED LATIN: LITERATURE OF EXILE IN THE ROMAN TRADITION
Department: Classical Studies
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Distribution Group: Distribution Group I
Credit Hours: 3
Description: We will read both prose and poetry written by exiled persons, with careful attention to the literary treatment of exile in Roman culture.
LATI 302 - ADVANCED LATIN
Long Title: ADVANCED LATIN
Department: Classical Studies
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Distribution Group: Distribution Group I
Credit Hours: 3
Description: We will read Propertius' elegies with a view to understanding the poetics of Latin love elegy and the relationship of this genre to its social context. D1 credit.
LATI 303 - ADV LATIN: PLAUTUS & TERENCE
Long Title: ADVANCED LATIN: PLAUTUS AND TERENCE
Department: Classical Studies
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Distribution Group: Distribution Group I
Credit Hours: 3
Description: We will read, Plautus, Pseudolus, Terence, and Adelphoe. We will consider the background of Greek comedy and the contemporary social situation in Rome. D1 credit.
LATI 304 - ADV. LATIN: ROMAN EPIC
Long Title: ADVANCED LATIN: ROMAN EPIC
Department: Classical Studies
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Description: Readings in Latin epic poetry, from the erpublic through late antiquity. Topics include the nature of the epic genre, the development of Roman epic, the styles of individual epic poets, and the works' pollitical and cultural contexts.
LATI 305 - ADVANCED LATIN: HORACE
Long Title: ADVANCED LATI: HORACE
Department: Classical Studies
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Distribution Group: Distribution Group I
Credit Hours: 3
Description: Readings from Horace. D1 credit.
LATI 306 - OVID'S METAMORPHOSES
Long Title: ADVANCED LATIN: OVID'S METAMORPHOSES
Department: Classical Studies
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Description: Readings in Ovid's "Metamorphoses."
LATI 311 - LATIN PASTORAL POETRY
Long Title: LATIN PASTORAL POETRY
Department: Classical Studies
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Distribution Group: Distribution Group I
Credit Hours: 3
Description: Survey of Latin pastoral, with readings drawn from Virgil's ECLOGUES, Calpurnius Siculus, Nemesianus, and early Christian pastoral. Topics will include the history of pastoral, the nature of the genre, the politics of the poems, and their intertextuality. Later history of pastoral, particularly in English tradition, will also be examined. D1 credit.
LATI 312 - OVID: AMORES
Long Title: OVID: AMORES
Department: Classical Studies
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Distribution Group: Distribution Group I
Credit Hours: 3
Description: Selections from Ovid's Amores. D1 credit.
LATI 313 - CICERO AND CATULLUS
Long Title: CICERO AND CATULLUS: LITERATURE AND SOCIETY IN THE ROMAN REPUBLIC
Department: Classical Studies
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Distribution Group: Distribution Group I
Credit Hours: 3
Description: We will read Cicero's PRO CAELIO and several of Catullus' longer poems as a vehicle for understanding politics and culture in the late Roman Republic. D1 credit.
LATI 314 - TACITUS
Long Title: TACITUS
Department: Classical Studies
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Distribution Group: Distribution Group I
Credit Hours: 3
Description: Selections from the Roman historian Tacitus. We will focus on Tacitean style, his historiographical methods, his cultural and political milieux, and the political color of his work. D1 credit.
LATI 315 - SENECAN TRAGEDY
Long Title: SENECAN TRAGEDY
Department: Classical Studies
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Description: Selections from the tragedies of Seneca, some of the wittiest and goriest poetry to survive from antiquity. Topics will include Senecan style, the performance contexts of his plays, the history of Roman tragedy, Seneca's sources, and the poet's legacy in literary history. D1 cr
LATI 316 - READINGS IN VIRGIL'S AENEID
Long Title: READINGS IN VIRGIL'S AENEID
Department: Classical Studies
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Description: Advanced study of Virgil's great Roman epic. Areas of interest will include Virgilian language and style, the poem's themes and structure, genre and ancient literary history, and Roman politics and society, particularly in the Augustan Age. D1 credit.
LATI 491 - DIRECTED READING
Long Title: DIRECTED READING
Department: Classical Studies
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Class(es):
Senior
Junior
Description: Independent work for qualified juniors and seniors in genres or authors not presented in other upper level courses. D1 credit. Repeatable for Credit.
LATI 492 - DIRECTED READING
Long Title: DIRECTED READING
Department: Classical Studies
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Lecture
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Class(es):
Senior
Junior
Description: Independent work for qualified juniors and seniors in genres or authors not presented in other upper level courses. D1 credit. Repeatable for Credit.
LATI 503 - DIRECTED READING GRAD STUDENTS
Long Title: DIRECTED READING FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS
Department: Classical Studies
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Independent Study
Credit Hours: 3
Description: Graduate level, independent reading course. Topics vary. Offered in the fall semester. Repeatable for Credit.
LATI 504 - GR STUDENTS DIRECTED READING
Long Title: DIRECTED READING FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS
Department: Classical Studies
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Independent Study
Credit Hours: 3
Restrictions:
Must be enrolled in one of the following Class(es):
Graduate
Description: Graduate level, independent reading course. Topics vary. Offered in the spring semester. Repeatable for Credit.