LATN - Latin

LATN101 Elementary Latin I (4 Credits)

Additional Information: A student who has two units of Latin in high school may register for LATN101 for the purposes of review, but ordinarily not for credit.

LATN102 Elementary Latin II (4 Credits)

Prerequisite: Must have completed LATN101 at University of Maryland, College Park; or permission of ARHU-Classics department.

LATN120 Intensive Latin (4 Credits)

Elements of Latin grammar and vocabulary; elementary reading. The first year's study of Latin compressed into a single semester.

Prerequisite: Permission of ARHU-Classics department.

Restriction: Must not have completed LATN102.

LATN201 Intermediate Latin (4 Credits)

Prerequisite: Must have completed LATN102 at University of Maryland, College Park; or permission of ARHU-Classics department.

Formerly: LATN203.

LATN269 Special Topics in Study Abroad II (1-6 Credits)

Special topics course taken as part of an approved study abroad program.

Repeatable to: 15 credits if content differs.

LATN301 Plautus (3 Credits)

Plautine drama. Literary, linguistic and socio-cultural aspects. Readings are in Latin.

LATN302 Ovid (3 Credits)

Major works of Ovidian poetry. Literary and moral atmosphere of Augustan age. Readings are in Latin.

LATN303 Petronius (3 Credits)

Reading and analysis of Petronius' Satyricon with an emphasis on the literary climate of the Neronian Age and on the emergence of the novel as a literary genre. Readings are in Latin.

LATN304 Cicero and Sallust (3 Credits)

Selected speeches of Cicero and selections from the historian Sallust. Rhetorical, social and political context. Readings are in Latin.

Prerequisite: LATN201; or students who have taken courses with comparable content may contact the department.

LATN351 Horace and Catullus (3 Credits)

Readings are in Latin.

Prerequisite: LATN201; or students who have taken courses with comparable content may contact the department.

LATN369 Special Topics in Study Abroad III (1-6 Credits)

Special topics course taken as part of an approved study abroad program.

Repeatable to: 15 credits if content differs.

LATN386 Experiential Learning (3-6 Credits)

Prerequisite: Must have a Learning Proposal approved by the Office of Experiential Learning Programs, faculty sponsor, and student's internship sponsor.

Restriction: Junior standing or higher.

LATN388 Special Topics in Latin Language and Literature (3 Credits)

Readings in Latin at the intermediate level.

Prerequisite: LATN201; or permission of the department.

Repeatable to: 6 credits if content differs.

LATN405 Lucretius (3 Credits)

Readings are in Latin.

LATN410 Latin Historians (3 Credits)

Latin historical writing as a literary genre. Influences, style, and literary techniques. Readings are in Latin.

LATN415 Vergil's Aeneid (3 Credits)

Vergil's Aeneid: readings of selections in Latin and of the entire epic in English translation along with critical essays.

Formerly: LATN305.

LATN472 Historical Development of the Latin Language (3 Credits)

An analysis of the development of the Latin language from archaic times to the Middle Ages.

Credit Only Granted for: LATN472 or LING431.

LATN488 Latin Readings (3 Credits)

The reading of one or more selected Latin authors from antiquity through the Renaissance. Reports.

Prerequisite: Permission of ARHU-Classics department.

Repeatable to: 6 credits if content differs.

Additional Information: Readings are in Latin.

LATN499 Independent Study in Latin Language and Literature (1-3 Credits)

Prerequisite: Permission of ARHU-Classics department.

Repeatable to: 6 credits if content differs.