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LATN2103 Advanced Latin B

Later Year Course

Offered By School of Cultural Inquiry
Academic Career Undergraduate
Course Subject Latin
Offered in First Semester, 2011
Unit Value 6 units
Course Description

Topics for study may include: epic, historiography, satire, oratory, personal poetry, art, architecture, Roman philosophy and religion, early imperial society, Medieval Latin; authors may include Catullus, Virgil, Ovid, Martial, Cicero, Caesar, Livy, and Pliny the Younger. In studying the chosen text (or collection of texts) and its political, social, and literary context, students continue their study of the Latin language.

Learning Outcomes
  • by the end of semester students will have increased their ability to read Latin with pleasure and understanding: some texts at sight, any texts with the aid of dictionaries, grammars, translations, and textual notes.
  • students will have become acquainted with a particular author or set of authors, the world they lived in, and the literary genre in question.
  • students will have reviewed and extended their understanding of the grammatical constructions of Latin; and they will have extended their Latin vocabulary.
Indicative Assessment

Exercises (20%), 2,000-3,000 word essay (25%), mid-semester test (15%) and final examination (40%).

Workload

Three hours in class per week for 39 hours

Areas of Interest Classics and Ancient History
Assumed Knowledge and
Required Skills
Assumed knowledge of LATN2101 or HSC Latin or equivalent; no other skills required
Requisite Statement

LATN2101 Intermediate Latin, or HSC level Latin, or permission of Convener.

Corequisites LATN2101 or equivalent; no co-requisites
Majors/Specialisations Classics, Latin, and Ancient History
Academic Contact Dr Jessica Dietrich

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