2010-2011 University of Richmond Undergraduate Catalog
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Latin
Department of Classical Studies
Dean Simpson, Chair
Professor Simpson
Associate Professors Laskaris, Stevenson
Assistant Professor Baughan
The Latin Major
Note: A grade of not less than C- (1.70) is required in all coursework comprising the Latin major.
10 units, including
Two units selected from
- CLSC 302 Roman Art and Archaeology
- CLSC 305 Greek and Roman Values or CLSC 306 The Classical Tradition
- HIST 222 Hellenistic Greece and Republican Rome OR HIST 223 The Roman Empire
LATN 498 Major Seminar
Seven units Latin electives
Note: A minimum of two years of Greek is recommended for students intending to pursue graduate study.
The Latin Minor
Note: A grade of not less than C- (1.70) is required in all coursework comprising the Latin minor.
Six units of Latin, with at least two units at the 300 or 400 level.
Related Majors
Combined major in Latin and English
Courses
LATN
101-102 Elementary Latin
Introduction to Latin language and Roman culture.
Prerequisite(s): Latin 101 is prerequisite to 102.
Unit(s): 1-1
LATN
201-202 Intermediate Latin
Continued study of Latin language and Roman culture plus selected readings.
Prerequisite(s): Latin 102 or the permission of department. Latin 201 is prerequisite to 202.
General Education Requirement: (202 only, COM2)
Unit(s): 1-1
LATN
301 Plautus
Study of Roman comedy using Latin texts, videotapes, and live performance.
Prerequisite(s): Latin 307 or permission of department.
General Education Requirement: (FSVP)
Unit(s): 1
LATN
302 Ovid
Mythic traditions of Greco-Roman culture.
Prerequisite(s): Latin 307 or permission of department.
Unit(s): 1
LATN
303 Roman Epic
Special emphasis on Vergil's "Aeneid."
Prerequisite(s): Latin 307 or permission of department.
Unit(s): 1
LATN
304 Roman Historiography
Emphasis on Livy and Tacitus.
Prerequisite(s): Latin 307 or permission of department.
Unit(s): 1
LATN
305 Horace
The lyric poetry.
Prerequisite(s): Latin 307 or permission of department.
Unit(s): 1
LATN
306 Roman Philosophical Literature
Special emphasis on Lucretius' "De Rerum Natura" or Cicero's "Tusculan Disputations."
Prerequisite(s): Latin 307 or permission of department.
Unit(s): 1
LATN
307 Catullus
Literary analysis of selected readings.
Prerequisite(s): Latin 202 or permission of department.
General Education Requirement: (FSLT)
Unit(s): 1
LATN
308 The Novel
Latin novels of Petronius and Apuleius.
Prerequisite(s): Latin 307 or permission of department.
Unit(s): 1
LATN
309 Cicero
Theory and history of Roman oratory.
Prerequisite(s): Latin 307 or permission of department.
Unit(s): 1
LATN
398 Selected Topics
Topics or themes in Roman literature. May be repeated for credit when topic varies.
Prerequisite(s): Latin 307 or permission of department.
Unit(s): 1
LATN
411 The Teaching of High School Latin
Theory and practice of teaching Latin. Designed to enable teachers to meet state licensure requirements.
Prerequisite(s): Latin 202 or permission of department.
Unit(s): .5
LATN
498 Major Seminar
Required of all majors. Methodologies appropriate to Latin studies and the writing of a research paper.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of department.
Unit(s): 1
LATN
499 Independent Study
Content suited to the requirements and interests of student, chosen by student and faculty director in advance of the semester in which the independent study is to be done.
Prerequisite(s): Permission of department.
Unit(s): .5-1
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