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Course Details |
Fees and Dates
| Offered By: |
School of Humanities |
| Academic Career: |
Graduate Coursework |
| Course Subject: |
Latin |
| Offered in: |
LATN6105 will not be offered in 2010 |
| 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: |
Weekly exercises (25%) Essay (20%) Mid-semester test (15%) Final examination (40%) |
| Workload: |
Three hours in class; six hours out of class |
| Course Classification(s): |
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| Areas of Interest: |
Classics and Ancient History |
Assumed Knowledge and
Required Skills: |
Assumed knowledge of LATN2101/6101 or HSC Latin or equivalent; no other skills required |
| Requisite Statement: |
LATN2101/6101 or equivalent |
| Corequisites: |
No co-requisites |
| Incompatibility: |
No incompatible courses |
| Recommended Courses: |
No recommended courses |
| Preliminary Reading: |
No preliminary reading |
| Technology Requirements: |
No advanced technology needed |
| Majors/Specialisations: |
Classics |
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