Latin (LATIN)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2021-2022.

LATIN 1201

Introductory course designed to prepare students to start reading Latin prose at the end of a year. The class moves swiftly and includes extensive memorization of vocabulary and paradigms; study of Latin ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATIN 5211

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4693 LATIN 1201   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Please contact Linda Brown (lmb296@cornell.edu) if this course is full and you would like to enroll.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATIN 5211

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4694 LATIN 1201   SEM 102

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Please contact Linda Brown (lmb296@cornell.edu) if this course is full and you would like to enroll.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATIN 5211

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  5294 LATIN 1201   SEM 103

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Please contact Linda Brown (lmb296@cornell.edu) if this course is full and you would like to enroll.

LATIN 1204

Provides a comprehensive but streamlined review of the forms and syntax typically covered in LATIN 1201 and LATIN 1202 or a comparable first-year Latin sequence. It begins with a quick review of the most ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATIN 5214

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  4695 LATIN 1204   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Prerequisite: placement by departmental examination.

LATIN 1205

Introduces students to reading original Latin text (fall, Livy's Rome; spring, Livy's ab urbe condita). Covers complex syntax and reviews the grammar presented in LATIN 1202, LATIN 1204. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATIN 5215

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  4696 LATIN 1205   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Prerequisites: LATIN 1202, LATIN 1204 or placement by departmental exam. Please contact Linda Brown (lmb296@cornell.edu) if this course is full and you would like to enroll.

LATIN 2201

Fall: How can you achieve greatness? How do athletics and philosophy work together in life? Cicero reveals all in Tusculan Disputations 2. view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATIN 5221

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  5880 LATIN 2201   LEC 001

    • MWF Uris Hall G24
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Fontaine, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Prerequisite: LATIN 1205 or grade of A- or above in LATIN 1202, LATIN 1204 or placement by departmental exam. Please contact Linda Brown (lmb296@cornell.edu) if this course is full and you would like to enroll.

LATIN 2206

Reading Cicero's letters - actively - is perhaps the best way to perfect one's Latin. This course aims at complete proficiency while learning about the practice and importance of letter-writing in ancient ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATIN 5226

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 17745 LATIN 2206   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Prerequisite: LATIN 2201 or placement above LATIN 2201 on departmental exam.

LATIN 2207

Latin, like any language, is mastered only when one can speak it. Yet the goal of spoken Latin, unlike modern languages, is not necessarily conversational fluency. Rather, by formulating one's own thoughts ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATIN 5227

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  6990 LATIN 2207   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Prerequisite: LATIN 2201 or placement above LATIN 2201 on departmental exam.

LATIN 3220

Fall topic: Cicero's Pro Caelio and Pro Milone; Spring topic: African Writers. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATIN 5230

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • Topic: Cicero’s Pro Caelio and Pro Milone

  •  7416 LATIN 3220   SEM 101

    • MW McGraw Hall 365
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Roby, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Prerequisite: One term of 2000-level Latin or permission of instructor.

LATIN 3286

May be taken upon completion of one semester of work at the 3000-level. To be taken only in exceptional circumstances. Must be arranged by the student with his or her advisor and the faculty member who ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  4738 LATIN 3286   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies
    Independent study at the 3000-level may be undertaken by undergraduates upon completion of one semester of work at the 3000-level in the relevant field and only with the permission of the director of undergraduate studies in cases of extraordinary circumstances.

LATIN 5211

Introductory course designed to prepare students to start reading Latin prose at the end of a year. The class moves swiftly and includes extensive memorization of vocabulary and paradigms; study of Latin ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATIN 1201

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 19987 LATIN 5211   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATIN 1201

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 19988 LATIN 5211   SEM 102

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATIN 1201

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 19989 LATIN 5211   SEM 103

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

LATIN 5214

Provides a comprehensive but streamlined review of the forms and syntax typically covered in LATIN 5211 and LATIN 5212 or a comparable first-year Latin sequence. It begins with a quick review of the most ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATIN 1204

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 19985 LATIN 5214   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

LATIN 5215

Introduces students to reading original Latin text (fall, Livy's Rome; spring, Cicero's Letters). Covers complex syntax and reviews the grammar presented in LATIN 5212, LATIN 5214. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATIN 1205

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 19990 LATIN 5215   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

LATIN 5221

Fall: How can you achieve greatness? How do athletics and philosophy work together in life? Cicero reveals all in Tusculan Disputations 2. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATIN 2201

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 19986 LATIN 5221   SEM 101

    • MWF Uris Hall G24
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Fontaine, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

LATIN 5226

Reading Cicero's letters - actively - is perhaps the best way to perfect one's Latin. This course aims at complete proficiency while learning about the practice and importance of letter-writing in ancient ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATIN 2206

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 19999 LATIN 5226   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

LATIN 5227

Latin, like any language, is mastered only when one can speak it. Yet the goal of spoken Latin, unlike modern languages, is not necessarily conversational fluency. Rather, by formulating one's own thoughts ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATIN 2207

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 20003 LATIN 5227   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

LATIN 5230

Fall topic: Cicero's Pro-Caelio and Pro-Milone; Spring topic: African Writers. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATIN 3220

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 19998 LATIN 5230   SEM 101

    • MW McGraw Hall 365
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Roby, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

LATIN 7201

Focusing on the language itself, this course is a systematic treatment of the phonological, morphological and syntactic structure of Classical Latin intended to give prospective teachers of the language ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Sat/Unsat

  • 18862 LATIN 7201   SEM 101

    • T To Be Assigned
    • Aug 26 - Dec 7, 2021
    • Nussbaum, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

LATIN 7222

This course is an introduction to and survey of Latin scripts from Roman antiquity through the early Renaissance, with an emphasis on the identification, localization, and reading of scripts. Class meetings ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: MEDVL 6102

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18512 LATIN 7222   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

LATIN 7262

Reading and translation of Latin philosophical texts. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: MEDVL 6020PHIL 6020RELST 6020

  • 1-2 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5989 LATIN 7262   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person