Latin (LATIN)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2018-2019.

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:
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6151 LATIN 1201   SEM 101

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

Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6152 LATIN 1201   SEM 102

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

Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6810 LATIN 1201   SEM 103

  • 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:
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6153 LATIN 1204   SEM 101

  • Prerequisite: placement by departmental examination.

LATIN 1205

Introduces students to reading a literary Latin text (fall, Livy's Rome; spring, Ovid: Amores and Metamorphoses). Covers complex syntax and reviews the grammar presented in LATIN 1202, LATIN 1204. view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  6154 LATIN 1205   SEM 101

  • Prerequisites: LATIN 1202, LATIN 1203, 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

Reading of a selection of Seneca's letters. We will read these letters with close attention to both syntax and their thought-provoking content. view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  7406 LATIN 2201   LEC 001

  • Prerequisite: LATIN 1205 or grade of A- or above in LATIN 1202, LATIN 1203, 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 2207

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

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8920 LATIN 2207   SEM 101

  • Prerequisites: One year of college-level Latin or its equivalent.

LATIN 2209

Ovid, Metamorphoses (selections): Attention will be paid to translation skills, the nature of myth, Ovid's poetic technique, and ancient attitudes towards rape. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • Topic: Ovid, Metamorphoses (selections):

  • 17770 LATIN 2209   SEM 101

  • Prerequisite: LATIN 1205 or grade of A- or above in LATIN 1202, LATIN 1204, or placement by departmental exam.

LATIN 3220

Building on the intermediate level to acquire a literary vocabulary and syntactic structures, this course prepares students for independent reading of major authors entirely in the original language. It ... view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • Topic: Education

  • 16984 LATIN 3220   SEM 101

  • 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

  •  6197 LATIN 3286   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Gallagher, D

  • 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 4213

The Survey is designed to introduce students to characteristic genres and discourses of Medieval Latin. The focus will be on style (the genera dicendi), and its implications for audience and genre, from ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATIN 7213MEDVL 4103MEDVL 6103

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17668 LATIN 4213   SEM 101

LATIN 4456

A close reading of selected Plautine comedies with special attention to language and meter. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATIN 7456LING 4456LING 6456

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16215 LATIN 4456   LEC 001

  • Prerequisite: Reading knowledge of Latin required.

LATIN 6201

The department teaches various topics which may vary by semester. view course details

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Syllabi:
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • Topic: Roman Historiography

  • 17031 LATIN 6201   SEM 101

  • Prerequisite: One semester of 3000-level Latin.

LATIN 7213

The Survey is designed to introduce students to characteristic genres and discourses of Medieval Latin. In Fall 2012, the focus will be on style (the genera dicendi), and its implications for audience ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATIN 4213MEDVL 4103MEDVL 6103

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17670 LATIN 7213   SEM 101

LATIN 7262

Reading and translation of Latin philosophical texts. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  7536 LATIN 7262   SEM 101

LATIN 7456

A close reading of selected Plautine comedies with special attention to language and meter. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LATIN 4456LING 4456LING 6456

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16217 LATIN 7456   LEC 001

  • Prerequisite: Reading knowledge of Latin required.