Latin (LATIN)Arts and Sciences
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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2018-2019.
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- Schedule of Classes - January 31, 2019 7:14PM EST
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Classes
LATIN 1201
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MTRF Uris Hall 254
Instructors
Real, M
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Additional Information
Please contact Linda Brown (lmb296@cornell.edu) if this course is full and you would like to enroll.
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MTRF Uris Hall 260
Instructors
Gerdes, R
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Additional Information
Please contact Linda Brown (lmb296@cornell.edu) if this course is full and you would like to enroll.
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MTRF Goldwin Smith Hall 181
Instructors
Merritt, A
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Additional Information
Please contact Linda Brown (lmb296@cornell.edu) if this course is full and you would like to enroll.
LATIN 1204
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MTRF Goldwin Smith Hall 158
Instructors
Clary, T
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Additional Information
Prerequisite: placement by departmental examination.
LATIN 1205
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 124
Instructors
Rebillard, E
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Additional Information
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
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 122
Instructors
Brittain, C
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Additional Information
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
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 124
Instructors
Gallagher, D
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Additional Information
Prerequisites: One year of college-level Latin or its equivalent.
LATIN 2209
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
3 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: Ovid, Metamorphoses (selections):
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- MWF Goldwin Smith Hall 122
Instructors
Pelliccia, H
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Additional Information
Prerequisite: LATIN 1205 or grade of A- or above in LATIN 1202, LATIN 1204, or placement by departmental exam.
LATIN 3220
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: Education
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall G19
Instructors
Gallagher, D
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Additional Information
Prerequisite: One term of 2000-level Latin or permission of instructor.
LATIN 3286
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TBA
Instructors
Gallagher, D
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Additional Information
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.
Instructor Consent Required (Add)
LATIN 4213
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LATIN 7213, MEDVL 4103, MEDVL 6103
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Lincoln Hall 316
Instructors
Hicks, A
LATIN 4456
Course Description
A close reading of selected Plautine comedies with special attention to language and meter. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LATIN 7456, LING 4456, LING 6456
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Goldwin Smith Hall 122
Instructors
Nussbaum, A
- W Goldwin Smith Hall 122
Instructors
Nussbaum, A
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Additional Information
Prerequisite: Reading knowledge of Latin required.
LATIN 6201
Course Description
The department teaches various topics which may vary by semester. view course details
Regular Academic Session.
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Graded(Letter grades only)
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Section Topic
Topic: Roman Historiography
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- TR Goldwin Smith Hall 124
Instructors
Rusten, J
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Additional Information
Prerequisite: One semester of 3000-level Latin.
LATIN 7213
Course Description
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
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LATIN 4213, MEDVL 4103, MEDVL 6103
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Lincoln Hall 316
Instructors
Hicks, A
LATIN 7262
Course Description
Reading and translation of Latin philosophical texts. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: MEDVL 4002, MEDVL 6020, PHIL 4002, PHIL 6020, RELST 4100, RELST 6020
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Credits and Grading Basis
1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- W Goldwin Smith Hall 124
Instructors
MacDonald, S
LATIN 7456
Course Description
A close reading of selected Plautine comedies with special attention to language and meter. view course details
Regular Academic Session. Combined with: LATIN 4456, LING 4456, LING 6456
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Credits and Grading Basis
4 Credits Stdnt Opt(Letter or S/U grades)
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Class Number & Section Details
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Meeting Pattern
- M Goldwin Smith Hall 122
Instructors
Nussbaum, A
- W Goldwin Smith Hall 122
Instructors
Nussbaum, A
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Additional Information
Prerequisite: Reading knowledge of Latin required.