This introduction to the Latin language through a study of its vocabulary, forms, and syntax emphasizes the connection between Latin and English grammar and etymology and presents Roman cultural concepts as evident in Latin vocabulary. The course concentrates on Latin-English translation, with some English-Latin composition, to prepare students to read ancient authors. Latin 101 is not open to students with two or more years of Latin in secondary school.

A continuation of LATN 101. Prerequisite(s): LATN 101.

Imperial power in the Roman Empire, and after, was rooted in patriarchy and worked by defining and perpetuating acceptable identities for men and women. With an emphasis on the treatment of women and the operation of power, we study how gender was imagined and constructed in readings such as Vergil’s Aeneid, Livy’s Histories, the so-called Laudatio Turiae, Roman love poetry, the Passion of Perpetua and Felicity, and the Anthologia Latina. Recommended Background: Students should have completed LATN 101 and 102 or their equivalent.

While the traditional Latin literary canon centers on elite perspectives and literary genres, many texts were dedicated to everyday concerns. By reading Roman and post-Roman sources critically we construct an image of the everyday lives of people across a range of social classes in the ancient and medieval worlds. Readings may include texts by authors such as Cicero, Columella, Pliny the Younger and Elder, alongside funerary inscriptions, tenancy agreements, and legal texts. Recommended Background: Students should have completed LATN 101 and 102 or their equivalent.

In the past as in the present, humor is a powerful tool. We study how Latin authors used humor to celebrate, uphold, criticize, and/or undermine the social order. Readings may include authors such as Plautus, Terence, Seneca, Suetonius, Petronius, Juvenal, Luxorius, Hrotswitha, and Walter Map. Recommended Background: Students should have completed LATN 101 and 102 or their equivalent.

Stories about origins—of the universe, of communities, of heroic deeds or personal journeys—narrate the past to justify and explain the present and control the future. We study how Roman and post-Roman authors narrated the past to both make sense of and shape their world. Readings may include texts such as Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Lucretius’ De Rerum Natura, Suetonius’ Lives of the Caesars, Apuleius’ Golden Ass, Jordanes’ History of the Goths, or Braulio of Zaragoza’s Life of Aemilian. Recommended Background: Students should have completed LATN 101 and 102 or their equivalent.

This course covers the same material as LATN 201 but is designed for students who have completed two or more years of college-level Latin. May be repeated with permission of the instructor.

This course covers the same material as LATN 202 but is designed for students who have completed two or more years of college-level Latin. May be repeated with permission of the instructor.

This course covers the same material as LATN 203 but is designed for students who have completed two or more years of college-level Latin. May be repeated with permission of the instructor.

This course covers the same material as LATN 204 but is designed for students who have completed two or more years of college-level Latin. May be repeated with permission of the instructor.

Students, in consultation with a faculty advisor, individually design and plan a course of study or research not offered in the curriculum. Course work includes a reflective component, evaluation, and completion of an agreed-upon product. Sponsorship by a faculty member in the program, a course prospectus, and permission of the chair are required.

Students, in consultation with a faculty advisor, individually design and plan a course of study or research not offered in the curriculum. Course work includes a reflective component, evaluation, and completion of an agreed-upon product. Sponsorship by a faculty member in the program/department, a course prospectus, and permission of the chair are required. Students may register for no more than one independent study during a Short Term.