Latin (LATN)
A first course in Latin. As you are introduced to fundamentals of Latin grammar, you encounter a historical language and culture, and engage with how that language and culture continue to shape structures of power today.
GPA units: 1
Common Area: Language Studies
Typically Offered: Annually
A continuation of Latin 101.
GPA units: 1
Common Area: Language Studies
Typically Offered: Annually
LATN 105 (Accelerated Introductory Latin) offers students without any background in Latin the opportunity to learn the fundamentals of the Latin language in one semester. We will emphasize active participation through Latin composition, translation and student presentations, and alongside our study of the Latin language, we will explore Roman culture and history through examination of objects such as ancient coins, manuscripts, and inscriptions. After our work in LATN 105, students will be prepared to take LATN 213 (Intermediate Latin 1) in the fall semester.
GPA units: 1
Common Area: Language Studies
For students with two or more years of study in Latin at the secondary-schoollevel. This course includes a systematic review of grammar, and selected readingsfrom Latin authors
Prerequisite: Some high school Latin. You cannot take this course, if you have taken the Introductory Latin sequence at Holy Cross.
GPA units: 1
Common Area: Language Studies
Typically Offered: Annually
For students who have completed LATN 101 and 102. This course includes selected readings from Latin authors and an extensive grammar review.
Prerequisite: LATN 102. Students who have taken a higher level LATN course may not register for LATN 213.
GPA units: 1
Common Area: Language Studies
Typically Offered: Annually
For students who have completed LATN 101 and 102 or two years of pre-college Latin. This course includes selected readings from Latin authors and an extensive grammar review.
Prerequisite: LATN 213 or LATN 211-1st Readings in College Latin. Students who have taken a higher level Latin course may not enroll in LATN 214. Students without the prerequisite should consult the Department.
GPA units: 1
Common Area: Language Studies
Typically Offered: Annually
This intensive intermediate level course will consolidate the student's knowledge of Latin grammar through reading a variety of Latin texts.
GPA units: 1
Common Area: Language Studies
Typically Offered: Fall
Extensive readings from the works of the Roman historians Sallust and Livy. Study of the sources and methods of Roman historiography.
GPA units: 1
Common Area: Historical Studies, Literature
Typically Offered: Every Third Year
Concentrates on the Annals of Tacitus. Consideration is given to the Historiae, Agricola, and Germania.
GPA units: 1
Common Area: Historical Studies, Literature
Typically Offered: Every Third Year
Selected orations of Cicero are read in the original. Emphasis is placed on rhetorical analysis and on the interpretation of historical and political developments of the first century B.C.E.
GPA units: 1
Common Area: Language Studies, Literature
Typically Offered: Every Third Year
Selected letters of Cicero and Pliny are read in the original Latin, while those of Seneca are read in English. Consideration is also given to historical background and to the development of letter writing as a literary form.
Prerequisite: LATN 214 or LATN 315 or equivalent. Students without the prerequisite should consult the Department.
GPA units: 1
Common Area: Language Studies, Literature
Typically Offered: Every Third Year
A detailed study of selected satires of Juvenal. Although emphasis is placed on the literary analysis of satire, some attention is also given to Juvenal's works as a source for understanding first century CE Rome.
GPA units: 1
Common Area: Language Studies, Literature
Typically Offered: Every Third Year
Selected poems from the four books of Odes are read in the original. Emphasis is placed on literary analysis and interpretation. In addition, students read a sampling of Horace's other poetic works in the original.
GPA units: 1
Common Area: Language Studies, Literature
Typically Offered: Every Third Year
A literary study and analysis of the poems of Catullus.
GPA units: 1
Common Area: Language Studies, Literature
Typically Offered: Every Third Year
Reading in the original of selected works from the Patristic period. This course can count toward fulfillment of the Religious Studies major.
GPA units: 1
Common Area: Literature, Studies in Religion
Typically Offered: Every Third Year
A study of Vergil's epic with emphasis on its literary artistry.
GPA units: 1
Common Area: Language Studies, Literature
Typically Offered: Every Third Year
The development of pastoral and agricultural poetry, as exemplified in Vergil's two poetic masterpieces, Eclogues and Georgics.
GPA units: 1
Common Area: Language Studies, Literature
Typically Offered: Every Third Year
Selected plays of Plautus and Terence read in Latin, combined with a study of Greek sources of Roman comedy.
GPA units: 1
Common Area: Language Studies, Literature
Typically Offered: Every Third Year
Selected poems from the four books Propertius' elegies are read in the original. Appropriate attention is paid to the background of the elegiac genre. Emphasis is placed on literary analysis and interpretation. One unit.
Prerequisite: LATN 214 or LATN 315 or equivalent. Students without the prerequisite should consult the Department.
GPA units: 1
Common Area: Language Studies, Literature
A close examination of the literary artistry of a number of individual stories in the Metamorphoses.
GPA units: 1
Common Area: Language Studies, Literature
Typically Offered: Every Third Year
Study of the ancient Latin translation of Josephus with comparison to the original Greek text.
GPA units: 1
Common Area: Language Studies
Typically Offered: Every Third Year
Designed for selected students with approval of a professor and the Department Chair. This work may be done for one or two semesters.
GPA units: 1
Typically Offered: Annually
Designed for selected students with approval of a professor and the Department Chair. This work may be done for one or two semesters.
GPA units: 1
Typically Offered: Annually