Undergraduate Bulletin - Loyola Marymount University

120 / CLASSICS AND ARCHAEOLOGY
LATN 302
Reading Comprehension
3 Semester Hours
We will begin with simple ancient texts and proceed
gradually to more challenging items while conducting a
comprehensive review of Latin grammar and vocabulary.
Class activities will include reading, translation, and written
and oral exercises designed to help students internalize
the language and/or refresh what they have learned in the
past.
Prerequisite: LATN 201 or equivalent.
LATN 303
Latin Prose Composition
3 Semester Hours
Basic prose composition and study of poetic forms.
Prerequisite: LATN 302 or equivalent.
LATN 311
Horace and Catullus
3 Semester Hours
A study of the lyric poetry of Horace and/or Catullus,
and concentrating on Latin style, metrical variety, literary
themes, and historical context.
This course may be repeated for credit.
LATN 312
Virgil
3 Semester Hours
Readings in the Eclogues, Georgics, and/or Aeneid.
This course may be repeated for credit.
LATN 321
Cicero
3 Semester Hours
Readings in the orations, philosophical works, and/or
letters.
This course may be repeated for credit.
LATN 322
Roman Historians
3 Semester Hours
Readings in Caesar, Livy, and Tacitus.
This course may be repeated for credit.
LATN 323
Roman Epistolography
3 Semester Hours
Readings in the letters of Cicero and/or Pliny the Younger.
This course may be repeated for credit.
LATN 324
Latin Prose
3 Semester Hours
Readings in selected prose authors of the Republic and/or
Empire.
This course may be repeated for credit.
LATN 398
Special Studies
1-3 Semester Hours
LATN 399
Independent Studies
1-3 Semester Hours
LATN 410
Practicum: Teaching Classical Latin
3 Semester Hours
Practicum in teaching skills for undergraduate elementary
Latin class. Topics include planning, presentation, grading,
problem solving, and tutoring.
This course may be repeated for credit.
Prerequisite: LATN 302 or equivalent.
LATN 411
Latin Poetry
3 Semester Hours
Readings in selected poets of the Republic and/or Empire.
This course may be repeated for credit.
LATN 415
Special Topics in Latin Literature
3 Semester Hours
This course may be repeated for credit.
LATN 431
Literature of Late Antiquity and the Medieval Period
3 Semester Hours
Readings in the literature and documents of post-classical
Western Europe.
This course may be repeated for credit.