2023-2024 Academic Catalog

Latin Major

Requirements for a Major in Latin

Bachelor of Arts

Select 18 semester hours in Latin above 200-level 118
Select one of the following:3
Bronze and Iron Age Europe
Roman Art
Art of the Great Empires of Rome and Byzantium
Images of Women in Ancient Art
Select one of the following:3
Warfare in Antiquity
Roman Britain
Roman History
Select six semester hours of departmental Electives:6
Any CLAS course
The Ancient Epics
Ancient Drama
Greek and Roman Comedy
Ancient Women Writers
Travel and Tourism in Ancient World
Origins of Civilzation
Art and Archaeology of Egypt and the Ancient Near East
Prehistoric Aegean Cultures
Greek Art and Archaeology
The Art and Architecture of Ancient Athletic Games
Rise of the Ancient City
Images of Women in Ancient Art
Gender-based Violence in the Ancient World
History of Western Philsophy: Ancient
Total Hours30
1

GREK 211-GREK 212 or GREK 215 or higher may be substituted for six of these hours; LATN 215 may be counted toward the major if not used to fulfill the collegiate requirement in foreign language.

Attendance at the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome in the junior year is highly recommended.

The Requirements for Teacher Certification

The program requirements of a student planning to minor in education for the purpose of certification in Latin vary slightly from those of other Latin majors.  In completing the major, education students must include the following courses, as well as ENGL 185 and the Education minor.

LATN 215Intermediate Latin3
LATN 349Methods of Teaching Latin3
CLAS 312Roman History3
Select two of the following courses:3
Ancient Women Writers
Bronze and Iron Age Europe
Roman Art
Art of the Great Empires of Rome and Byzantium
Mythology
Roman Life
Ancient Sexualities
Ancient Medicine
Select six of the following courses:18
Roman Drama
Roman Satire
Roman Epic
Roman Historiography
Roman Lyric Poetry
Roman Epistles
Roman Elegy
Roman Oratory
Total Hours30