Students will not be required to speak Latin or to understand spoken Latin. LAT 101 is an introductory course and is normally open only to students who have had no prior experience in the formal study of Latin. Fufills College studies requirement in Language Studies. Latin 102 or equivalent. Introduction to Latin prose, incorporating a review of forms and structures.
Students translate the writings of Roman authors and write short sentences from English to Latin.
Successful completion of the course signifies that a student has mastered the elements of Latin and is prepared to begin the study of Roman texts. Fufills College studies requirement in Foreign Cultures. Latin 301 or permission of Mr. Barnett. An additional unit includes readings of The New Criticism and Post-Structuralism writers as applied to Catullus. .