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taking this for core-elective credit may choose to take only one or two
trimesters, if they wish.
Prerequisite: LA307 Intermediate Latin or equivalent, or permission of the Dean of
Humanities, is prerequisite for LA404. Then, each course in the sequence, or
permission of the Dean of Humanities, is prerequisite for the next course.
Meeting pattern: Three periods per week including lab.
These three one-trimester courses constitute a third-year or higher level of Latin
study. Emphasis on the grammatical order of sentences continues as students
practice scanning, reading poetry aloud, translating, and recognizing poetic
figures of speech. Students read selections from Ovid’s Metamorphoses and the
lyric poetry of Catullus and Horace. Students also develop a finer sense of
beauty, a fuller insight into human emotion, and a readier sense of humor.
LA410 Advanced Latin Prose I
LA412 Advanced Latin Prose II
LA414 Advanced Latin Prose III
One trimester each
Credit: One unit each World Language credit.
Unless exempt, junior students using this sequence to meet the World Language
graduation requirement must complete all three one-trimester courses. Junior
students who have exempted the World Language requirement and seniors
taking this for core-elective credit may choose to take only one or two
trimesters, if they wish.
Prerequisite: LA307 Intermediate Latin or equivalent, or permission of the Dean of
Humanities, is prerequisite for LA410. Then, each course in the sequence, or
permission of the Dean of Humanities, is prerequisite for the next course.
Meeting pattern: Three periods per week including lab.
These three one-trimester courses constitute a third-year or higher level of Latin
study. Emphasis on the grammatical order of sentences continues as student’s
practice reading prose aloud, translating, and recognizing rhetorical figures of
speech. Students read selections from Caesar, Sallust, Cicero, and Cato the
Younger. Students also develop a greater awareness of ancient history, a
clearer sense of persuasive logic, and a readier sense of drama.
NOTE: The LA404/406/408 sequence and the LA410/412/414 sequence are
offered in alternate years. Neither sequence is prerequisite for the other. Junior
students with the requisite ability may take whichever sequence is offered that
year. Then, as seniors, students may take the other sequence, rounding out a
two-year sequence in advanced Latin.
SP305a/SP305b/SP305c Introductory Spanish
One year
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