Advanced Latin LATIN3001
- Academic Session: 2023-24
- School: School of Humanities
- Credits: 40
- Level: Level 3 (SCQF level 9)
- Typically Offered: Runs Throughout Semesters 1 and 2
- Available to Visiting Students: Yes
Short Description
This course builds on text-reading skills acquired at level two and proceeds to more detailed critical investigation of texts, along with more advanced language skills.
Timetable
20 * 1 hour lectures and 32 * 1 hour seminars (12 of which are language classes) as scheduled in MyCampus. This is one of the honours options in Latin and may not run every year. The options that are running this year are available on MyCampus.
Requirements of Entry
"Minimum B3 in either LATIN2001 or LATIN2002, with minimum C3 in the other; or at the discretion of the Head of Subject."
Excluded Courses
None
Co-requisites
None
Assessment
2 x 2 hour exams - 35% each
Essay (3000 words) - 30%
Main Assessment In: April/May
Course Aims
This course aims to:
■ introduce detailed study of texts in the Latin language
■ Familiarise students with a range of genres and their conventions and idioms
■ Develop essay-writing and commentary skills in relation to Latin texts
■ Deepen acquaintance with the Latin language and prrovide strategies for approaching unfamiliar texts in Latin
Intended Learning Outcomes of Course
By the end of this course students will be able to:
■ translate prepared Latin texts from a range of genres into English, with due regard to idiom and register
■ identify literary, historical and cultural points in the text and comment insightfully upon them
■ develop an extended critical argument about two or more texts in essay form
■ translate from texts that have not been prepared with due regard to idiom and register
Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits
Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.