UCSB 2009-2010 Catalog Course Search
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| LATIN 1 - Elementary Latin |
| (5) STAFF |
| The beginning course in classical Latin, and first in a three-quarter sequence introducing fundamentals of grammar, syntax, and reading skills. Concepts taught using written exercises. Interesting aspects of Ancient Roman society are introduced. |
| LATIN 2 - Elementary Latin |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Latin 1 with a grade of C or better. |
| A continuation of Latin 1. Emphasis on mastering grammer and building vocabulary. |
| LATIN 3 - Intermediate Latin |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Latin 2 with a grade of C or better. |
| Continuation of Latin 2. Emphasis on building a working vocabulary and the syntax of complex sentences. Reading in classical prose introduce students to ancient Roman literature and culture. |
| LATIN 100 - Introduction To Latin Prose |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Latin 3 with a grade of C or better. |
| Reading and analysis of various Latin prose authors to develop reading skills and introduce study of the style and thought of historical, rhetorical and/or philosophical writers. |
| LATIN 101 - Introduction To Latin Poetry |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Latin 100 with a grade of C or better. |
| Readings in various authors (often including Catallus and Ovid) to develop reading skills, introduce an understanding of meter, and begin study of thestyle and thought of Latin poetry. |
| LATIN 102 - Readings In Latin Literature |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Latin 101. |
| Selected readings in Latin prose and/or poetry are designed to develop reading profeciency, and to help students make the transition to more advanced study of classical Latin literature. |
| LATIN 103 - Medieval Latin Readings |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Latin 1, 2, and 3. |
| Recommended preparation: Latin 100. |
| Graded and selected reading and study of medieval Latin prose and verse writers. |
| LATIN 111 - Roman Epic |
| (4) Shelton |
| Prerequisites: Latin 102. |
| Reading, translation, and discussion of authors such as Virgil and Lucan. |
| LATIN 112 - Roman Elegy |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Latin 102. |
| Translation and discussion of the elegiac works of Tibullus, Propertius, and/or Ovid. Consideration of the genre of elegy in its literary and historical contexts, with special attention to elegiac themes and motifs. |
| LATIN 114 - Roman Comedy |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Latin 102. |
| Plautus and Terence. Reading of complete plays and study of the origins of Roman comedy. |
| LATIN 115 - The Roman Novel |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Latin 102. |
| Reading and study of passages from Petronius and Apuleius with attention tothe language and style of their satiric novels and to their social and historical context. |
| LATIN 116 - Cicero: Essays, Letters, And Orations |
| (4) Hahn, Morstein-Marx |
| Prerequisites: Latin 102. |
| Reading and study of selected works of Cicero, normally one of the major speeches. Translation; discussion of philogical, stylistic, and rhetorical points. |
| LATIN 117 - Prose Of The Empire |
| (4) Shelton |
| Prerequisites: Latin 102. |
| Reading, translation, and discussion of authors such as Seneca, Pliny, and Tacitus. |
| LATIN 118 - Roman Epistles |
| (4) Shelton |
| Prerequisites: Latin 102. |
| Reading, translation, and discussion of the letters of Cicero, Seneca, and Pliny. |
| LATIN 120 - Sallust |
| (4) Morstein-Marx |
| Prerequisites: Latin 102. |
| Study of one of the extant works of Rome's first great historian: the Bellum Catilinae or the Bellum Iugurthinum. Translation; discussion of philological, sylistic, literary, and historical points. |
| LATIN 122 - Livy |
| (4) Hahn |
| Prerequisites: Latin 102. |
| Reading and study of the annalistic history of Livy with attention to the author's style, literary, and historical context, and the recent scholarly approaches to the text. |
| LATIN 123 - Tacitus |
| (4) Shelton, Morstein-Marx |
| Prerequisites: Latin 102. |
| Study of portions of one of Tacitus' major histories of the early empire (Annales, Historieae), or of the shorter works (Agricola, Dialogus, Germania). Translation; discussion of philological, stylistic, literary, and historical points. |
| LATIN 125 - Roman Biography |
| (4) Hahn |
| Prerequisites: Latin 102. |
| Exploration of Roman biographical writing: its historical and literary context, themes, and techniques. Translation and discussion of selections from the biographies of Nepos, Suetonius, and Tacitus, as well as biolgraphical passages from the histories of Sallust, Livy, and Tacitus. |
| LATIN 134 - Lucretius |
| (4) Shelton |
| Prerequisites: Latin 102. |
| Reading, translation, and discussion of style, meter and philosophy in Lucretius' epic poem De Rerum Natura. |
| LATIN 135 - Vergil |
| (4) Shelton |
| Prerequisites: Latin 102. |
| Reading, translation, and discussion of Vergil's epic poem Aeneid, as well as his Georgics and Eclogues. |
| LATIN 136 - Ovid |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Latin 102 or equivalent. |
| Translation and discussion of Ovid's epic or elegiac poetry (Metamorphoses,Fasti, Ars Amatoria, Tristia, Heroides) in its literary, social and historical contexts. |
| LATIN 137 - Catullus |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Latin 102 or equivalent. |
| Translation and discussion of Catullus' poetry in its literary, social, andhistorical contexts. |
| LATIN 138 - Horace |
| (4) Shelton, Dunn |
| Prerequisites: Latin 102. |
| Reading, translation, and discussion of selected poems of Horace (Odes, Epodes, Satires, Epistles) in their literary, social, and historical contexts. |
| LATIN 139 - Seneca: Tragedies |
| (4) Shelton |
| Prerequisites: Latin 102. |
| Reading, translation, and discussion of several tragedies by Seneca. |
| LATIN 199 - Independent Studies In Latin. |
| (1-5) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and department chair. upper-division standing; completion of 2 upper-division courses in Latin. |
| Independent investigations in Latin language and literature. |
| LATIN 210 - Latin Prose Composition |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Study of Latin grammar and syntax through English composition, combined with analysis of Latin prose style in a variety of authors, including Cato, Caesar, Cicero, Sallust, and Tacitus. |
| LATIN 211 - Roman Epic |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Advanced reading, translation, and discussion of authors such as Vergil and Lucan. |
| LATIN 212 - Roman Elegy |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Advanced study and discussion of the elegiac works of Tibullus, Propertius, and/or Ovid. Consideration of the genre of elegy in its literary and historical contexts, with special attention to elegiac themes and motifs. |
| LATIN 213 - Roman Satire |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Advanced readings in Horace, Juvenal, Persius, and/or Martial. |
| LATIN 214 - Roman Comedy |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Advanced study of Plautus and Terence. Reading of complete plays and study of the origins of Roman comedy. |
| LATIN 215 - The Roman Novel |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Advanced study of Petronius and/or Apuleius, with attention to the language and style of their satiric novels, and to their social and historical context. |
| LATIN 216 - Cicero: Essays, Letters, and Orations |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Advanced reading and study of selected works of Cicero, normally one of the major speeches. Translation; discussion of philogogical, stylistic, and rhetorical points; introduction to current scholarship. |
| LATIN 217 - Prose of the Empire |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Advanced reading, translation, and discussion of authors such as Seneca, Pliny, and Tacitus. |
| LATIN 218 - Roman Epistles |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Advanced reading, translation, and discussion of authors such as Cicero, Seneca, and Pliny. |
| LATIN 220 - Sallust |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Advanced study of one of the extant works of Rome's first great historian: The Bellum Catilinae or the Bellum Iugurthinum. Translations; discussion of philogogical, stylistic, literary, and historical points; introduction to current scholarship. |
| LATIN 222 - Livy |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate student only. |
| Advanced reading and study of the annalistic history of Livy with attention to the author's style, literary and historical context, and recent scholarly apporaches to the text. |
| LATIN 223 - Tacitus |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Advanced study of portions of one of Tacitus' major histories of the early Empire (Annales, Historiae), or of the shorter works (Agricola, Dialogus, Germania). Translation; discussion of philological, stylistic, literary, and historical points; introduction to current scholarship. |
| LATIN 224 - Caesar |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Advanced study of Caesar as historian and as Latin prose stylist. |
| LATIN 225 - Roman Biography |
| (4) Hahn |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Advanced study of Roman biographical writing: its historical and literary context, themes, and techniques. Discussion of selections from the biographies of Nepos, Suetonius, and Tacitus, as well as biographical passages from the histories of Sallust, Livy, and Tacitus |
| LATIN 234 - Lucretius |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Intensive study in the poetry and Epicurean philosophy of Lucretius. |
| LATIN 235 - Vergil |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Advanced reading, translation, and discussion of Vergil's epic poem Aeneid, as well as his Georgics and Eclogues. |
| LATIN 236 - Ovid |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Advanced study of Ovid's epic or elegiac poetry (Metamorphoses, Fasti, Ars Amatoria, Tristia, Heroides) in its literary, social, and historical contexts. |
| LATIN 237 - Catullus |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Advanced study of Catullus' poetry in its literary, social, and historical contexts. |
| LATIN 238 - Horace |
| (4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Advanced study of selected poems of Horace (Odes, Epodes, Satire Epistles) in their literary, social, and historical contexts, with an introduction to current scholarship. |
| LATIN 239 - Seneca: Tragedies |
| (4) Shelton |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing. |
| Reading, translation, and discussion of several tragegies by Seneca. |
| LATIN 596 - Directed Reading and Research |
| (2-4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Written proposal approved by department chair and graduate advisor. |
| Individual Tutorial. |
| LATIN 598 - Master's Thesis Research and Preparation |
| (1-4) STAFF |
| Prerequisites: Graduate standing and consent of instructor and graduate advisor. |
| Independent research. |
| LATIN 599 - Ph.D. Dissertation Presentation. |
| (2-12) STAFF |
| Terminal preparation of the dissertation. |