Fall 2026

Latin Historical Writers

LATIN 539 covers historical writers in Latin, focusing on specific authors like Cicero, Pliny, Caesar, Sallust, Livy, and late Empire historians.

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Historical reviews of Grant Nelsestuen: One reviewer reports low difficulty, citing a slow pace and take-home exams that allowed them to keep up with the graduate-level material.

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Prerequisites

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LATIN 302 or graduate/professional standing

    • LATIN 302
    • graduate/professional standing
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LATIN 539

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  • Any of
    • LATIN 302
    • graduate/professional standing

Professors

Fall 2026

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Historical reviews for Grant Nelsestuen highlight his ability to pace graduate-level Latin courses accessibly for undergraduates. He is noted for offering separate exams for different student levels and utilizing a take-home final format.

GRANT NELSESTUEN is recorded teaching in Fall 2009, Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Spring 2017, Fall 2018, Spring 2022. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Historical reviews for Grant Nelsestuen describe a highly recommended instructor who accommodates undergraduates in a graduate course through a slow pace and take-home finals.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2018: 3.50 GPA, 80.0% A/AB (n=15 letter grades); Spring 2022: 3.68 GPA, 84.2% A/AB (n=19 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of Grant Nelsestuen: One reviewer reports low difficulty, citing a slow pace and take-home exams that allowed them to keep up with the graduate-level material.

Historical reviews of Grant Nelsestuen: Students frequently comment on the instructor's physical appearance, describing him as the hottest or most beautiful professor they have encountered.

Topics

  • Cicero's Epistles
  • Pliny's Epistles
  • Caesar's works
  • Sallust's works
  • Livy's works
  • Post-Augustan historians
  • Late Empire historians

Skills

  • Reading and analyzing classical Latin historical and epistolary literature.

Grades

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