Latin (Classics) course catalog

All 24 recorded UW–Madison courses in this department, including courses not offered this term. Open a course for prerequisites, historical grades and instructors.

  • LATIN 103: First Semester Latin

    4 credits

    Forms and syntax, with simple translation.

  • LATIN 104: Second Semester Latin

    Credits unavailable

    Forms and syntax, with translation of easy prose.

  • LATIN 305: Third Semester Latin

    4 credits

    Brief review of Latin grammar and vocabulary. Extensive reading from several authors.

  • LATIN 306: Fourth Semester Latin

    Credits unavailable

    Close literary analysis of the structure, style, and language of several Roman poets and prose writers. A critical rather than a purely historical approach to these authors.

  • LATIN 391: Elementary Intensive Latin

    Credits unavailable

    An intensive introduction to the grammar and vocabulary of Classical Latin, the language of ancient Rome. Complete the equivalent ofLATIN 103104 in a single semester. Gain skills in preparation for reading Latin authors in the original. While focus is primarily on written grammar and translation, also touches on aspects of Roman culture, history and literature.

  • LATIN 401: Readings in Latin Literature

    3 credits

    Writers of the Republic studied in a historical and cultural context.

  • LATIN 505: Latin Prose Composition

    Credits unavailable

    The study of Latin grammar and style through composition.

  • LATIN 519: Latin Poetry

    Credits unavailable

    Latin poetry of the Republic and/or Empire.

  • LATIN 520: Roman Drama

    Credits unavailable

    Plautus, Terence, Seneca, fragmentary remains of Republican drama, and classical and post-classical receptions. Includes discussion of genre, performance, and sociohistorical context

  • LATIN 523: Roman Satire

    Credits unavailable

    One or a combination of: fragments of Lucillius; Horace; Persius, Juvenal; later satire poets.

  • LATIN 524: Roman Novel

    Credits unavailable

    One or a combination of : Petronius, Cena Trimalchionis, Satyricon; Apuleius, Cupid and Psyche, Metamorphoses; other Roman novels.

  • LATIN 539: Latin Historical Writers

    Credits unavailable

    One of the following: (a) Cicero, Epistles, (b) Pliny, Epistles, (c) Caesar, (d) Sallust, (e) Livy, (f) post Augstan historians, (g) historians of the late Empire.

  • LATIN 549: Latin Philosophical Writers

    Credits unavailable

    One of the following: (a) Cicero's philosophical works, (b) Seneca, (c) Latin patristic writers.

  • LATIN 559: Latin Oratory

    Credits unavailable

    One of the following: (a) Cicero, Orations, (b) Roman rhetoric.

  • LATIN 571: Advanced Readings in Latin Literature

    3 credits

    Advanced practice in analyzing, evaluating, and interpreting ancient Latin texts.

  • LATIN 681: Honors Thesis

    3 credits

    Individual mentored study for students completing theses for Honors in the Major as arranged with a faculty member.

  • LATIN 682: Senior Honors Thesis

    Credits unavailable

    Individual mentored study for seniors completing theses for Honors in the Major as arranged with a faculty member.

  • LATIN 691: Senior Thesis

    Credits unavailable

    Individual mentored study for seniors completing theses, as arranged with a faculty member.

  • LATIN 692: Senior Thesis

    3 credits

    Individual mentored study for seniors completing theses, as arranged with a faculty member.

  • LATIN 699: Directed Study

    1–3 credits

    Advanced directed study projects as arranged with a faculty member.

  • LATIN 890: Individual Research Thesis

    1–12 credits

    Mentored reading, writing, and research for students with dissertator status.

  • LATIN 950: Seminar-oratory

    Credits unavailable

    Examine topics relevant to the ancient and modern worlds through analysis of Latin texts.

  • LATIN 970: Advanced Seminar in Latin Literature

    Credits unavailable

    Advanced study in ancient Latin language, secondary scholarship, and ancient modern literary interpretation.

  • LATIN/MEDIEVAL 563: Mediaeval Latin

    Credits unavailable

    Introduction to chronological, geographical, and generic range of post-classical Latin, including not only the "medieval" period but the late antique, Renaissance, and beyond.