Latin

The UW Department of Classics offers Minor, Major and Honors program. Gain an in-depth knowledge of the Latin language, and ancient Roman literature and civilization.

Program Overview

Degree availability: Minor / B.A. / M.A. / Ph.D.

Years offered:

Contact: Prof. Catherine Connors

Course Information

 

Course Catalog

 

  • LATIN 101/102/103 Introductory Latin 
  • LATIN 300/301 Introductory Latin, Accelerated
  • LATIN 304/305 Introductory Readings in Latin Literature
  • LATIN 306 Cicero and Ovid
  • LATIN 307 Vergil
  • LATIN 401 Medieval Latin Literature to 1200
  • LATIN 402 Later Medieval and Renaissance Latin Literature
  • LATIN 404 Advanced Readings in Latin Literature
  • LATIN 405 Undergraduate Seminar in Classics
  • LATIN 412 Lucretius
  • LATIN 414 Seneca
  • LATIN 422 Livy
  • LATIN 423 Cicero and Sallust
  • LATIN 424 Tacitus
  • LATIN 447 Roman Lyric
  • LATIN 449 Roman Elegy
  • LATIN 451 Roman Satire
  • LATIN 457 Roman Drama
  • LATIN 458 Roman Epic
  • LATIN 461 Latin Literature of the Republic
  • LATIN 462 Latin Literature of the Augustan Age
  • LATIN 463 Latin Literature of the Empire 
  • LATIN 465 Roman Topography and Monuments
  • LATIN 475 Improvement of Teaching: Latin 
  • LATIN 490 Supervised Study
  • LATIN 500 Grammar and Composition
  • LATIN 501 Vergil
  • LATIN 502 Horace
  • LATIN 503 Plautus and Terence: Early Republican Literature
  • LATIN 504 Philosophy at Rome
  • LATIN 506 Cicero
  • LATIN 508 Silver Latin Literature
  • LATIN 510 Roman Historians
  • LATIN 512 Augustan Poetry
  • LATIN 520 Seminar
  • LATIN 540 Topics in Latin Literary History
  • LATIN 565 Seminar in Rome
  • LATIN 590 Supervised Study
  • LATIN 600 Independent Study or Research
"Because Latin classes are definitely a lot smaller, you have a much more tightly knit community. And usually you can like, usually, I do feel that the instructor has to be very communicative and about- tends to be like to be communicative about like, issues you might run into. Not just the course content, but also like, accessing the classroom as well."

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Global

  • Latin is a classical language belonging to the Indo-European Languages.

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  • It is widely estimated that approximately 50% to over 60% of English vocabulary is derived from Latin.

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  • Latin is the basis for many legal and political terms used internationally.

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