Maricopa Community Colleges  LAT201   19916-99999 

Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 2-26-1991

LAT201  1991 Fall – 2011 Summer II

LEC  4.0 Credit(s)  4.0 Period(s)  4.0 Load  Acad

Intermediate Latin I

Introduction to translation techniques using selections from various authors; emphasis on use of primary texts.

Prerequisites: LAT102.

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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:

 

LAT201  1991 Fall – 2011 Summer II

Intermediate Latin I

 

1.

Translate passages with the help of secondary sources. (I)

2.

Demonstrate increased competency in reading Latin. (II)

3.

Analyze texts for content and meaning. (III)

4.

List the rules of written Latin prose and poetry. (IV)

5.

Recognize unidentified texts by style, meter, and content. (V)

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MCCCD Official Course Outline:

 

LAT201  1991 Fall – 2011 Summer II

Intermediate Latin I

 

I. Translating selections of Latin literature

A. Classical

1. Cicero

2. Livy

3. Ovid

4. Pliny

B. Post-Classical

1. The Vulgate

2. Medieval Latin

II. Reading Latin

A. Analyzing grammar

B. Vocabulary

III. Analyzing selected texts

A. Content

B. Meaning

C. Cultural references

IV. Rules of written Latin

A. Prose

1. Grammar

2. Vocabulary

3. Construction of sentences

B. Poetry

1. Scansion

2. Vocabulary

V. Recognizing unidentified texts

A. Style

B. Meter

C. Content

 

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