Advanced Latin

• Credit value: 30 credits at Level 7
• Convenor: to be confirmed
• Prerequisites: Intermediate Latin or equivalent (e.g. A-level)
• Assessment: an unseen written examination (70%) and a 3000-word essay (30%)

In this module you will learn to read most prose and verse texts with confidence, gain a high level of grammatical comprehension and appreciate stylistic differences between texts.

Besides grammar work to consolidate your prior knowledge, the module will include:

• unseen translation
• prose composition
• elementary study of metre
• the study of extracts from a range of authors (e.g. Virgil, Livy, Tacitus, Cicero, Apuleius, Horace).

You are expected to do regular preparation of set texts, prose translations and other translation exercises.