Latin Language and Culture Minor

Overview

The Latin Language and Culture minor is designed to recognize a serious commitment to the study of the Latin language. After a year of elementary Latin (Latin 1, 2, 3) or its equivalent, students select departmental upper-division reading courses in classical (and/or late antique and medieval) Latin prose and poetry … For more content click the Read More button below. Subjects of study include Roman comedy, epic, lyric, elegy, satire, history, rhetoric, philosophy, epistolography, and the novel.

The Latin Language and Culture minor is designed to recognize a serious commitment to the study of the Latin language. After a year of elementary Latin (Latin 1, 2, 3) or its equivalent, students select departmental upper-division reading courses in classical (and/or late antique and medieval) Latin prose and poetry that provide close analysis of individual texts, with attention to their historical, literary, and cultural context and/or they may choose to take courses in translation that ground their language training within the broader scope of Roman studies and classical reception.

Subjects of study include Roman comedy, epic, lyric, elegy, satire, history, rhetoric, philosophy, epistolography, and the novel.

Entry to the Minor

Admission

Minor Requirements

The Minor

Required Lower-Division Courses (14 units)

Required Upper-Division Courses (20 units)

Complete five courses as follows: two courses selected from Latin 100 through 187; three additional upper-division courses in Latin or classical civilization.

Upper-Division Latin Courses

Upper-Division Classical Civilization Courses

Policies

The Minor Policies

Courses in related fields not offered by the department may be substituted by petition and with approval of the undergraduate adviser.

A minimum of 20 units applied toward the minor requirements must be in addition to units applied toward major requirements or another minor.

Each minor course must be taken for a letter grade, and students must have an overall grade-point average of 2.0 or better in the minor. Successful completion of the minor is indicated on the transcript and diploma.

General Catalog 2023-24