Classics Department Award 2012 - 2013
The study of Greek and Latin literature has endured for over two thousand years, as Horace predicted when he wrote about his own poetry in Odes, III, 30, “Exegi monumentum aere perennius” (I have built a monument more lasting than bronze). Throughout the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and the modern age up to the nineteenth century, Latin in particular was the essential language of scholarship in the West. To study the Latin and Greek classics now is to continue a tradition that, while no longer the assured possession of every learned person, still brings the student into a fellowship with the greatest thinkers and artists of the past in a way no other field of study can achieve. Ave Maria University offers a major in Classics and Early Christian Literature, with concentration in Latin.
CURRICULUM
Core Courses
- LATN 101 Elementary Latin
- LATN 102 Intermediate Latin
- LATN 103 Intensive Elementary Latin
- LATN 104 Intensive Intermediate Latin
Required Major Courses
- GREK 103 Elementary Greek
- GREK 104 Intermediate Greek
- LATN 203 Golden Age Prose (required for students of LATN 101, 102. Students from LATN 103, should move directly to LATN 304.)
- LATN 204 Golden Age Poetry
- GREK 203 Greek Readings
- LATN 304 Latin Church Fathers
- LATN 310 Latin Prose Composition
Elective Major Courses (Students with LATN 203 are required to take two electives. Students without LATN 203 are required to take three electives.)
- LATN 403 Scholastic Latin Texts
- GREK 403 Greek Poetry
- LATN 404 Latin Epistolary Writing
- LATN 415 Special Topics
- GREK 415 Special Topics
Minor Programs
Students may choose to earn a minor in Latin or in Classical Languages (Latin and Greek) to complement or enrich their major in another discipline. A minor in Latin or classical languages is especially valuable to students majoring in theology, philosophy, history, literature, or prelaw. Religious vocation, law, teaching, and journalism are some careers for which the classical languages provide valuable background. As in all disciplines at Ave Maria University, 24 credit hours (6 courses) are required. Minor in Latin: LATN 101, 102, 203 and three courses from LATN 204 to 499; or LATN 103, 104 and three courses from LATN 204 to 499. LATN 203. Three courses in Latin from LATN 204 to 499. Minor in Classical Languages: LATN 101, 102, 203 or LATN 103, 104. LATN 203 Golden Age Literature. GREK 103, 104. One course in Latin from LATN 204 to 499 or GREK 203.
For more information or to view a complete 4 year plan please visit the academic catalogue.