PROGRAMME STRUCTURE
The level at which you enter depends on whether you have taken Latin before If you are a complete beginner or have studied some Latin you will enter our level 1 class If you have a good Higher or A-level pass you may be able to start Latin at level 2

YEAR 1
You will be provided with a strong foundation of grammar and vocabulary leading to the reading of simple passages of genuine Latin You will learn to read elementary texts in Latin and to translate Latin into English

YEAR 2
You will have the opportunity to increase your knowledge of vocabulary and grammar enabling you to translate passages of literary Latin into English You will read works by a range of authors and study literary and social contexts as well as language and style developing your critical skills so that you may write well-argued and researched essays

You will also study other subjects in 1 and 2 see Flexible degrees

YEARS 3 AND 4
If you progress to Honours 3 and 4 you will choose from a wide range of topics and study texts and genres in detail Courses currently include

Historiography
Elegy
Epic
Fiction
Drama
Satire
Oratory
There is also the opportunity to start or continue the study of Greek

Course details
Courses you will take as part of a Latin programme may include

YEAR 1
LATIN 1A BASIC LATIN 1
LATIN 1B BASIC LATIN 2
YEAR 2
LATIN 2A INTERMEDIATE LATIN 1
LATIN 2B INTERMEDIATE LATIN 2
ADVANCED LATIN
YEARS 3 AND 4 HONOURS
Not all courses listed will be available in each session

LATIN UNPREPARED TRANSLATION SENIOR HONOURS
ROMAN DRAMA
HISTORY OF THE LATIN LANGUAGE
ANCIENT TECHNOLOGY IN CONTEXT LINGUISTIC PATHWAY
HOMER & HIS READERS - LATIN
THE ROMAN HISTORICAL IMAGINATION WITH LATIN
ROMAN WARFARE
STARGAZING ASTRONOMY ASTROLOGY AND METEOROLOGY IN ANTIQUITY
IMPERIUM INDIVISUM? THE COLLAPSE OF THE WEST ROMAN EMPIRE IN THE FIFTH CENTURY AD LATIN
THE ROMAN STAGE A HISTORY OF ROMAN DRAFROM THE REPUBLIC TO THE EMPIRE LATIN
THE LATER ROMAN EMPIRE 270-400 AD LATIN
DISSERTATION LATIN
LATIN LOVE POETRY
ATHENIAN DEMOCRACY MODEL OR MOB-RULE?
CLASSIC TRAVEL TOPOGRAPHY AND SCHOLARSHIP IN THE CLASSICAL TRADITION
MYTHS FICTIONS AND HISTORIES OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT
PUTTING THE GODS IN THEIR PLACE LOW CULTURE AND MYTHOLOGICAL BURLESQUE
REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL THEORISING COMEDY WITH ARISTOPHANES AND MENANDER
ROMAN ART
THE ROMAN STAGE A HISTORY OF ROMAN DRAFROM THE REPUBLIC TO THE EMPIRE
GENDER AND SEXUALITY IN ANCIENT ROME
GREEKS & ROMANS IDENTITY & REPRESENTATION
HOMER AND HIS READERS
INTERPRETING GREEK TRAGEDY
RES PUBLICA THINKING ABOUT THE ROMAN STATE
ROME IN TRANSITION 49-27 BC
THE NOVEL IN ANTIQUITY IMPOTENT HEROES AND DAMSELS IN DISTRESS
THE ROMAN HISTORICAL IMAGINATION
GREEK ART
THE INVENTION OF HISTORY HERODOTUS THUCYDIDES XENOPHON
LYRIC POEMS AND THEIR PERFORMANCE IN ANCIENT GREECE
FROM THE GRACCHI TO SULLA THE SOURCES AND THE HISTORY 133-70 BC
HOW TO LEAD THE GOOD LIFE GREEK AND ROMAN ETHICS
LATIN IN THE CLASSROOM
HEROES OF THE PAST AN INTRODUCTION TO ANCIENT BIOGRAPHY
ANCIENT MEDICINE
ANCIENT TECHNOLOGY IN CONTEXT
CLEOPATRA LIFE AND LEGEND
NATURE AND THE NATURAL WORLD IN ANTIQUITY
RELIGION IN ANCIENT GREECE
THE OTHER GREEKS SPARTA CRETE THESSALY
ANCIENT WARFARE
THE LATER ROMAN EMPIRE 270-400 AD
THE MATERIAL WORLD IN GREEK RELIGIOUS THOUGHT AND PRACTICE
IMPAIRMENT AND DISABILITY IN THE ANCIENT WORLD
IMPERIUM INDIVISUM? THE COLLAPSE OF THE WEST ROMAN EMPIRE IN THE FIFTH CENTURY AD
POLYBIUS BETWEEN GREECE AND ROME
LITERATURE IN FRAGMENTS
ANCIENT TECHNOLOGY IN CONTEXT LINGUISTIC PATHWAY
BASIC ANCIENT EGYPTIAN HIEROGLYPHS FOR HONOURS
HEROES AND HERETICS A CULTURAL ARCHAEOLOGY OF KINGSHIP IN 18TH DYNASTY EGYPT
STARGAZING ASTRONOMY ASTROLOGY AND METEOROLOGY IN ANTIQUITY
INTERMEDIATE GREEK FOR HONOURS 1
INTERMEDIATE GREEK FOR HONOURS 2
BASIC GREEK FOR HONOURS 1
GREEK EPIC
GREEK HISTORIOGRAPHY
GREEK TRAGEDY
GREEK COMEDY
GREEK LYRIC ELEGIAC AND IAMBIC POETRY
GREEK ORATORY
GREEK PROSE STYLE
GREEK EPIGRAPHY
ANCIENT TECHNOLOGY IN CONTEXT LINGUISTIC PATHWAY
HOMER & HIS READERS - GREEK
ATHENIAN DEMOCRACY MODEL OR MOB-RULE? GREEK
THE INVENTION OF HISTORY HERODOTUS THUCYDIDES XENOPHON IN GREEK
MYTHS FICTIONS AND HISTORIES OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT GREEK
REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL GREEK COMEDY WITH ARISTOPHANES AND MENANDER

Programme alteration or discontinuation
The University of Glasgow endeavours to run all programmes as advertised In exceptional circumstances however the University may withdraw or alter a programme For more information please see Student contract

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You can choose to live on campus or off campus in private accommodation.

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