• Offered by School of Literature, Languages and Linguistics
  • ANU College ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences
  • Course subject Latin
  • Areas of interest Classics and Ancient History
  • Academic career UGRD
  • Course convener
    • AsPr Caillan Davenport
    • Dr Tom Geue
  • Mode of delivery In Person
  • Offered in First Semester 2024
    Second Semester 2024
    See Future Offerings

Students continue their study of Latin literature, culture, history and language through the close study of a single author, a genre, or a theme. The special topic for each course (one per semester) will be announced each semester. The class will read the prescribed text(s) in class. Topics for discussion will emerge from the reading. There will be further tuition in and revision of the grammar and syntax of Latin.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

  1. read significant passages of the ancient text(s) studied with the aid of a dictionary and a commentary;
  2. demonstrate knowledge of specific grammatical concepts and core vocabulary relevant to the text(s);
  3. demonstrate an understanding of the author(s)' literary style, compositional approach and/or rhetorical effects; and
  4. discuss the literary, historical and cultural contexts of the text(s) studied.

Other Information

Students may enrol in this course more than once. This course is repeatable for credit, up to a maximum of 42 units, and if repeated must be repeated with a different topic each time.

Indicative Assessment

  1. Commentary Assignment (1,000 words)
    (15) [LO 1,2,3,4]
  2. Oral Presentation (15 minutes) (10) [LO 1,2,3,4]
  3. Research Essay (2,000 words)
    (30) [LO 1,2,3,4]
  4. Final Examination (2 hours) (35) [LO 1,2,3,4]
  5. Class Participation (10) [LO 1,2,3,4]

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Workload

130 hours of total student learning time made up from:
a) 36 hours of contact in language classes over 12 weeks.
b) 94 hours of independent student research, reading and writing.

Inherent Requirements

Not applicable

Requisite and Incompatibility

To enrol in this course you must have completed one of the following courses: LATN2101, LATN6101, LATN2122 or LATN6122, or with permission of the convenor. You are not able to enrol in this course if you have previously completed LATN6125.

Prescribed Texts

Not applicable

Fees

Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.  

Commonwealth Support (CSP) Students
If you have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). More information about your student contribution amount for each course at Fees

Student Contribution Band:
1
Unit value:
6 units

If you are a domestic graduate coursework student with a Domestic Tuition Fee (DTF) place or international student you will be required to pay course tuition fees (see below). Course tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.

Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.

Units EFTSL
6.00 0.12500
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee
2024 $4080
International fee paying students
Year Fee
2024 $5280
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links

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The list of offerings for future years is indicative only.
Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.

First Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
2636 19 Feb 2024 26 Feb 2024 05 Apr 2024 24 May 2024 In Person View

Second Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
8616 22 Jul 2024 29 Jul 2024 31 Aug 2024 25 Oct 2024 In Person N/A

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