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Latin 4 (CLAS10014)
Undergraduate level 1Points: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 2
Overview
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This subject is designed for students who have completed Latin 1, Latin 2 (or Intensive Beginners Latin) and Latin 3. Students read an extensive extract (usually a book) from a Latin epic poem, such as Virgil's Aeneid, Ovid's Metamorphoses, Lucan's Bellum Civile, or Lucretius’ De Rerum Natura. In addition, work is undertaken on grammar and syntax to revise, consolidate and extend students’ knowledge of the language. Depending on the text being taught, students will explore the themes and content of epic, such as warfare, empire, heroic culture, ethnic identity and masculinity, the value of poetry for philosophical expression, and consider how the mythic past is used to reflect upon the author’s own time. On completion of the subject students should develop a good knowledge of a key Roman text and an enhanced understanding of Roman literary culture. Students who complete this subject may progress to Latin 5.
Intended learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this subject should:
- be familiar with the style of Roman epic;
- understand the cultural and production contexts of the text;
- have consolidated their knowledge of grammar and syntax and extended their vocabulary.
Last updated: 11 April 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
CLAS10003
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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CLAS20021 | Intensive Beginners Latin | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
CLAS30004 | Intensive Beginners Latin | Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville) |
25 |
CLAS10007 | Latin 2 |
Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville)
Summer Term (On Campus - Parkville)
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12.5 |
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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CLAS20031 | Latin 4 | Semester 2 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Recommended background knowledge
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
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CLAS10012 | Latin 3 | Semester 1 (On Campus - Parkville) |
12.5 |
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 11 April 2024
Assessment
Additional details
- Weekly tutorial exercises, equivalent to 1200 words, due each week throughout the semester (30%)
- an assessment test equivalent to 1000 words, held at the end of semester (30%)
- an 1800-word essay due during the end of semester examination period (40%)
Hurdle Requirement:
- Students are required to attend a minimum of 75% of classes in order to pass this subject.
- All pieces of written work must be submitted to pass this subject.
Note: Assessment submitted late without an approved extension will be penalised at 10% per working day. In-class tasks missed without approval will not be marked.
Last updated: 11 April 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 2
Principal coordinator Brennan Mcdavid Mode of delivery On Campus (Parkville) Contact hours 36 hours - 1 x 1 hour lecture and 2 x 1 hour tutorials per week Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 24 July 2017 to 22 October 2017 Last self-enrol date 4 August 2017 Census date 31 August 2017 Last date to withdraw without fail 22 September 2017 Assessment period ends 17 November 2017 Semester 2 contact information
Time commitment details
170 hours
Additional delivery details
Stusents enrooling in this subject must have a study score of at least 25 in VCE Latin or a pass in one of the pre-requisite subjects listed below.
Last updated: 11 April 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
E.J. Kenney (ed.), Lucretius: De Rerum Natura (Book III), Cambridge Greek and Latin Texts, Cambridge University Press, 1984.
E.C.Woodcock, A New Latin Syntax, Bolhazy-Cadrucci, 1999. - Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Informal specialisation Graduate Diploma in Arts - Classical Studies and Archaeology Specialisation (formal) Graduate Diploma in Arts - Classical Studies and Archaeology Major Classics Specialisation (formal) Graduate Certificate in Arts - Classical Studies and Archaeology Informal specialisation Graduate Certificate in Arts - Classical Studies and Archaeology - Breadth options
This subject is available as breadth in the following courses:
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- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Last updated: 11 April 2024