Module: Introduction to Latin

Module Specifications.

Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025

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Date posted: September 2024

Module Title	Introduction to Latin
Module Code	TP535 (ITS) / RET1068 (Banner)
Faculty	Humanities & Social Sciences	School	Theology, Philosophy & Music
Module Co-ordinator	-
Module Teachers	-
NFQ level	9	Credit Rating	10
Pre-requisite	Not Available
Co-requisite	Not Available
Compatibles	Not Available
Incompatibles	Not Available

Coursework Only

Description

This module is an introduction to Latin. In this module students develop knowledge of elementary Latin grammar and develop skills in translating this ancient European language. Students will develop a working vocabulary of Latin that can be used in future research and study. In addition, the module introduces students to different genres of Latin literature and their specific characteristics and influence, from Vergil’s Aeneid to Christian Latin. In this way, students can familiarize themselves with the cultural history of Latin and encounter diverse texts in the original language as well as the translation.

Learning Outcomes

1. Recognise and translate a substantial Latin vocabulary;
2. Identify nouns, adverbs, adjectives and pronouns;
3. Understand cases and declensions;
4. Recognise Latin verb forms;
5. Translate simple text from Latin into English;
6. Analyse grammar of simple Latin sentences.

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Lecture	24	No Description
Assignment Completion	63	No Description
Independent Study	63	No Description
Directed learning	50	No Description
Report	50	No Description
Total Workload: 250

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Latin Literature:
The Origin and Influence of Latin; Epic – Virgil; Rhetoric – Cicero; Historiography – Caesar; Christian Latin – Stabat Mater; Inscriptions.

Latin Grammar:
Nouns (Five Declensions) and Cases Pronouns (Personal and Demonstrative) and Relative Pronouns Verbs (First, Second, Third, Fourth, Mixed conjugation) and Irregular Verbs (Esse, Posse) Tenses (Present, Imperfect, Future, Perfect, Future Perfect and Pluperfect) Voices (Active and Passive) and Participles.

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	100%	Examination Weight	0%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown
Participation	n/a	15%	n/a
Assignment	n/a	15%	n/a
Loop Quiz	n/a	20%	n/a
Essay	n/a	20%	n/a
In Class Test	n/a	30%	n/a

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories: Resit category 1: A resit is available for both* components of the module. Resit category 2: No resit is available for a 100% continuous assessment module. Resit category 3: No resit is available for the continuous assessment component where there is a continuous assessment and examination element.
* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a Continuous Assessment/Examination split; where the module is 100% continuous assessment, there will also be a resit of the assessment
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

Robert Maltby and Kenneth Belcher: 2014, Wiley’s Real Latin. Learning Latin from the Source, Wiley,
James Clackson: 2011, A Companion to the Latin Language. Blackwell Companion to the Ancient World, Wiley,
Stephen Harrison: 2005, A Companion to Latin Literature, Wiley,
Eleanor Dickey and Anna Chahoud: 2010, Colloquial and Literary Latin, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge,

Other Resources

49392, 0, Online dictionairy Latin – English, https://logeion.uchicago.edu/verbum, 49393, 0, Loeb Classical Library, https://www.loebclassics.com/,