This course builds on text-reading skills acquired at level two and proceeds to more detailed critical investigation of texts, along with more advanced language skills.

20 * 1 hour lectures and 32 * 1 hour seminars (12 of which are language classes) as scheduled in MyCampus. This is one of the honours options in Latin and may not run every year. The options that are running this year are available on MyCampus.

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The standard assessments for this course are:

■ 2 x 2 hour exams - 35% each

■ Essay (3000 words) - 30%

If required, for instance where a disability prevents a student from undertaking a specific method of assessment, the following alternatives are available:

■ There is no alternative to the Written Examination, but extra time and/or a separate room may be offered as reasonable adjustments (students should follow the usual process for examination adjustments).

■ There is no alternative to the Essay, but flexible deadlines can be offered as reasonable adjustments (students should follow the usual process for extensions).

Further reasonable adjustments may be provided where necessary. Students are encouraged to consult with the course convenor.

This course aims to:

■ introduce detailed study of texts in the Latin language

■ Familiarise students with a range of genres and their conventions and idioms

■ Develop essay-writing and commentary skills in relation to Latin texts

■ Deepen acquaintance with the Latin language and prrovide strategies for approaching unfamiliar texts in Latin

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ translate prepared Latin texts from a range of genres into English, with due regard to idiom and register

■ identify literary, historical and cultural points in the text and comment insightfully upon them

■ develop an extended critical argument about two or more texts in essay form

■ translate from texts that have not been prepared with due regard to idiom and register