? Credit Points : 20  ? SCQF Level : 11  ? Acronym : HCL-P-P00488

An introduction to the Latin language for complete beginners and those with limited recent experience of the language. In classes shared with the undergraduate course CL0006 (Latin 1 - section A) a thorough grounding is provided in the essentials of Latin accidence (nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs) and in the syntax of the simple sentence. From week 4 post-graduates also have a weekly class to read selected texts, classical and/or medieval as appropriate.

? Pre-requisites : PGs Only

? Costs : None

Home subject area

Postgraduate (School of History and Classics), (School of History and Classics, Schedule E)

? Normal year taken : Postgraduate

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 4 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

All of the following classes

Type Day Start End Area Lecture Tuesday 10:00 10:50 Central Lecture Wednesday 10:00 10:50 Central Lecture Thursday 10:00 10:50 Central Lecture Friday 10:00 10:50 Central

By the end of the course students should:-
- have mastered the accidence of the Latin language;
- have an understanding of the basics of Latin syntax (simple sentences);
- be able to translate straightforward Latin sentences with the help of a dictionary.

A series of linguistic exercises (40%);
an end of semester class test in grammar and in translation into English (60%).

The Course Secretary should be the first point of contact for all enquiries.

Course Secretary

Ms Elaine Hutchison
Tel : (0131 6)50 3582
Email : E.Hutchison@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Mr Allan Hood
Tel : (0131 6)50 3590
Email : A.B.E.Hood@ed.ac.uk

School Website : http://www.shc.ed.ac.uk/

College Website : http://www.hss.ed.ac.uk/