? Credit Points : 20  ? SCQF Level : 11  ? Acronym : HCA-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 Latin 1A (U02623) 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 3 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, Classics and Archaeology, 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 Monday 10:00 10:50 Central Lecture Tuesday 10:00 10:50 Central Lecture Wednesday 10:00 10:50 Central Lecture Thursday 10:00 10:50 Central

Students who complete the course successfully will be able by the end of the course to demonstrate in written examination and course work (including weekly quizzes and tutorial exercises)that they:
- have mastered the accidence of the Latin language;
- have an understanding of the basics of Latin syntax (simple sentences);
- are 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

Dr Sandra Bingham
Tel : (0131 6)50 3583
Email : S.Bingham@ed.ac.uk

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

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