Teaching Latin

Individuals interested in teaching in K-12 schools must complete a degree in the content area they want to teach plus the teacher preparation program through the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Individuals must complete the teaching major/teaching track within that degree program, which may contain different course requirements than the academic major since the sequence of courses is designed to meet state standards. Upon completion of the degree program with the teaching track and the secondary licensure program, one will be eligible for a standard Montana teaching license in this content area.

Bachelor of Arts - Classics; Track: Teaching Latin

College Humanities & Sciences

Catalog Year: 2014-2015

Degree Specific Credits: 62

Required Cumulative GPA: 2.5

Note: Degree requires 58-62 credits to complete. Students must gain admission to Teacher Education Program. An overall minimum grade point average of 3.0 is required for upper division work. Students must meet the requirements for teaching licensure.

Lower Division Core

Rule: Complete all of the following:courses

Note: Must select either CLAS 251L or 252L. Only 1 will be accepted toward the fulfillment of the required major credits

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Show Description CLAS 155L - Survey of Greek and Roman Lit
Offered every autumn. An introduction to the literature of classical Greece and Rome.  Readings in English translations of ancient works by Homer, Sophocles, Herodotus, Plato, Cicero, Vergil, Livy, and Ovid (and/or similar authors).
 3 Credits
Show Description CLAS 160L - Classical Mythology
Offered every spring and intermittently in summer. Deities and myths of the Greeks and Romans, with emphasis on those of most importance to Western literature and art.
 3 Credits
Show Description CLAS 251L - The Epic
(R–6) Offered intermittently. Reading, study and discussion of epic poems. Selections will vary from Western and non–Western traditions.
 3 Credits
Show Description CLAS 252L - Greek Drama: Politics on Stage
(R–6) Offered intermittently. A study of the literary, artistic and political dimensions of  Greek Tragedy and Comedy. Selections will vary.
 3 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 9 Total Credits Required

Upper Division Core

Rule: Complete all of the following courses

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Show Description ARTH 407 - Roman and Early Christian Art
Offered intermittently. Prereq., ARTH 200H or 201H or consent of instructor.  Same as LS 341H and MCLG 361H. A survey of the various media used in Roman art; the social political, and economic contexts in which the media were developed; and the transition (technical, iconographic, and contextual) to the art of the Early Christian period.
 3 Credits
Show Description HSTR 304H - Ancient Rome
(EU) Offered intermittently. Roman history from the time of the Kings through the early Empire. Based on the writings of the Roman historians.
 3 Credits
Show Description MCLG 410 - Methods Tchg For Lang
Offered spring. Prereq., Ling 270S; one of FRCH 400, LATN 311, RUSS 350, or SPNS 400. Coreq. C&I 301 or 302.  Fundamental concepts, objectives and techniques in the teaching of foreign languages.
 3 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 9 Total Credits Required

Degree Electives

Rule: Complete 9 credits from the following courses

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Show Description CLAS 320 - Women in Antiquity
Offered intermittently. Prereq., any one MCLG course in Classical Civilization or LATN 102 or GRK 102 or consent of instructor. Examination of varied sources from Ancient Greece, the Hellenistic World, and republican and imperial Rome to clarify the place of women in communities. Women's contribution to community and the mechanisms by which communities attempted to socialize female populations.
 3 Credits
Show Description CLAS 360H - Ancient Greek Civ and Culture
Offered intermittently. Prereq., consent of instr. Slide–lecture course. Ancient Greek works of art and architecture, related to and explained by contemporary ideas and values of Greek society.
 3 Credits
Show Description CLAS 362 - Ancient Greek & Roman Phil
Offered intermittently. Examination of the thought of the philosophers of Greece and Rome as expressed in original works read in English translation. Ancient philosophy studied within its historical, linguistic and cultural setting.
 3 Credits
Show Description HSTR 301H - Ancient Greek Social Hist
(EU) Offered intermittently. Various aspects of personal, social, and political life of classical times in Greece. Primary readings in various ancient authors supplemented by some audio-visual or other informational presentations.
 3 Credits
Show Description HSTR 302H - Ancient Greece
(EU) Offered intermittently. Greek history from the earliest times through the Macedonian ascendancy, based on the writings of the Greek historians.
 3 Credits
Show Description PHL 261Y - History of Ancient Philosophy
Offered autumn. Introduction to the central works of Plato and Aristotle, with an overview of Presocratic and Hellenistic philosophy.
 3 Credits
Show Description PHL 363 - Ancient Greek and Roman Phil
Offered intermittently. Examination of the thought of the philosophers of Greece and Rome as expressed in original works read in English translation. Ancient philosophy studied within its historical, linguistic and cultural setting. Cannot receive credit for both PHL 363 and MCLG 362H.
 3 Credits
Show Description PHL 465 - Plato
Offered intermittently. Prereq., upper-division standing, PHL 210E, and PHL 261Y, or consent of instr.  Reading and interpretation of selected works.
 3 Credits
Show Description PHL 466 - Aristotle
Offered intermittently. Prereq., upper-division standing, PHL 210E, and PHL 261Y, or consent of instr. Reading and interpretation of selected works.
 3 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 9 Total Credits Required

Language Requirements

Rule: Must complete the following subcategories

35 Total Credits Required

Language Core

Rule: Must complete all of the following courses

Note: Proficiency at the level of LATN 201 substitutes for LATN 101-102.

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Show Description LATN 101 - Elementary Latin I
Offered autumn.  Latin I is the first course of a two-semester sequence, designed to enable the student to read authors in the original Latin as soon as possible. Based upon selected texts from Plautus, Vergil, Catullus, Livy, Ovid, Tacitus, and other major authors.
 5 Credits
Show Description LATN 102 - Elementary Latin II
Offered spring. Prereq., LATN 101. Continuation of 101. Latin grammar, vocabulary, readings.
 5 Credits
Show Description LATN 201 - Intermediate Latin I
Offered autumn. Prereq., LATN 102 or equiv. Selections of Latin prose from the classical period, with complementary exercises in elementary composition.
 4 Credits
Show Description LATN 202 - Intermediate Latin II
Offered spring. Prereq., LATN 201 or equiv. Latin epic poetry: Vergil's Aeneid.
 3 Credits
Show Description LATN 402 - Advanced Prose Composition
Offered intermittently. Prereq., LATN 202 or equiv. Latin prose composition, based on the best classical models.
 3 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 20 Total Credits Required

Language Electives

Rule: Must complete 15 credits in Latin beyond LATN 202

Note: GRK 101-102 may be substituted for 4 of the 15 additional credits beyond LATN 202.

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Show Description LATN 292 - Independent Study
(R–6) Offered autumn and spring. Course material appropriate to the needs and objectives of the individual student.
 1 To 6 Credits
Show Description LATN 311 - Major Latin Authors
(R–18) Offered autumn and spring. Prereq., LATN 202 or equiv.  Plautus, Terence, Lucretius, Livy, Cicero, Vergil, Horace, Ovid, Tacitus, Juvenal, Pliny, Martial, etc.; also, Early Church fathers, Medieval and Renaissance Latin. Selection to suit students' needs and interests.
 3 Credits
Show Description LATN 391 - Special Topics
(R–9) Offered intermittently. Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one–time offerings of current topics.
 1 To 9 Credits
Show Description LATN 392 - Independent Study
(R–6) Offered autumn and spring. Course material appropriate to the needs and objectives of the individual student.
 1 To 6 Credits
Show Description LATN 492 - Independent Study
(R–12) Offered intermittently. Course material appropriate to the needs and objectives of the individual student.
 1 To 12 Credits
Minimum Required Grade: C- 15 Total Credits Required