Teaching Latin Minor

A teaching minor is an academic minor which may contain different course requirements designed to meet state standards. Those interested in teaching in K-12 schools must complete a teaching major in a content area plus the teacher preparation program through the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Additional teaching areas can be added through completion of either a teaching major or a teaching minor in that content area.

The term ‘minor’ for this teaching option refers to courses that need to be completed. To sign up for this option, you need to contact the Curriculum and Instruction Department. Do not fill out a minor form for graduation or the minor section of the major change form. Approvals for this option must come from the Curriculum and Instruction Department.  

Minor - Latin (Minor); Track: Teaching Latin

College Humanities & Sciences

Catalog Year: 2015-2016

Degree Specific Credits: 29

Required Cumulative GPA: 2.5

Note: An overall minimum grade point average of 3.0 is required for upper-division work.

Required Lower Division Courses

Rule: Must complete all of the following courses:

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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
Minimum Required Grade: C- 17 Total Credits Required

Required Upper Division Courses

Rule: Must complete nine credits from the following courses:

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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 402 - Advanced Prose Composition
Offered intermittently. Prereq., LATN 202 or equiv. Latin prose composition, based on the best classical models.
 3 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- 9 Total Credits Required

Teaching Licensure Requirements

Note: Individuals completing a teaching minor must also complete a teaching major in another content area. Students must be formally admitted to the Teacher Education Program and complete all of the professional education licensure requirements. See the Department of Curriculum & Instruction in the College of Education and Human Sciences for more information. A minor GPA of 2.75 is required to be eligible for student teaching.

Teaching Methods Course

Rule: Complete the following course.

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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- 3 Total Credits Required