11 courses with the subject LATN, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
LATN 101Elementary Latin6
While many claims are made about the benefits of learning Latin, here’s what we know for sure: it’s a beautiful language, both intensely precise and rigorous, as well as poetically expressive and inviting. Spoken by millions in the ancient world and kept continuously “alive” up to the present, Latin provides a window onto an intellectual and cultural landscape that is both foreign and familiar to modern students. This beginning course will develop necessary vocabulary, forms, and grammar that allows students to begin reading short passages of unadulterated prose and poetry from the ancient Roman world right from the start. Offered: Fall 2025 Liberal Arts Requirements: No Exploration requirements of LATN 101. Tags: CL: 100 level Faculty: Jake Morton
Student has completed any of the following course(s): LATN 101 with a grade of C-
LATN 103Introduction to Latin Prose and Poetry6
This course completes the formal textbook introduction to the morphology and syntax of Latin. The focus will be on consolidating and applying grammatical concepts learned throughout the Latin sequence to the reading of extended selections of authentic Roman prose and poetry. Offered: Spring 2026 Liberal Arts Requirements: No Exploration or better or received a score of 103 on the Carleton Latin Placement exam. Tags: CL: 100 level CLAS Core Language Faculty: Cecilia Cozzi
Student has completed any of the following course(s): LATN 102 with a grade of C-
LATN 204Intermediate Latin Prose and Poetry
What are the “rules” of friendship? Would you do anything for a friend? Anything? The ancient Romans were no strangers to the often paradoxical demands of friendship and love. The goal for Intermediate Latin Prose and Poetry is to gain experience in the three major modes of Latin expression most often encountered “in the wild”—prose, poetry, and inscriptions—while exploring the notion of friendship. By combining all three modes into this one course, we hope both to create a suitable closure to the language sequence and to provide a reasonable foundation for further exploration of Roman literature and culture. Offered: Fall 2025 Credits: 6 Liberal Arts Requirements: LP Language Requirement No Exploration grade of C- or better or received a score of 204 on the Carleton Latin Placement exam. Tags: CL: 200 level CLAS Core Language ENGL Foreign Literature Faculty: Chico Zimmerman
LATN 232Roman Republic in Code Red: Sallust to the Rescue6
Additional Elective Courses – Required 18 credits Courses in the general area of Classical Civilization (CLAS); Latin (LATN) or Greek (GRK) at any level may also count toward the Classics Minor. Up to 12 of the 18 credits may be from a related department (History, Philosophy, Art History, Archaeology, Political Science, Religion), subject to department chair’s approval. 300-level Classics Seminar Course – Required
In 186 BC stories of wild and debauched secret religious rites being celebrated under cover of night sparked panic in Rome, which led to a brutal state suppression of the cult. Was this a crackdown on impious behavior or political oppression? Over the course of the term we will translate three sources of evidence to determine what actually happened: the Roman historian Livy’s scintillating and outrageous account of this conspiracy; works by the Roman comedic playwright Plautus that might have shaped Livy’s storytelling; and the Senatus Consultum de Bacchanalibus, a detailed inscription found in southern Italy discussing the new laws Rome passed to suppress the cult. Not offered in 2025-26 Liberal Arts Requirements: HI, Humanistic Inquiry IS, International Studies Tags: CL: 200 level HIST Ancient & Medieval CLAS Core Language
LATN 240The Tortured Poets: Love Poetry from Catullus to Taylor Swift
Poetry has always offered people a way to express their feelings and connect to their emotions, especially those related to love. From the thrill of new romance to the pain of heartbreak, poets find a haven in their art to declare their conflicting feelings and explore the ecstasy of mutual love or the torture of unrequited love. In this course, we will focus on Roman love/elegiac poetry (poems by Catullus, Tibullus, Propertius, and Ovid) in their original language and cultural context, while exploring themes and tropes that define the genre and still inspire modern love poetry and songs.
This course offers students an introduction to post-classical Latin (250-1450) through readings in prose and poetry drawn from a variety of genres and periods. Students will also gain experience with medieval Latin paleography and codicology through occasional workshops in Special Collections. Offered: Winter 2026 Credits: 6 Liberal Arts Requirements: LA, Literary/Artistic Analysis LP Language Requirement or better or received a score of 205 on the Carleton Latin Placement exam. Tags: CL: 200 level MARS Core Course CLAS Core Language Faculty: William North
This course is intended for students who have completed Latin 204 (or equivalent) and wish to maintain and deepen their language skills. Students will meet weekly to review prepared passages, as well as reading at sight. Actual reading content will be determined prior to the start of term by the instructor in
