Colorado College Summer Latin Institute 2004


2004 Summer Schedule
Block A: June 7-June 25
Block B: June 28-July 16
Block C: July 19-August 6

 


Beginning and Intermediate courses


Block A - Intermediate Latin/ Latin Prose Composition CL 211– (Dr. Patricia FitzGibbon)
An intensive course designed for the teacher or student whose Latin experience is out-of-date and is in need of a general refresher course. At least half of the class is dedicated to Latin Prose Composition and review of more complex Latin constructions. The remainder of the class will consist of reading and translation of a variety of Latin authors.


Blocks B and C - Latin for Beginners CL 111 (2 block course) – (Dr. Patricia FitzGibbon)
For the student with little or no background in Latin. The format will be intensive and designed to cover all basic grammar and syntax in 6 weeks. Mornings will consist of practice exercises, drill, vocabulary development, and discussion of the Latin language. All students from the beginning course will be invited to attend cultural enrichment sessions.

 

Advanced courses


Block A – The Romans CL 216 (Graduate credit number to be issued) – Roman Republican history. Texts and materials in translation. (Dr. E. Christian Kopff)


Block B – Latin Teaching Methods ED 532 1310 –(Dr. Richard Beaton)
A course designed for any student working towards an endorsement in teaching Latin or any Latin teacher wishing to explore a variety of teaching methods. All the major texts will be examined for content and methodology. The class will focus on teaching the various texts while addressing state and national standards and different learning styles of students. Students will be expected to present a unit including a variety of learning styles.


Block C – The Roman Emperor in Text and Coin CL 212, 312, 412 and HS 520. This course will examine the figure of the emperor as he is described in Latin texts and as he is portrayed on Roman coins. We will be reading selections from Tacitus, Suetonius, the Historia Augusta and Ammianus and examining coins from the Roman collections of the American Numismatic Association in this combined course on the historiography and numismatics of the Roman Empire. (Dr. Noel Lenski)



Colloquia – These courses may be taken at the same time as a block course. Meeting times will likely be afternoons. They are each worth 1/4 CC unit = 1 semester hr.


Colloquium 1 – June 21-25
Cleopatra – Cleopatra VII was the "It Girl" of her day. She ruled Egypt, loved and was loved by Julius Caesar, and married Mark Antony. In this course we will read and analyze the many conflicting sources that color opinions on her to this day. Historical sources will be read in Latin and English, supplemented by a modern film representation. (Dr. Lisa B. Hughes)


Colloquium 2 – July12-16
The Catilinarian Conspiracy - Was Catiline as much of a threat to the Roman Republic as Cicero' claims? This colloquium will entail a close investigation into the Catilinarian conspiracy through the main texts available: Cicero's In Catilinam and Sallust's Bellum Catilinae. Texts to be read both in the original and in translation. (Dr. Patricia FitzGibbon)