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Department of Classical Studies

Minor in Latin

Students on Summer 2018, Fall 2018, or Spring 2019 requirements LATINMIN

Requirements

The minor requires at least 15 credit hours*, including the requirements listed below.
  1. Literature. Nine (9) credit hours:
    • CLAS-L 304 Catullus
    • CLAS-L 305 Ovid
    • CLAS-L 307 Cicero
    • CLAS-L 308 Caesar
    • CLAS-L 309 Introduction to Vergil's Aeneid
    • CLAS-L 311 Sallust
    • CLAS-L 396 Classical Latin Abroad
    • CLAS-L 407
    • CLAS-L 408 Roman Comedy
    • CLAS-L 409 Readings in Medieval Latin
    • CLAS-L 410 Advanced Prose Composition
    • CLAS-L 423 Roman Satire
    • CLAS-L 424 Silver Age Historians
    • CLAS-L 426 Rhetoric and Oratory
    • CLAS-L 427 Virgil's Eclogues and Georgics
    • CLAS-L 428 Advanced Study of Virgil's Aeneid
    • CLAS-L 429 Roman Letters
    • CLAS-L 430 Lucretius
    • CLAS-L 432 Livy
    • CLAS-X 492 Individual Reading in Latin
  2. Electives. Six (6) additional hours from the Electives list.
    • CLAS-L 200
    • CLAS-L 250
    • CLAS-L 304 Catullus
    • CLAS-L 305 Ovid
    • CLAS-L 307 Cicero
    • CLAS-L 308 Caesar
    • CLAS-L 309 Introduction to Vergil's Aeneid
    • CLAS-L 311 Sallust
    • CLAS-L 396 Classical Latin Abroad
    • CLAS-L 400 Intensive Study of Literary Latin
    • CLAS-L 407
    • CLAS-L 408 Roman Comedy
    • CLAS-L 409 Readings in Medieval Latin
    • CLAS-L 410 Advanced Prose Composition
    • CLAS-L 423 Roman Satire
    • CLAS-L 424 Silver Age Historians
    • CLAS-L 426 Rhetoric and Oratory
    • CLAS-L 427 Virgil's Eclogues and Georgics
    • CLAS-L 428 Advanced Study of Virgil's Aeneid
    • CLAS-L 429 Roman Letters
    • CLAS-L 430 Lucretius
    • CLAS-L 432 Livy
    • CLAS-X 492 Individual Reading in Latin
  3. Minor GPA, Hours, and Minimum Grade Requirements.
    1. At least 9 credit hours in the minor must be completed in courses taken through the Indiana University Bloomington campus or an IU-administered or IU co-sponsored Overseas Study program.
    2. At least 9 credit hours in the minor must be completed at the 300–499 level.
    3. Except for the GPA requirement, a grade of C- or higher is required for a course to count toward a requirement in the minor.
    4. A GPA of at least 2.000 for all courses taken in the minor—including those where a grade lower than C- is earned—is required.
    5. Exceptions to minor requirements may be made with the approval of the department's Director of Undergraduate Studies, subject to final approval by the College of Arts and Sciences.