Postbaccalaureate Studies
The courses below are offered through the Department of Classics.
Departmental Chair: James Zetzel, 611 Hamilton
212-854-5682
zetzel@columbia.edu
Departmental Adviser: Elizabeth Scharffenberger, 617 Hamilton
212-854-7822
es136@columbia.edu
Departmental Administrator: Gerry Visco, 617 Hamilton
212-854-7821
gwv1@columbia.edu
Departmental Office: 617 Hamilton
212-854-3902
classics@columbia.edu
Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 9 AM-6 PM
Web: www.columbia.edu/cu/classics
Hellenic Studies Program
greek@columbia.edu
Acting Director: Professor Evangelos Calotychos, 606 Hamilton
212-854-6988
ec2268@columbia.edu
Course scheduling is subject to change. Days, times, instructors, class locations, and call numbers are available on the Directory of Classes.
Fall course information begins posting to the Directory of Classes in February; Summer course information begins posting in March; Spring course information begins posting in June. For course information missing from the Directory of Classes after these general dates, please contact the department or program.
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For students who have never studied Latin. An intensive study of grammar
with reading of simple prose and poetry.
A continuation of LATN V1101, including a review of grammar and syntax for
students whose study of Latin has been interrupted.
Designed to cover all of Latin grammar and syntax in one semester in order
to prepare the student to enter LATN V1201 or V1202.
Selections from Catullus and from Cicero or Caesar.
Selections from Ovid's Metamorphoses and from Sallust, Livy,
Seneca, or Pliny.
Selections from Vergil and Horace. Combines literary analysis with work in
grammar and metrics.
Since the content of this course changes from year to year, it may be
repeated for credit. Topic for 2008-2009: Sallust.
Since the content of this course changes from year to year, it may be
repeated for credit.
Latin literature from the beginning to early Augustan times.
Intensive review of Latin syntax with translation of English sentences and
paragraphs into Latin.
Selections from Virgil and Horace. Combines literary analysis with work in
grammar and metrics.
Content of course changes from year to year; it may be taken for credit in
consecutive years.
To be tested by a series of short papers, one long paper, or an oral or
written examination.
A program of research in Latin literature with the composition of a paper
embodying results.
V 1101: Grammar, composition and reading.
V 1102: Complete review of grammar and syntax; emphasis on representative
readings.
Designed to cover all of Latin grammar and syntax in one semester in order
to prepare student to enter third-semester Latin.
Selections from Catullus and from Cicero or Caesar.
Selections from Ovid, Metamorphoses, and Sallust, Livy, Seneca, or Phiny.
Content of course changes from year to year, it may be taken for credit in
consecutive years.
Required for all majors in classics and classical studies. The topic will
change from year to year, but will always be broad enough to accommodate
students in the languages as well as those in the interdisciplinary
major.
Content of course changes year to year; it may be taken in consecutive
years.
Lectures based on extensive readings in Latin literature from the beginning
to the fourth century.
For students who have never studied Latin. An intensive study of grammar
with reading of simple prose and poetry.
A continuation of LATN V1101, including a review of grammar and syntax for
students whose study of Latin has been interrupted.
Designed to cover all of Latin grammar and syntax in one semester in order
to prepare the student to enter LATN V1201 or V1202.
Selections from Catullus and from Cicero or Caesar.
Selections from Ovid's Metamorphoses and from Sallust, Livy,
Seneca, or Pliny.
Since the content of this course changes from year to year, it may be
repeated for credit. Topic for 2007-2008: Livy
Since the content of this course changes from year to year, it may be
repeated for credit. Topic for 2007-2007: Elegy
Latin literature from Augustus to 600 C.E.
Content of course changes from year to year; it may be taken for credit in
consecutive years.
To be tested by a series of short papers, one long paper, or an oral or
written examination.
A program of research in Latin literature with the composition of a paper
embodying results.
V 1101: Grammar, composition and reading.
V 1102: Complete review of grammar and syntax; emphasis on representative
readings.
Designed to cover all of Latin grammar and syntax in one semester in order
to prepare student to enter third-semester Latin.
Selections from Catullus and from Cicero or Caesar.
Selections from Ovid, Metamorphoses, and Sallust, Livy, Seneca, or Phiny.
Content of course changes from year to year, it may be taken for credit in
consecutive years.
Content of course changes from year to year; it may be taken in consecutive
years.
Lectures based on extensive readings in Latin literature from the beginning
to the fourth century.