LEARN LATIN THIS SUMMER
AT The University of Virginia!
JUNE 11-AUGUST 10, 2007
v 2 YEARS OF COLLEGE-LEVEL LATIN IN JUST 8 WEEKS!
v NO PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE OF LATIN NEEDED
v 12 CREDIT HOURS FROM UVA OR NO-CREDIT OPTION!
v HOUSING IN THE LANGUAGE HOUSE
This summer the Department of Classics at the University of Virginia will again offer Latin as one of the University's Summer Language Institutes. The Latin program is an intensive series designed to cover two years of college-level Latin (4 semester courses or 12 UVa credit hours). Students may also choose a non-credit option. The Summer Latin Institute represents an excellent opportunity for motivated students to achieve rapid proficiency in Latin.
The Institute begins with four weeks on the fundamentals of Latin grammar, including elementary readings and composition. In the second four weeks of the program students read extensively from classical Latin poetry and prose at the intermediate level, and they also have the opportunity to join an optional reading group for later Latin, usually medieval. There are six hours of formal instruction per day and supplementary review sessions in the evenings. On the whole the program is demanding and the pace sustained; the mission of the Institute's faculty is to prepare serious students to read Latin texts with increasing facility by the end of the eight-week session.
An invaluable feature of the Summer Latin Institute at UVa is its Latin House, a residence provided specifically for our students, which is supervised by a House Director who is a full-time member of the program's faculty. Students are strongly encouraged to live in the House. Evening study sessions, special activities, and assistance on assignments are all available at the Latin House, where students have ready access to the House Director and his reference materials and other study aids.
In the past we have hosted undergraduates from numerous institutions in the U.S. and abroad who have applied credit earned at the Institute toward degrees in Classics and related disciplines. Motivated high school students have also used the program to jumpstart their college careers. Many graduate students from various fields, including History, Religious Studies, Art History, Archeology, Philosophy, Medieval Studies, Romance Languages, Comparative Literature, and English, have completed our intensive program and continue to use Latin to further their educational and research objectives.
For more information about this exciting educational opportunity please contact:
Caren Freeman, Office of the Summer Session, uvasli@virginia.edu
or Abram Ring, Director of the Summer Latin Institute, acrs8s@virginia.edu
Please visit the program website on line at www.virginia.edu/summer/SLI.
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