{"id":160,"date":"2009-06-25T13:51:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-25T13:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/classics\/requirements-for-majors\/major-in-latin\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T17:00:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T22:00:08","slug":"latin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/classics\/requirements-for-majors\/latin\/","title":{"rendered":"Requirements for a Major in Latin"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><p><strong>Requirements for a Major in Latin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>7 courses in Latin (only 6 courses if the student begins Latin at the 231 level or higher)<\/p>\n<p>Classics 370<\/p>\n<p>1 Roman history course (or 1 Classics GHS course)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Intended Learning Outcomes for a Major in Latin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Students will demonstrate:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<ol start=\"1\" type=\"1\">\n<li>advanced knowledge of the Latin language.<\/li>\n<li>the ability to translate and analyze Latin literature in at least three genres.<\/li>\n<li>basic cultural knowledge about ancient Rome.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Departmental distinction is not awarded in Latin (only in <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/classics\/requirements-for-majors\/classics\/\">Classics<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>To read the Classics Brochure, click <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/classics\/files\/2025\/07\/Classics-Brochure-25-26.pdf\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Questions? Contact the Classics Department Chair, <a href=\"mailto:groton@stolaf.edu\">Prof. Anne Groton<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- begin-migrated-from-panel-builder --><!-- end-migrated-from-panel-builder --><\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Requirements for a Major in Latin 7 courses in Latin (only 6 courses if the student begins Latin at the 231 level or higher) Classics 370 1 Roman history course [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":155,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-160","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/classics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/classics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/classics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/classics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/classics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/classics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12549,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/classics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/160\/revisions\/12549"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/classics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/classics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}