Latin  at ISU

MAJOR
MINOR
TEACHING MAJOR
PLACEMENT EXAM
SCHOLARSHIPS
LATIN COURSES
COURSE SCHEDULES
FACULTY ACTIVITIES STUDY ABROAD PHOTOS

LANGUAGE STUDIES MINOR with a focus on LATIN (18 hours)

Core Requirement: LLL 200 Intro. to Language and Culture for Students of LLL--3 hrs.;

3 hours in a second language or linguistics course--may be at the 100 level. 

12 hours in Latin, to include at least 6 hours at the 300/400 level:

• Latin 201--3 hrs. Intermediate Latin I (or the equivalent high school study)
• Latin 202--3 hrs.  Intermediate Latin II (or the equivalent high school study)
• Latin 301--3 hrs.  Advanced Latin Grammar
• 3 hours of Latin electives at 300/400 level

A minimum 2.5 GPA in all LLL coursework must be maintained.  No coursework below the 200-level may be counted toward the minor.

To See How To Declare a Minor, click here.

LANGUAGE STUDIES MAJOR with a focus on LATIN (31 hours)

Required LLL Courses: LLL 200 Intro. to Language and Culture for Students of LLL--3 hrs.;
LLL 400 Senior Seminar for Students of LLL - 1 hr.

3 hours in a second language or linguistics course--may be at the 100 level. 

18 hours in Latin at the 300/400 level

6 hours of course work from within the Department or approved cognate course work from another Department.

An applied experience component within the 31 hours.  May consist of a minimum of 6 credit hours of appropriate study abroad OR a minimum of 3 semester hours in LLL 409 in an approved internship. (The applied experience requirement may be waived for second majors.)

LANGUAGE STUDIES--TEACHING MAJOR with a focus on LATIN (31 hours) may be done under the Concentration in World Languages

This major also requires completion of the College of Education's Professional Education Sequence for licensure, including LLL 490 "Language Teaching Methods".

Required LLL courses (7 hours minimum): Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics 200--3 hrs.;  402--1 hr.; Linguistics 420--3 hrs.

 Required courses (6 hours):  201--3 hrs., 202--3 hrs.

Electives (18 hours):  300/400-level course work to include
6 hours of culture (LAT 311 "Introduction to Roman Culture" and LAT 394 "Topics in Latin and Greek" , such as "Rome: The Eternal City")
3 hours of literature (such as LAT 402 "Survey of Golden Age Latin)
3 hours of advanced grammar (LAT 301), and
3 hours of oral fluency (LAT 394 "Conversational Latin") 

An applied experience component within the 31 hours.  Must consist of at least 6 hours of 300/400-level course work taken in study abroad.

SCHOLARSHIPS

The program awards several scholarships each year to outstanding students, including the Lillian Gay Berry Memorial Latin Award.  ISU also offers prestigious undergraduate scholarships and competitive scholarships for study abroad.  For more information on Scholarships and Awards, click here.

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Faculty

• Marilyn Bisch  (M.A., Indiana State University)
• Donald Jennermann  (emeritus) (Ph.D., Indiana University)
  

ACTIVITIES

• Phi Sigma Iota National Foreign Language Honorary
• Eta Sigma Phi

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