Latin language courses for beginners

The Latin language course for beginners is addressed to first-year Humanities students without prior knowledge of Latin and it is aimed at reaching level A2 according to the European Curriculum Framework for Latin.

Latin proficiency is tested during the admission exam to the relevant degree course. Those students without any Latin language proficiency will have to fulfil the corresponding additional learning requirement (OFA) by attending the Latin language course for beginners.

This 70-hour course takes place in the first semester through blended learning, i.e. 40-hour synchronous classes run by a language trainer remotely, which require compulsory attendance, together with 30-hour self-study activities made up of video lessons on a online learning platform.  

Students will then have to sit the Latin language for beginners end-of-course test to assess whether the OFA will have been fulfilled and the required proficiency level reached. In order to be admitted, students will have to have attended at least 75% of synchronous classes and watched at least 75% of all the video lessons.

Students who do not pass the end-of-course test will have the opportunity to sit it multiple times until they will have passed it. Students will not be allowed to register for nor sit to the following exams unless they pass the Latin end-of-course test first:

• Latin Literature;
• Romance Philology (advanced);
• Italian Literature (advanced);
• Italian Modern and Contemporary Literature;
• History of Italian Language.

The Latin language course for beginners is addressed to first-year Studies in Cultural Heritage and History students without prior knowledge of Latin and it is aimed at reaching level A1 according to the European Curriculum Framework for Latin.

Level A1 is, indeed, required to effectively attend the following second semester courses included in the relevant first-year degree programme: 'Latin literature' (9 credits) for Studies in Cultural Heritage students and 'Principles of Latin' (6 credits) for History students.

This 60-hour Latin language course for beginners takes place in the first semester through blended learning, i.e. 34-hour synchronous classes run by a language trainer remotely, which require compulsory attendance, together with 26-hour self-study activities made up of video lessons on a online learning platform.  

Students will have to have attended at least 75% of synchronous classes and watched at least 75% of all the video lessons for them to be admitted to the end-of-course test.

Students are not compelled, but still warmly suggested to attend this Latin language course for beginners. The number of attendees is limited. The registration form is sent via e-mail to all first-year students of the above mentioned degree programmes. Registering for the course via form means that students declare their commitment to attending the course; if it is proved that students are not attending the course, their registration will be called off.

The Latin language course for beginners is addressed to first-year students in Ancient Civilizations for the Contemporary World (ACCW) without prior knowledge of Latin and it is aimed at reaching level A1 according to the European Curriculum Framework for Latin.

Level A1 is, indeed, required to effectively attend the second-year course of 'Introduction to Latin Literature' (6 credits).

This 60-hour Latin language course for beginners, held in English, takes place in the second semester of the first year of studies.

Students will have to have attended at least 75% of synchronous classes held remotely by a language trainer for them to be admitted to the end-of-course test.

Students are not compelled, but still warmly suggested to attend this Latin language course for beginners. The number of attendees is limited. The registration form is sent via e-mail to all first-year students of the above mentioned degree programme. Registering for the course via form means that students declare their commitment to attending the course; if it is proved that students are not attending the course, their registration will be called off.