LAT4100 – History of the Latin Language

Having completed this course, you will be able to:

• account for essential changes from Indo-European to Latin and from Latin to the Romance languages.
• describe the most important features in the external history of Latin.
• read texts in Archaic Latin and in Post-Classical Latin.
• recognize typical features and stages in the development of the Latin language.
• account for the choice of linguistic forms in various genres of Latin literature.
• read, understand and evaluate critical readings in the area of historical linguistics.
• draft, explore and answer research questions related to the history of the Latin language.

Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for in Studentweb.

To be admitted to this course, you must be enrolled in Classical Studies (master). Students enrolled in other Master's Degree Programmes can, on application, be admitted to the course if this is cleared by their own study programme.

If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures.

14 two-hour seminars.

We expect you to prepare for the seminars.

NB: If no more than two students sign up for the course, the teaching may be given as supervised reading.

In order for you to be allowed to sit for the final examination, the following compulsory tuition activity must be approved by the teacher:

• Submission of a draft of the seminar paper. You submit your draft in Canvas.

Approved tuition activity is valid only in the semester in which it has been approved. This means that if you would like to retake this course, you must submit a new draft.

You must apply for postponement if, due to illness or other valid reasons, you are unable to complete the compulsory activity within the given deadline. Please find more information and link to application form here.

Seminar paper of a total of 10-15 pages, 2300 characters each (without spaces; title page and reference list not included).

You submit your assignment in the digital examination system Inspera. You must familiarize yourself with Inspera before the submission deadline. Read about how to submit your assignment in Inspera.

In order for you to qualify for the final examination, all compulsory tuition activities must be approved by the teacher.

You are required to familiarize yourself with the rules for sources and citations. It may be considered cheating or attempted cheating to use other people's material without informing about it.

AI based Generative tools, such as ChatGPT, are not legitimate sources. Generating exams answers, or parts of answers, using tools created by, or using, artificial intelligence (AI) may be considered cheating.