Anyone here taking the distance Intermediate Latin course from the University of GA this fall?
I signed up and received the packet. If anyone has signed up, and want some sort of study group, I would be open to that.
Has anyone taken this course previously? I am interested in your impressions if you have…
After reading your post, I took a look at the University of GA’s website. I’m considering taking one of their courses since my school does not offer that many Latin courses. What have your impressions been so far of the course you signed up for?
Right now I am in intensive Latin at Notre Dame. I will begin the course after I finish next week.
However, I have done the first lesson, and skimmed through the book for the intermediate Latin. I think it will be helpful. The intermediate is basically a systematic review of Wheelock along with readings of longer passages from classical Latin authors.
I do not know anything about the Beginning Levels they offer though…if that is what you are looking at. My own feeling is that I am glad I ahve had a class and a professor to begin learning, and now I definitely feel prepared to do this course which is more self-motivated…then I will return to Medieval Latin next Summer at Notre Dame.
I am in the same position as you…the seminary I attend does not offer Latin, so I am doing this on the side. I think it will be fit well, I can work as slow or fast as I am able, if I have a paper due, I can put the Latin aside for a day or two and not worry about quizzes each day..and conversely, I can also put as much energy into it as I want to when other things are down. Yet there is a time limit and a encouraement to make a schedule, so there is a steady pace that must be maintained.
What course are you thinking of?
I am thinking of the Ovid course perhaps, but it is hard for me to judge just how difficult that course will be. I’ve already had two years of Latin, but that is as far as I can go at my present university. How much is the course you are taking. The U GA’s website was a bit confusing. I thought it said about $500 for non-residents, but I think I misread it.
It costs $480. I plan to post a bit about how things are going…after I do a few lessons and recieve feedback and see how that works out. This forum can also be a place to ask questions with confusing stuff.
I’ve been reading Dunmore’s selections from Ovid, the first sizeable anthology of his work that I’ve tackled. I don’t know where you stand regarding vocabulary and grammar, but Ovid really is one of the easiest Latin poets to read. Most of Dunmore’s selections are 300+ lines long, I usually knock them off in an hour or two, sometimes much faster. Minimal notes are included, but the real plus is his glossary: it defines the words as they are used by Ovid, so translation is faster.
In addition, you can now get a decent printing of Golding’s translation of the Metamorphoses, it’s very useful along with Dunmore. I don’t refer to it much, but it’s been helpful when needed.
So let’s see, you can get a used copy of Dunmore for ~ US$10, the Golding translation can be had for the same, making a savings of US$480 for you. 
Obviously this all works only if you’re motivated enough to work without a teacher, you don’t need the academic credit, and your Latin is up to the task. I’m not at all familiar with the curricula at college or university, forgive me if I seem presumptuous.
You don’t seem presumptuous. I have been considering whether or not I need to pay $500 for something that I could do on my own. Additionally, I could get help from some people I know if I needed it.
My main reason for wanting to take this course is to strengthen my application for graduate school. I don’t know if a distanced learning course would do that though. I wish I knew about my interest in classics before I started college!
jjhayes84,
Yeah, I agree…one of the main reasons I am taking it is to have it on my record, and register myself as a serious student. I 6think it does help to demonstrate that you will not have to spend extra time in languages…every bit helps to get in.
Another reason that was brought to my attention for taking this course is that it will provide me with Ovid plus context and literary issues that I probably couldn’t pick up on my own. That said, I think I’ll give this course a try. I’ll let everyone know how it goes.
Hi Andy,
Like you, a recent veteran of Notre Dame’s intensive beginning Latin, I am seriously considering taking the Intermediate course with UGA. A study group would be a great in this. I will decide on whether to take the UGA course, or a similar course (possibly UMass-Boston) by the end of this week.
Darrell
Has anybody taken this course? I am currently in the midst of it. I’d love to hear from other students. Thanks.
Is anyone currently taking any of their courses?
I’m looking into taking their Elementary Latin II over the summer.
Hi
If you have the money taking a course might help you stay in task. On the other hand numerous people have been able to learn greek and latin without the assistance of a formal course.
I am curious about your seminary’s language requirements. At one time I believe that academically rigorous institutions would have required both greek at latin as well as Hebrew. No? Greek for the NT and latin for church history. How are you supposed to read Augustine and Aquinas or even Luther without latin ? I commend you for wishing pursuing this on your own - or at least outside of your institution. What do your fellow seminarians think about this ? Do they regard the foundational documents of Christianity as just another requirement to be gotten through before the launch their careers as pastors? Theologically speaking, is knowing Greek and Hebrew now considered unnecessary ?
Best and good luck.
Kynetus