Intermediate Latin (LATN2120)

Course overview

An intermediate course in the ancient Latin language, following on from LATN1110. The course teaches further Latin grammar and gives an introduction to the reading of several Latin authors.
NOTE: Instruction by small group teaching.

LATN2120 continues the study of the grammar and syntax of Classical Latin. The course places emphasis on learning through reading.ﾠIt is designed for students who have successfully completed LATN1110 or an equivalent course.ﾠThere are 4 hours instruction per week and regular attendance is expected.

Course requirements

Assumed background

Successful completion of LATN1110 or an equivalent Latin course approved by the Course Coordinator.

Prerequisites

You'll need to complete the following courses before enrolling in this one:

LATN1110

Incompatible

You can't enrol in this course if you've already completed the following:

LATN1120

Course contact

Course staff

Timetable

The timetable for this course is available on the UQ Public Timetable.

Additional timetable information

Although classes are recorded, delayed viewing has not been activated for this course because it has an in-class, in person, mid-semester exam, and person attendance becomes more important as the complexity of the grammar increases. If you have a genuine timetable clash but can attend the mid-semester exam, please contact Dr McWilliam to discuss. We can enrol you in the course manually. Microsoft Teams will also be used to facilitate communication and discussion

Classes are scheduled for Wednesday 10am-12pm AND Friday 12-2pm in Building 67 Room 348. Please confirm class venues before your first class.

Courses are taught in Blended Mode rather than in lecture/tutorial format, so in each 2 hour block, students will do different combinations of grammar and interactive exercises, reading and parsing to reinforce weekly and cumulative grammar and vocabulary.

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Aims and outcomes

In second semester Latin, students will read the concluding section of Plautus' Amphitruo and a selection of Cicero's prosecution speeches against Verres, the former governor of the Roman province of Sicily.

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By the end of the semester you should be able to:

• read and analyse extracts in the Course Text Reader for LATN2120 (available from Print on Demand) as specified by your lecturer
• demonstrate, by means of exercises, assignments and exams, an understanding of the morphology and syntax of the accompanying Grammar and Learning Vocabulary in the Grammar Book, available from Print on Demand, as specified by your lecturer, and
• continue to reinforce the grammar, morphology and vocab learnt in LATN1110.

Learning outcomes

After successfully completing this course you should be able to:

Assessment

Assessment summary

A hurdle is an assessment requirement that must be satisfied in order to receive a specific grade for the course. Check the assessment details for more information about hurdle requirements.

Assessment details

Skill Building and Application 1: Assignments

• Hurdle

Mode

Written

Category

Reflection, Translation/ Interpretation

Weight

30%

Due date

Assignment 1 14/08/2025 2:00 pm

Assignment 2 28/08/2025 2:00 pm

Assignment 3 25/09/2025 2:00 pm

Assignment 4 9/10/2025 2:00 pm

Assignment 5 23/10/2025 2:00 pm

Time: by 2pm on the Thursdays

Format: Typed in Word Format

Learning outcomes

L01, L02, L03, L04

Task description

Hurdle requirements

Submission guidelines

Please Submit through Turnitin or Blackboard Assignment as instructed on Blackboard.

Deferral or extension

You may be able to apply for an extension.

https://my.uq.edu.au/information-and-services/manage-my-program/exams-and-assessment/applying-extension

Extension applications must be via my.UQ –> Manage my program - > exams and assessment -> Applying for an extension. 

A request for an extension to an assessment due date must be submitted through my.UQ as soon as it becomes evident that an extension is needed, but no later than one calendar day after the assessment task submission due date and time.    

 Extension requests may take up to 48 hours to be assessed (not including weekends and public holidays).

Late submission

A penalty of 10% of the maximum possible mark will be deducted per 24 hours from time submission is due for up to 7 days. After 7 days, you will receive a mark of 0.

Skill Building and Application 2: OPTION 1 UQ Extend Quizzes

• Hurdle
• Online

Mode

Written

Category

Quiz

Weight

15%

Due date

9/11/2025 9:00 pm

Learning outcomes

L01

Task description

Hurdle requirements

Submission guidelines

UQExtend Quizzes must be completed on UQ Extend

Deferral or extension

You may be able to apply for an extension.

Late submission

A penalty of 10% of the maximum possible mark will be deducted per 24 hours from time submission is due for up to 7 days. After 7 days, you will receive a mark of 0.

Skill Building and Application 2: OPTION 2 Blackboard Timed Tests

• Hurdle
• Online

Mode

Written

Category

Quiz

Weight

15%

Due date

Mid-Semester Timed Blackboard Test 14/09/2025 9:00 pm

Final Exam Timed Blackboard Test 9/11/2025 9:00 pm

Both tests must be completed in one sitting, beginning at the time the test is opened.

The Mid-Semester Blackboard Test will open at 8am on the day of the mid-semester exam (Wednesday September 10th), and remain available for completion until Sunday September 14th 9pm.

The Final Exam Blackboard Test will open at 8am on Monday November 3rd 8am and remain available for completion until Sunday November 9th at 9pm.

Other conditions

Time limited.

See the conditions definitions

Learning outcomes

L01

Task description

Hurdle requirements

Submission guidelines

Both tests must be completed on Blackboard as instructed

Deferral or extension

You may be able to apply for an extension.

Late submission

The following penalties will be applied to the total mark available for the assessment if you submit either of the two Blackboard timed tests after the 10 min time limit:

• Less than 5 minutes – 5% penalty
• From 5 minutes to less than 15 minutes – 20% penalty
• More than 15 minutes – 100% penalty

Mid-Semester Exam

• Hurdle
• Identity Verified
• In-person

Mode

Written

Category

Examination

Weight

15%

Due date

10/09/2025 10:00 am

The Mid-Semester Exam will be held in-class

Learning outcomes

L01, L02, L03, L04

Task description

Hurdle requirements

Exam details

Submission guidelines

Deferral or extension

You may be able to defer this exam.

If you are ill on the day of the mid-semester exam, you must apply for a deferred exam through your my.UQ tab: ‘Mid-semester exams’

https://my.uq.edu.au/information-and-services/manage-my-program/exams-and-assessment/applying-extension

There will only be one date and time made available for a make-up mid-semester exam if a student is ill. This date and time will not be negotiable. All students must submit a request online and ensure that they are eligible (e.g. in the case of illness, a medical certificate will be required).

Deferrals are not granted automatically, but are subject to UQ rules, and must be applied for online in the time-frame specified. Your course coordinator cannot approve deferred exams

Final Exam

• Hurdle
• Identity Verified
• In-person

Mode

Written

Category

Examination

Weight

40%

Due date

End of Semester Exam Period

8/11/2025 - 22/11/2025

Course coordinators cannot approve deferred exams. If you are ill on the day of the exam, please consult:

https://my.uq.edu.au/information-and-services/manage-my-program/exams-and-assessment

Learning outcomes

L01, L02, L03, L04

Task description

Hurdle requirements

Exam details

Submission guidelines

Deferral or extension

You may be able to defer this exam.

Deferrals are not granted automatically, but are subject to UQ rules, and must be applied for online in the time-frame specified. Your course coordinator cannot approve deferred exams

https://my.uq.edu.au/information-and-services/manage-my-program/exams-and-assessment/deferring-exam

Course grading

Full criteria for each grade is available in the Assessment Procedure.

Additional course grading information

Supplementary assessment for this course will be in the form of the final exam only. Students must apply as instructed https://my.uq.edu.au/information-and-services/manage-my-program/exams-and-assessment/ and be available during the University’s Deferred and Supplementary examination period.

The assessment in LATN2120 is designed to test your progressive acquisition of Latin language through asking questions and translating in class, and via homework assignments, quizzes/ tests, and in-person exams. This includes readings and translation from Latin into idiomatic English, parsing (analysis) of Latin words in context, understanding more complex Latin sentences as exemplified particularly in Sections 2D-4E(i), and showing your increasing knowledge of the grammar, grammatical constructions, syntax and vocabulary covered in these sections and in the material covered in LATN1110. please ensure that you download the vocab pdf at the beginning of semester and refer to it weekly.

All assessment tasks evaluate student’s abilities, skills and knowledge without the aid of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Students are advised that the use of AI technologies or translation programs such as Google Translate to develop responses is strictly prohibited and may constitute student misconduct under the Student Code of Conduct.

Skill Building: Translation, Parsing and Grammar Assignments

PLEASE NOTE THAT A GENUINE ATTEMPT MUST BE MADE FOR EACH QUESTION:

Your performance in the Take Home Assignments will be assessed according to the following criteria:

1. Your ability to translate from Latin into idiomatic English texts covered in class;
2. Your ability to parse words from the learning vocabulary in the readings and in questions on the assignment paper;
3. Your ability to recognize and explain grammatical and syntactical Latin constructions;
4. Your ability to translate sentences made up with words from the leaning vocabulary using the grammar and syntax learnt to date into readable, idiomatic English.
5. The depth of thought expressed in reflecting on the feedback you have received and the strategies you believe will help you either to improve or to maintain your current level if you received an excellent mark

To achieve a grade of 7 (High Distinction, 85-100%), your Take-Home Assignments should demonstrate that you have an exceptional knowledge of vocabulary and an excellent ability to translate seen Latin passages covered in class and unseen sentences and passages made up from the learning vocabulary into readable, idiomatic English, and an excellent ability to parse words and to recognize and explain grammatical and syntactical Latin constructions. Your reflection on your feedback will demonstrate that you have read the feedback very carefully and thought very deeply about how to apply it in the future.

To achieve a grade of 6 (Distinction, 75-84%), your Take-Home Assignments should demonstrate that you have an excellent knowledge of vocabulary and a very good ability to translate seen Latin passages covered in class and unseen sentences and passages made up from the learning vocabulary into readable, idiomatic English, and a very good ability to parse words and to recognize and explain grammatical and syntactical Latin constructions. Your reflection on your feedback will demonstrate that you have read the feedback carefully and thought deeply about how to apply it in the future.

To achieve a grade of 5 (Credit, 65-74%), your Take-Home Assignments should demonstrate that you have a proficient knowledge of vocabulary and a proficient ability to translate seen Latin passages covered in class and unseen sentences and passages made up from the learning vocabulary into readable, idiomatic English, and a proficient ability to parse words and to recognize and explain grammatical and syntactical Latin constructions. Your reflection on your feedback will demonstrate that you have read the feedback adequately and thought about how to apply it proficiently in the future.

To achieve a grade of 4 (Pass, 50-64%), your Take-Home Assignments should demonstrate that you have a functional knowledge of vocabulary and a functional ability to translate seen Latin passages covered in class and unseen sentences and passages made up from the learning vocabulary into readable, idiomatic English, and a functional ability to parse words and to recognize and explain grammatical and syntactical Latin constructions. Your reflection on your feedback will demonstrate that you have read the feedback and thought adequately about how to apply it in the future.

To achieve a grade of 3 (Marginal Fail, 45-49%), your Take-Home Assignments will demonstrate that you have a superficial knowledge of vocabulary and a have made a basic but flawed attempt to translate seen Latin passages covered in class and unseen sentences and passages made up from the learning vocabulary into English. It should also demonstrate that although flawed, you have an emerging ability to parse words and to recognize and explain grammatical and syntactical Latin constructions. To achieve a marginal failing grade, your Final Exam must demonstrate that you have done enough work to show that you have an emerging ability to understand and use the vocabulary, grammar and syntax covered in the whole of the course. Your reflection on your feedback will demonstrate that you have read the feedback but not understood how to apply it.

To achieve a grade of 2 (Fail, 25-44%), your Take-Home Assignments will demonstrate that you have a partial, faulty or clearly deficient level of vocabulary, that you have difficulty in translating or have failed to translate seen Latin passages covered in class and/or unseen sentences and passages made up from the learning vocabulary into readable, idiomatic English, and that you are unable to parse words and cannot recognize and explain grammatical and syntactical Latin constructions. Your reflection on your feedback will demonstrate that you have read the feedback but not thought about how to apply it, or that you have not read the feedback and just submitted something without any reflection.

To achieve a grade of 1 (Low Fail, 0-24%), your Take-Home Assignments will demonstrate that you have not mastered your vocabulary, that you cannot translate seen Latin passages covered in class and/or unseen sentences and passages made up from the learning vocabulary into readable, idiomatic English, that you are unable to parse words or recognize and explain grammatical and syntactical Latin constructions. No reflection will have been submitted.

Failing Criteria and Academic Misconduct

Students who use Machine Translation and/or AI to complete assessment or unapproved learning tasks will fail to meet the core learning outcomes for the course and may also be referred for academic misconduct. Students who fabricate or misrepresent their work will receive an automatic maximum grade 2 for this assessment, regardless of the performance in other criteria.

Failing Criteria and Academic Misconduct

Students who use Machine Translation and/or AI to complete assessment or unapproved learning tasks will fail to meet the core learning outcomes for the course and may also be referred for academic misconduct. Students who fabricate or misrepresent their work will receive an automatic maximum grade 2 for this assessment, regardless of the performance in other criteria.

LATIN Skill Building: Vocab, Grammar and Accidence: Online Quizzes and Blackboard Timed Tests

your quiz/timed Blackboard test assessment tasks will be assessed according to the following criteria:

1.    Ability to produce a succinct response to a directed question.

1. Knowledge of vocabulary, grammar and syntax.
2. Ability to employ relevant terminology.
3. Ability to translate correctly into English demonstrating that you understand the Latin.

 Unlike formative assessment undertaken during your course (such as book reviews and essays), quiz answers are typically marked on right or wrong basis for multiple choice, single word and short answer questions. The overall grade achieved for a quiz is arrived at by totalling the marks for its constituent elements.

Failing Criteria and Academic Misconduct

Students who use Machine Translation and/or AI to complete assessment or unapproved learning tasks will fail to meet the core learning outcomes for the course and may also be referred for academic misconduct. Students who fabricate or misrepresent their work will receive an automatic maximum grade 2 for this assessment, regardless of the performance in other criteria.

Mid-Semester Exam

Your performance in translation questions will be assessed on the following criteria:

1. Your ability to translate from Latin into idiomatic English texts covered in class;
2. Your ability to parse words from the learning vocabulary in the readings and in questions on the exam paper;
3. Your ability to recognize and explain grammatical and syntactical Latin constructions;
4. Your ability to translate sentences, phrases and passages made up with words from the leaning vocabulary using the grammar and syntax learnt to date into readable, idiomatic English

To achieve a grade of 7 (High Distinction, 85-100%), your Mid-semester Exam should demonstrate that you have an exceptional knowledge of vocabulary and an excellent ability to translate seen Latin passages covered in class and unseen sentences made up from the learning vocabulary into readable, idiomatic English, and an excellent ability to parse words and to recognize and explain grammatical and syntactical Latin constructions.

To achieve a grade of 6 (Distinction, 75-84%), your Mid-semester Exam should demonstrate that you have an excellent knowledge of vocabulary and a very good ability to translate seen Latin passages covered in class and unseen sentences made up from the learning vocabulary into readable, idiomatic English, and a very good ability to parse words and to recognize and explain grammatical and syntactical Latin constructions.

To achieve a grade of 5 (Credit, 65-74%), your Mid-semester Exam should demonstrate that you have a proficient knowledge of vocabulary and a proficient ability to translate seen Latin passages covered in class and unseen sentences made up from the learning vocabulary into readable, idiomatic English, and a proficient ability to parse words and to recognize and explain grammatical and syntactical Latin constructions.

To achieve a grade of 4 (Pass, 50-64%), your Mid-semester Exam should demonstrate that you have a functional knowledge of vocabulary and a functional ability to translate seen Latin passages covered in class and unseen sentences made up from the learning vocabulary into readable, idiomatic English, and a functional ability to parse words and to recognize and explain grammatical and syntactical Latin constructions.

To achieve a grade of 3 (Marginal Fail, 45-49%), your Mid-semester Exam will demonstrate that you have a superficial knowledge of vocabulary and a have made a basic but flawed attempt to translate seen Latin passages covered in class and unseen sentences made up from the learning vocabulary into English. It should also demonstrate that although flawed, you have an emerging ability to parse words and to recognize and explain grammatical and syntactical Latin constructions. To achieve a marginal failing grade, your Mid-semester Exam must demonstrate that you have done enough work to show that you have an emerging ability to understand and use the vocabulary, grammar and syntax covered in the whole of the course.

To achieve a grade of 2 (Fail, 25-44%), your Mid-semester Exam will demonstrate that you have a partial, faulty or clearly deficient level of vocabulary, that you have difficulty in translating or have failed to translate seen Latin passages covered in class and/or unseen sentences made up from the learning vocabulary into readable, idiomatic English, and that you are unable to parse words and cannot recognize and explain grammatical and syntactical Latin constructions.

To achieve a grade of 1 (Low Fail, 0-24%), your Mid-semester Exam will demonstrate that you have not mastered your vocabulary, that you cannot translate seen Latin passages covered in class and/or unseen sentences made up from the learning vocabulary into readable, idiomatic English, that you are unable to parse words or recognize and explain grammatical and syntactical Latin constructions.

Failing Criteria and Academic Misconduct

Students who use Machine Translation and/or AI to complete assessment or unapproved learning tasks will fail to meet the core learning outcomes for the course and may also be referred for academic misconduct. Students who fabricate or misrepresent their work will receive an automatic maximum grade 2 for this assessment, regardless of the performance in other criteria.

Final Exam

Criteria & Marking:

Your performance in the Final Exam will be assessed according to the following criteria:

1. Your ability to translate from Latin into idiomatic English texts covered in class;
2. Your ability to parse words from the learning vocabulary in the readings and in questions on the exam paper;
3. Your ability to recognize and explain grammatical and syntactical Latin constructions;
4. Your ability to translate sentences, phrases and passages made up with words from the leaning vocabulary using the grammar and syntax learnt to date into readable, idiomatic English.

 To achieve a grade of 7 (High Distinction, 85-100%), your Final Exam should demonstrate that you have an exceptional knowledge of vocabulary and an excellent ability to translate seen Latin passages covered in class and unseen sentences made up from the learning vocabulary into readable, idiomatic English, and an excellent ability to parse words and to recognize and explain grammatical and syntactical Latin constructions.

To achieve a grade of 6 (Distinction, 75-84%), your Final Exam should demonstrate that you have an excellent knowledge of vocabulary and a very good ability to translate seen Latin passages covered in class and unseen sentences made up from the learning vocabulary into readable, idiomatic English, and a very good ability to parse words and to recognize and explain grammatical and syntactical Latin constructions.

To achieve a grade of 5 (Credit, 65-74%), your Final Exam should demonstrate that you have a proficient knowledge of vocabulary and a proficient ability to translate seen Latin passages covered in class and unseen sentences made up from the learning vocabulary into readable, idiomatic English, and a proficient ability to parse words and to recognize and explain grammatical and syntactical Latin constructions.

To achieve a grade of 4 (Pass, 50-64%), your Final Exam should demonstrate that you have a functional knowledge of vocabulary and a functional ability to translate seen Latin passages covered in class and unseen sentences made up from the learning vocabulary into readable, idiomatic English, and a functional ability to parse words and to recognize and explain grammatical and syntactical Latin constructions.

To achieve a grade of 3 (Marginal Fail, 45-49%), your Final Exam will demonstrate that you have a superficial knowledge of vocabulary and a have made a basic but flawed attempt to translate seen Latin passages covered in class and unseen sentences made up from the learning vocabulary into English. It should also demonstrate that although flawed, you have an emerging ability to parse words and to recognize and explain grammatical and syntactical Latin constructions. To achieve a marginal failing grade, your Final Exam must demonstrate that you have done enough work to show that you have an emerging ability to understand and use the vocabulary, grammar and syntax covered in the whole of the course.

To achieve a grade of 2 (Fail, 25-44%), your Final Exam will demonstrate that you have a partial, faulty or clearly deficient level of vocabulary, that you have difficulty in translating or have failed to translate seen Latin passages covered in class and/or unseen sentences made up from the learning vocabulary into readable, idiomatic English, and that you are unable to parse words and cannot recognize and explain grammatical and syntactical Latin constructions.

To achieve a grade of 1 (Low Fail, 0-24%), your Final Exam will demonstrate that you have not mastered your vocabulary, that you cannot translate seen Latin passages covered in class and/or unseen sentences made up from the learning vocabulary into readable, idiomatic English, that you are unable to parse words or recognize and explain grammatical and syntactical Latin constructions.

Failing Criteria and Academic Misconduct

Students who use Machine Translation and/or AI to complete assessment or unapproved learning tasks will fail to meet the core learning outcomes for the course and may also be referred for academic misconduct. Students who fabricate or misrepresent their work will receive an automatic maximum grade 2 for this assessment, regardless of the performance in other criteria.

Supplementary assessment

Supplementary assessment is available for this course.

Additional assessment information

• Supplementary assessment for this course will be in the form of the final exam only. Students must apply as instructed https://my.uq.edu.au/information-and-services/manage-my-program/exams-and-assessment/ and be available during the University’s Deferred and Supplementary examination period.
• Failure to submit all major assessment items (those worth 15% and above) will result in a maximum grade of 2 (Fail).
• By submitting work through Turnitin you are deemed to have accepted the following declaration: ‘I certify that this assignment is my own work and has not been submitted, either previously or concurrently, in whole or in part, to this University or any other educational institution, for marking or assessment’.
• All students must ensure that they receive their Turnitin receipt on every submission of assessment items. YOU MUST CHECK THAT THE RECEIPT CONFIRMS THAT SUBMISSION HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL.
• A valid Turnitin receipt will be the only evidence accepted if assessments are missing.

Without evidence, the assessment will receive the standard late penalty, or after 7 calendar days, will receive zero. In the case of a Blackboard outage, please contact the Course Coordinator as soon as possible so that they can confirm the outage with ITS.

• It is the responsibility of the student to ensure that they are submitting assessment items on a device that is capable of the task, and that appropriate internet bandwidth and speed is available. If you cannot be sure that your device or internet will enable you to complete or submit an assessment task, you must come onto campus and use one of the University Computers in the Library or Computer Labs.
• Plagiarism, and asking or paying someone else to do your work is cheating and constitutes academic misconduct. See ECP Section 6.1
• Feedback against the assessment criteria in the form of comments on your script will be provided through Turnitin or on your script directly.
• For information on assessment remarks see: https://my.uq.edu.au/information-and-services/manage-my-program/exams-and-assessment/querying-result

Learning resources

You'll need the following resources to successfully complete the course. We've indicated below if you need a personal copy of the reading materials or your own item.

Library resources

Find the required and recommended resources for this course on the UQ Library website.

Own copy required

You'll need to have your own copy of the following reading resources. We've indicated below if you need a personal copy of the reading materials or your own item.

Additional learning resources information

Blackboard and the uq extend workaround in place of uqlatin (sorry) will be used for this course

Learning activities

The learning activities for this course are outlined below. Learn more about the learning outcomes that apply to this course.

Additional learning activity information

A copy of the Reading and Grammar schedule is available under the Course Information Tab on Blackboard.

Policies and procedures

University policies and procedures apply to all aspects of student life. As a UQ student, you must comply with University-wide and program-specific requirements, including the:

• Student Code of Conduct Policy
• Student Integrity and Misconduct Policy and Procedure
• Assessment Procedure
• Examinations Procedure
• Reasonable Adjustments for Students Policy and Procedure

Learn more about UQ policies on my.UQ and the Policy and Procedure Library.

Course guidelines

Attendance and participation in language classes is an important way to receive feedback and improve your skill acquisition.