Latin

Must have GCSE Latin preferably at Grade A or above. Latin A Level is exciting and challenging and you will need to have a genuine interest in language, literature and history and the ability to analyse, argue, debate, interpret and make sensitive responses.

• Latin Language – one Latin passage for translation.

• Latin Verse and Prose Literature. The set texts for 2013 are Ovid’s Amores III and Cicero’s In Verrem II. 

• Latin Verse – unseen translation from a named author and set text, Virgil’s Aenid IV.

• Latin Prose – unseen translation from a named author and set text, Tacitus’ Annals XV.

What could I go on to do at the end of my course?

This course will enable you to broaden your experience of Classical writers, acquire a more sophisticated understanding of the way ideas and emotions are expressed, and appreciate the subtlety and beauty of the Latin language. 

Universities and employers value the higher-level thinking skills that Latin students acquire. Latin complements a range of other subjects from both the Sciences and the Arts. Students who have taken Latin at A level go to study not only Classics at university but also a range of courses including Medicine, Law, English Literature, History and Psychology.