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LATIN CERTIFICATION FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS

There are several ways to earn Latin licensure for secondary school teaching.

1. Secondary Education Majors with a Latin concentration in the College of Education need to complete at least 45 hours in Latin and Classical Civilization

NOTE: these students are not Classics or Classical Civilization Majors because they are not students in the College of Arts & Sciences

Latin: 36 credit hours required, of which 9 credit hours must be at the 500 level.

• Introductory Level: Intensive Elementary Latin 104, 105, 106, Intermediate Latin 211, 212, 213. Students can start at Latin 104, 211, or go directly to Latin 301, depending on prior qualifications.
• Intermediate Level: Latin Prose 301, Cicero 302-402, Latin Lyric Poetry 303-403, Roman Epistolography 401, Latin Elegy 305-405, Vergil's Aeneid 306-406. Students then proceed to the 500-level.
• Upper Level: Cicero 501, Lucretius 502, Plautus and Terence 503, Tacitus 504, Horace 505, Roman Satire 506, Historians (Livy or Sallust) 507, Vergil's Eclogues and Georgics 508, Silver Latin Literature 509.

In their first years, students need to build up knowledge about the ancient world through courses in Classical Civilization:

• Classical Civilization: 9 credit hours required
• Classical Civilization 101 or 110, 102 or 111, 103 or 112, 222, 223, and any day-time 300-level course.

2. Classics or Classical Civilization Majors may apply in their senior year to the College of Education’s M.A. program or their post-baccalaureate program for secondary teaching to pursue Latin licensure. If the student has not satisfied all the requirements in No. 1, above, through undergraduate coursework, he/she may need to take additional Latin courses.

3. Classics or Classical Civilization Majors may apply to do a Dual Degree with the College of Education. The student will pursue a Classics or Classical Civilization Major in the College of Arts and Sciences and a Secondary Education Major with Latin Licensure concentration in the College of Education. Students will follow the curriculum in No. 1, above, and take additional courses to fulfill all the requirements of the Classics or Classical Civilization major, A&S core requirements, Secondary Education Major requirements, College of Education requirements, and University of Cincinnati General Education requirements. The student will graduate with two degrees. This choice will result in the need for more than four years of study.
The decision to pursue a Dual Degree should be made early in the student’s career so that College of Education cohort and teaching requirements can be met on time.

Students interested in the Latin Licensure should contact the advising staff in the College of Education Student Service Center in Edwards One to receive additional advising material and instructions.