This is the first version of the 2025–26 General Catalog. Please check back regularly for changes. The final edition and the historical PDF will be published during the fall semester.
The undergraduate minor in Latin requires a minimum of 15 s.h. in Latin courses (prefix CLSL), including at least 12 s.h. in advanced courses numbered 2000 and above taken at the University of Iowa. Students must maintain a grade-point average of at least 2.00 in all courses for the minor and in all UI courses for the minor. Coursework in the minor may not be taken pass/nonpass.
A maximum of 6 s.h. of work for another University of Iowa major, minor, or certificate and up to 3 s.h. of lower-level transfer credit may be counted toward the minor.
Students who earn the minor in Latin may not earn the BA or minor in classical languages; students who are interested in a minor in Greek at the same time as the minor in Latin should consider the minor in classical languages instead.
The sequence CLSL:2001 World of Cicero and CLSL:2002 Golden Age of Roman Poetry, and Department of Classics courses numbered 3000 or above are considered advanced for the minor. Students may substitute a maximum of 3 s.h. for the Latin requirement with one of the relevant courses numbered 3000 or above taught in English from the following.
| Course # | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| CLSA:3148/HIST:3448 | Barbarians and the Fall of Rome | 3 |
| CLSA:3232/ARTH:3350 | Art of Early Rome: Patrons and Politics | 3 |
| CLSA:3233/ARTH:3360 | Art of the Ancient Roman Empire | 3 |
| CLSA:3234/ARTH:3370 | Life and Death in Ancient Pompeii | 3 |
| CLSA:3240/ANTH:3277 | Roman Archaeology | 3 |
| CLSA:3288/ENGL:3288 | Shakespeare's Romans: The Ancient World Meets the Elizabethan Stage | arr. |
| CLSA:3514 | Roman Religion and Society | 3 |
| CLSA:3742/WRIT:3742 | Word Power: Building English Vocabulary | 3 |
| CLSA:3979/ENGL:3850/TRNS:3179 | Undergraduate Translation Workshop | 3 |
| CLSA:3980 | Teaching in the Classics | 1,3 |
| CLSA:4106/HIST:4406 | Warfare in Ancient Mediterranean Society | 3 |
| CLSA:4400/HIST:4400 | The Roman Empire | 3 |
Students who enter the university with prior competence in introductory Latin may substitute 3 s.h. of lower-level Latin courses with CLSA:1020 Love and Glory: The Literature of Rome. Students who have taken high school Latin should consult the classical languages advisor.