18.75 1st year, 16.7 2nd and 3rd years Associate Professor R D Scott. First semester Four hours a week. Students on completion of the subject should have acquired the elements of the grammar, syntax and vocabulary of Latin and have attained reading skills sufficient to begin reading literary texts. The elements of Latin; reading simple texts; translation exercises; background lectures on Roman culture. Regular exercises and class tests (30 per cent) and a 2-hour examination (70 per cent). Wheelock F M Latin: An Introductory Course Barnes and Noble or Wheelock F M Latin Grammar 4th Edition revised Harper Collins