{"id":3448,"date":"2026-04-12T17:02:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T07:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/academic-guide-years-11-12\/latin\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T13:55:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T03:55:21","slug":"latin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/academic-guide-years-11-12\/ibdp-subjects\/latin\/","title":{"rendered":"Latin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Course Description<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

COURSE STRUCTURE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SL and HL<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prerequisites:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stage 5 Latin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exclusions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nil<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The IB DP Classical Languages course provides students with the opportunity to explore the language, literature and culture of ancient civilisations and to promote an understanding of other cultures and languages through the study of language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Classical Languages course is designed for students who possess a degree of knowledge and experience in the target language. Those learning Classical Languages at standard or higher level should be able to follow university courses in other disciplines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coursework<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Group 2:<\/strong><\/span><\/td>Latin Standard Level<\/strong><\/span><\/td>Recommended Teaching Hours<\/strong><\/span><\/td>Latin B Higher Level<\/strong><\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Components<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/td> <\/span><\/td>150<\/span><\/td>240<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
Core <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/td>\n
    \n
  • Cicero<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Ovid<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>
 <\/span><\/td>\n
    \n
  • Cicero<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Ovid<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td><\/tr>
Options: Two options from 7 possibilities<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/td>\n
    \n
  • A: Vergil (one text)<\/span><\/li>\n
  • D: Women (Various authors)<\/span><\/li>\n
  • B: History<\/span><\/li>\n
  • (C: Love poetry)<\/span><\/li>\n
  • (E: Social criticism \u2013 not offered yet)<\/span><\/li>\n
  • (F: Good living)<\/span><\/li>\n
  • (G: Villains \u2013 not offered yet)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>
 <\/span><\/td>\n
    \n
  • A: Vergil (two texts)<\/span><\/li>\n
  • D: Women (Various authors)<\/span><\/li>\n
  • B: History<\/span><\/li>\n
  • (C: Love poetry)<\/span><\/li>\n
  • (E: Social Criticism \u2013 not offered yet)<\/span><\/li>\n
  • (F: Good Living)<\/span><\/li>\n
  • (G: Villains \u2013 not offered yet)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Assessment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
    Group 2:<\/strong><\/span><\/td>Latin\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>
    Standard Level<\/strong><\/span><\/td>    		 <\/span><\/td> <\/span><\/td>Latin Higher Level<\/strong><\/span><\/td> <\/span><\/td> <\/span><\/td><\/tr>
    Type of Assessment<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>Format of assessment<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>Time (hours)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>Weighting of final grade (%)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>Format of assessment<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>Time (hours)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td>Weighting of final grade (%)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/td><\/tr>
    External<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/td> <\/span><\/td> <\/span><\/td>80<\/span><\/td> <\/span><\/td> <\/span><\/td>80<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
    Paper 1<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/td>Translation and Comprehension of non-prescribed text (from any Latin author)<\/span><\/td>1.5<\/span><\/td>25<\/span><\/td>Translation and Comprehension of non-prescribed text (from any Latin author)<\/span><\/td>1.5<\/span><\/td>35<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
    Paper 2<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/td>Translation and Commentary of Core Latin texts (authors Ovid, Virgil, Cicero, Livy)<\/span>\n

    Translation and Commentary of prescribed Companion Texts <\/span><\/p>\n

    (Choice from Sallust, Seneca, Pliny, Aulus Gellius, Eutropius, Horace, Ovid, Catullus, Lucretius, Tibullus)<\/span><\/p>\n

    Translation and investigation of teacher-selected texts (TBA)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>

    		1.5<\/span><\/td>45<\/span><\/td>Translation and Commentary of Core Latin texts (authors Ovid, Virgil, Cicero, Livy)<\/span>\n

    Translation and Commentary of prescribed Companion Texts <\/span><\/p>\n

    (Choice from Sallust, Seneca, Pliny, Aulus Gellius, Eutropius, Horace, Ovid, Catullus, Lucretius, Tibullus)<\/span><\/p>\n

    Translation and investigation of teacher-selected texts (TBA)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>

    		2.0<\/span><\/td>45<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
    Internal<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/td> <\/span><\/td> <\/span><\/td>20<\/span><\/td> <\/span><\/td> <\/span><\/td>20<\/span><\/td><\/tr>
    Internal Assessment<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/td>Research dossier on Roman topic of students\u2019 choosing (1000-1500 words in English)<\/span><\/td> <\/span><\/td>20<\/span><\/td>Research dossier on Roman topic of students\u2019 choosing (1000-1500 words in English)<\/span>\n

    Composition (HL only): 100 word composition in Latin, created over the two year course <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>

    		 <\/span><\/td>20<\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Course Description COURSE STRUCTURE SL and HL Prerequisites: Stage 5 Latin Exclusions: Nil The IB DP Classical Languages course provides students with the opportunity to explore the language, literature and culture of ancient civilisations and to promote an understanding of other cultures and languages through the study of language. The Classical Languages course is designed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"parent":3403,"menu_order":12,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-3448","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3448"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3862,"href":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3448\/revisions\/3862"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newington.nsw.edu.au\/academic-guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}