Latin

Course summary

Latin A level is for those who have enjoyed Latin at GCSE and wish to continue furthering their studies of both the Latin Language and the Literature. The course builds on GCSE Latin and aims to widen students’ access to different genres of Latin writers from the golden period of Latin Literature, the first centuries BC and AD, as well as teaching them to translate increasingly complex passages of original unseen Latin. Latin is regarded as academically rigorous and therefore valued by top universities, but it is also hugely enjoyable. To study some of the world’s first (and) best Literature, in the original language, is a great thrill and the chance to study the culture and history of that which has shaped the modern world, is a real opportunity. Latin is an excellent choice to support A levels in English, History, Modern Foreign Languages and Mathematics, but it also supports applications to university for Medicine, Mathematics and Engineering.