Latin Extension Higher School Certificate 2001–2009 Course Prescriptions
Foreword
The HSC course prescriptions for Latin Extension contain information pertaining to the Higher School Certificate for 2001–2009. This information is relevant to students studying the Latin Extension course from 2001.
The HSC course prescriptions should be read in conjunction with:
- Latin Extension Stage 6 Syllabus and other support documents;
- the official notices section of the Board Bulletin, the periodical publication of the Board of Studies NSW.
There are prescribed texts required for study in the Latin Extension course. The Board of Studies reserves the right to make changes to the prescribed texts listed in this document. As the prescribed texts are reviewed, amendments will be published on the Board of Studies website (http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au) and in the official notices section published in the Board Bulletin.
Curriculum advice may be obtained on:
phone: (02) 9367 8152 fax: (02) 9367 8476
Board of Studies publications (syllabuses, support documents,
the Board Bulletin, specimen examination papers) may be obtained
from Client Services on:
phone: (02) 9367 8178 fax: (02) 9262 6270 (fax orders preferred)
Prescriptions for Latin Extension
Prescription for 2001 – Lyric
Text: Horace, Odes I.5, I.9, I.11, I.21, I.22, II.6, II.14,
III.8, III.9, III.13, III.26, III.30, IV.7
Text: Catullus, Poems 1, 5, 11, 13, 30, 34, 45, 51
Prescribed Textbook/s:
Harrison, JA, (ed), Horace in His Odes, Bristol Classical
Press, Great Britain, 1992.
Garrison, DH, (ed), The Student's Catullus, (2nd edn), Routledge,
London, 1996.
Prescription for 2002 and 2003 – Satire
Text: Juvenal, Satire 3
Text: Horace, Satire I.9
Prescribed Textbook/s:
Rudd, N & Courtney, E, (eds), Satires I, III, X, Bristol
Classical Press, Great Britain, 1997.
Bruncia, M & Henry, M, (eds), Horace Satire I.9 – The
Boor, Bolchazy-Carducci, 1998.
Bruncia, M & Henry, M, (eds), Horace Satire I.9 – The
Boor: Teacher's Guide, Bolchazy-Carducci, 1998.
Prescription for 2004 and 2005 – Elegy
Text: Ovid, Amores I.2, I.3, I.7, I.9, I.13, I.15
Text: Propertius, Poem 3.2
Text: Catullus, Poems 72, 76, 85, 87, 107
Prescribed Textbook/s:
Barsby, J, (ed), Amores I, Bristol Classical Press, Great
Britain, 1991.
Barsby, J, (ed), Ovid, Bristol Classical Press, Great Britain,
1991.
Garrison, DH, (ed), The Student's Catullus, (2nd edn), Routledge,
London, 1996.
Prescription for 2006 and 2007 – Philosophy
Text:
Lucretius, Book III: 94–160, 231–322, 417–486,
510–525
Text:
Cicero, de divinatione I: 63–64
de divinatione II: 148–150
de natura deorum II: 153–154
de legibus I: 60–62
disputationes Tusculanae V: 5
Prescribed Textbook/s:
Brown, PM, (ed), De Rerum Natura 3, Aris and Phillips, 1998.
Wilson, S, (ed), The Thought of Cicero, Bristol Classical
Press, Great Britain, 1986.
Prescription for 2008 and 2009 – Lyric
Text: Horace, Odes I.5, I.9, I.11, I.21, I.22, II.6, II.14,
III.8, III.9, III.13, III.26, III.30, IV.7
Text: Catullus, Poems 1, 5, 11, 13, 30, 34, 45, 51
Prescribed Textbook/s:
Harrison, JA, (ed), Horace in His Odes, Bristol Classical
Press, Great Britain, 1992.
Garrison, DH, (ed), The Student's Catullus, (2nd edn), Routledge,
London, 1996.
Note: The Board of Studies website (http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au) contains the most up-to-date reference for prescribed texts.