Latin Additional Learning Obligation - OFA (Humanities)
Freshmen enrolled in the Humanities degree course must prove their level of Latin language proficiency.
Level assessment and additional learning obligation (OFA) attribution
Students must prove their Latin proficiency level by submitting a Latin language certificate issued by CUSL-USR of level A2 or above, obtained for no more than three years, or by sitting a specific test delivered by the SLAM Centre during the first semester of the first year between October and December. Without a certificate, sitting this test is mandatory.
Students have to register for the test through their personal account with Unimia; students are allowed to register for one session only and, once registered, cannot modify it. The test must be carried out during the first semester of the first year; it will not be possible to sit the test during semesters or academic years following the first.
Those students who do not pass the test will have to fulfil the corresponding additional learning obligation (OFA) by attending the Latin language course for beginners.
Students who fail to register for the test or are absent on the date they have chosen will automatically be attributed the additional language obligation and will be subsequently added to the course. However, if their absence was due to serious and documented impediments, students can ask to be registered for another session via InformaStudenti, 'language test' category.
IMPORTANT NOTICE: tests are to be sat in person. However, permission to sit the test remotely is granted in case of serious and documented impediments, as well as for students with disabilities, provided that they submit a request via the InformaStudenti platform, ‘language test’ category.
Latin language course for beginners for the OFA fulfilment
The Latin language course for beginners is addressed to the first-year Humanities students who have been attributed an OFA and it is aimed at reaching level A2 according to the European Curriculum Framework for Latin language standards. The 60-hour course takes place starting from January of the first year and is delivered remotely through synchronous classes run by a language trainer, with the aid of a textbook and of video lessons on an online learning platform, to be viewed independently.
Students will then have to sit the Latin language for beginners end-of-course test to assess whether the OFA will have been fulfilled and the required proficiency level reached. In order to be admitted, students will have to have attended at least 75% of synchronous classes. Students who do not pass the end-of-course test will have the opportunity to sit it multiple times until they will have passed it.
Non-fulfilment of the OFA
Students will not be allowed to register for nor sit to the following exams unless they pass the Latin end-of-course test first:
- Latin Literature;
- Romance Philology (advanced);
- Italian Literature (advanced);
- Italian Modern and Contemporary Literature;
- History of Italian Language.
The entry-level test consists of 14 questions aimed at verifying the basic knowledge of the Latin language (syntax, cases, verb position). Students who obtain at least 50% correct answers (7/14) will successfully pass the test (and will not be attributed an OFA). The test is computer-based and lasts 60 minutes.
The test consists of multiple-choice questions on the comprehension and translation of a single text in Latin, divided into three parts. The test is computer-based and lasts 60 minutes.
Students with disabilities or with Specific Learning Disabilities (SLDs) must contact SLAM through the InformaStudenti Service, ‘language test’ category, in order to receive special arrangements and support for the test (students with disabilities: 50% more extra time; students with SLDs: 30% more extra time).